Six Tennessee Football Players Receive Invites To NFL Combine
The NFL invited six Tennessee football players to its annual scouting combine ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft including three offensive and three defensive players. Defensive linemen James Pearce Jr, Omarr Norman-Lott and Elijah Simmons as well as running back Dylan Sampson and receivers Dont’e Thornton and Bru McCoy were amongst the 327 players invited […]
Tennessee Defensive Lineman Invited To NFL Scouting Combine
Tennessee defensive tackle Elijah Simmons is headed to Indianapolis. The former defensive lineman received and accepted an invite to the NFL Scouting Combine earlier this week, a major win for his NFL Draft hopes. Blessed🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/86zD88uxGL — Elijah simmons (@901_hollywood_e) January 28, 2025 Simmons largely wasn’t viewed as a strong candidate to get selected in […]
WATCH: Josh Heupel, Tennessee Players Talk Vols Open Week, Oklahoma Win
Tennessee Football has an open date this weekend which means that the media schedule is much more scaled back this week. Media was condensed to just one day this week as Josh Heupel and a handful of players all spoke for a few minutes after practice on Wednesday morning in Knoxville. The Vols enter their […]
Tennessee Football Announces Captains For NC State Matchup
Tennessee football’s captains are set for its week two matchup against NC State in the Duke’s Mayo Classic, the Vols announced on X. Inside linebacker Keenan Pili, defensive tackle Elijah Simmons, center Cooper Mays and long snapper Matthew Salansky are the Vols’ four captains for the critical week two matchup. Pili and Salansky were both […]
Which Tennessee Seniors Still Haven’t Announced Plans For 2024 Season
Tennessee football boasted 17-total scholarship seniors this season that still had one-more season of eligibility remaining thanks to NCAA Covid-19 eligibility relief and medical redshirts. With the transfer portal closed and the Vols’ bowl game in the rearview we know the fates of 13 of those scholarship players for next season. Five of those players […]
Tennessee Players Talk Upcoming Kentucky Matchup
A trio of Tennessee football players met with the media in Knoxville on Monday afternoon to field a few questions before the Kentucky game in Lexington this coming Saturday night. Tennessee’s three players included tight end McCallan Castles, defensive lineman Elijah Simmons, and cornerback Doneiko Slaughter. Castles, a new player to Tennessee from the transfer […]
Injury Report: Tennessee Down Four Players Against South Carolina
Four Tennessee football players are inactive for the Vols’ SEC home opener Saturday night against South Carolina. Linebacker Keenan Pili, offensive guard Andrej Karic, receiver Dont’e Thornton and safety Christian Charles. Pili is missing his fourth straight game after suffering an upper body injury in Tennessee’s season opening win against Virginia. Elijah Herring slides into […]
Injury Report: Four Tennessee Football Players Inactive Against UTSA
Four Tennessee football players are inactive for this afternoon’s matchup agains UTSA at Neyland Stadium. Elijah Simmons, Keenan Pili, Will Brooks and Christian Charles are inactive for the non conference matchup. Simmons has yet to make his season debut after suffering a lower body injury in the Vols’ second fall practice. With the backup defensive […]
Injury Report: Four Tennessee Players Inactive Against Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Four Tennessee football players are inactive for Saturday night’s SEC opener at Florida. Safeties Will Brooks and Christian Charles, defensive tackle Elijah Simmons and linebacker Keenan Pili are all out. Center Cooper Mays is going through pregame warmups and is a game time decision. Keenan Pili is missing his second straight game […]
Injury Report: Three Tennessee Vols Inactive Against Austin Peay
Tennessee football is down three players in its two-deep for Saturday evenings matchup against Austin Peay. Linebacker Keenan Pili, defensive tackle Elijah Simmons and center Cooper Mays are inactive for the game. Tennessee announced that Pili will be out for multiple weeks earlier this week and the linebacker wasn’t dressed out during warmups. Simmons is […]
