Where Every Outgoing Tennessee Basketball Transfer Landed
Four Tennessee basketball players entered the transfer portal at the conclusion of the 2023-24 season and after two announced their commitments on Monday all four players have found homes in the portal. Three players landed at power five schools including one in the SEC. Redshirt freshmen Freddie Dilione and D.J. Jefferson entering the transfer portal […]
Report: Tennessee Wing Transfer Commits To New School
Tennessee transfer wing D.J. Jefferson committed to Longwood basketball on Wednesday afternoon, the Field of 68’s Jeff Goodman first reported. Jefferson hopped into the transfer portal shortly after the conclusion of Tennessee’s season. The 6-foot-5 wing spent two seasons in Knoxville, redshirting his freshman year before playing in just one game during the 2023-24 season. […]
Tennessee Wing Enters Transfer Portal After Two Seasons In Knoxville
Tennessee small forward D.J. Jefferson entered the transfer portal on Tuesday afternoon, On3’s Jamie Shaw first reported on Monday afternoon. A former four-star recruit in the 2022 recruiting class, Jefferson redshirted his freshman season at Tennessee before playing all of three minutes during the 2023-24 season. The left-handed wing hit a three-pointer and grabbed two […]
D.J. Jefferson Back Practicing With Tennessee Basketball After Missing ‘About A Week’
Tennessee basketball wing D.J. Jefferson wasn’t an active participant in the Vols’ lone practice open to the media this preseason. During Tennessee’s in-house media day, coach Rick Barnes said they were temporarily sidelining Jefferson because “he hasn’t lived up to what we want him to do and all that facets of the program.” But the […]
Quartet Of Tennessee Basketball Players Sidelined In Early Stages Of Preseason Practice
Tennessee basketball is a week into its preseason practice and already has a myriad of players sidelined for numerous reasons. Point guard Zakai Zeigler, small forward D.J. Jefferson and power forwards J.P. Estrella and Tobe Awaka are all currently sidelined and were not full participants in Tuesday afternoon’s practice open to the media. Zeigler is […]
Tennessee Basketball Redshirting Freshman Wing
Tennessee freshman wing D.J. Jefferson will redshirt the 2022-23 season, Vols head coach Rick Barnes shared following Tennessee’s season opening win over Tennessee Tech. “You never redshirt a guy unless you know he’s going to be a factor in your program,” Barnes said. “There’s no doubt he has a chance to be a real factor. […]
First Look At Tennessee Newcomers As Summer Practice Begins
Tennessee basketball’s summer practices are underway at Pratt Pavilion. All three of the Vols’ prep signees as well as Indiana State transfer Tyreke Key are on campus going through workouts. The Vols released a summer workout video giving us our first look at the newcomers in Tennessee orange. back like we never left pic.twitter.com/RWhoEgMuJO — […]
BREAKING: Four-Star Wing Commits To Tennessee
Small forward D.J. Jefferson committed and signed with Tennessee over Wake Forest and Washington State on his Instagram Friday afternoon. “D.J. is a lot of fun to be around,” Tennessee head coach Rick Barnes said. “He’s got an engaging personality and infectious positive energy. That energy really translates to the basketball court. He’s an exciting […]
Where Tennessee Stands In Way-Too-Early Rankings Following Julian Phillips Commitment
The college basketball offseason continues to churn on as coaches across the country look to fill out their rosters ahead of the start of the fall semester in August. The timetable for players to enter the transfer portal and be immediately eligible has past, but with the deadline for players in the NBA Draft to […]
Tennessee Wing Target Committing Friday Coming Off Visit To Knoxville
Texas small forward D.J. Jefferson is making his college commitment Friday, On3’s Joe Tipton first reported Tuesday. Jefferson visited Knoxville last weekend and will decide between Tennessee, Wake Forrest and Washington State. Last weekend has already been a fruitful recruiting weekend for Rick Barnes and his staff. New York power forward Tobe Awaka was on […]