Tennessee Football Trio Land in Early NFL Draft Rankings
A trio of Tennessee football players is already getting spotlighted as future NFL Draft disrupters. In his latest NFL Draft 2023 prospect breakdown rankings, ESPN’s Todd McShay went through the Top 50 draft prospects overall. In addition, McShay also separated each position and listed the best prospects at each. While Tennessee did not have any […]
Pair Of Vols Land On ESPN Top 100 Player List
ESPN released its top 100 college football players list ahead of the 2022 season with a pair of Tennessee players making the list. Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker is No. 49 while receiver Cedric Tillman is No. 60 on the preseason prediction. Both Hooker and Tillman had breakout 2021 seasons under head coach Josh Heupel. Hooker […]
Tennessee The First Team Out Of AP Preseason Top 25
Tennessee is unranked in the AP Preseason Top 25. However, the Vols may not have to wait long to see a number next to their name. Tennessee earned more votes than any unranked team, making them essentially the No. 26 team in the country. The Associated Press voters followed the lead of the Coaches Poll […]
Pair Of Vols Land On Preseason All American List
It’s been six years since a Tennessee player earned All American honors (Derek Barnett), but one publication has a pair of Vols on its preseason All American list. Cedric Tillman was one Pick Six Previews Third Team All American receivers while Hendon Hooker was the Fourth Team All American quarterback. Hooker and Tillman both had […]
Tennessee Left Off Preseason Coaches Poll
The Preseason USA Today’s Coaches Poll came out on Monday with the Vols absent from the inaugural rankings. Six Southeastern Conference teams inhabited the poll while four Tennessee opponents landed in the inaugural rankings. Alabama toped the poll and was followed by SEC members No. 3 Georgia, No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 21 Kentucky, No. […]
How Joey Halzle Unlocked Hendon Hooker’s Potential Using Basketball
Something clicked for Hendon Hooker during the 2021 year. After spending three years at Virginia Tech, Hooker decided to enter his name into the transfer portal in December of 2020. Less than one month later, Hooker announced that he would be transferring to Tennessee. But even after transferring to Knoxville, Hooker wasn’t going to be […]
WATCH: Tennessee Football Practice Highlights – No. 1
It’s football time in Tennessee. Those were the words spoken by Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel on Sunday before the Vols officially took the field on Monday morning for the first practice of fall camp. The rain stayed away from Knoxville and provided a crisp and cool backdrop for the Vols’ first practice out on […]
Cedric Tillman Is Tennessee Football’s New Cookie Monster
Tennessee receiver Cedric Tillman is taking the torch as Knoxville’s cookie monster from Alontae Taylor. The former Vol cornerback is off to the NFL but his NIL deal with Moonshine Mountain Cookies lives on with the redshirt senior receiver. Any game Tillman catches two or more touchdowns this season, the Knoxville based cookie shop will […]
Tillman Using ‘Same Mentality’ Entering Season With Increased Expectations
In a week with trips to New York City and Atlanta, the changes in Cedric Tillman’s life over the last year were never as clear as they were at SEC Media Days. Tillman was unknown outside of the Volunteer State in July of 2021. Entering his redshirt junior season, Tillman totaled eight career catches for […]
Eight Vols Land On Preseason All-SEC Teams
Eight Tennessee football players landed on the three All-SEC Preseason Teams entering the 2022 football season. Josh Heupel’s second Tennessee team landed one player on the first team, three players on the second team and four players on the third team. Senior Byron Young was Tennessee’s lone first team selection landing as one of the […]