31.   Seven starters will return, including five on defense.

32.   Six starters return on defense, including defensive ends Pratt Lyons and Stacy Murry.

33.   Six starters return on offense.

34.   That should continue next season, when all five Tennessee starters return.

35.   That will change when senior starter Ryan Roques returns from the two-game, disabled-parking-tag suspension.

36.   The offensive line, with three returning starters, is less of a question than it was a year ago, when only one starter returned.

37.   Thirteen starters return from that squad.

38.   Three other starters return, including Reggie Geary, who provides national-caliber defense and trash talking.

39.   Three starters return on the offensive line, which should be improved.

40.   Three starters return in the secondary, led by cornerback Sammy Davis, the best cover corner.