We can say this for sure: The Tennessee Volunteers’ new depth chart will mean record-setting success for the folks who sell pregame programs.
Butch Jones and the rest of the coaches have offered up the depth chart for the season opener Sunday night against Utah State, and the mantra Team 118 may be as accurate describing the number of combined starts from the 22 first-teamers as its historical place.
The names have been bandied about from those who follow recruiting, and the names bring promise of the infusion of young talent.
That phrase — young talent — is troublingly engaging and engagingly troubling.
Tennessee has more playmakers and speed on each side of the ball this season, and that’s a great thing. A vast array of those talented cats are a year or two removed from high school, and a massive chunk — as many as 19 newcomers are on the Vols’ first and second strings — arrived in Knoxville within the last eight months or so.