How Tennessee’s Opponents Fared in Week 14
Every week, Rocky Top Insider will review Tennessee’s 2024 schedule and see how their past and present opponents performed the previous week of the college football season. There was madness once again in the last week of the college football regular season. Many teams in front of and behind Tennessee shifted the dynamic of the playoff rankings. […]
Dylan Sampson As Good A Running Back As Josh Heupel Has Ever Coached
Tennessee football’s offense has had its fair share of issues this season, especially in the passing game where they’ve struggled to consistently create chunk plays and move the ball through the air. But the one constant for Tennessee’s offense has been the play of Dylan Sampson. The junior running back rushed for 100-plus yards in […]
Tennessee’s Dylan Sampson Breaks Single-Season Rushing Record Against Vanderbilt
NASHVILLE, Tn. — Tennessee football defeated Vanderbilt 36-23 on Saturday afternoon to clinch a 10-2 (6-2 SEC) record and a berth in the expanded College Football Playoffs. But star running back Dylan Sampson didn’t wait until the playoffs to break another Tennessee record. Sampson is the Vols’ new single-season rushing record holder. After the […]
Tennessee’s Dylan Sampson Snubbed, Not A Finalist For Doak Walker Award
Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson was not one of the three finalists for the Doak Walker Award, announced on Tuesday. The award is given annually to the nation’s top running back and despite a phenomenal season, Sampson was not a finalist. Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty, North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton and Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson landed as […]
PFF Grades: Tennessee at Georgia
Tennessee football fell at Georgia 31-17 on Saturday night as the Bulldogs handed the Vols their second loss of the season and all but eliminated them from the SEC Championship race. If you need a reminder on how Pro Football Focus works, read the opening of the Chattanooga grades. Let’s see how the Vols graded out. Elite grade = […]
Heisman Winner Notes Carson Beck’s Biggest Weakness Ahead of Tennessee Game
Former Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram has his sights set on this weekend’s high-stakes game between Tennessee and Georgia from Athens. During this week’s episode of The Triple Option podcast alongside hosts Rob Stone and coach Urban Meyer, Ingram showed off his homework as he broke down the numbers around both teams before making his […]
Tennessee RB Dylan Sampson Appears to Suffer Injury Second Second Half Drive
*UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF PAGE* Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson appeared to suffer an injury during an offensive drive in the second quarter of Saturday night’s game against Mississippi State. Sampson went down with what appeared to be a lower-body injury after a first-down run with 1:43 remaining in the second quarter. Sampson was slow […]
Tennessee RB Dylan Sampson On the Verge of Entering Exclusive SEC Football Club
Dylan Sampson is on the verge of entering one of the SEC’s most exclusive clubs this season. Only nine players in SEC history have posted 20 or more rushing touchdowns in a single season. Dylan Sampson is right on the edge of becoming the 10th member of that exclusive list. Sampson tied and broke Gene […]
Dylan Sampson Eying More Tennessee Records Following Single-Season Touchdown Record
Dylan Sampson wrote his name in the Tennessee football record books on Saturday night, scoring two touchdowns against Kentucky to become the Vols’ single-season rushing touchdown record holder. The junior running back did it in just eight games and with four more regular season games plus whatever remains in the postseason. So what other program […]
WATCH: Tennessee’s Nico Iamaleava, Dylan Sampson, More Players React to Win Over Kentucky
No. 7 Tennessee improved to 7-1 with a 28-18 win over Kentucky on Saturday night in Neyland Stadium. Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson not only tied the Vols’ all-time single-season touchdown record with his first score of the night but broke the record just a little bit later as he found the endzone for the […]