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Seven Vols Receive Invites to Scouting Combine

Seven Tennessee Football players have received an invite to the NFL Scouting Combine, which will be held in Indianapolis from March 2-March 6. The seven Vols who earned invites are below. QB Hendon Hooker WR Cedric Tillman WR Jalin Hyatt OL Darnell Wright DE Byron Young LB Jeremy Banks P Paxton Brooks The NFL Scouting […]

Eight Vols Land On Preseason All-SEC Teams

Eight Tennessee football players landed on the three All-SEC Preseason Teams entering the 2022 football season. Josh Heupel’s second Tennessee team landed one player on the first team, three players on the second team and four players on the third team. Senior Byron Young was Tennessee’s lone first team selection landing as one of the […]

Three Vols Land On Preseason Coaches All-SEC Teams

The SEC released its preseason Coaches All-SEC teams Tuesday with three Vols landing on the trio of teams. Offensive lineman Cade Mays landed on the first team. The former-five star recruit played his first two seasons at Georgia before transferring to Tennessee for the 2020 season. In one year at Tennessee and two at Georgia […]

Heupel Provides Update On Special Teams Battles

Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel met with the media for the last time prior to game week, Monday. While the Vols’ head man wasn’t interested in revealing a starting quarterback, Heupel did update special teams position battles. There is competition at multiple positions on special teams, but Paxton Brooks has locked up the starting punter […]

Pair of Tennessee Specialists Named To Preseason Watch Lists

Tennessee punter Paxton Brooks and kicker Chase McGrath were named to national preseason watchlists Wednesday. Brooks, a senior from South Carolina, was named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List. McGrath was named to the Lou Graza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award Watch List. The Tennessee punter was one of 51 candidates named to the watch list […]