On Saturday, Tennessee football held its annual Orange and White Game to conclude its slate of spring practices. While the coaching staff looks at the entire scope of spring camp, some players stood out during the scrimmage and certainly helped themselves.
Here’s a look at three incoming transfers who shone during the event.
LEO Jordan Norman (Tulane)
With Chaz Coleman dealing with off-the-field issues, there’s extra pressure on Tulane transfer Jordan Norman to step up at the LEO position. In the Orange and White Game, Norman was fantastic.
In the scrimmage portion, he showed off his ability to live in the backfield as a pass rusher. He blew up plays and put himself in positions to come up with sacks if it were a live game. On a day when the pass rush as a group was strong, he was perhaps the biggest part of it.
“A lot of great competition on the defensive line, interior and edges,” Josh Heupel said after the event. “Some young guys that got some play last year that gotta continue to grow. If they’re gonna be what we need, need to be up front on the defensive side of the football.”
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K Cooper Ranvier (Louisville)
Tennessee is saying its place-kicking job is a competition between Cooper Ranvier and Josh Turbyville. The believed favorite entering the spring is Ranvier, and there’s no reason to think otherwise after camp.
During the Orange and White Game, Ranvier was perfect. He connected on back-to-back-to-back kicks from 35, 45 and 50 yards with plenty of room to spare. In the game, he didn’t miss any pressure kicks and made each extra point. This is obviously a welcome sign for Vol fans after last season.
“Yeah, I tried to carve out some intentional times where all eyes were on them, try to put them in pressure situations,” Heupel said. “We’ve done that throughout the course of spring ball. Finished every practice really with a pressure kick. And he and Turbyville both have been really consistent in it. I like what we’ve done from the snap, to the hold, to the kick and we’ll continue to refine some of that. But operation time and then efficiency and accuracy of our kicks have been really good.”
RB Javin Gordon (Tulane)
The play of the day went to Javin Gordon. Toward the end of the session, he trucked Jackson Mathews and was off to the races. Nobody could catch him, and he scored from over 60 yards out.
This showed off Gordon’s ability to combine strength and speed. He can get physical for a solid pickup in a stacked box, and he can also hit a home run.
With DeSean Bishop at the head of the room, there’s still a fight for the snaps behind him. Gordon is positioning himself well to be in the mix as a sophomore out of Tulane.
Javin Gordon to the house ⬇️@rockytopinsider pic.twitter.com/wU8YVLKf24
— Ryan Sylvia (@RyanTSylvia) April 11, 2026
