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Tennessee football: NFL rosters prove 2019 Vols underachieved

Tennessee wide receiver Marquez Callaway (1) and Tennessee wide receiver Jauan Jennings (15) celebrate after the homecoming game between Tennessee and Charlotte outside of Neyland Stadium Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Tennesseevs Charlotte Sy 1098

Looking back on Jeremy Pruitt’s tenure with Tennessee football, if there was ever a time to fire him, it might have been at the end of the 2019 season. Obviously, as he finished that year on a six-game winning streak and secured a top 10 recruiting class, that wasn’t going to happen.

However, after the NFL teams officially named their 53-man rosters and made their final cuts for the 2021 season Tuesday, it’s clear the Vols massively underachieved that year.