How Former Tennessee Football Stars Did in the NFL During Week 1
The NFL season is officially underway, with a good number of former Tennessee football standouts making impacts for their teams. This included sacks from Jaylen McCollough and Byron Young for the Rams, and Alontae Taylor for the Saints. Finding the end zone included Alvin Kamara for the Saints and Cedric Tillman for the Browns. Three […]
Former Tennessee Football, Current NFL Standout Giving Back to Community
Former Tennessee football star Byron Young is using his NFL platform to give back to the community. Young, a current member of the Los Angeles Rams, held a back-to-school drive for Pleasant Hill Elementary School in South Carolina on July 19, according to Arye Pulli. Young partnered with Dollar General to give away 300 backpacks […]
Internet Uncovers Hilarious Potential Mishap Involving Former Tennessee Player and the NFL Draft
The internet has burst with speculation about a potential hilarious story involving former Tennessee lineman Byron Young and the NFL Draft in the last few days. According to a theory from Qiant “Your Boy Q” Myers on ESPN Radio, the Las Vegas Raiders may have potentially drafted the wrong Byron Young during the 2023 NFL […]
Byron Young Helps Jaylen McCollough Record Pick Six Against Packers
VFL Byron Young directly helped teammate and VFL Jaylen McCollough record a heads-up pick-six on Sunday afternoon against the Packers. You truly couldn’t have drawn up a more Tennessee-centric play in this game. With Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love rolling to his right to escape trouble in his own endzone, Young came screaming around the […]
VFL Byron Young Captures NFL All-Rookie Selection After Third Round Draft Pick
Byron Young’s remarkable story has taken him from Dollar General assistant manager to third-round NFL Draft pick to now an NFL All-Rookie team selection. The former Vol and Los Angeles Rams rookie EDGE rusher was named to the Pro Football Writers Association NFL All-Rookie team on Tuesday after a remarkable debut year. Young’s tenacity and […]
Which Former Vol Is Having A Dominant NFL Rookie Season
A number of former Tennessee football players are having solid starts to their professional careers. Darnell Wright has started every game for the Chicago Bears and Jalin Hyatt has flashed his big play ability on a struggling New York Giants’ offense. But no former Vol is having a better rookie season than Los Angeles Rams […]
WATCH Former Tennessee Players Get Selected In 2023 NFL Draft
With the 2023 NFL Draft in the rearview, multiple former Vols are arriving in their new homes looking to start off their NFL careers the right way. But before mini camp starts and Tennessee’s drafted players and undrafted free agents get to work, Tennessee released a video with all five drafted players getting the call […]
See The Rookie Contracts For Former Tennessee Football Players
The NFL Draft is in the rearview mirror with five Vols getting selected — all in the top three rounds — while a handful of others have signed undrafted free agent deals. After months of speculating and projecting where Tennessee players will land, they’ve found NFL homes and are beginning their professional football journeys. So […]
How the Experts Graded the NFL Draft’s Day Two Tennessee Players
Four more Tennessee players went off the board during the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft from Kansas City on Friday night. In fact, all four players went within ten picks of each other. Hendon Hooker led things off with a selection to the Motor City at No. 68 as wide receivers Jalin Hyatt […]
WATCH: Tennessee Players Receive Their NFL Draft Calls
The moment that a player receives their call during the NFL Draft is an unforgettable one. Through the first three rounds of the NFL Draft, five Tennessee players have received their call from an NFL front office with an exciting message ahead. Offensive lineman Darnell Wright was Tennessee’s first and only first-round player this year […]