As he enters his redshirt junior season for Tennessee football, Marcus Tatum finally has a chance at a season without any distractions. It has been a somewhat rocky first three years for him, and almost none of it was his fault.
In 2016, Tatum was thrown to the wolves as a freshman against the Alabama Crimson Tide before he was ready due to a severity of injuries. The next year, he suffered a season-ending injury. When Jeremy Pruitt arrived and made the transition to a pro-style, Tatum missed the development while sitting out in the spring and still had to start five games last year at tackle.