Trio of Tennessee Football Players Named to National Freshman of the Year Watchlist
Tennessee football is five games into the 2025 season and off to a strong 4-1 start. With plenty of young players paving the way, three freshmen have been named to the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Watchlist. The award is given to the top-performing freshman across the country. At this point, redshirt freshmen wide […]
Tennessee Football Wide Receiver Braylon Staley has Deep Connection with Mississippi State
Tennessee starting slot receiver Braylon Staley has a unique connection to his next opponent. When the Vols head to Starkville this weekend to face Mississippi State, he’ll be headed to the campus and stadium that his father, Brian Staley, played at. His dad played for the Bulldogs in 2004 after an illustrious junior college career. […]
Who Tennessee Football’s Captains are in Game Against UAB
With under 24 hours until Tennessee football meets UAB on the gridiron, the Vols have released their list of team captains for the game in Knoxville. UT does captains on a game-by-game basis, but often a lot of the picks repeat throughout the season. This time, it’s a clean slate of new faces getting the […]
Young Tennessee Football Wide Receivers Playing With Chip on Their Shoulders vs. Georgia
Saturday’s game between Tennessee football and Georgia will be the biggest start of the careers of both Mike Matthews and Braylon Staley to this point. The pair of second-year receivers have been thrust into the spotlight this season, but both have looked sharp through two games. Now comes the biggest test yet. Heading into the […]
WATCH: Tennessee’s Kelsey Pope, UT Players Preview Georgia Matchup on Saturday
Tennessee wide receivers coach Kelsey Pope met with the media on Tuesday morning in Knoxville to answer questions about the Vols’ upcoming matchup against No. 6 Georgia this weekend in Neyland Stadium. Pope hit on several topics during his nine-minute press conference on Tuesday, including the mindset of his wide receivers, his players having a […]
Tennessee Receiver Braylon Staley Named SEC Freshman of the Week
It didn’t take long for Tennessee redshirt freshman wide receiver Braylon Staley to make an impact with the Volunteers. Staley made his first career start against Syracuse on Saturday in Atlanta and finished the game with four receptions for one touchdown and a game-high 95 receiving yards. He was part of the longest play of […]
Joey Aguilar, Braylon Staley Talk Tennessee’s 73-Yard Touchdown Strike vs. Syracuse
This offseason, Tennessee football offensive coordinator Joey Halzle said the goal was to get splash plays more consistently in the mix. In the opener against Syracuse on Saturday, Joey Aguilar connected with Braylon Staley for a 73-yard touchdown to do exactly that in the 45-26 win. It wasn’t a short or intermediate route that Staley […]
WATCH: Joey Aguilar’s First Touchdown Pass with Tennessee is a 73-Yard Bomb
Joey Aguilar has thrown his first touchdown pass as the Tennessee football starting quarterback. And man, it was one to remember. Aguilar delivered a bomb to second-year slot receiver Braylon Staley, who got free behind the shell of the defense. The ball was perfectly placed, Staley ran under it and pushed his way into the […]
Tennessee Coach Josh Heupel Gives Encouraging Update on Wide Receiver Injuries
With the start of the 2025 season looming, Tennessee football still has questions about the health of its wide receiver room. The Vols were already thin at the spot on paper, but have suffered numerous setbacks to the position before the season has even begun. However, Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel gave a bit of […]
Two Tennessee Up-And-Comers ‘Tied to the Hip’ During UT Fall Camp and Summer Workouts
With the turnover that Tennessee Football saw at the wide receiver position this offseason, including Dont’e Thornton off to the NFL and Bru McCoy medically retiring from the sport after graduation, the Vols will look to a new group of playmakers for production with the passing game this season. Tennessee wide receiver Chris Brazzell returns […]