Tennessee Football Spring Notes And Observations: Practice No. 9

Tennessee Football Spring Camp

Tennessee football was back at the Haslam Practice Field on Wednesday morning two days after the Vols held their first scrimmage of spring practice. Three periods of practice were open to the media meaning we watched roughly 20 minutes of practice with some of that coming during a stretching period. With a limited portion of […]

WATCH: Tennessee Players Talk College Football Playoff Spot

Tennessee Playoffs

Tennessee had a trio of players speak to the media on Tuesday morning as the Vols prepare for the first round of the College Football Playoffs later this month. The Vols received the nine-seed in the bracket and will head north to take on eight-seed Ohio State on Dec. 21 in Ohio Stadium. Tennessee’s three […]

Josh Heupel Non-Committal on Tennessee’s Helmet Communication After Keenan Pili Injury

Tennessee Football Keenan Pili

Josh Heupel didn’t provide an answer for who will be taking over Keenan Pili’s “green dot” communication helmet in the wake of Pili’s season-ending injury against Florida. Heupel was non-committal in Tennessee’s choice because the Vols have not quite figured that out. Tennessee does have a few candidates, though. “Yeah, haven’t finalized that,” Heupel said […]

Pair of Sophomores Included In Tennessee’s Captains For Kent State Game

Tennessee Football Keenan Pili

Tennessee has announced four captains for Saturday’s contest against Kent State with two seniors and two sophomores. The Vols’ captains against the Golden Flashes will be redshirt senior OL Dayne Davis, redshirt senior LS Matthew Salansky, sophomore linebacker Arion Carter, and sophomore linebacker Jeremiah Telander. Salansky has been a captain for all three games, alongside […]

WATCH: Tennessee Football Releases Hype Video For NC State Game

Tennessee Football Keenan Pili

Tennessee football is less than 24 hours away from kicking off its critical week two matchup against NC State at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. The 14th-ranked Vols are up to 10-point favorites against No. 24 NC State after being just 6.5-point favorites earlier this week. Tennessee was convincing in its week one win […]

Tennessee Second Year Linebackers Draw Praise From Defensive Veteran

Keenan Pili

With significant turnover happening in the linebacker room over the offseason, opportunity abounds heading into the season. Among the biggest changes was the departure of assistant coach Brian Jean-Mary, setting up the arrival of former Washington assistant coach William Inge to lead Tennessee’s linebackers. Inge helped lead Washington to the National Championship last season and […]

Where Tennessee Football’s Linebacker Room Stands After Portal Departure

Tennessee football lost its first player to the transfer portal of the spring period on Tuesday morning as junior linebacker Elijah Herring entered the portal. Herring started for Tennessee at linebacker last season after BYU transfer Keenan Pili suffered a season-ending injury in the Vols’ season opener against Virginia. The Newnan, Georgia native who played […]

William Inge Brings Player-Led Mentality to Linebacker Room

William Inge

William Inge is a player’s coach. The longtime veteran assistant coach came to Tennessee this offseason to lead the Volunteers’ linebackers unit after an impressive tenure around the football world. The 50-year-old assistant coach has spent time with the Buffalo Bills, Indiana, Fresno State, and most recently the Washington Huskies during their run to the […]

Tennessee LB Coach Evaluates the Play of Vols’ Young Linebackers Through Seven Games

Keenan Pili

Tennessee linebacker’s coach Brian Jean-Mary is pleased with the early development of his young linebackers this season. That being said, though, Jean-Mary also had the belief that the development would come quickly. With Tennessee facing an early season injury to veteran transfer linebacker Keenan Pili, the Vols had to rely on the young linebackers quicker […]