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Full name: Montrell Harris Jones ... Coming off a fine spring and following up a season in which he saw limited but quality playing time ... Expected to augment his rook- ie experience and make a contribution to this season's receiver corps ... Enters fall practice second on depth chart to Leonard Scott ... Coach Washington's evaluation: Montrell has improved since the first day he walked in. He played some as a freshman and it was a really good experience for him." ... Born: Feb. 27, 1982.
2002 - Games/Started:
11/0 ... Hauled in 19 passes for 269 yards ... Ranked fourth on the team in
receiving yards ... Best game of season came against South Carolina with four
catches for 69 yards ... Played vital role in Vols' third scoring drive
... The Vols' were facing a third down situation with 21 yards to go for
a first down, and he caught back-to-back to passes to give the Vols a first
down ... The first pass was for 16 yards and then he hauled in a 14-yarder on
fourth down to keep the Vols' drive alive ... Had a 25-yard reception later
in the drive to put the Vols' in field goal range ... Also had four catches
for 47 yards against Middle Tennessee State ... Recorded three catches against
both Alabama and Vanderbilt ... Had a key third -down reception versus Vanderbilt
in the third quarter to keep an eventual scoring drive alive ... Jump started
Tennessee's first scoring drive against Kentucky by pulling in a 26-yard
reception to move the ball into Wildcat territory ... Tennessee scored three
plays later.
2001 - Games Started: 9/0 ... Worked his way into the receiving rotation
midseason ... Most productive game came in three-catch day versus Memphis ...
Finished the game with 24 yards ... First collegiate catch went for 16 yards
versus Alabama.
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| So. 2002 | 22 |
306 |
13.9 |
0 |
26-UK |
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