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2022 PHIL STEELE PRESEASON ALL-INDEPENDENT SECOND TEAM: CB Gabe Jeudy-Lally, BYU,...Transferred to BYU after graduating from Vanderbilt, arriving in Provo with three years of eligibility...Tallied 63 tackles with 35 solo stops, four pass breakups and two interceptions in 23 games for the Commodores. - BYU Football

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CB Gabe Jeudy-Lally, Tennessee
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08/09/22 - Keenan Pili, rSr/2025, Tennessee, 6-2, 240 (DS#37 ILB) + More +

2022 PHIL STEELE PRESEASON ALL-INDEPENDENT SECOND TEAM: LB Keenan Pili, BYU,...Pili, a 6-3, 233-pound junior from Provo, Utah, started the first three games of the 2021 season at middle linebacker for BYU before suffering a season-ending injury. The 2021 team captain had recorded 31 tackles, two sacks and a fumble recovery in just three games. Pili has 128 career tackles over 24 career games, an average of 5.3 tackles per game. - BYU Football

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ILB Keenan Pili, Tennessee
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08/06/22 - Cedric Tillman, rSr/2023, Tennessee, 6-3, 213 (DS#7 WR) + More +

Cedric Tillman is already expecting added attention this season - "The best receivers in this conference get double-teamed or face the best corner. It's why my route running needs to be perfect," he said - and believes there are several candidates ready to step up and help, an opinion echoed by offensive coordinator Alex Golesh. "I think it will all kind of play itself out as it goes," Golesh said. "A year ago, Ced was a guy nobody knew about, and Velus was a guy nobody knew about, so I think it will kind of play itself out. Whether people will feel like they need to roll coverage his way or do something unique to take him away - obviously if it becomes a one-man show, that would be really hard offensively. "In this system, looking back over the years, it's kind of played itself out. We feel good with who is going to be opposite of him, whether that's with one guy or a group of guys. This is as deep as we've been in the slot, and there are a bunch of guys who have to prove something in that room, but it was that way a year ago."

Tennessee's only receiver ever to assemble two 1,000-yard seasons was Joey Kent in 1995-96 with Peyton Manning as his quarterback. Tillman has the chance to match Kent this season, even with the added attention coming. "You've just got to go compete," Tillman said. "Through those first four games last year, I didn't have the best numbers, and I kind of took off in those last six or seven, so I'm not looking so much at the numbers as I am playing hard. "The numbers will come." - Chattanooga Times Free Press

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WR Cedric Tillman, Tennessee
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08/06/22 - Solon Page III, rSr/2023, Tennessee, 6-2, 220 (DS#98 OLB) + More +

Volunteers linebacker Solon Page III has lived through it all. Last season's seven-win team humiliated Missouri and South Carolina and won at 18th-ranked Kentucky to earn a trip to the Music City Bowl. Page went through that as well, and it's why the 6-foot-2, 228-pounder from Atlanta chose to come back for a sixth season in Knoxville. After all, being on an upward trajectory is preferable to the contrary. "It's year six. It's the last go-around," Page said this week in a news conference. "We've still got a couple guys here who I came in with in my signing class, and all of us staying here and sticking it out and seeing the change in the program through the years - it just feels different. "Last year, it showed up on tape. We won a lot more games than some people thought we were going to win, and hopefully this coming year we'll do the same." - Chattanooga Times Free Press

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OLB Solon Page III, Tennessee
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08/05/22 - Lyn-J Dixon, rSr/2023, Tennessee, 5-09, 188 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Former Clemson running back Lyn-J Dixon has a new home for the 2022 season. Dixon has committed to Tennessee, he announced Wednesday morning on Instagram. Dixon, the No. 7 running back in the class of 2018, was verbally committed to the Volunteers in high school before flipping to Clemson. Dixon, who will have two years of eligibility at Tennessee, had previously committed to West Virginia for the 2022 season last November but re-entered the transfer portal in June before playing a game with the Mountaineers.

The former four-star recruit, rushed for 1,420 yards and 13 touchdowns across four seasons and 41 career games for Clemson. He had 547 yards and five touchdowns in 2018 and a career-high 635 yards and six touchdowns in 2019. Effective as a change-of-pace back behind now-NFLer Travis Etienne, Dixon was a prime candidate for the Tigers' starting running back position last season but ultimately split carries with Kobe Pace and Will Shipley. Dixon entered the transfer portal in September after three games with Clemson, later saying there were no hard feelings between him and coach Dabo Swinney, running backs coach CJ Spiller or anyone else at Clemson. - The State

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RB Lyn-J Dixon, Tennessee
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08/05/22 - Joe Milton III, rSr/2024, Tennessee, 6-5, 235 (DS#9 QB) + More +

Joe Milton knows he could have left Tennessee football this offseason if he wanted to. The senior quarterback had dropped to the backup quarterback spot behind Hendon Hooker, his classmate who is entrenched in the starting role. But he didn't think about looking to transfer. "For what?" Milton said Sunday. "No reason to. I am having fun. I am learning something new every day. I am enjoying life." Milton is back for the Vols for a second season alongside Hooker, the senior starter. He chose to stay in Knoxville opposed to transferring for the second straight season.

Milton started two games after transferring from Michigan prior to the 2021 season. He was 32-for-62 passing for 375 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. "I wouldn't say I lost the starting job, "Milton said. "In life you face a lot of adversity. You want to kind of find your way through tough things in life." The 6-foot-5, 245-pound Milton is living a different life this preseason than he was a year ago. He entered this time last year in a four-person battle to be the starting quarterback. He ultimately won the spot and opened the season as the starter. Hooker was the backup. Milton suffered an injury against Pittsburgh on Sept. 11, which he said was two torn ligaments in his ankle. Hooker entered, performed well and never surrendered the starting job. - Knoxville News Sentinel

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QB Joe Milton III, Tennessee
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08/05/22 - Donte Thornton Jr., Sr/2025, Tennessee, 6-5, 205 (DS#24 WR) + More +

Wide receiver Dont'e Thornton played sparingly last year but saved his best performance for the Alamo Bowl game against Oklahoma. He finished with four catches, 90 yards and a touchdown, including a 66-yard reception. In April's spring game, Thornton continued his strong play, catching three receptions for 116 yards and two touchdowns. Oregon's receiver group is inexperienced outside of UCLA transfer Chase Cota. Because of this, Thornton should get plenty of opportunities to show what he can do in offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham's system. - Register Guard

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WR Donte Thornton Jr., Tennessee
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08/03/22 - Cedric Tillman, rSr/2023, Tennessee, 6-3, 213 (DS#7 WR) + More +

2022 PRESEASON WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF YEAR PLAYER TO WATCH: Cedric Tillman, WR, senior, Tennessee,...Tillman emerged as one of the SEC's best playmakers in 2021, finishing the year with 64 catches for 1,081 yards and 12 touchdowns. The Las Vegas native rounded out his redshirt junior season ranking ninth in the SEC in catches, fifth in receiving yards, third in touchdowns and third in average yards per catch (16.9).

He was especially productive against AP Top 25 competition, finishing fourth in the nation with 535 yards and four touchdowns against ranked foes. In Tennessee single-season annals, Tillman ranked tied for eighth in catches, fourth in receiving yards and tied for second with Cedrick Wilson (2000) in touchdowns. He caught a TD pass in a school-record seven consecutive games to end the season, including a combined five in the final two games of the year. - Tennessee Football

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WR Cedric Tillman, Tennessee
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08/03/22 - Keenan Pili, rSr/2025, Tennessee, 6-2, 240 (DS#37 ILB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD WATCH LIST: Keenan Pili, BYU, Junior LB,...Pili, a 6-3, 233-pound junior from Provo, Utah, started the first three games of the 2021 season at middle linebacker for BYU before suffering a season-ending injury. The 2021 team captain had recorded 31 tackles, two sacks and a fumble recovery in just three games. Pili has 128 career tackles over 24 career games, an average of 5.3 tackles per game. - BYU Football

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ILB Keenan Pili, Tennessee
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08/01/22 - Paxton Brooks, rSr/2023, Tennessee, 6-5, 201 (DS#8 P) + More +

2022 PRESEASON RAY GUY WATCHLIST: Paxton Brooks - University of Tennessee,...Brooks (6-6201) is a veteran specialist who has produced a distinguished career on and off the field as a Vol … Enters his fifth and final season with the program … Serves as UT's starting punter and also a kickoff specialist … A three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and an Academic All-American who is currently working on his master's degree … Enters the season as the starting punter for the fourth straight season … Played in 48 career games … Averages 43.3 yards per punt, which ranks third all-time in UT history … Averages 61.3 yards per kickoff … 98 of his 164 kickoffs have gone for touchbacks (59.8 percent) … 30 of his punts have gone 50+ yards and 47 of his punts have been pinned inside the 20 … Career-long punt is 64 yards … Through his leadership efforts, selected to the 2020-21 VOLeaders Academy … Wears the SEC graduate patch after graduating in May 2021. - Tennessee Football

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P Paxton Brooks, Tennessee
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07/27/22 - Jeremy Banks, rSr/2023, Tennessee, 6-1, 232 (DS#12 OLB) + More +

2022 PRESEASON BUTKUS AWARD WATCHLIST: Jeremy Banks, Tennessee,...Banks is coming off a breakout 2021 season in which he led the team and ranked second in the SEC and tied for seventh in the nation in total tackles with 128 (59 solo, 69 assisted). He averaged 9.85 tackles per game, good for 12th in the nation, and his 128 total tackles were the most by a Vol in a season since A.J. Johnson logged 138 in 2012. Banks produced six double-digit tackle performances, including six out of his last seven contests on the year.

The Cordova, Tennessee, native capped the 2021 season by tying the UT bowl record for tackles with 20 in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl against Purdue, becoming the first Vol with 20 tackles in a game since Daniel Bituli vs. Georgia Tech on Sept. 4, 2017. Banks also spent plenty of time in opponent's backfields, finishing the season tied for first on the team with 11.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks. He added one interception, three pass breakups and three quarterback hurries to his stat line, as well. - Tennessee Football

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OLB Jeremy Banks, Tennessee
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07/26/22 - Bru McCoy, rSr/2025, Tennessee, 6-3, 209 (DS#20 WR) + More +

Southern Cal transfer wide receiver Bru McCoy is not yet eligible to play for Tennessee this season, Vols coach Josh Heupel said at SEC Media Days on Thursday. "There's another hurdle that we've still got to clear for him to be completely eligible," Heupel said. "Our administration and department are working on that. And we'll find out when we find out." The NCAA allows players to transfer once without sitting out a season. In January 2019, McCoy enrolled at USC, transferred to Texas several weeks later for spring practice and then transferred back to USC that summer before playing a college game. Tennessee starts preseason practice Aug. 1 and plays Ball State Sept. 1. McCoy, a 6-foot-3, 220-pounder, would compete to start at outside receiver. The Vols return 1,000-yard receiver Cedric Tillman, but they must replace Velus Jones Jr. and JaVonta Payton. - Knoxville News Sentinel

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WR Bru McCoy, Tennessee
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07/26/22 - Hendon Hooker, rSr/2023, Tennessee, 6-3, 217 (DS#5 QB) + More +

The Volunteers return promise for head coach Josh Heupel's second season, picked by many to finish second in the division. Heupel's high-flying offense helped Tennessee improve last season, finishing with a 7-6 record. Heupel has a returning quarterback this year in Hendon Hooker, who is once again expected to electrify the Volunteer attack. "Has taken great strides in offseason," Heupel said. "A young man that had an opportunity to declare for the draft, came back to our program I believe because of the culture we have, the improvements he knew he could make in coming back and helping his career." - Columbia Daily Tribune

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QB Hendon Hooker, Tennessee
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07/26/22 - Hendon Hooker, rSr/2023, Tennessee, 6-3, 217 (DS#5 QB) + More +

Tennessee's Hendon Hooker, one of the SEC's best quarterbacks, is getting paid for his name, image and likeness. Few people see a problem with that. Numerous media reports have speculated that Vols commitment Nico Iamaleava, a five-star quarterback, also has a lucrative NIL deal more than year before playing for the Vols. He lives in California, where high school players can be paid for their NIL. The amount of either contract has not been confirmed, as most athletes and collectives are silent about their NIL terms. Is it fair for a 17-year-old high school senior to be paid like a 24-year-old sixth-year college senior? At SEC Media Days on Thursday, Hooker did not name Iamaleava nor was he asked about a specific recruit. But he had a definitive opinion on the topic.

"To each his own. It's a blessing," Hooker said. "If I was coming out (of high school), I would want to get paid too. There are some guys that are special out there that have earned that. "At the end of the day, they put in the same work that we put in. So why shouldn't they be rewarded as well?" But Hooker was quick to note that players must still earn playing time, regardless of their NIL deals. "But when you get there (to college), you've still got to show up," Hooker said. "I would for sure say, 'Take advantage of (NIL), young guys, and continue to work hard." - Knoxville News Sentinel

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QB Hendon Hooker, Tennessee
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07/25/22 - Jacob Warren, rSr/2024, Tennessee, 6-6, 251 (DS#29 TE) + More +

2022 PRESEASON JOHN MACKEY AWARD WATCH LIST: JACOB WARREN, TENNESSEE,...The Knoxville native and product of Farragut High School is coming off the best season of his collegiate career, tallying a career-best 18 catches for 179 yards and three touchdowns in 2021, appearing in all 13 games while making six starts. Warren is a member of the team's leadership council and is a four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection, as well. He is expected to have an even bigger role in Tennessee's high-powered offense this season in year two under head coach Josh Heupel. - Tennessee Football

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TE Jacob Warren, Tennessee
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