Rocky Top Talk

Brianna Paciorka/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Tennessee’s safety room is suddenly now an issue. And we have a third Tennessee safety hitting the transfer portal — Jakobe Thomas. The veteran defensive back will exit the program after spending just one season in Knoxville, coming in from MTSU last season. Tennessee safety Jakobe Thomas is entering … [Read more...] about Jakobe Thomas enters transfer portal

Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images It’s draft day, y’all. Congrats, we made it. And I wanted to take a closer look at the other Tennessee Vol that I believe will hear his name called before the final day of the draft on Saturday, and that’s DT Omarr Norman-Lott. The talented defensive tackle has received interest in the pre-draft process from a number of teams and has been … [Read more...] about Draft profile: DT Omarr Norman-Lott

Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images It’s almost here, that time where Tennessee football players officially live out their dreams by becoming NFL players. A number of Volunteers players will likely be drafted, but a couple have a chance at going in the first three rounds (two days) of the draft. The first and foremost of those is Tennessee DE … [Read more...] about Draft profile: DE James Pearce, Jr.

Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images Will he start? What a whirlwind of a ten days. The Nico Iamaleava saga played out on a national stage, once again delivering something that really hadn’t been seen to this point in the NIL era. The former No. 1 overall prospect was the first to publicly sign a multi-million dollar deal with a school a few years back, now he becomes the … [Read more...] about Following the addition of Joey Aguilar, Tennessee is set for a three-man quarterback battle

Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images You can tell he’s excited. Tennessee officially signed five-star forward Nate Ament on Monday afternoon, giving the Volunteers their highest ranked basketball prospect of all time. The 6-9 wing chose Tennessee over the likes of Duke, Kentucky, Arkansas and Louisville. Per On3, Ament checks in as the third … [Read more...] about Rick Barnes breaks down Nate Ament