Butch Jones released his two-deep for Week 2 against Memphis, and not surprisingly, he’s playing it coy at quarterback.

Offense	1	2	OUT
QB	James Blackman	(or) Layne Hatcher
RB	Alan Lamar	Marcel Murray	Lincoln Pare
TE	Reed Tyler	Emmanuel Stevenson	Ross Painter
WR	Jeff Foreman	Adam Jones
WR	Corey Rucker	Reagan Ealy
WR	Te’Vailance Hunt	Dahu Green
LT	Andre Harris	Noah Smith
LG	Ivory Scott	Makilan Thomas
C	Ethan Miner	Jacob Still
RG	Justin Dutton	Avery Demmons
RT	Robert Holmes	Wyatt Luebke
Defense	1	2	OUT
DE	Joe Ozougwu	Thurman Geathers
DE	Kivon Bennet	TW Ayers
DT	Terry Hampton	Quay Mays
DT	Vidal Scott	John Mincey
LB	Anthony Switzer	Cam Jeffery
LB	Cabel Bonner	Derrick Bean
LB	Dane Motley	Jeffmario Brown	(or) Jaden Harris
S	Antonio Fletcher	Elery Aldexander
S	Taylon Doss	Trevian Thomas
CB	Jarius Reimonenq	Samy Johnson	Kenneth Harris
CB	Denzel Blackwell	Leon Jones
Special Teams	1	2
K	Blake Grupe	Aidan Ellison
P	Ryan Hanson
KR	Marcel Murray	Lincoln Pare
PR	Leroy Deshazor	Lincoln Pare

Changes, Surprises and “Say What?”

• On Saturday, we wondered why Lincoln Pare didn’t see a snap despite being listed as #2 on the Week 1 two-deep. Today, Jones eliminated all confusion by removing Pare from the equation.
• Also moving out: Ross Painter at TE. Freshman and ESPN 3-star talent Emmanuel Stevenson takes his place.
• Samy Johnson, coming off a pick in Week 1, gets the “OR” removed from his name
• Butch Jones is keeping his secrets behind center, preferring that Memphis remain in the dark as to who starts.

Jones says the QB competition between Blackman and Hatcher is continuing. But notes it's "the best" competition he's seen.

— Mitchell Gladstone (@mpgladstone) September 7, 2021