Jeremy Pruitt Welcomes SEC Road Challenge Between the Hedges

After getting blown out at home by Florida, the Vols now hit the road to tackle second ranked Georgia. Welcome to life in the SEC, and it’s something Coach Pruitt is accustomed to.

Said Vols head coach Jeremy Pruitt:”You go on the road in the SEC, you find out a lot about yourself. To me it’s one of the best things about being a player or coach in this league is you find out really who you are when you go on the road. You find guys who have maturity that can focus and do the little things that it takes to have success.”

Pruitt added after practice on Wednesday that quarterback Jarrett Guarantano should be available to play Saturday at No. 2 Georgia after the sophomore appeared to hurt his knee during a loss to Florida last week.

Pruitt said that Guarantano “has been out there every day” and added that “he’ll be ready to go.”

Guarantano absorbed plenty of blows in the 47-21 loss to the Gators and left the game for good in the third quarter after Florida’s CeCe Jefferson hit him in the left knee. Pruitt said earlier this week he believed Jefferson’s low hit “wasn’t intentional by any means.”

Guarantano is 46 of 72 for 658 yards with two touchdown passes and two interceptions. He has been backed up by Stanford graduate transfer Keller Chryst.