Category: Former Football Vols

Peyton Manning has record-breaking day

“#Manning,” the Denver Broncos official Twitter account posted on Sunday afternoon, after Peyton Manning joined Brett Farve as the only two NFL quarterbacks to throw 500 touchdown passes. For the game, Manning completed 31 of 47 with a career-high 479 yards passing and four touchdowns. After finishing the day with 503 career touchdown passes, he…

October 6, 2014

Former Football Vols

Petyon Manning
Cordarrelle Patterson 67-yard TD run

Click on the image below to watch Cordarrelle Patterson‘s 67-yard TD run against the St. Louis Rams. Patterson finished with three rushes for 102 yards and three receptions for 26 yards. The Vikings won 34-6. According to ESPN, Patterson was the first player to reach 100 yards rushing on Sunday. Forum discussion: Does someone have…

September 7, 2014

Former Football Vols

Cordarrelle Patterson
Tyler Bray might be most improved in Chiefs camp

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid told NFL Network studio host Paul Burmeister that Tyler Bray “might be KC’s most improved player in camp.” In Thursday’s exhibition win over the Bengals, Bray went 2-3 for 37 yards. After making a good play to convert on third-and-long, however, Bray coughed up the football and Cincinnati…

August 8, 2014

Former Football Vols

Matt Simms, Tyler Bray
Daniel McCullers signs with Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed former Vol defensive tackle Daniel McCullers, who they selected in the sixth-round of the NFL Draft. From ProFootballTalk, “McCullers is a very large man, standing 6-7 and weighing over 350 pounds, and that should make him a contender for an early-down role as a run stuffer on the Steelers front…

May 20, 2014

Former Football Vols

Daniel McCullers
Ja’Wuan James rumored to be first round NFL Draft pick

With the 19th pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, the Miami Dolphins might select Ja’Wuan James, offensive tackle from Tennessee. NFL insider Ian Rapoport tweeted “‏If they don’t, remember the name Ja’Wuan James from Tennessee RT @KingMcCain14: @RapSheet Dolphins trade up for a tackle. ThePhinsider, a prominent Miami Dolphins blog, wrote that James could start…

May 2, 2014

Former Football Vols

Ja’Wuan James, NFL Draft