
Patrick Brown
Sports Reporter at 247Sports
#TwinDad | Cover Tennessee Volunteers football for @GoVols247 & @247Sports
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247sports.com | Patrick Brown
Could a manageable schedule increase Tennessee’s chances of College Football Playoff return in 2025? One CBS Sports analyst thinks so. College football is a sport of overreactions, even during perhaps the slowest time of the months-long offseason. As the spring fades into summer, optimism for Tennessee and teams around the SEC will start to rise as the start of the 2025 season nears.
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247sports.com | Patrick Brown
Playing at Tennessee was a family affair for Cooper Mays, and he now is looking to join his brother in becoming an NFL offensive lineman. The decorated four-year starting center for the Vols was not selected in the 2025 NFL Draft last month, but is getting his shot at the next level this weekend with the Miami Dolphins as a tryout player at their rookie minicamp.
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4 days ago |
247sports.com | Patrick Brown
The second of four Tennessee players who were selected in the 2025 NFL Draft has officially signed his rookie deal with his new team. Wide receiver Dont’e Thornton Jr. was a fourth-round pick of the Las Vegas Raiders after a breakout senior season as a big-play pass-catcher for the Vols in 2024, and the team announced on Friday night that he was their latest draft pick to sign. The Raiders opened their rookie minicamp on Friday, when Thornton went through his first official NFL practice.
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4 days ago |
247sports.com | Patrick Brown
The first of four Tennessee players who were selected in the 2025 NFL Draft has officially signed his rookie deal with his new team. Running back Dylan Sampson was a fourth-round pick of the Cleveland Browns coming off a record-setting junior season with the Vols in 2024, and the team announced on Friday afternoon that he was one of two draft picks to sign.
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247sports.com | Patrick Brown
Tennessee’s six transfer portal departures during the spring window have created increased opportunities for some players ahead of the 2025 season. VIPAfter having 14 scholarship players leave the program via the college football transfer portal during the winter window after the 2024 season, Tennessee had another half-dozen departures during the 10-day spring window last month following the conclusion of spring practices.
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After nine night games (out of 13) in 2024, Tennessee opens the 2025 season with a noon start against Syracuse in the Aflac Kickoff Game in Atlanta. It kicks off an SEC-ACC tripleheader on Saturday of Week 1 – just 109 days away! ➡️ https://t.co/ckyM9GWX2j #Vols

Looking ahead to Tennessee players who could be picked in the 2026 NFL Draft. 🔸Can Jermod McCoy back up year-out CB1 projections? 🔸Who is next up on Rodney Garner’s D-line 🔸Possible senior surges and junior jumps ➡️ https://t.co/GmSNGoaDr8 #Vols https://t.co/d5lYCLmG6r

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The @Braves have alternated one-run losses and one-run wins in seven straight games. That is the longest such streak by any team in MLB history. https://t.co/ZXKmiILphp