White team tight end Dominick Wood-Anderson prepares to pull in a pass during the Orange and White spring football game Saturday night at Neyland Stadium.
Orange team running back Jeremy Banks (33) jumps over White team defensive back Terrell Bailey (36) during the Orange and White spring football game at Neyland Stadium on Saturday night.
White team wide receiver Jauan Jennings comes down in the end zone for a touchdown catch in front of Orange team defensive back Alontae Taylor during Tennessee’s Orange and White spring football game Saturday evening at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.
White team wide receiver Josh Palmer runs after making a catch during the Orange and White spring football game at Neyland Stadium on Saturday night.KNOXVILLE – Like an old Apple II computer, Jarrett Guarantano just needed a little while to get booted up Saturday evening.
But once he did, both the 6-foot-4, 215-pound Tennessee quarterback and the White (first-team) offense got rolling.
Guarantano was named MVP for the second consecutive spring game with a four-touchdown passing performance, and the White team won 28-10 over the Orange team in front of an announced crowd of 50,967 at Neyland Stadium.
Two of his touchdown passes went to Jauan Jennings, with Josh Palmer and tight end Dominick Wood-Anderson catching one each. It was a second-quarter completion for 31 yards to Jennings on a third-down conversion that got the junior quarterback going, as he was 4-for-10 for 21 yards up to that point.
“(Jennings) made a good catch on that good route,” Guarantano said. “As soon as we hit that we started to get on pace, get into a rhythm. We started dragging at first – it was probably my fault, I’ll take the blame for that – but as soon as we hit that we started to catch on.”