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Tennessee’s first real test at Georgia Tech will reveal how far the 2026 Vols’ are built to travel behind Faizon Brandon
Faizon Brandon faces his first road start as No. 18 Tennessee tests its consistency, physicality and revamped defense against a desperate Georgia Tech team in Atlanta. The Tennessee Vols want to make it two straight net-positive results to open the season when it marches into Bobby Dodd Stadium to face the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. It's a Saturday night in Atlanta for Week 2 of college football, and it carries very different stakes for each program coming out of Week 1. Bo
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Tennessee Football Reset Begins With a New Tune as Vols Host Furman to Kick Off Faizon Brandon Era
Tennessee football enters 2026 with a new roster, freshman quarterback Faizon Brandon. Against Furman more things matter than what's on the scoreboard and Vols fans don't want to miss the new Dolly Parton tribute. Tennessee Football ended the 2025 season in Music City, U.S.A., with milestones, missed standards, and motivation for 2026. What came next was a reset. It started with the Vols’ look, as Adidas rolled out a bold new identity for Tennessee’s future. A reset to the r
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The Time Is Now. Youth Takes Center Stage as Tennessee Football Begins Week 2 of Fall Camp.
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - It is football time, and the time is now. With just weeks left of fall camp, the team is heading toward the first real steps for game day in the historic cathedral of Neyland Stadium. Temperatures have made it hot across Knoxville, and so is anticipation for a new starting QB to lead the charge. The pads have now popped at Haslam Field and Neyland Stadium. For the second straight summer, the biggest question hanging over Tennessee football has less to
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It Has Only Just Begun
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The 130th football team for the University of Tennessee opened fall camp this past week and by the time the Volunteers took their first day off five practices later, one theme had already taken over: nobody knows who’s throwing the ball in Week 1. However, everyone does know how to dissect body styles and video footage. Once the first camp photos leaked out of the building, it was clear: college football was so back in Tennessee. For yet another season, Jos
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Tennessee’s Footprint in the High School Pipelines that Define the NFL Draft
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Every April, the NFL Draft tells a story not just about the players selected, but about the pipelines that produced them. The 2026 class was no different. When the dust settled on three nights in April, 240 high schools across the country had placed at least one player on an NFL roster. Two schools stood above the rest. IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, and St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, Maryland each produced four drafted players. What makes that numb
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