Tennessee Lands Ten Players on Preseason All-SEC Teams
With spring camp and the rearview mirror, Athlon Sports has officially released its preseason All-SEC selections entering the 2022-2023 season. A total of ten Tennessee players are represented on that list with five offensive players, four defensive players, and one specialist. Tennessee’s preseason All-SEC selections, as determined by Athlon Sports, are as follows: All-SEC First […]
Scouting Report Leaves Nico Iamaleava Outside of Five-Star Rankings
On March 21, Tennessee received a commitment from Nico Iamaleava, one of the top quarterback prospects in the nation. Since then, Iamaleava has been a key piece of the class, using his influence and status to help bring in other top talents from around the country. In addition to his consistent recruiting efforts, though, Iamaleava […]
Where Hendon Hooker Ranks Among All College Football Quarterbacks
Quarterback Hendon Hooker returning to Tennessee is one of the biggest reasons as to why most are optimistic about the upcoming Tennessee football season. Hooker transferred to Tennessee before the 2021 football season after three years with Virginia Tech and helped turn around Tennessee’s direction after a lackluster 2020 showing under Jeremy Pruitt. Combined with […]
WATCH: Tennessee Drops New Hendon Hooker Highlight Mixtape
There are officially 100 days until Tennessee Football kicks off the 2022-2023 season. To build up some off-season hype, Tennessee’s social media team dropped a brand new highlight mixtape for quarterback Hendon Hooker. Hooker is heading into his second season with Tennessee. The Greensboro, North Carolina native transferred to Tennessee before the 2021 season and […]
Tennessee Football In Top 15 Of CBS Sports Post Spring Practice Rankings
With spring practice in the rearview and the summer nearing, CBS Sports released its most recent top 25 rankings. The Vols stayed set at the same spot they were in the inaugural way-too-early top 25 rankings — No. 15. “Josh Heupel had a nice debut season in the SEC,” CBS Dennis Dodd wrote. “But this […]
‘All Work, No Play’: Hendon Hooker Forecasts Productive Summer for Tennessee Football
The line “all work and no play” was popularized in Stanley Kubrick’s film The Shining in 1980. The phrase’s meaning most commonly tracks around the idea that too much work without adding in play can make a person dull. The Tennessee football team and quarterback Hendon Hooker have adapted the phrase for their own this […]
Strong Value? Hendon Hooker’s Heisman Odds in 2022
Hendon Hoooker is ready to lead Tennessee in his second and final year in Knoxville. After spending his first three collegiate years at Virginia Tech, the Greensboro, N.C. native transferred to Tennessee to pair up with brand new head coach Josh Heupel. Hooker began the year as a backup quarterback for Tennessee but did replace […]
WATCH: Tennessee Players Dance at the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
The generosity of the Tennessee athletics department continues to be shown. On Thursday afternoon, a group of Tennessee football players and representatives took a quick trip over to the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital to hang out with the kids for a little while. The group of players that went to the hospital included quarterback Hendon […]
Where Tennessee Stands In ESPN’s Post Spring Practice Top 25
With spring practices across he country either over or winding down, ESPN updated its way-too-early top 25 rankings for the first time since January on Thursday. After being unranked in the previous rankings, Tennessee climbed into ESPN’s top 25 at No. 23. The Vols haven’t been overly active in the transfer portal to date, but […]
Tennessee Commit Nico Iamaleava Interviews with Rocky Top Insider
Tennessee commit and five-star quarterback Nico Iamaleava has had a busy weekend. After announcing his verbal commitment to Tennessee on Mar. 21, Iamaleava was back in town this weekend for two big events: the Tennessee Vols’ spring scrimmage and the Pylon 7-on-7 Tournament held at Farragut High School. Starting with the latter, Iamaleava’s Team T.O.A. […]
