Ethan Utley
Tennessee Volunteers
78
Solid

Ethan Utley

Tennessee VolunteersContender
NTDefenseSolid
2nd String / Backup

Is Ethan Utley starting?

Ethan Utley is listed 2nd string at NT for Tennessee Volunteers.

Sophomore · #17 · 6'4", 287 lbs

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Depth at NT · Tennessee Volunteers

  1. 1291Xavier GilliamStarter
  2. 21778Ethan UtleyYou
  3. 32667JJ Finch

Tennessee Starting Lineup

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Up next for Tennessee

Tennessee plays Kentucky at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 06:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Ensworth, ranked #219 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 5 tackles, 1 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 78 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit4★ · #219 NatlTeam Share0%
Nashville, TN
Jersey
#17
Class
SO
Height
6'4"
Weight
287 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025510

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9199
National Rank
#219
High School
Ensworth
Hometown
Nashville, TN

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 44th-percentile production (×0.98 for competition level) put them -9 vs unit starters → 78.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 44% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
-9 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Sep 19WKENNTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 42-9

Sep 12WGTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-24

Ethan Utley's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

5 tkl · 1 TFL · 0 sacks
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