There had been lots of speculation about which Tennessee freshmen would be the first to have the black stripe removed from their helmets this fall. Today we learned that four Vol’ freshmen have earned that honor: DL Derek Barnett, RB Jalen Hurd, CB Emmanel Moseley and TE Ethan Wolf.
“That is the other exciting thing today,” said head coach Butch Jones. “We have four individuals have their black stripes removed, newcomers in our football program. Derek Barnett,Jalen Hurd, Emmanuel Moseley, and Ethan Wolf.”
“Those four individuals have earned the right to have their stripes taken off. It is something that they will remember forever in their Tennessee careers and when your peers elect to have your stripe taken off, that is a pretty big deal. So very deservingly so.”
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