(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee football has received a signed financial aid agreement from talented NFL Academy athlete Emmanuel Okoye of Lagos, Nigeria, it was announced on Wednesday.Okoye (pronounced oh-KOY-ay) represented the NFL Academy in Loughborough, U.K., during the fall of 2022 and…
(utsports.com) The Tennessee basketball program added another sharpshooting guard to its roster this week, as Northern Colorado transfer Dalton Knecht has signed with the Volunteers. As a senior this past season, Knecht (pronounced: connect) averaged 20.2 points per game to earn the Big…
(utsports.com) The Tennessee basketball program has added another decorated and well-rounded impact player to its roster, as Harvard transfer Chris Ledlum signed to spend his final year of collegiate eligibility on Rocky Top. A versatile 6-6 swingman originally from Brooklyn, New…
(utsports.com) Tennessee basketball coach Rick Barnes announced Tuesday that combo guard Jordan Gainey has signed with UT following two decorated seasons at USC Upstate. The 6-4 Gainey was named 2022 Big South Co-Freshman of the Year before garnering first-team All-Big South honors…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Vols basketball coach Rick Barnes tagged along on the Big Orange caravan Monday in Chattanooga. He's set to begin his 9th season as Tennessee's head coach next year. Just like every coach, Barnes is adjusting to the new NIL…
Chattanooga-(WDEF-TV) Vols coach Josh Heupel drove the Big Orange Caravan into Chattanooga Monday. Gotta be a fun stop since Tennessee is coming off their best season in decades. You'll obviously see a bunch of orange on the big orange caravan…
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Hendon Hooker has landed in what seems like a good spot for the banged-up quarterback, getting drafted by a Detroit Lions team that may not need him to take a snap in 2023. Hooker, who tore the ACL in…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants may finally have found a deep-threat receiver and a center for quarterback Daniel Jones, taking John Michael Schmitz and speedy wide out Jalin Hyatt in the second and third rounds of…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – For the second time in the span of six days, it was the bat of Griffin Merritt that gave Tennessee a dramatic walk-off win as the graduate transfer led of the bottom of the ninth with a no-doubt…
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Darnell Wright helped Tennessee re-emerge as a national power. And the Chicago Bears hope the feisty blocker can do something similar for them. Chicago selected the Tennessee offensive tackle with the No. 10 overall pick…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Four solo home runs, including a walk-off blast by Griffin Merritt in the bottom of the 12th inning, lifted No. 19 Tennessee to a thrilling come-from-behind 4-3 victory over No. 2 Vanderbilt in Friday night's series opener in front…
(utsports.com) The Tennessee basketball team will travel to Madison, Wisconsin, next season to face the Wisconsin Badgers at The Kohl Center on Friday, Nov. 10.The Volunteers hosted the Badgers in Knoxville on Dec. 28, 2019, as the first game of…
Vols guard Santaigo Vescovi has announced that he's returning for his fifth season on Rocky Top. Vescovi led Tennessee in scoring last year, averaging over 12 points a game. His MO of course is the three ball. He has made…
Tennessee has given Lady Vols coach Kellie Harper a one year extension. It puts her under contract through the 2027-28 season. Details were not released, but Harper makes a million-a-year. Last year the Lady Vols won 25 games. The most…
Tennessee quarterback Joe Milton stands out in so many ways. At 6-foot-5 and 242 pounds, Milton is flexible enough to do a backflip from a standing position and has a right arm so powerful he can stand on the goal line and throw an…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — With the departure of veteran specialists Paxton Brooks and Chase McGrath and several new faces emerging this semester, the Tennessee football program has seen competition developing for the special teams unit over the course of spring practice. Special teams coordinator Mike Ekeler met…
(utsports.com) A much anticipated project aimed at enhancing the Tennessee football gameday experience has begun, as Tennessee Athletics has initiated the installation of a very high density (VHD) Wi-Fi network at historic Neyland Stadium.In response to feedback and input from…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Building off the momentum of an epic 11-win season last fall, Tennessee Athletics has surged past its goal of football season tickets sold with over 70,000 purchased for the 2023 campaign.As of April 11, Tennessee has sold…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 8/11 Tennessee struggled to contain No. 2/3 Florida's high-powered lineup in a 9-3 loss on a dreary Friday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Gators jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead after scoring three…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee running backs Dylan Sampson, Cameron Seldon and DeSean Bishop paced the Vols' offense in the second scrimmage to wrap up the third week of spring practice on Thursday in Neyland Stadium.Tennessee went through its normal pregame warmups before scrimmaging for close…
Out of 131 division one teams, the Vols were 127th in passing yards allowed last season. Give that stat, the secondary positions are wide open on Rocky Top this spring. Said defensive backs coach Willie Martinez:"We don't have a first…
(utsports.com) BATON ROUGE, La. – No. 9/10 Tennessee belted three homers but came up short in game two of its series with No. 1/1 LSU, falling 6-4 on Friday night at Alex Box Stadium. The Big Orange struck first, courtesy…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee football will scrimmage for the first time this spring on Saturday in Neyland Stadium as the Volunteers culminate the second week of spring ball.The scrimmage is closed to the public.Many new faces who enrolled in January…
(utsports.com) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Athletics' "Big Orange Caravan" rolls across the state of Tennessee once again this April and May with Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Danny White, head football coach Josh Heupel, men's basketball coach Rick Barnes and women's basketball coach Kellie Harper.A collaborative fan…