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Velus Jones Jr. and Alontae Taylor will represent Tennessee football at SEC Media Days on Tuesday. The Vols senior wide receiver and cornerback were announced Wednesday as UT's player representatives alongside coach Josh Huepel. SEC Football Media Days will be held at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham-Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Alabama. The event was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was most recently held in July 2019. Jones elected to return after his first season at UT as a graduate transfer from Southern California. Jones averaged 22.1 yards on 18 kickoff returns and also caught 22 passes for 280 yards and had three carries for 16 yards. Jones became a bigger factor in the offense later in the season. Half of his catches came in two games. He had four catches against Florida on Dec. 5 and caught seven passes against Vanderbilt on Dec. 12. - Knoxville News Sentinel

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WR Velus Jones Jr., Tennessee
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06/26/21 - Greg Emerson, rJr/2023, Tennessee, 6-2, 300 (DS#999 DT) + More +

Tennessee football is losing a former starter along the defensive line. Rising junior Greg Emerson entered the NCAA transfer portal on Saturday. He will have three seasons of eligibility remaining. After redshirting as a freshman in 2018, Emerson started 10 games in 2019, totaling 30 tackles, four for a loss, and two sacks. He took a step back in 2020 in favor of veteran defensive linemen returning from injuries, appearing in eight games as a reserve with just one tackle. The 6-fot-3, 290-pound Emerson signed with Tennessee as a four-star defensive lineman from North Side in Jackson, Tennessee, rated as the No. 5 prospect in the state and No. 136 nationally in the 247Sports Composite. Emerson is the third defensive lineman to enter the portal, joining John Mincey and early enrollee Isaac Washington. - Knoxville News Sentinel

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DT Greg Emerson, Tennessee
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06/24/21 - Aaron Beasley, rSr/2024, Tennessee, 6-1, 220 (DS#38 ILB) + More +

An animal cruelty citation against Tennessee linebacker Aaron Beasley was dismissed at a court hearing on Thursday. His case is expunged and the citation will not appear on any criminal records. "We are happy with the court's decision to dismiss the case against Aaron Beasley," The Bosch Law Firm, the firm representing Beasley, wrote in a statement provided to Knox News. "As defense counsel stated this morning, Aaron maintains his innocence and denies these unfounded and unproven allegations." Beasley was accused of abusing a 6-month old cat in an incident that occurred on March 31, according to the general sessions docket. A police report was filed on April 1 and Beasley was suspended from UT's football program on April 5. He was officially cited for animal cruelty on April 6. Beasley has played in 17 games since joining the program in 2019, amassing seven tackles and forcing one fumble in 2020. - Knoxville News Sentinel

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ILB Aaron Beasley, Tennessee
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05/20/21 - William Mohan, rJr/2025, Tennessee, 6-1, 210 (DS#999 OLB) + More +

Tennessee football dipped into the transfer portal Thursday to add another linebacker. Michigan transfer William Mohan announced on Twitter he committed to Tennessee. "Starting over a new chapter in life, I want to thank everyone who helped me throughout this process. Thank you God & GO VOLS," Mohan wrote. Mohan is the second linebacker to transfer to UT, joining Texas transfer Juwan Mitchell. He is the seventh player to transfer to Tennessee since spring practice concluded on April 24.

The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Mohan played in one game and made one tackle for the Wolverines in 2020. Tennessee linebackers coach Brian Jean-Mary was the Michigan linebackers coach last season. Mohan was a three-star prospect out of Brooklyn, New York. Tennessee's linebacker corps were depleted this offseason. Starters Henry To'o To'o and Quavaris Crouch entered the transfer portal. Crouch transferred to Michigan State. To'o To'o transferred to Alabama. - Knoxville News Sentinel

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OLB William Mohan, Tennessee
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05/07/21 - JaVonta Payton, rSr/2022, Tennessee, 6-0, 175 (DS#78 WR) + More +

JaVonta Payton is transferring to Tennessee football from Mississippi State, the former Bulldogs wide receiver announced on Twitter on Wednesday. "I was always meant to be home," wrote Payton, who is from Nashville. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Payton caught 19 passes for 225 yards and a touchdown in 2020. He had nine receptions for 147 yards in 2019. Payton appeared in 22 games with five starts at Mississippi State. He attended Hillsboro High before spending the first two years of his college career at Northwest Mississippi Community College. Tennessee offered Payton out of high school and junior college. - The Clarion Ledger

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WR JaVonta Payton, Tennessee
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05/07/21 - LaTrell Bumphus, rSr/2023, Tennessee, 6-3, 277 (DS#47 DE) + More +

LaTrell Bumphus was arguably Tennessee's best defensive lineman last season before he suffered a knee injury during warmups at Arkansas on Nov. 7. Bumphus made 14 tackles in five games playing defensive end. Tennessee's defensive line was not a productive unit in 2020, when ex-Vols coach Jeremy Pruitt fired defensive line coach Jimmy Brumbaugh after four games. Bumphus should be a staple of an experienced position and one of its better pass-rushing options. - Knoxville News Sentinel

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DE LaTrell Bumphus, Tennessee
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05/03/21 - Martavius French, So/2024, Tennessee, 6-2, 240 (DS#999 ILB) + More +

Martavius French is no longer an answer for Tennessee's dwindling core of inside linebackers. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound redshirt freshman announced this weekend that he is entering the NCAA transfer portal. French and three early enrollees for the Volunteers - quarterback Kaidon Salter, defensive tackle Isaac Washington and inside linebacker Aaron Willis - were arrested in early March after an incident at Stokely Hall that yielded marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession charges. None of the four practiced this spring, and Washington entered the portal this past Thursday. French was a four-star signee out of Whitehaven High School in Memphis and was the nation's No. 17 inside linebacker prospect in the 2020 class, according to the 247Sports.com composite rankings. He did not play in any games last season. - Chattanooga Times Free Press

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ILB Martavius French, Tennessee
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05/02/21 - Caleb Tremblay, rSr/2022, Tennessee, 6-5, 280 (DS#999 DE) + More +

The Tennessee football team has added some experience to its defensive front. On Thursday, USC graduate transfer defensive lineman Caleb Tremblay announced his commitment to the Vols. He played in 18 games and made three starts in three seasons with the Trojans. He had 21 total tackles, 3.5 for loss, and two sacks. Tremblay, who will join former teammate and placekicker Chase McGrath in Knoxville, entered the NCAA transfer portal on April 23. The 6-foot-5, 270 pound Tremblay signed with USC in 2018 out of American River Community College in Sacramento, California. He was ranked the No. 5 junior college defensive line prospect and No. 12 nationally in the 247Sports Composite. He is the fourth player to transfer to the Vols since the 2020 season ended, joining McGrath, Virginia Tech quarterback Hendon Hooker and Michigan quarterback Joe Milton. - Knoxville News Sentinel

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DE Caleb Tremblay, Tennessee
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04/28/21 - Joe Milton III, rSr/2024, Tennessee, 6-5, 235 (DS#9 QB) + More +

There is a new dynamic in the Tennessee Volunteers quarterback room, and a sizable dynamic at that. Joe Milton, a graduate transfer from Michigan, announced Monday via Instagram that he will continue his career in Knoxville and join a mix that contained junior Brian Maurer, sophomore Harrison Bailey and Virginia Tech graduate transfer Hendon Hooker during the 15 spring practices that concluded Saturday with the first Orange & White game of the Josh Heupel era. At 6-foot-5 and 243 pounds, Milton is the biggest participant in the bunch. Milton, who was in Knoxville this past weekend, played in 14 career games for the Wolverines and made five starts. He completed 80 of 141 passes (56.7%) for 1,077 yards with four touchdowns and four interceptions. - Chattanooga Times Free Press

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QB Joe Milton III, Tennessee
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04/26/21 - Caleb Tremblay, rSr/2022, Tennessee, 6-5, 280 (DS#999 DE) + More +

USC defensive lineman Caleb Tremblay has entered the NCAA transfer portal. Tremblay announced the decision in a post on Twitter. He'll have one year of eligibility remaining thanks to the additional year granted by the NCAA due to the pandemic. The redshirt senior defensive lineman transferred to USC in spring 2018 after spending the previous year in junior college at American River Community College. An injury limited his first season at USC, but Tremblay emerged as a rotational defensive lineman in 2019 and 2020. He leaves USC with 21 total tackles, 3.5 for loss, and two sacks in his career. - Los Angeles Times

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DE Caleb Tremblay, Tennessee
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04/23/21 - JaVonta Payton, rSr/2022, Tennessee, 6-0, 175 (DS#78 WR) + More +

Three days after catching two passes for 29 yards in Mississippi State's spring football game, senior wide receiver JaVonta Payton entered the NCAA transfer portal. Payton appeared in 22 games with five starts at Mississippi State. The Nashville native went to Hillsboro High before spending the first two years of his college career at Northwest Mississippi Community College. Payton's production increased slightly from 2019 to 2020. He went from nine catches for 147 yards to 19 catches for 225 yards and a touchdown. It still was not enough to keep him around in Starkville, especially with the addition of transfer Makai Polk from Cal. Polk saw more action than Payton in the spring game, hauling in two catches for 41 yards and a touchdown on 11 targets. Payton was only targeted three times. - The Clarion Ledger

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WR JaVonta Payton, Tennessee
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04/21/21 - Trey Smith, Sr/2021, Tennessee, 6-6, 321 (DS#4 OG) + More +

Trey Smith has no problem explaining his situation, no matter how many times he has to detail his history of blood clots. The Tennessee guard wants to make sure no NFL coach or general manager has any unanswered questions about his availability to play before the upcoming draft. "I'll explain it a million times if I have to," Smith said. "Because it's just something unique. It's something that's different. At the end of the day, I want to play football at a high level. I want to go to the NFL, so I have no issue whatsoever helping people understand what I went through and making them comfortable with it as well."

The 6-foot-5, 321-pound Smith played 42 games at Tennessee even while dealing with his condition. Blood clots in his lungs kept him out of spring practice in 2018, but blood thinners allowed him to eventually return. He missed the final five games that season when doctors worried Smith had a recurrence of blood clots before extended testing made them confident that hadn't happened. Doctors and specialists put together a plan and medications that allowed him to start 12 of 13 games in 2019 at left guard, and he earned first-time All-Southeastern Conference honors. - Chattanooga Times Free Press

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OG Trey Smith, Tennessee
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04/21/21 - Joe Milton III, rSr/2024, Tennessee, 6-5, 235 (DS#9 QB) + More +

Joe Milton has reportedly found a new home, and it's in the Southeastern Conference. The former Michigan quarterback is planning to transfer to the University of Tennessee this summer, according to a report Monday by Rocky Top Insider, a website devoted to covering the Volunteers, citing multiple unidentified sources. Milton has not yet announced the move, but a Joe Milton is currently listed in the school's online directory. He is on track to graduate from the University of Michigan next month. The 6-foot-5, 243-pound quarterback entered his name into the NCAA's transfer portal in February, setting in motion his plan to depart Michigan. Milton appeared in 14 games for the Wolverines over three seasons, going from scout team quarterback to third on the depth chart to starter in 2020. In five starts, Milton completed 57 percent of his passes for 1,077 yards and four touchdowns. But he also threw four interceptions and regressed in his final three starts, leading to a change in quarterback against Penn State, in what turned out to be Michigan's regular-season finale. - Ann Arbor News

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QB Joe Milton III, Tennessee
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04/13/21 - Aaron Beasley, rSr/2024, Tennessee, 6-1, 220 (DS#38 ILB) + More +

Aaron Beasley's suspension from Tennessee football will continue "until the process is able to unfold and facts are found out," Vols coach Josh Heupel said Thursday. Beasley, a junior linebacker, was cited Tuesday for animal cruelty by Knox County animal control personnel, a Knoxville Police Department spokesperson told Knox News. "As soon as we found out the information that came to us (Monday), we suspended him until the process is able to unfold and facts are found out," Heupel said. "At that time, once we have the information, we will make a long-term decision at that point." The police spokesperson indicated the animal cruelty citation is a class A misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to 11 months, 29 days in jail and/or fines up to $2,500. Beasley was accused of abusing a 6-month-old cat, according to an incident report filed April 1 with the police. - Knoxville News Sentinel

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ILB Aaron Beasley, Tennessee
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04/09/21 - Joe Milton III, rSr/2024, Tennessee, 6-5, 235 (DS#9 QB) + More +

The former four-star prospect from Florida got off to a promising start in 2020 in his first year as the starter but stumbled down the stretch. He was replaced by Cade McNamara in Michigan's comeback victory against Rutgers in the fifth game of the season and lost the starting job Week 6 against Penn State. All four of Milton's touchdown passes came during the first three games, while he completed fewer than 50% of his passes in each of the last three, albeit he only threw three against the Nittany Lions in relief. Despite featuring a 6-foot-5, 243-pound frame with immense arm strength, Milton never hit his stride in Michigan's offense. With McNamara returning and the arrival of five-star freshman J.J. McCarthy, Milton entered the portal Feb. 18. He has three years of eligibility remaining but has not yet announced his new destination. - Ann Arbor News

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QB Joe Milton III, Tennessee
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