FIRST TIME IN NINE YEARS: Back-to-back 9-win seasons. - One of only three SEC schools to accomplish that feat.
FIRST TIME IN NINE YEARS: Back-to-back Top 25 finishes.
FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS: Three straight winning seasons.
FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS: Six draft picks in first four rounds of 2017 NFL Draft.
- Derek Barnett went No. 14 to the Philadelphia Eagles and was highest drafted Vol since Eric Berry in 2010.
- Barnett nished his career with a program record 33.0 sacks, breaking a 33-year-old record held by Reggie White.
FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS: Three straight bowl victories.
FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICANS: UT has had three first-team
All-Americans in the past two years in Derek Barnett (2016),
Cameron Sutton (2015) and Evan Berry (2015).
MOST TOTAL YARDS IN 19 YEARS: The Vols had 5,768 yards of total offense in 2016 - the second most in school history and the most since the 1997 team had 5,794.