For the most part, you can pretty much guess where all the major issues will be on the 2018 Tennessee football defense. With a transition to a 3-4 defense under Jeremy Pruitt, you expect the Vols to struggle at inside linebacker and in the secondary specifically.
Things will be easier on the outside edge rushers, and the Vols have the players to make that area elite. Nose tackle solely depends on size, and while Pruitt doesn’t have a lot of it, the combination of Shy Tuttle and Alexis Johnson should be enough to be effective.
But when it comes to inside linebackers and the secondary, everything changes.