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Tennessee football: Top five Vols performers in 30-17 loss at Auburn

Auburn defensive tackle DaQuan Newkirk (44) gets his arms around Tennessee running back Eric Gray (3) at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. Auburn Ut

These were the five best Tennessee football Volunteers players at Auburn.

A pick-six and two missed field goals were then difference between Tennessee football beating the Auburn Tigers and the 13-point loss it suffered at Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday night. These miscues are inexcusable, and there will be plenty of time to call out everybody involved with them.

However, if the Vols were that close to actually winning the game, just being a couple of plays away, then a few UT players had to be responsible for them being in position to do so.