Four Vols Land On All-SEC Coaches First Team
Four Tennessee football players landed on the All-SEC Coaches First Team, the SEC announced Tuesday afternoon. Quarterback Hendon Hooker, receiver Jalin Hyatt, right tackle Darnell Wright and defensive end Byron Young landed on the first team. Georgia is the only team with more players on the first team while Alabama matched Tennessee’s five. Hooker is […]
Hendon Hooker Named SEC Offensive Player Of The Year
Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker is the SEC Offensive Player of the Year, the conference announced Monday. Hooker is the first Tennessee player to earn SEC Offensive Player of the Year honors since Peyton Manning in 1997. In his second year at Tennessee, Hooker was elite. The super senior completed 70% of his passes for 3,135 […]
Hooker, Hyatt Tabbed National Award Finalists
The college football regular season is over and we’re on the cusp of awards season. Two Vols earned invites as finalists for national awards Tuesday morning. Receiver Jalin Hyatt is one of three Biletnikoff Award finalist while quarterback Hendon Hooker is one of three Maxwell Award finalist. The Biletnikoff Award is presented yearly by the […]
Jalin Hyatt Ready To Face Home Town Gamecocks
Tennessee receiver Jalin Hyatt grew up and played his high school football in Irmo, South Carolina just 12 miles from the University of South Carolina. Starring at local Dutch Fork High School, Hyatt earned a four-star ranking and an abundance of SEC offers. However, South Carolina never came calling to extend Hyatt a scholarship offer. […]
Jalin Hyatt Enters All-Time Territory with Thousand Yard Season
Jalin Hyatt will be remembered at Tennessee for a long, long time after putting together the 2022 season that he has. On Saturday, during the Vols’ home game against Missouri, Hyatt officially crossed the 1,000-yard single-season receiving mark, vaulting him into the upper region of Tennessee’s all-time list. According to a Tennessee representative, Hyatt now […]
Tennessee’s SEC Championship Hopes Fall With The Rain At Sanford Stadium
ATHENS, Ga — Rain moved in-and-out of Athens Saturday morning before the sun peeked through the clouds as Paxton Brooks booted the game’s opening kick off. Forecasts projected the rain to be over but the clouds began to darken as Georgia opened up a 21-3 lead early in the second quarter. As the Vols’ offense […]
Jalin Hyatt Talks Meeting Former NFL Star Chad Johnson
Jalin Hyatt first caught former NFL receiver Chad Johnson’s eyes while tallying a pair of touchdowns in Tennessee’s win over LSU earlier this month. Johnson’s daughter was on a track visit to LSU and Hyatt’s speed blew the former Oregon State and Bengals receiver away. After two more dominant Hyatt performances, Johnson found himself in […]
Tennessee Makes Case For Top Spot In CFB Playoff Poll Against Kentucky
National and regional media talked all week about Kentucky being a trap game for No. 3 Tennessee ahead of next Saturday’s showdown against No. 1 Georgia. If it was a trap, Tennessee strayed far away. The Vols weren’t perfect but were poised from the jump on their way to dominating No. 19 Kentucky, 44-6, Saturday […]
Four Quick Takeaways: Tennessee Handles Kentucky With Ease
Tennessee easily took care of business Saturday, scoring 37 consecutive points on its way to a, 44-6, victory at Neyland Stadium. The Vols’ defense played on of their best games of the season while a ho hum offensive performance ended with 44 points. Here’s four quick takeaways on the win. Tennessee Takes Control In The […]
Jalin Hyatt Breaks Long Standing Tennessee Touchdown Record
Tennessee wide receiver Jalin Hyatt is continuing to break records here in his breakout 2022 season. On Saturday, with his second touchdown catch against Kentucky, Jalin Hyatt officially broke the single-season Tennessee receiving touchdown record. Hyatt’s two touchdown catches on Saturday put him at 14 in total on the season. The Tennessee junior passes Marcus […]