NEW YORK — For the fourth consecutive year, Tennessee’s offensive line has earned a spot on the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll, recognizing the nation’s most outstanding offensive line units.
The Vols are one of 22 teams on the 2024 honor roll, including four SEC units.
Tennessee’s offensive line has paved the way and protected for a unit that is putting up 519 yards of total offense per game, ranking second in the SEC and fifth in the FBS this season. The Vols lead the league and rank fourth nationally in scoring offense (46.0 points per game), while UT’s rushing attack ranks atop the conference and fifth in the country with 266.8 yards per game on the ground.
The Vols’ 2024 offensive line unit has combined for 138 collegiate starts. Preseason first team All-American center Cooper Mays and senior right guard Javontez Spraggins have been mainstays on the o-line during the Josh Heupel era, touting 37 and 42 career starts respectively. Mays has not allowed a sack in 19 straight appearances, a streak that dates to the 2022 season and spans more than 600 pass block snaps according to PFF.
Under the direction of offensive line coach Glen Elarbee, Tennessee was named a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award in 2022 and 2023. The Vols joined Oregon, Georgia and Michigan as the only schools to accomplish that feat.
The Joe Moore Award is named after Joe Moore, widely regarded as one of the best offensive line coaches in college football history, most notably for his work at Notre Dame and the University of Pittsburgh.
The Joe Moore Award voting committee judges solely on six criteria: toughness, effort, teamwork, consistency, technique and finishing. The selection of semifinalists will be made on Nov. 12, and finalists will be chosen on Dec. 3. Selection of the 2024 Joe Moore Award winner will be made public after a surprise visit to the winning university’s campus in late December.
2024 Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll
Alabama
Army
Clemson
Iowa
Kansas State
Louisiana
LSU
Miami
Michigan
Navy
Ohio State
Oregon
Penn State
Rutgers
SMU
Tennessee
Texas
Texas Tech
UConn
UNLV
Western Michigan
West Virginia
