What key Tennessee players are pacing toward after eight games

Through eight games of the season, a new review looks at the statistical pace being set by several of Tennessee's key football players and what those numbers would add up to if they continue at the same rate.

The exercise is a snapshot at this point in the schedule rather than a final record. With games still to play, the projections offer a way to measure how central those players have been to Tennessee's season so far, based on the production they have already put together through eight games.

For Tennessee, those paces will only hold value if the players sustain them down the stretch. The remaining schedule will decide whether the early-season output becomes a season-long mark or fades as opponents and circumstances change.