Category: Tennessee Vols Football

DALLAS – Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker was named one of 20 semifinalists for the sixth annual Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year on Wednesday. The Vols’ redshirt senior signal caller seeks to become the second UT player to win the award after offensive lineman Trey Smith took home the prestigious honor back in 2019. All semifinalists have…

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Walter Camp Football Foundation announced Wednesday afternoon that Tennessee redshirt-senior quarterback Hendon Hooker and junior wide receiver Jalin Hyatt are two of 22 semifinalists for the 2022 Walter Camp Player of the Year award, the fourth-oldest college football award in the nation. Hooker and Hyatt represent two of seven players from the Southeastern Conference selected…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 5 Tennessee has entered the home stretch of the regular season and will cap the year with a pair of road games before postseason play, starting with an SEC east battle at South Carolina on Saturday night in Columbia. The Gamecocks have proven to be a tough out when playing at home…

FORT WORTH, Texas – Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker has been tabbed as a semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien Award, joining a group of 20 other top quarterbacks around the country still in contention for the prestigious honor. This marks the second straight year that Hooker has made the list of semifinalists for the award. The redshirt senior has elevated…

BALTIMORE, Md. – Becoming just the second finalist in program history for the award, Hendon Hooker was named a Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award finalist Tuesday afternoon. Hooker joins Peyton Manning as the only finalists for the award from Tennessee and Manning went on to win the award in 1997 with 3,819 yards on 287-of-477 passing (60.2 percent)…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – After helping lead Tennessee to the nation’s No. 1 scoring and total offense, offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Alex Golesh has been tabbed as a nominee for the Broyles Award, presented annually to college football’s top assistant coach since 1996. Golesh is in his second season at Tennessee and his third on Josh Heupel‘s staff,…

NEW YORK — The Foundation for Teamwork announced Tuesday afternoon that Tennessee’s offensive line is one of nine semifinalists for the 2022 Joe Moore Award, presented annually to most outstanding offensive line unit in college football. The nine semifinalists include (in alphabetical order): Air Force, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon, Tennessee, UCLA, and USC. Under the…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Returning to Anderson Training Center after a 66-24 Senior Day victory over Missouri that saw the fifth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers record the most single-game yards in program history, the Vols turned the page to the next game and a primetime showdown at South Carolina. After tackling two hostile environments early in the season, first…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The 22nd-ranked Tennessee men’s basketball returns home Wednesday, hosting Florida Gulf Coast at Thompson-Boling Arena at 7 p.m. Fans can catch Wednesday’s game on SEC Network+ and online or on any mobile device through WatchESPN. WatchESPN can be accessed through the ESPN App, or online at espn.com/watch. Andy Brock (play-by-play) and VFL Steve Hamer (analyst)…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee redshirt senior quarterback Hendon Hooker added three awards to his long list of weekly honors for the 2022 campaign, claiming Reese’s Senior Bowl Offensive Player of the Week, Manning Award Star of the Week and Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 List recognition after his performance against Missouri on Saturday. Also collecting SEC Co-Offensive Player…