Cornerback Rickey Gibson III With Tennessee Football At Start Of Spring Practice
Cornerback Rickey Gibson III is with Tennessee football as the Vols open up spring practice on Friday morning, a major development for Josh Heupel’s fifth team in Knoxville. Gibson told On3 sports last month that he planned to enter the transfer portal when it opened this spring leaving it ambiguous on whether or not he’d […]
Tennessee Football Lands One Player On ESPN Way-Too-Early All-American Team
Despite making a run to the College Football Playoffs in 2024, Tennessee football didn’t have a single player land on an All-American team for their play during the season. But ESPN is predicting that Tennessee won’t go another year without an All-American. In its way-too-early All-American predictions, ESPN predicted Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy to be […]
Tennessee Star Cornerback Jermod McCoy Suffers Torn ACL
Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy tore his ACL during an offseason workout in his Texas hometown, Volquest’s Austin Price first reported on Wednesday. The timeline to return from a torn ACL is typically six to nine months making McCoy’s status for the start of the 2025 season uncertain. Price reported that McCoy has already had surgery […]
Six Tennessee Vols Land On Coaches All-SEC Teams
Six Tennessee football players landed on the 2024 Coaches’ All-SEC teams on Tuesday. Running back Dylan Sampson, center Cooper Mays, and EDGE rusher James Pearce Jr. landed on the First Team All-SEC roster while sophomore cornerback Jermod McCoy earned a Second Team All-SEC nod. Tennessee offensive lineman Javontez Spraggins and kickoff specialist Josh Turbyville were […]
Tennessee Cornerback Plans To Enter The Transfer Portal
Tennessee cornerback Jordan Matthews plans to enter the transfer portal when it officially opens next week after spending two years in the Vols’ system, On3’s Hayes Fawcett first reported. Matthews played 83 snaps for Tennessee in his redshirt freshman season where he totaled three tackles and two pass deflections. However, only six of those 83 […]
PFF Grades: Tennessee at Vanderbilt
Tennessee football capped off the regular season with its 10th win of the season on Saturday afternoon, overcoming a slow start to defeat Vanderbilt 36-23 in Nashville. 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 = 90-100, All-Conference = […]
Tennessee Cornerback Jermod McCoy Tagged as Semifinalist For Prestigious Award
Tennessee cornerback Jermod McCoy was tagged as one of the 15 semifinalists for the 2024 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award on Tuesday, as announced by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and the Jim Thorpe Association. The award is given to the nation’s top defensive back across college football annually. Previous winners of the Jim Thorpe […]
Tennessee Football Stock Report: Vols Knock Off Alabama
Tennessee football kept its College Football Playoff hopes on steady ground and more importantly got back on the winning side of the Third Saturday in October by knocking off the Crimson Tide 24-17 on Saturday afternoon. The game was much the same as in Tennessee’s recent matchups with the offense struggling early and its defense […]
Alabama Receiver Retweets Criticism Of Kalen DeBoer Following Loss At Tennessee
Alabama football had failed to score 30 points just once this season before coming to Neyland Stadium on Saturday afternoon. That changed in a big way as Tennessee held the Crimson Tide to to 17 points in the Vols seven-point victory. One of the biggest plays of the game came late in the first quarter […]
Five Critical Moments: Tennessee Downs Alabama In Knoxville
Seven days after defeating rival Florida at Neyland Stadium, Tennessee football knocked off rival Alabama 24-17 on Saturday evening in a thrilling rivalry showdown. The Vols’ defense was stellar again and after another bad first half, Tennessee’s defense came alive with a strong second half. Here’s five critical moments from Tennessee’s second win over the […]
