In every season but two between 1939 and 2014, the Tennessee Volunteers had at least one football player taken in the NFL Draft. The Vols dubiously doubled that number in the past two years, as zero players were taken by NFL teams. Again, we should take this opportunity to thank […]
Month: April 2017
Vols quarterback Joshua Dobbs selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round of 2017 NFL Draft (with highlights)
VFL and NCAA poster boy for brainy student-athletes everywhere Joshua Dobbs was just selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the draft’s 135th overall pick of the 2017 NFL Draft. Nice Guys everywhere, rejoice. We don’t always finish last. Dobbs’ played in 37 games over the course of his Tennessee career. He […]
Vols wide receiver Josh Malone selected by Cincinnati in fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft (with highlights)
And that makes five. Five Tennessee Volunteers now taken in the 2017 NFL Draft, as the Cincinnati Bengals just selected receiver Josh Malone with the 128th pick. Malone had 50 catches for 972 yards and 11 touchdowns last season. For his career, Malone played in every game that past three seasons […]
Vols linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin selected by the Detroit Lions in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL Draft (with highlights)
VFL linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin is the fourth Tennessee Volunteer to be taken in this year’s NFL Draft. He was chosen by the Detroit Lions with the 124th pick overall. Maybin (known to some of us around here simply as “Mayhem”) was poised to dominate his senior season last fall, but […]
Vols cornerback Cameron Sutton goes 94th overall to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2017 NFL Draft (with highlights)
Add Cam Sutton to the list of Vols taken in the first three rounds of this year’s NFL Draft. Sutton was the third Tennessee player taken when he was chosen by the Pittsburgh Steelers as the 94th overall pick. It became obvious with this pick that as the draft progresses, […]
Vols running back Alvin Kamara goes 67th overall to the New Orleans Saints in 2017 NFL Draft (with highlights)
VFL Alvin Kamara was the second Tennessee player to hear his name called at the 2017 NFL Draft. Kamara was just selected by New Orleans with the draft’s 67th overall pick. As we said earlier, he and Barnett were the first Tennessee players to be selected in the draft since […]
Vols defensive end Derek Barnett goes 14th overall to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2017 NFL Draft (with highlights)
VFL Derek Barnett was the first Tennessee player to hear his name called at the 2017 NFL Draft. In front of a raucous home crowd, Barnett was just selected by the Philadelphia Eagles with the draft’s 14th overall pick. He’s the first Tennessee player to be selected in the draft […]
It’s Raining Defensive Backs
Tennessee continued its recent hot streak on the recruiting trail Thursday with verbal pledges from a pair of cornerbacks. First, 6’0″, 175-pound cornerback Adonis Otey of Blackman High School in Murfreesboro decided to get the recruiting process over with in a hurry, committing to the Vols over a slew of […]
Vols to get instant help at cornerback from graduate transfer Shaq Wiggins
The Tennessee Vols just got great news in the form of former Louisville cornerback Shaq Wiggins announcing that he is coming to Tennessee as a graduate transfer and will be available to play immediately this fall. Wiggins earned an All-ACC honorable mention in 2015, a season in which he started […]
Gameday Today: Vols in the NFL Draft, Orange and White Game debriefings, and recruiting offers
NFL Draft Will at Rocky Top Talk is celebrating Derek Barnett by reliving some of his best moments at Tennessee. Barnett didn’t just rack up the sack totals; he picked it up at the right time. The Josh Dobbs bandwagon is getting quite cozy with another ESPN analyst suddenly […]