Report: Velus Jones Jr Visiting With AFC South Team Wednesday
Since the 2021 season came to a close, former Tennessee wide receiver Velus Jones Jr. has been hard at work gearing up for the NFL Draft. Jones Jr was a participant in the Reece’s Senior Bowl in February and did go through workouts during the 2022 NFL Combine in March. Additionally, Jones Jr did participate […]
Tennessee Promotes From Within To Fill Vacant Receiver’s Coach Position
Jameson Williams Firmly In Play For Browns Just over two weeks after Tennessee receiver’s coach Kodi Burns left Knoxville for the same position with the New Orleans Saints, head coach Josh Heupel named Kelsey Pope as Burns’ predecessor. Pope worked closely with Tennessee’s receivers last season as he served an an off field, offensive analyst. […]
Tennessee WR Runs Impressive 40-Yard Dash At NFL Combine
Titans GM Jon Robinson Gets Emotional Tennessee receiver Velus Jones Jr. is impressing at the NFL Scouting Combine, running an unofficial 4.34 40-yard dash in his first attempt and an unofficial 4.32 in his second attempt Thursday afternoon. The 4.32 time ties Memphis receiver Calvin Austin III with the second best unofficial 40-yard dash time […]
Tennessee Titans Tease Interest in Former Vol Playmaker
Tennessee Titans GM Jon Robinson Gets Emotional With the NFL Combine officially underway, teams are getting an up-close and personal look at many of the athletes participating in the events. And of those teams, the Tennessee Titans look to have an interest in at least one of the players from the Volunteer State. During the […]
Four VFLs Set to Compete at the NFL Combine Thursday
QB prospect Matt Corral’s relationship with the Mannings The Tennessee Volunteers’ 2021 football team will be contributing to the 2022 NFL Draft Combine the first week of March. With the NFL Combine starting on Thursday, four former Tennessee players are getting ready to give it their all in front of the league’s scouts and coaches. […]
Former Vol Receiving High Praise Before the NFL Draft
Alvin Kamara: What Makes a Great Running Back After two memorable seasons in Knoxville, former transfer wide receiver Velus Jones Jr has his degree from the University of Tennessee and is working his way to the NFL Draft. And after a great showing in the Reece’s Senior Bowl in early February, the former Vol looks […]
Tennessee Receiver’s Coach Leaving For NFL
Nuggets Compliment Nikola Jokic? Tennessee receiver’s coach Kodi Burns is leaving Knoxville for the same position with the New Orleans Saints, ESPN’s Pete Thamel first reported Monday morning. Before his one-year in Knoxville, Burns spent five seasons as the receiver’s coach at his alma mater, Auburn. The Arkansas native starred on the Plaines from 2007 […]
Four Vols Earn NFL Combine Invites
Super Bowl LVI Player Props: Quarterback Passing Yards Former Tennessee players Alontae Taylor, Matthew Butler, Velus Jones Jr. and Cade Mays earned invites to next month’s NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Butler announced his invite to the NFL Combine last month, but the three other Tennessee graduates had not. The Vols were four of 82 players […]
How Former Vols Performed In Senior Bowl
Dolphins hire Mike McDaniel as head coach Former Vols Cade Mays, Alontae Taylor and Velus Jones Jr. suited up on the same team one final time Saturday, competing for the American Team at the 2022 Reese’s Senior Bowl. Velus Jones Jr. was one of the game’s leading receivers, hauling in a game high four catches […]
WATCH: Former Tennessee Teammates Face Off At Senior Bowl Practice
Senior Bowl Practice Footage: February 1, 2022 The 2022 Reese’s Senior Bowl is just two days away as college football’s top recent graduates compete to impress NFL teams in practice all week. Tennessee has three players in the event, as Cade Mays, Velus Jones Jr. and Alontae Taylor are all earned invites. While the trio […]
