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Michigan quarterback Joe Milton struggled late in the season with a thumb issue and is seen wearing a cast on his right hand in a recent Instagram post. Milton, who started five games as Michigan's quarterback last fall, had offseason surgery, according to a source close to the program. It is unclear when the surgery took place. The video posted on Instagram shows Milton playing with his dog and a cast protecting his hand and thumb. In the Week 3 game at Indiana, Milton was seen wearing a protective wrap on the hand and thumb and in every subsequent game. - Detroit News

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QB Joe Milton III, Tennessee
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01/12/21 - Matthew Butler, rSr/2022, Tennessee, 6-4, 298 (DS#9 DT) + More +

Tennessee football's most productive defensive lineman the past two seasons plans to return for a final year in 2021. Matthew Butler announced Monday that he will play an additional senior season with the Vols. Butler will not count against UT's limit of 85 scholarship players because the NCAA announced in August that players who were seniors in 2020 could return for another season without counting against a team's scholarship limit. Butler joins wide receiver Velus Jones Jr., cornerback Kenneth George Jr. and defensive lineman Darel Middleton as seniors who have declared that they will return to UT in 2021. Another senior defensive lineman, LaTrell Bumphus, also is likely to return. - Knoxville News Sentinel

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DT Matthew Butler, Tennessee
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01/05/21 - Velus Jones Jr., rSr/2022, Tennessee, 6-0, 204 (DS#29 WR) + More +

Tennessee's kickoff returner and second-leading receiver is returning for another season of college ball. Senior Velus Jones Jr. announced Monday via Twitter that he will play another season for the Vols in 2021. Jones will not count against UT's limit of 85 scholarship players, because the NCAA announced in August that players who were seniors in 2020 could return for another season without counting against a team's scholarship limit. In his first season with Tennessee as a graduate transfer from Southern California, Jones averaged 22.1 yards on 18 kickoff returns. He also caught 22 passes for 280 yards and had three carries for 16 yards. - Knoxville News Sentinel

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WR Velus Jones Jr., Tennessee
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01/05/21 - *Bryce Thompson, Jr/2021, Tennessee, 5-11, 182 (DS#41 CB) + More +

Tennessee junior defensive back Bryce Thompson announced his intentions to declare for the NFL Draft Tuesday morning after three years in the program. He made the announcement via personal Instagram account. The cornerback finished his Tennessee career with eight interceptions, 100 tackles, two forced fumbles and two sacks. - WNML, Sports Radio Tennessee

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CB *Bryce Thompson, Tennessee
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01/02/21 - Cade Mays, rSr/2022, Tennessee, 6-5, 311 (DS#24 OT) + More +

One of Tennessee's top offensive linemen will return for another season rather than head to the NFL. Right guard Cade Mays plans to return to the Vols in 2021, a team spokesman confirmed to Knox News on Thursday. Mays, a junior, started seven games this season, his first year with Tennessee after transferring from Georgia. The former Knoxville Catholic High School star made his debut for Tennessee on Oct. 3 against Missouri after receiving transfer waivers from the NCAA and SEC, allowing him eligibility to play this season rather than sit out one season under NCAA transfer rules. He started at right tackle against Missouri before shifting to right guard for his remaining starts. He missed the final two games of the season with a lower leg injury. - Knoxville News Sentinel

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OT Cade Mays, Tennessee
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12/28/20 - Trey Smith, Sr/2021, Tennessee, 6-6, 321 (DS#4 OG) + More +

2020 ALL-SEC FIRST TEAM (COACHES): OL Trey Smith, Tennessee,...Smith was one of five SEC offensive linemen selected to the first team. He becomes the first Volunteer offensive lineman to earn the honor in back-to-back seasons since Arron Sears during the 2005-06 campaigns. Smith is one four UT offensive linemen to achieve that Coaches team feat in the last 32 years, joining Sears, Antone Davis (1989-90) and Eric Still (1988-89). For his career, Smith started 41 of the 42 games he played in, including 22 consecutive starts. He logged over 2,500 offensive snaps in his four years and allowed only one sack in his final two seasons. - Tennessee Football

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OG Trey Smith, Tennessee
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12/25/20 - Austin Lewis, rSr/2024, Tennessee, 6-5, 261 (DS#999 DE) + More +

Flames defensive end Austin Lewis and quarterback Chris Ferguson have both entered the transfer portal and are expected to enroll at new universities for the spring semester. Freeze is allowing them to play in the bowl game and give them the opportunity to finish the season with their teammates. "I just admire people that finish and finish the right way. I get the world we live in and both are transferring for different reasons, and I think both are right to transfer," Freeze said. "We had those discussions, we were honest with each other and I think for what they're wanting, I think it's in their best interest to do that. My challenge to them was just finish well and I'll help you any way I can."

Lewis is completing his junior season and was the program's first All-American at the FBS level. He was a standout defensive end early at Liberty and has added weight to be able to play inside more frequently. However, his playing time diminished with the arrival of new explosive defensive ends and more consistent play from the tackles. - Lynchburg News and Advance

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DE Austin Lewis, Tennessee
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12/23/20 - Austin Pope, rSr/2022, Tennessee, 6-4, 235 (DS#999 TE) + More +

Tennessee tight end Austin Pope has entered the NCAA transfer portal, a team spokesman confirmed Monday. Pope was a starter in 2019 but sat out all of this season after having preseason back surgery for a herniated disc. Pope, a senior, will have the option to return next season thanks to an NCAA ruling that the 2020 season will not count against a player's eligibility. Entering the transfer portal does not require a player to transfer, but it is a first step that allows other coaches to contact the player. The Christian Academy of Knoxville graduate entered this season as Tennessee's most experienced tight end. He has played in 33 career games, including 14 starts. He started 11 games last season. - Knoxville News Sentinel

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TE Austin Pope, Tennessee
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12/20/20 - Charles Campbell, rSr/2024, Tennessee, 5-07, 181 (DS#16 K) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Kicker Charles Campbell, Indiana,...Campbell continues IU's run of all-league kickers as Logan Justus claimed second-team accolades in 2018 and 2019, Griffin Oakes earned Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year and first-team honors in 2015 and 2017, and Mitch Ewald collected second-team laurels in 2013. The Jackson, Tenn., native is 8-of-9 on field goals, including a career-long 52-yarder (T-6h in IU history) in the win over No. 23 Michigan, and 23-of-23 on extra points. Campbell made all three of his attempts (T-10th in IU history) in the victory at Rutgers en route to Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week and Lou Groza Award Star of the Week honors. - Indiana Football

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K Charles Campbell, Tennessee
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12/14/20 - *Bryce Thompson, Jr/2021, Tennessee, 5-11, 182 (DS#41 CB) + More +

DEC 14 SEC CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Bryce Thompson, S, Tennessee,...Thompson swung the momentum of the game on Saturday for the Vols, making a spectacular one-handed interception and returning it 18 yards for a touchdown as Tennessee topped Vanderbilt, 42-17...The pick six came in the second quarter with the Vols trailing 10-7 and ignited 28 unanswered points for Tennessee...It was the first pick six of Thompson's career and the 10th turnover forced of his career (eight interceptions, two forced fumbles)...Thompson added two tackles and was the highest graded defensive player of the game with a 91.2 coverage grade according to Pro Football Focus...It was his second interception of the season and the third defensive touchdown by the Vols this year. - SEC Football

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CB *Bryce Thompson, Tennessee
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12/10/20 - Lyn-J Dixon, rSr/2023, Tennessee, 5-09, 188 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Running back Lyn-J Dixon was Travis Etienne's unquestioned backup last season, finishing the 2019 campaign averaging 6.1 yards per carry. Dixon has been slower to produce this season, with offensive coordinator Tony Elliott noting often the battle for Etienne's primary backup remained open. The junior might have solidified his spot Saturday. After scoring his first touchdown of the season last weekend in the 52-17 win over Pittsburgh, Dixon found the end zone again Saturday on a 19-yard run. He rushed for 37 yards on three carries in the win. - Charleston Post Courier

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RB Lyn-J Dixon, Tennessee
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12/05/20 - Bru McCoy, rSr/2025, Tennessee, 6-3, 209 (DS#20 WR) + More +

First, it was a simple out route and a four-yard pickup on second down. Then, USC quarterback Kedon Slovis went back to one of his newer targets on an inside slant for 11 yards and the first down.' Two plays later, the big physical receiver ducked under a tackle and turned a short gain into 23 yards and an entry point in the red zone. It was a critical opening drive to the second half as USC attempted to build a two-possession lead over Utah, and on three out of four plays the Trojans went to redshirt freshman receiver Bru McCoy. In a position group filled with veterans and other young up-and-comers like himself, McCoy has established himself in the USC receiver hierarchy this year. Slovis and offensive coordinator Graham Harrell have trusted him to be the fourth man on the field, and he's shown up for those moments.

Like that drive against Utah, like his tipped touchdown reception in the wild comeback against Arizona State. "He's been kinda taking his role and just starring in it, whatever it is, if it's five plays, if it's 20 plays, if it's 30 plays, he just goes as hard as he can and he just tries to make plays," receivers coach Keary Colbert said Wednesday. "He's a very hardworking young man. Football means a lot to him." McCoy is fourth on USC in receptions (13) and receiving yards (142), behind last year's stalwarts Amon-Ra St. Brown, Drake London and Tyler Vaughns. - Orange County Register

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WR Bru McCoy, Tennessee
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12/04/20 - Chase McGrath, rSr/2023, Tennessee, 5-11, 202 (DS#20 K) + More +

Chase McGrath came to USC as a preferred walk-on, determined to earn his place at his dream school. Now, after three seasons as the Trojans' primary placekicker and a handful of heroic kicks, McGrath has decided to leave the team. The redshirt junior kicker entered the NCAA transfer portal this week after losing his starting job to freshman Parker Lewis earlier this season. Few expected McGrath to be usurped after a strong 2019 season in which he made 14 of 17 field-goal attempts. But tendinitis in his knee and hip opened the door for Lewis in training camp, and the freshmen immediately took advantage. Lewis has hit six of his seven field-goal attempts, the most of any kicker in the Pac-12. His strong start made it unlikely that McGrath would win back his job when fully healthy, even after USC coach Clay Helton called him "one of the better kickers in the country" earlier this season. - Los Angeles Times

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K Chase McGrath, Tennessee
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11/26/20 - Joe Milton III, rSr/2024, Tennessee, 6-5, 235 (DS#9 QB) + More +

Michigan's top two coaches did their best to show public confidence in Joe Milton this week, even after the struggling quarterback was pulled from the game against Rutgers over the weekend. Jim Harbaugh, appearing on the "Inside Michigan Football" radio show Monday night, declined a second opportunity to name a starter for Saturday's upcoming game against Penn State (noon, ABC). Instead, Harbaugh used some of his time to defend Milton - who completed three of his four pass attempts, and even hit receiver Giles Jackson on a 31-yard completion early in the second quarter. "I thought he was playing good," Harbaugh said. "We hadn't gotten on the scoreboard yet and wanted to get Cade (McNamara) an opportunity - a shot at it - as well."

But it seemed like every drive came with trouble. Receiver Cornelius Johnson fumbled the football away after catching an 18-yard pass on Michigan's first drive of the game, then Milton failed to pick up the necessary yardage on a fourth-and-1 play on the next drive. The Wolverines went three-and-out on their third drive, then had to settle for a 49-yard field goal by Quinn Nordin (that he missed) after Giles Jackson failed to come up with a third-down catch down the left sideline. Milton was 5 of 12 for 89 yards before coming out of the game for McNamara, a redshirt freshman, with Michigan already trailing 17-0. "There was nothing that Joe did wrong, or wasn't doing well," Harbaugh said. "(We) had the idea of both of them playing. And Cade came in and he got pretty darn hot." - Ann Arbor News

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QB Joe Milton III, Tennessee
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11/21/20 - Joe Milton III, rSr/2024, Tennessee, 6-5, 235 (DS#9 QB) + More +

After a promising start to the season against Minnesota, Joe Milton has struggled in the three games since. While he still showed glimpses of his potential against Michigan State and Indiana, he looked uncomfortable against the Badgers and was pulled in the third quarter. Redshirt freshman Cade McNamara came in and was sensational on his first drive, completing all three passes for 74 yards and a score, but he connected on just one of his next four passes for no gain. Coach Jim Harbaugh said after Saturday's loss that the staff needs to evaluate "everything" within his program. Could that signal a possible change at quarterback? We'll see. - Ann Arbor News

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QB Joe Milton III, Tennessee
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