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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Josh Dobbs: Poster Boy for Student Athletes
Is anyone surprised that the NCAA has just made former Tennessee Vols quarterback Josh Dobbs, he of the aerospace engineering degree, the poster boy for student-athletes? Anyone? Okay, then.
Orange & White Game Becomes Q-School
With Joshua Dobbs heading to the NFL after leading a prolific offense the past couple of years for Tennessee, it’s only natural to want things to stay fairly close to the same. Why fix something that isn’t broken, after all? That’s one of the reasons we’ve all heard so much about […]
How to watch Tennessee’s Orange and White Game today at 4:00
It’s Gameday. Tennessee will hold its annual Orange and White Game today at 4:00 p.m. You can catch video coverage of the game on the SEC Network or WatchESPN, and you can listen to the Vol Network on your radio or through your computer or phone. It’s not going to be an actual scrimmage, […]
Jashaun Corbin Gives Tennessee a Potential Star Running Back Commit
Tennessee already sits in prime shape with a lot of its top prospects for the 2018 recruiting class, but there are few bigger needs than impact running backs. The Vols certainly grabbed one of those on Friday afternoon on Orange & White Game eve, when Melbourne, Florida, running back Jashaun […]
LISTEN to Bill Anderson’s audio highlights of Vols games
Bill Anderson, long-time color analyst and broadcast partner with John Ward, passed away this past Tuesday at the age of 80. In honor of him, the Vol Network put together this eight-minute compilation of audio highlights from the time he and Ward spent as the voices in our heads on Gamedays. […]
Gameday Today: Injury situation “not so hotsy-totsy,” but at least nerds are in charge of the spring game
Except for the Orange and White “Game,” spring practice is in the books for Tennessee. So how did it go? Well, defensive end Deandre Johnson is having a really good spring, according to defensive coordinator Bob Shoop. His opinion counts, you know. And he thinks that cornerback Justin Martin […]