Category: Tennessee Vols Football

Tennessee Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – With the anticipation of the 2022 football season under second-year head coach Josh Heupel drawing closer, Tennessee Athletics has emphatically eclipsed benchmarks for total season-tickets sold and new season-tickets sold. As of Aug. 3, Tennessee has sold 16,781 new season tickets for the 2022 campaign—168 percent of its goal of 10,000 new season tickets. That…

Tennessee Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee enters the 2022 season with a luxury that not many teams in today’s college football have, two veteran quarterbacks with significant starting experience at the Power 5 level. Despite competing with each other on a daily basis, Hendon Hooker and Joe Milton III have built a close bond that is helping take the offense…

Tennessee Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – There are notable differences from the start of Tennessee’s second preseason camp under Josh Heupel compared to last August. Athleticism, a deeper roster and experience at key positions are aplenty as the Volunteers opened the second fall under Heupel with a two-hour workout on Monday morning. Tennessee began practice indoors and then moved…

Tennessee Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – It’s one of the most exciting times of the year on Rocky Top as the Tennessee Volunteers football team kicks off preseason camp on Monday morning at Haslam Field, marking the official start of the 2022 season for the Big Orange, led by second-year head coach Josh Heupel. On Sunday afternoon, Heupel,…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee football officially reports for the start of preseason camp on Sunday, as head coach Josh Heupel will kick off his second season with the Volunteers’ media day at 12:45 p.m. ET. Heupel will be followed at media day by defensive coordinator Tim Banks and offensive coordinator Alex Golesh. All three press conferences can be watched live on…

Tennessee Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The preseason accolades continue to roll in for wide receiver Cedric Tillman as the redshirt senior was named to the 2022 Walter Camp Player of the Year preseason watch list on Friday, as announced by the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Tillman was one of 50 student-athletes recognized on the award’s preseason list of…

Tennessee Athletics ATLANTA – Tennessee redshirt-senior tight end Jacob Warren was named to the Wuerffel Trophy watch list on Thursday morning, one of 115 student-athletes up for College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service. Named after Danny Wuerffel, the 1996 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from the University of Florida, the Wuerffel Trophy is presented each February in Fort Walton…

Tennessee Athletics AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Augusta Sports Council announced Wednesday that Tennessee senior punter Paxton Brooks is one of 49 candidates named to the preseason watch list for the Ray Guy Award, which annually honors the nation’s top collegiate punter in the FBS. Entering his fifth and final season with the Vols and fourth-straight year as UT’s starting…

Tennessee Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee redshirt senior Jeremy Banks was one of 51 players named to the preseason watch list for the 38th annual Butkus Award, honoring the nation’s top linebacker. The watch list features 51 linebackers, mirroring the legendary “51” pro jersey associated with the award’s namesake, Dick Butkus, who was recognized by NFL Films as the…

Tennessee Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee tight end Jacob Warren was named to the 2022 John Mackey Award preseason watch list, as announced by the Friends of John Mackey on Friday. The Mackey Award is presented annually to the nation’s most outstanding tight end. Warren, a redshirt senior, is on the preseason watch list for the first time…