Tennessee Football Rookie James Pearce Jr. Making History With Atlanta Falcons

In his first NFL season, former Tennessee football star James Pearce Jr. is already leaving his mark. On Thursday night in the Atlanta Falcons’ win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Pearce recorded three tackles, two sacks and two passes defended. This has extended Pearce’s sack streak to six games. He is just the fourth rookie […]

Former Tennessee Receiver Suffers Injury On Monday Night Football

Monday Night Football could not have started much better for former Tennessee standout Josh Palmer with the receiver hauling in a 45-yard pass from Josh Allen on the Bills’ first play from scrimmage. But things took a bad turn for Palmer early in the second quarter. Palmer caught a second pass from Allen on the […]

How Tennessee Football’s 2025 Rookies Did in NFL Debuts

Each of Tennessee football’s four rookies has had their first NFL game of the year. This meant we got the first look at each of them, except Chiefs defensive lineman Omarr Norman-Lott, who was held out with an ankle injury. There seems to be optimism that he could make his NFL debut next week, though. […]

VFL James Pearce Jr. Takes Quick Dig at SEC Rival During NFL Training Camp

James Pearce

Former Tennessee defensive lineman James Pearce Jr. didn’t have to travel too far to join up with the Atlanta Falcons after being taken in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft. Just about 213 miles, to be exact. It’s also close to his hometown of Charlotte, NC. As Pearce gears up for his rookie […]

NFL Insiders Critical of Falcons’ Trade For James Pearce Jr.

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The Atlanta Falcons surprised the NFL world by giving up an arm and a leg to jump back into the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, where they wound up taking Tennessee EDGE rusher James Pearce Jr. with the 26th overall pick. This also came after the Falcons had already taken Georgia EDGE rusher […]