Tennessee’s Marquez North (8) loses control of a pass in the end zone as Florida’s Jalen Tabor (5) defends.KNOXVILLE – Marquez North would like to break the trend he created in the season’s first half.
The Tennessee receiver caught a touchdown pass in every other game through the first six games of the Volunteers for the season, and after going up and grabbing a first-quarter touchdown on a fade pattern for a score against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga last week, it would appear to be North’s turn to miss the end zone at third-ranked Ole Miss.
Of course, if Tennessee finds itself in the red zone in Oxford on Saturday night, chances are the Vols will call for quarterback Justin Worley to toss up a fade for North as they have the past two games.
“That’s his game,” receivers coach Zach Azzanni said following Wednesday’s practice. “You know, I think I heard someone on the radio say that, ‘Coach Azzanni wasn’t using Marquez North the right way.’ My wife told me that one. It has nothing to do with that.
“When your number’s called, you go make a play. He’s had a lot of opportunities, and he made some and hasn’t made some. He’s going to get plenty more opportunities as well.”