Category: Tennessee Vols Football

FORTH WORTH, Texas – The Davey O’Brien foundation revealed Tuesday that redshirt senior quarterback Joe Milton III is one of 35 quarterbacks named to the Davey O’Brien Award watch list. The award is the oldest and most prestigious national quarterback award and is presented to the nation’s best college quarterback each year.  The strong-armed signal caller from Pahokee,…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Three years into his current tenure, Tennessee defensive line coach Rodney Garner has molded his unit into a strength of the Volunteeers, combining a mix of veterans and talented newcomers. Garner’s group and Tennessee went full pads for the first time this preseason camp with a 21-period practice on Tuesday at Haslam Field.  Garner and a…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee football will begin a season ranked in the top 10 for the first time since 2016 as the Volunteers were tabbed No. 10 in the preseason edition of the USA Today AFCA Coaches Poll on Monday. Six Southeastern Conference teams are in the poll, including top-ranked Georgia, No. 3 Alabama, No. 5…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – After a day off on Sunday, the Tennessee football team was back on the practice field Monday morning to kick off week two of preseason camp. Following Monday’s session at Haslam Field, offensive line coach Glen Elarbee and select offensive linemen spoke to the media about the group’s performance so far this camp. Despite losing…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Week one of preseason camp continued to roll along on Friday morning as Tennessee had its first practice of the fall in shoulder pads after two days in just helmets. The Vols’ linebackers were at the top of the list of position groups that were most excited for the first day in pads.…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Rain kept the Vols indoors Thursday morning for the second practice of preseason training camp as Tennessee football completed a 19-period workout in helmets and shorts on the turf field inside the Anderson Training Center. Recently named to 247Sports’ 30 Under 30 rising coaching stars in college football, UT tights ends coach Alec Abeln met with…

ATLANTA – For the second consecutive season, Tennessee tight end Jacob Warren was named to the Wuerffel Trophy watch list, as announced by the Wuerffel Foundation on Thursday. Warren is one of 110 student-athletes in contention for College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service. Named after Danny Wuerffel, the 1996 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from the University of Florida,…

CLEMSON, S.C. – Tennessee secured its spot in the regional final with a back-and-forth 6-5 victory over No. 4 Clemson in an instant classic in front of a sellout crowd at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday night. Hunter Ensley’s RBI double in the top of the 14th inning proved to be the game-winning hit as the Volunteers ended…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee wide receiver Jalin Hyatt continued to rack up the honors on Thursday night, garnering Walter Camp First Team All-America recognition as announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN.   Hyatt was also named the winner of the Biletnikoff Award during the show, which annually recognizes college football’s most outstanding FBS receiver.…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee has its first Biletnikoff Award winner. The nation’s most explosive playmaker Jalin Hyatt captured the award, which goes to college football’s most outstanding receiver regardless of position, on Thursday night as part of the virtual ESPN College Football Awards. Hyatt beat out two other finalists in Iowa State’s Xavier Hutchinson and Ohio State’s Marvin…