UT coach Butch Jones said the Vols would be open to Derek Barnett and Alvin Kamara running through the 'T' if requested Saturday in the Vols' home finale.

Could Tennessee’s final run through the ‘T’ Saturday include a couple of dedicated non-seniors?

Asked by 247Sports Wednesday on the Southeastern Conference coaches’ teleconference, Butch Jones said the program would be open to such --- especially for guys like that Derek Barnett and Alvin Kamara.

“Running through the ‘T’ is very, very special,” Jones said, “and if they wanted to do that, we’d try to accommodate that as this program has done with captains and others in the past.”

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Jones, however, emphasized that his team had been highly focused on this week’s task at hand --- which centers on hosting Missouri, with SEC Eastern Division title implications still on the line.

“The great thing with these individuals is that they don’t even think about that,” Jones said. “Everything is about playing winning football. …

“Any time you can run through the ‘T’, it is very, very special.”

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