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THE VOLS62 Player Profiles /// 91 2011 Signees

photo >> Patrick Murphy-Racey (pmrphoto.com)

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antHony anderson

senior (rs) | 2ldefensiVe back

5-11 | 185 | Knoxville | Africana studies

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CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2008 2 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 --2009 12 7 2 9 0/0 0/0 1 0 3 0 4-Mem2010 13 17 9 26 0/0 0/0 0 0 3 1/17 5-2xTotals 27 24 11 35 0/0 0/0 1 0 6 1/17 5-2x

Punt Returns NET AVG AVG HIGHYEAR G RET YDS RET GM TD LONG YDS2010 13 3 12 4.0 0.9 0 11-UNC 11-UNC

CAREER HIGHSTackles 5 (2x, last vs. Mississippi, 11/13/10)Passes Defended 2 (2x, last vs. Mississippi, 11/13/10)

CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 27/1 2010 • Junior • Games/Starts: 13/0Played in 13 games…Saw action in all but one quarter…Led team with 13 special teams tack-les…Ranked 13th on the Vols with a career-high 26 tackles...Returned first career INT 17 yards while matching a career high with five tackles and recording a pass breakup vs. Mississippi…Originally set career-high five tackles against UAB in week four…First PBU of the season came at Memphis to force a Tigers punt…Also contrib-

carson anderson

Junior (rs) | sq.offensiVe lineman

6-1 | 280| Florence, Ala. | Marketing & Logistics

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 7/0 2010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 5/0 Played in five games…Part of an offensive line unit that helped prevent any sacks against UT Martin and Memphis…Also played in all four quarters against Oregon and Florida…Saw limit-ed action in the fourth quarter against Mississippi.

JosePH ayres

soPHomore (rs) | 1ldefensiVe lineman

6-3 | 263 | Knoxville | Finance

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 12/1 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 12/1Played in 12 games, including his first career start at Georgia…Totaled 13 tackles in first season seeing action for UT…Registered a career-best four tackles at Memphis, all in the fourth quar-ter, including a tackle-for-loss to set the Tigers back two yards… Recorded three stops against Kentucky, including first career sack in the fourth quarter to set the Wildcats back eight yards and help UT force a three-and-out…First career TFL came versus Alabama in a two-tackle effort…Also recorded a tackle in four other games.

2009 – Redshirted.

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2009 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS Western Ky. 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0UCLA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ohio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Memphis 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 2 0at Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Vanderbilt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0at Kentucky 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Va. Tech (bowl) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 02009 Totals 7 2 9 0 0 1 0 3 0

SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0at LSU 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Memphis 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0Mississippi 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 1/17 at Vanderbilt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 17 9 26 0 0 0 0 3 1/17

ZacH allen

Junior (rs) | sq.defensiVe back

5-9 | 195 | Knoxville | exercise science

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0 CAREER SUMMARYJunior who joined the squad in fall 2010...Played football at Farragut High School.

uted three tackles…Notched four tackles in sea-son opener versus UT Martin…Registered three tackles in Music City Bowl vs. North Carolina...Handled punt return duties vs. Vanderbilt and returned two for one yard.

2009 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 12/1Saw action in all but Auburn game, earning first career starting spot at cornerback against Vanderbilt...Finished season with nine tackles, in-cluding career-high four against Memphis...Also forced one fumble versus Tigers.

2008 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 2/0Made appearances against UAB and Mississippi State...Also started at defensive back in junior varsity win over Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy, contributing one tackle.

2007 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • Austin-EastPrepStar All-Southeast Region...Nominated for Wendy’s Heisman Award...Knoxville News Senti-nel All-PrepXtra as wide receiver and defensive back...48 catches as senior for 1,010 yards and 14 touchdowns...On defense, recorded 67 tackles, two fumble recoveries and six interceptions...Three-year offensive and defensive starter...Freshman and sophomore teams both finished 13-1 and advanced to third playoff round...Point guard in basketball...Father, Sam, is four-time Tennessee High School Coach of the Year and currently Senior Director of Community and Neighborhood Services for City of Knoxville...Coach at Austin-East: Kwayu Graham.

2009• Freshman • Games/Starts: 2/0Saw action on offensive line against Western Kentucky and Memphis.

2008 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • FlorenceHonored as 6A All-State first-team by Alabama Sports Writers Association...PrepStar All-Region...Earned starting role on offensive line for Ala-bama-Mississippi All-Star Classic...All-Area and All-Region first team as senior...Named All-Area and All-Region as junior in 2006...Earned North Alabama Elite 11 honors heading into senior sea-son...Three-year starter...Averaged better than 90 percent grade over senior season...Coach at Flor-ence: Joe Hollis.

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CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2010 12 6 7 13 1/8 2.5/12 0 0/0 0 0/0 4-Mem

CAREER HIGHSTackles 4 vs. Memphis (11/6/10)

Willie boHannon

Junior (rs) | 2ldefensiVe lineman

6-2 | 251 | Mobile, Ala. | psychology

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GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oregon - - - - - - - - -Florida 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at LSU 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 0 2 2 0 0.5/2 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Memphis 2 2 4 0 1/2 0 0 0 0Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 2 1 3 1/8 1/8 0 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 6 7 13 1/8 2.5/12 0 0 0 0

CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 24/1 2010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 11/0Tallied nine tackles in 11 games…First sack of 2010 came on a third down at Georgia to force the Bulldogs to punt…Set a season high and matched a career best with three tackles…Lone takedown at Vanderbilt was a fourth-quarter sack, setting the Commodores back five yards…Set Mississippi back four yards with lone tackle (TFL) in the fourth quarter…Notched one tackle in six different games...Shared Tennessee’s 2010 John Stucky Off-Season Award presented to the players who demonstrate the best physical and mental conditioning during the off-season pro-gram.

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2009 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS Western Ky. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UCLA 1 1 2 1/7 1/7 1 0 0 0at Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ohio 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Auburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Georgia 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0South Carolina 3 0 3 0 1/5 0 0 0 0Memphis 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0at Mississippi 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2009 13 7 7 14 1/7 2/12 1 1/0 0 0/0 3-2x2010 11 5 4 9 2/12 3.5/17 0 0/0 0 0/0 3-UGATotals 24 12 11 23 3/19 5.5/29 1 1/0 0 0/0 3-3x

CAREER HIGHSTackles 3 (3x, last vs. Georgia, 10/9/10)

ben bartHolomeW

Junior (rs) | 2ltigHt end

6-2 | 251 | nashville | Marketing/international Business

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 7/0 2010 – Redshirted.

2009 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 5/0 Third-generation Volunteer saw action in five games...Played in 11 quarters at fullback spot...Also was on second unit for kickoff returns...Named to Academic All-SEC team.

2008 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 2/0Saw varsity action against UAB and Mississippi State...Also scored two touchdowns in junior varsity win over Hargrave (Va.) Military Acad-emy...Caught 5-yard TD pass from B.J. Coleman and also ran for 15-yard score in 37-21 victory...Finished with 15 rushing yards and 14 receiving yards.

TRACK & FIELDCurrently competing in track and field...Scored for Vols in shot put at both the 2010 SEC indoor and outdoor championships...Finished seventh at SEC Indoors with throw of 53-2¾, then was sixth at SEC Outdoor Championships in Knoxville with outdoor season-best of 53-3¾...Best mark of 2010 was 53-11¾ indoors at the Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL • Montgomery Bell AcademyDivision II-3A All-State first team by Tennessee Sports Writers Association as senior in 2007...Di-vision II Mr. Football Back...Member of Tennesse-an’s All-Midstate team...No. 12 prospect on Knox-

2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/1Made immediate impact as freshman, see-ing action in every game...Recorded one sack against UCLA that forced Bruins punt...Earned first collegiate start against South Carolina and recorded three tackles...Also recorded tackle for loss against Gamecocks on key third-down play to stop USC drive...Matched career-high tackle total against Memphis...Finished season with 14 tackles.

2008 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • BlountSet his high school record for sacks in one season with 18 as sophomore...Twice named Honorable Mention All-State by Alabama Sports Writers As-sociation...PrepStar All-Region...Started at line-backer in Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic in 2007...Named All-Region first team in 2006 and 2007, and All-Region second team in 2005...As senior, totaled 73 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, nine sacks and two forced fumbles in 11 games...Tal-lied 57 tackles with 15 sacks as junior in 2006...As sophomore, totaled 70 tackles and 18 sacks...Re-corded five sacks as freshman...Played basketball as junior and member of track and field team as sophomore...Defensive team captain as senior...Defensive player of the year as senior and sopho-more...Coach at Blount: Ben Harris.

ville News Sentinel Top 25...PrepStar All-Region...Rushed for career high 162 yards in 2007 season opener against Antioch...Lead blocker for pair of 1,000-yard rushers and carried ball 57 times for 406 yards as senior...Also caught 13 passes for 145 yards and two touchdowns...As senior, had more than 100 tackles...Tallied 19 tackles for loss, six sacks and three forced fumbles as junior in 2006...Helped MBA to record 13 wins on way to undefeated Division II-2A state champion-ship...Three-year starter at middle line-backer, two-year starter at fullback...Also participated in wrestling and track and field...Won 2007 state shot put championship with throw of 51 feet, 2 inches...Won 2007 state wrestling championship in 215-pound division...Coached at Montgomery Bell Academy: Daniel McGugin.

HIGH SCHOOL • Chattanooga McCalliePlayed junior and senior years at Chattanooga’s McCallie School...Defensive end on team that advanced to 2008 Div. II-AA state quarterfinals...Also played basketball, soccer and threw discus for track and field squad...Played as defender on soccer team that advanced to Div. II-AA state semifinals both years...Began playing varsity football as eighth-grader at Knoxville Webb and played three seasons...Spent time at defensive end, tackle and as punter on special teams...Webb won 2006 Div. II-AA state championship his sophomore year and was runner-up in 2005 ...Also basketball team member...Coach at Chat-tanooga McCallie: Rick Whitt.

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tHe Vols SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2009 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDSVanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Kentucky 0 1 1 0 0 0 1/0 0 0Va. Tech (bowl) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 02009 Totals 7 7 14 1/7 2/12 1 1/0 0 0

SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 0 1 1 0 0.5/1 0 0 0 0Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at LSU - - - - - - - - -Alabama 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina - - - - - - - - -at Memphis 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Mississippi 1 0 1 0 1/4 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 1 0 1 1/5 1/5 0 0 0 0Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 5 4 9 2/12 3.5/17 0 0 0 0

austin bolen

fresHman (rs) | sq.fullback

5-11 | 206 | Knoxville | Arts & sciences

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYFreshman who joined the squad in winter 2010...Played football at Farragut High School.

nick branum

soPHomore (rs) | sq.defensiVe back

5-11 | 180 | Knoxville | political science

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 2/0 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 2/0Played on special teams in the fourth quarter against Mississippi and in the second quarter against Vanderbilt.

2009 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • Knoxville CatholicNamed All-Knoxville Interscholastic League and second team News Sentinel All-PrepXtra...Com-peted in both Toyota East-West and Tennessee-Kentucky all-star games, contributing intercep-tion against Kentucky...Played only his senior season at Knoxville Catholic after sitting out one season as transfer and missing his junior year be-cause of injury...Played cornerback, wide receiver and running back...Made most of his one season by helping Irish to perfect 15-0 season and Class 3A state championship...In title game, caught 55-yard TD pass and made key interception in 28-18 win over Memphis Mitchell...Finished year with 35 tackles, nine pass breakups and three inter-ceptions...Added 14 catches for 343 yards and six TDs, along with single touchdowns by rush-ing and kickoff return...Also qualified for state track and field meet in 100M and long jump but could not compete because of injury...His father, Carson Branum, walked on and played for Vols football squad in early 1980s...Coach at Knoxville Catholic: Mark Pemberton.

tyler bray

soPHomore | 1lquarterback

6-6 | 210 | Kingsburg, Calif. | psychology

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 9/5 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 9/5Played in nine games at quarterback and started the final five…Went 4-1 as a starter, including a sweep through his first four…Finished regular season 125-of-224 for 1,849 passing yards and 18 touchdowns, all UT freshman records…Also threw 10 interceptions...Among freshman Divi-sion I quarterbacks, ranked third in QB rating (142.73), tied for fourth in TDs, sixth in passing yards per game (205.4) and 10th in total yards...Earned SEC Freshman of the Week accolades for three of his four regular-season starting perfor-mances to become one of just seven players to

garner three or more SEC Player of the Week hon-ors in 2010…First Vol to earn three individual SEC weekly awards in one season...Two of those SEC Weekly honors came in his first two career starts, making him one of just six SEC football student-athletes to be honored in consecutive weeks in 2010…One of just two quarterbacks in the SEC to claim four 300-yard passing performances this season…First UT QB to compile four 300-yard games in a season since Peyton Manning in 1997 (nine times)...In SEC games, Bray ranked sixth in passing average (198 ypg) and pass ef-ficiency (138.2)…Led 27 scoring drives, the aver-age time of possession being 2:10...14 of those drives took less than two minutes (12 of which were TD drives), while 14 took five plays or less...As a starter, helped team score 16 of 19 red zone trips (.842 success-rate)...11 of those finished in the end zone...Notched a career-high 354 yards passing against Kentucky while tossing two touchdowns and two interceptions…354 yards passing ranked as the eighth-most in the SEC in a single game in 2010…Became the first UT quarterback to throw multiple TDs in six consec-utive games since Manning did so seven times (1/1-10/18/97)…Completed 27-of-45 (both ca-reer highs) for 308 yards, four TDs and three INTs in Music City Bowl vs. North Carolina...Four TDs tied the UT bowl game record, while 45 attempts were second most and 27 completions tied for the second most...First UT quarterback to com-plete passes to nine different WRs in a single

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CAREER STATS Passing ATT- INT/ PASS AVG. Qb HI PASSYEAR G CMP TD PCT YDS GM RATE YDS2010 9 224-125 10/18 55.8 1,849 205.4 142.73 354-UK

CAREER HIGHSCompletions 27 vs. North Carolina (12/30/10)Attempts 45 vs. North Carolina (12/30/10)Yards 354 vs. Kentucky (11/27/10)Touchdowns 5 vs. Memphis (11/6/10)Longest Completion 80 vs. Mississippi (11/13/10)

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Passing2010 COMP ATT INT PCT. YDS TD LONGUT Martin 3 6 1 50.0 24 0 9Oregon - - - - - - -Florida - - - - - - -UAB - - - - - - -at LSU - - - - - - -at Georgia 8 12 0 75.0 81 0 22Alabama 5 14 1 35.7 39 0 16at South Carolina 9 15 1 60.0 159 2 62at Memphis 19 33 0 57.6 325 5 42Mississippi 18 34 0 52.9 323 3 80at Vanderbilt 16 27 2 59.3 232 2 34Kentucky 20 38 2 52.6 354 2 49N. Carolina (bowl) 27 45 3 60.0 312 4 452010 Totals 125 224 10 55.8 1,849 18 80

brent breWer

soPHomore | 1ldefensiVe back

6-1 | 210 | Tyrone, ga. | Hotel, restaurant & Tourism Management

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 13/6 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/6Started the last six games at safety and saw ac-tion in all 13 contests, primarily serving on special teams during the first half of the season…One of just four Vols to see the field in every single quar-ter in 2010 and one of seven true freshmen to play in every game for UT…12th on the team and fifth among members of the secondary with 30 tackles…Led UT in tackles in just his third career start vs. Mississippi with a career-best eight…In regular season finale vs. Kentucky, contributed four tackles, including first career tackle for loss, first career fumble recovery and a pass break-up…TFL set up a third-down sack in the second quarter, while fumble recovery came on the next drive…Saw first significant playing time against Alabama, totaling six tackles…Added a QB hurry to force UA into a long third down, even-tually resulting in a missed field goal…Notched first career start at South Carolina and compiled four tackles and first career pass breakup…PBU forced a third-and-long for the Gamecocks…Registered three tackles vs. North Carolina in the Music City Bowl and PBU helped hold UNC to a field goal after starting a second quarter drive on the UT 10-yard line.

HIGH SCHOOL • Sandy CreekRanked as three-star prospect by both Rivals.com and Scout.com in 2006…As baseball senior at Sandy Creek, batted .497 with 7 home runs, 30 RBI and 12 stolen bases...Coach at Sandy Creek: Chip Walker.

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2010 13 20 10 30 0/0 1/1 0 1/0 3 0/0 8-Miss

CAREER HIGHSTackles 8 vs. Mississippi (11/13/10)

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at LSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0at Memphis 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Mississippi 5 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 3 1 4 0 1/1 0 1/0 1 0N. Carolina (bowl) 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 02010 Totals 20 10 30 0 1/1 0 1/0 3 0

derrick brodus

fresHman (rs) | sq.Placekicker/Punter

5-11 | 171 | Maryville | Arts & sciences

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game since Erik Ainge (vs. Wisconsin, Outback Bowl, 1/1/2008)...In his first career start at Mem-phis, he completed 19-of-33 for 325 yards and a career-high five touchdowns in two-and-1/2 quarters…Compiled 308 yards and all five of his TD throws in the first half alone vs. the Tigers, shattering UT football records for passing yards and TDs in a single half…Five-TD performance was one of just two in the SEC in 2010 while 325 yards ranked 14th in the league…Connected on a career-best eight consecutive throws in the first quarter…In first SEC start versus Mississippi, completed 18-of-34 for 323 yards and three TDs, becoming the first UT quarterback ever to throw for 300-plus yards in first two starts and the first in consecutive games overall since Casey Clau-sen (2001)…80-yard strike to Justin Hunter on Vols’ first offensive play was UT’s longest of 2010 and longest from scrimmage since 2006…265 first-half yards ranked ninth all-time for passing yards in a half and made him second UT QB to produce two top 10 performances for most pass-ing yards in one half (Peyton Manning, 4)…In his first SEC start on the road at Vanderbilt, Bray com-pleted 16-of-27 for 232 yards, two touchdowns and a pair of INTs…Between his first throw at South Carolina, an INT returned for a score, and his next INT (at Vanderbilt) that ended a streak of 96 consecutive attempts without a pick, Bray went 58-of-96 for 980 yards and 12 TDs (QB rat-ing: 187.42)…Led Vols on four scoring drives, including a 3-for-3 success rate inside the red zone at Vanderbilt…Took over at quarterback in the second half at South Carolina…After first throw was an INT returned for a TD, Bray finished 9-of-15 for 159 yards and a pair of touchdowns…First career TD was a 30-yard strike to Denarius Moore…Longest throw of 62 yards to Moore set up his second TD from 17 yards out on the next play…At Georgia, connected on first four pass attempts and finished 8-for-12 for 81 yards…Led a 77-yard drive before the Vols stalled at the UGA 3-yard line…Connected on 5-of-14 passes for 39 yards vs. Alabama…Saw first action in UT’s sea-son opener against UT Martin, completing 3-of-6 passes for 24 yards and an INT.

HIGH SCHOOL • KingsburgPracticed with Vols during mid-December lead in to Chick-fil-A Bowl, then enrolled at UT in Janu-ary and participated in spring drills...Member of PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team...Valley League

Offensive Player of the Year as senior and league Most Valuable Player...Led Kingsburg to perfect 13-0 season and Valley championship while completing 185-of-302 passes (61.2 percent) for 3,321 yards and 41 TDs...Added 171 yards on ground • As junior in 2008, threw for 2,411 yards and 26 touchdowns...As sophomore, completed 99 passes for 1,784 yards...Named junior and sophomore of the year for Valley League in 2008 and 2007...During freshman campaign of 2006, threw for 1,100 yards...Also standout on basket-ball court while averaging nearly 20 points and nine rebounds as junior...Competed in baseball for Kingsburg...Coach at Kingsburg: John Swee-ney.

MISCELLANEOUSPlayed professional baseball last four years in Milwaukee Brewers organization, most recently for Huntsville in Class AA Southern League… Originally signed to play football at Florida State in 2006 before opting for baseball…Selected by Brewers in second round (60th overall) of 2006 MLB Draft.

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J.r. carr

soPHomore (rs) | sq.deeP snaPPer

5-10 | 220 | Lomita, Calif. | Communications

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/02010 • Freshman – Squad member.

2009 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • South TorranceSpent time at Chris Sailer Kicking School under long-snapping tutelage of Chris Rubio...Began snapping on varsity team during freshman campaign and snapped all four seasons...Added duties at linebacker and became three-time All-League selection at that position...Helped South Torrance to league championship during sopho-more season...Coach at South Torrance: Josh Waybright.

Jacob carter

fresHman (rs) | sq.Wide receiVer

6-0 | 181 | nashville | Arts & sciences

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYFreshman who joined the squad in fall 2010 and redshirted...Played football at Ensworth High School.

cHris cates

Junior (rs) | sq.Wide receiVer

5-10 | 189 | Knoxville | Finance

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/02010 • Sophomore – Squad member.

2009 • Freshman – Squad member.

HIGH SCHOOL • Christian Academy of KnoxvilleOffensive Region 2-2A MVP as senior quarterback and team captain for 8-4 squad that advanced to playoffs...Threw for more than 2,400 yards and 27 touchdowns that year...Varsity team member all

keensen cHambers

soPHomore (rs) | sq.defensiVe lineman

6-5 | 250 | greenville, s.C. | Communications

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/02010 – Redshirted due to transfer rules.

CONNECTICUT2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 0/0Enrolled at UConn in January 2009 but decided to transfer.

HIGH SCHOOL • Worcester Academy • SouthsidePlayed as a senior at Worcester Academy in Worcester, Mass.…was a New England Prep School Athletic Conference All-Star in 2008…at Southside High School, was an all-county pick in 2007 and two-time all-region pick…played bas-ketball as team won Class AA State Champion-ship in 2007…named to all-tournament team…was awarded a Pepsi-Greenville County Schools Golf Tournament Scholarship following his se-nior year for community involvement…named to The National Society of High School Scholars...Coach at Worcester Academy: David Dykeman...Coach at Southside: Fe Cowan.

CAREER SUMMARYFreshman who joined the squad in winter 2010...Played football at Alcoa High School.

alex bullard

soPHomore (rs) | tr.offensiVe lineman

6-2 | 309 | Franklin | Business Management

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 3/0NOTRE DAME2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 3/0Moved from guard to tackle in the spring to com-pete for a starting position...Made career debut against Michigan State on special teams...Also saw action against Boston College and Western Michigan.

2009 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • Brentwood AcademySelected to Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Super Southern 100 recognizing him as one of best 100 high school football players in combination of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee...The Knoxville News Sentinel rated him second in its top 10 in Tennessee...Named to Division II All-State Team by Tennessee Sports Writers Associa-tion following senior season...Named First Team All Mid-State as junior and senior by The Tennes-sean...Recorded 52 pancake blocks as a junior...Led high school team to Division II Class AAA State Championship game as a senior in 2008...Helped high school team capture 2007 Division II Class AAA state title game as a junior with an 11-1 overall record...Blocked for two running backs who combined for 1,736 yards in 2007...

Coach at Brentwood Academy HS: Ralph Potter.

MISCELLANEOUSFather was an offensive lineman with the Seattle Seahawks (1978-80) and at Jackson State.

four years in three sports...Also played basketball and baseball...Twice named All-District in base-ball, once as catcher and also as athlete when he played several positions...Coach at Christian Academy of Knoxville: Rusty Bradley.

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fresHman (rs) | sq.defensiVe lineman

6-2 | 322 | warner robins, ga. | Arts & sciences

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/02010 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • NorthsideNamed Northside High School’s Best Defensive Lineman...Recorded 34 solo tackles, 21 assists and nine tackles for lost yardage...Defensive unit held five opponents under 200 total yards...Helped Northside High School to 13-2 record in 2009 and berth in Georgia’s Class AAAAA state championship game...Senior team captain...Three-year starter...Coach at Northside: Conrad Nix.

tyler coombes

fresHman (rs) | sq.defensiVe back

6-0 | 185 | Lebanon | Arts & sciences

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYFreshman who joined the squad in fall 2010 and redshirted...Played football at Knoxville Catholic High School.

raiques crumP

soPHomore | 1llinebacker

6-1 | 220 | Birmingham, Ala. | Arts & sciences

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 11/0 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 11/0Collected 13 tackles in first year as a Vol, in which he saw playing time in 11 games…Fifth on team with eight tackles on special teams…Posted a

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CAREER HIGHSTackles 6 vs. Memphis (11/6/10)

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin - - - - - - - - -Oregon - - - - - - - - -Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at LSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Memphis 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 11 2 13 0 0 1 0 0 0

matt darr

fresHman (rs) | sq.Punter

6-1 | 221 | Bakersfield, Calif. | Agriculture economics

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0 2010 – Redshirted.

TRACK & FIELDCurrently competing in track and field, partici-pating in the shot put...Best indoor mark was a 53-3 heave at the SEC Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL • FrontierPlayed in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl...Named to MaxPreps All-America first team...Rat-ed as nation’s No. 1 punting prospect by punt-ing expert Chris Sailer...Averaged 42.9 yards per punt as senior with career long of 71...Added 96 tackles from linebacker position, including team-high 79 solo...Handled placekicking duties, with 35 of 60 kickoffs resulting in touchbacks...Made 34 PATs and 11 field goals in senior season...As ju-nior, averaged 46.3 yards per punt with 93 tack-les...Helped team to 11-2 record as senior...Also excelled in shot put and discus, and led Frontier High to team state championship in 2009...Two-time defending state champion in shot put, with career-best throw of 63-9.75 in 2010 state event...Also won state discus title as junior with toss of 192-0...For combined efforts in football and track, named finalist for MaxPreps National Ath-lete of the Year...Coach at Frontier: Rich Cornford.

CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0

CAREER SUMMARYFreshman who joined the squad in fall 2010 and redshirted...Played football at Wilson Central High School.

career-best six tackles (five solos) at Memphis as UT’s second-leading tackler, including a stop on fourth down that forced a turnover-on-downs and a third-down tackle that led to a Tigers’ punt…Registered three tackles at Georgia…Also forced a fumble on the Bulldogs’ kickoff return that followed UT’s first score but the Vols were unable to recover…Recorded a pair of tackles vs. North Carolina in the Music City Bowl...Saw first career action vs. Florida and notched first two ca-reer tackles against UAB a week later.

HIGH SCHOOL • MinorNamed to Birmingham News All-West Metro and All-State teams as defensive lineman...Finished senior year with 108 tackles (75 solo), including 28 for lost yardage and eight sacks...Also forced five fumbles and blocked two punts...Forced key fumble during win over then fourth-ranked Jess Lanier High that led to touchdown...As a junior in 2008, totaled 82 tackles, 18 tackles-for-loss and nine sacks...Helped Minor High School to second round of 2009 Class 6A playoffs...Led team as starter to 25-10 record over three prep seasons...Earned track and field All-Metro honors in jav-elin as freshman and in 100M hurdles as sopho-more...Eagle Scout...Coach at Minor: Randy Cook.

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Junior (rs) | 1lWide receiVer

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 8/02010 • Sophomore – Squad member.

2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 8/0Totaled three tackles on special teams during season...Played in last eight games, beginning with Georgia...Participated in 21 quarters as lead gunner on kickoff coverage team...Had three tackles – two solo and one unassisted.

2008 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • BeardenEarned All-Region as senior...His 2007 team fin-ished 12-2 and advanced to Class 6A state semi-finals before losing 17-14 to eventual champion Smyrna and current teammate Rod Wilks...Led Region 1 in both receptions (44) and yards (600) and scored four touchdowns...At safety, added 28 tackles with two interceptions and eight pass breakups...Lettered three seasons and was two-year, two-way starter in addition to kick return duties...Ran three years on track and field squad, specializing in 100M, 200M, relays and long jump...Coach at Bearden: Brad Taylor.

art eVans

senior (rs) | 3ldefensiVe back

5-11 | 175 | Lakeland, Fla.| Africana studies

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 29/182010 • Junior • Games/Starts: 7/6Played in seven games, including six starts, be-fore missing rest of season due to violation of team rules…Notched a career-high eight tackles at LSU...Recorded five tackles vs. Alabama, his best total at home in 2010...Totaled three tack-les at Georgia and collected lone pass defended of season...Forced fumble on Oregon’s opening kickoff return and posted a pair of tackles...Also registered two takedowns vs. Florida.

2009 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 12/12Steady performer for Vols, recording 39 tackles and contributing three pass breakups...Season-high five tackles against both Ohio and Auburn...Pass deflections came against Georgia, South Carolina and Memphis...Forced one fumble ver-sus Georgia...Only missed start was regular sea-son finale at Kentucky because of injury...Com-piled at least four tackles in nine different games, including Chick-fil-A Bowl against Virginia Tech.

2008 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 10/0Appeared in season’s final 10 games...Made first UT showing against Florida in third game and saw action in every game rest of season...Did not record a tackle but was part of defensive second-ary unit that finished fourth in NCAA in passing defense.

2007 – Redshirted.

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2008 10 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 --2009 12 24 15 39 0/0 1/1 1 0 3 0/0 5-2x 2010 7 9 12 21 0/0 0/0 1 0/0 1 0/0 8-LSUTotals 29 33 27 60 0/0 1/1 2 0 4 0/0 8-LSU

CAREER HIGHSTackles 8 vs. LSU (10/2/10)Passes Defended 1 (4x, last at Georgia, 10/9/10)

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2009 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS Western Ky. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UCLA 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0at Florida 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Ohio 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0Auburn 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0Georgia 4 0 4 0 1/1 1 0 1 0at Alabama 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0South Carolina 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0Memphis 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0at Mississippi 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Vanderbilt 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Va. Tech (bowl) 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 02009 Totals 24 15 39 0 1/1 1 0 3 0 SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Oregon 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0Florida 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB - - - - - - - - -at LSU 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0Alabama 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina - - - - - - - - -at Memphis - - - - - - - - -Mississippi - - - - - - - - -at Vanderbilt - - - - - - - - -Kentucky - - - - - - - - -N. Carolina (bowl) - - - - - - - - -2010 Totals 9 12 21 0 0 1 0 1 0

ladarius denson

Junior (rs) | sq.linebacker

6-0 | 241 | port st. Lucie, Fla. | sociology

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0 CAREER SUMMARYJunior who joined the squad in fall 2010 and redshirted...Spent 2009 season at Indian River Junior College and Southern University...Played at Alfred State Junior College in 2008...Played at Atlantic High School.

tyler drummer

soPHomore (rs) | sq.Wide receiVer

6-1 | 165 | powell | Arts & sciences

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0 CAREER SUMMARYSophomore who arrived last fall and redshirted in 2010...Member of the 2009 football team at Cumberland University...Played high school foot-ball at Powell.

HIGH SCHOOL • Evangel ChristianEnrolled at UT in January 2007 and participated in spring drills...First-team Class 1B All-State wide receiver by Florida High School Athletic Associa-tion...Caught 62 passes for 1,329 yards (21.9-yard average) and 15 touchdowns as junior in 2005...Led team to championship game as senior...Four-year letterman in football and lettered three years each in basketball and track and field...Played small forward and both guard positions for hoops team, while specializing in 100M and 200M events in track...Best times were 10.3 in the 100M and 21.5 for the 200M...Coach at Evangel Christian: Dedrick Dodge.

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5-10 | 180 | richmond, va.| Criminal Justice

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 6/02010 • Junior • Games/Starts: 2/0Saw action against both Memphis and Missis-sippi.

2009 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 4/0Saw action against Western Kentucky, Memphis and Vanderbilt during regular season...Contrib-uted collegiate-high three tackles against Mem-phis...Also played in first half against Virginia Tech in Chick-fil-A Bowl.

2008 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 0/0Squad member...Started in secondary and fin-ished with two tackles in Tennessee’s 37-21 ju-nior varsity win over Hargrave (Va.) Military.

2007 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • Highland SpringsPrepStar All-Southeast Region...Twice named All-State second team by Associated Press and Virginia High School Coaches Association...Also 2005 and 2006 All-Metro by Richmond Times-Dispatch, as well as All-District and All-Region...Had six interceptions in game against Varina, returning one of those for 87-yard TD...Also had 26 tackles and seven additional pass-breakups in that same contest...Blocked three kicks senior season...As junior, tallied 39 tackles, seven inter-ceptions, 12 pass breakups, three forced fumbles and three blocked kicks...Three-year letterman starter...Also lettered three years in track and field...Coach at Highland Springs: Scott Burton.

steVen foWlkes

Junior (rs) | sq.defensiVe lineman

6-5 | 250 | College park, ga.| sociology

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 7/02010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 4/0Recorded lone tackle in season opener against UT Martin…Also appeared against Oregon, Mis-sissippi and Vanderbilt on the defensive line.

2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 3/0Played in three quarters against Western Ken-tucky, finishing with shared tackle for loss...Also had appearances against Memphis and Missis-sippi...Best tackle performance was two stops against Memphis.

2008 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • BannekerClass 4A All-State, All-Region and All-County in 2007...All-Area as wide receiver and defensive end...PrepStar All-Region...Caught 24 passes for 400 yards and six TDs that year while adding 53 tackles and 13½ sacks...Totaled 49 tackles and six sacks in just five games as junior in 2006 (missed 5 games with elbow injury)...Played basketball as freshman and sophomore...Coach at Banneker: Benny Crane.

cHanning fugate

soPHomore | 1lfullback

6-1 | 245 | Jackson, Ky. | Business Management

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 13/52010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/5Saw action in every game, including five starts at fullback…Helped lead the way for Tauren Poole to rush for 1,034 yards, including six 100-yard games, which tied for the SEC lead…One of sev-en true freshmen to play in every game for UT…In first career start vs. South Carolina, Fugate hauled in a 4-yard reception on Tyler Bray’s first career scoring drive…Posted a 17-yard catch, his longest of the season, on UT’s final scoring drive vs. Kentucky…Also returned a kickoff eight yards vs. UAB.

HIGH SCHOOL • Breathitt CountyPracticed with Vols during mid-December in preparation for Chick-fil-A Bowl, then enrolled at UT in January and participated in spring drills...Rated as No. 3 overall prospect in Kentucky by Rivals.com...Selected to PrepStar Magazine’s All-Region team...Finished senior season with 1,332 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns...High-light of 2009 was rushing for 141 yards and four touchdowns to go with one receiving TD against Powell County...Rushed for 3,052 yards and 36 touchdowns as junior while sparking Breathitt County to Class AAA state runner-up finish...Dur-ing sophomore season, rushed for 1,727 yards and 30 touchdowns...Added 45 catches that year for 625 yards and five scores...Coach at Breathitt County: Mike Holcomb.

CAREER STATS Receiving NET AVG AVG HIGHYEAR G REC YDS REC GM TD LONG YDS2010 13 2 21 10.5 1.8 0 17-UK 17-UK

CAREER HIGHSReceptions 1 (2x, last vs. Kentucky, 11/27/10)Receiving Yards 17 vs. Kentucky, 11/27/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Receiving2010 REC YDS TDUT Martin 0 0 0Oregon 0 0 0Florida 0 0 0UAB 0 0 0at LSU 0 0 0at Georgia 0 0 0Alabama 0 0 0at South Carolina 1 4 0at Memphis 0 0 0Mississippi 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 0 0 0Kentucky 1 17 0N. Carolina (bowl) 0 0 02010 Totals 2 21 0

ZacH fulton

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6-5 | 330 | Homewood, ill. | Communications

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 12/52010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 12/5Saw action in every game, including five starts at fullback…Helped lead the way for Tauren Poole to rush for 1,034 yards, including six 100-yard games, which tied for the SEC lead…One of sev-en true freshmen to play in every game for UT…In first career start vs. South Carolina, Fugate hauled in a 4-yard reception on Tyler Bray’s first career scoring drive…Posted a 17-yard catch, his

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Junior | 1loffensiVe lineman

6-2 | 301 | reno, nev. | Materials science & engineering

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 10/6 2010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 10/6Played in 10 of 12 games, including six consecu-tive starts at center…First career start came vs. Florida…Helped Tauren Poole rush for six 100-yard games, which tied for the SEC lead…Part of an of-

eric gordon

soPHomore (rs) | 1ldefensiVe back

5-9 | 185 | nashville | sociology

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 13/6 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/6Played in every game, including six starts…One of eight freshmen to play in every game for UT…Led UT freshmen with 49 tackles and ranked seventh on the team overall…Finished sixth on the team with seven special teams tackles…One of four Vols with multiple interceptions (two)…First career start came in season opener vs. UT Martin…Recorded first career tackle and was part of a secondary that held the Skyhawks to a UT opponent season-low 86 passing yards…Contributed a career-best six tackles at South Carolina in just his third career start…Matched his career high with six more stops the next week at Memphis while adding his first career INT on

melVin goins

senior | sq.defensiVe back

5-11 | 180 | san Diego, Calif. | sociology

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYSenior who joined the squad in winter 2010...Played point guard for UT’s basketball team for past two years, averaging 6.7 points, 2.3 assists and 1.4 steals per game...Helped Vols to Elite EIght run in 2009-10...Played football as a fresh-man in high school.

Jacob gilliam

fresHman (rs) | sq.offensiVe lineman

6-4 | 275 | Knoxville | Arts & sciences

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYFreshman who joined the squad in fall 2010 and redshirted...Played football at Farragut High School.

longest of the season, on UT’s final scoring drive vs. Kentucky…Also returned a kickoff eight yards vs. UAB.

HIGH SCHOOL • Homewood-FlossmoorRated as No 11 prospect in Illinois and No. 14 overall offensive guard by Rivals.com...Ranked as the No. 14 overall offensive guard by Scout.com...Selected to PrepStar Magazine’s All-Re-gion team...Named All-Conference as a senior in 2009...Coach at Homewood-Flossmoor High School: Kenny Smith.

MISCELLANEOUSYounger brother of current Tampa Bay Bucca-neers lineman Xavier Fulton.

fensive line that allowed zero sacks at Memphis.

BUTTE [Calif.] JUNIOR COLLEGE2009 • FreshmanStarted all 11 games at center and helped Butte to 8-3 record in 2009 that included Premier West Bank Bowl win over Sierra College.

HIGH SCHOOL • Robert McQueenAs a senior, sparked Lancers to perfect 14-0 sea-son...Year was capped with 13-12 victory in Class 4A state championship game...Squad was 13-2 and state runner-up in junior year...Also wrestled in high school, winning California Class 4A North-ern Region title in 215-pound division...Coach at Butte Junior College: Jeff Jordan...Coach at Rob-ert McQueen: Ken Dalton.

the Tigers’ third possession…Before leaving with a head injury vs. Mississippi, Gordon notched his second INT of 2010 and returned it 46 yards for a touchdown to give UT a 21-0 lead while also adding a pair of tackles…Totaled five tackles vs. Florida, including his first career tackle for loss…Provided four takedowns against UAB, LSU and UNC (Music City Bowl)…Added first career pass breakup at UAB…Also had TFL at LSU…Han-dled punt return duties for five games…Regis-tered UT’s season-high punt return of 21 yards against LSU…Tallied five tackles vs. Alabama and notched three stops on three separate occa-sions...Shared Tennessee’s 2010 Big Lick Award in the spring, presented to players who consistent-ly perform with the most physical toughness.

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CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2010 13 32 15 47 0/0 1.5/3 0 0/0 3 2/46 6-2x

CAREER HIGHSTackles 6 twice, last vs. Memphis, 11/6/10INT Return Yards 46 vs. Mississippi, 11/13/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Oregon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida 4 1 5 0 1/3 0 0 0 0UAB 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0at LSU 1 3 4 0 0.5/0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0at Memphis 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 1/0Mississippi 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1/46at Vanderbilt 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 32 15 47 0 1.5/3 0 0 3 2/46

nick guess

senior (rs) | 1ldeeP snaPPer

6-3 | 230 | Knoxville | Marketing/international Business

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 14/0 2010 • Junior • Games/Starts: 13/0Played in all 13 games for UT, serving as the pri-mary deep snapper for the Vols’ punting unit…Saw action in every quarter but one…Posted a tackle on special teams in back-to-back weeks against UAB and LSU.

daniel Hood

soPHomore (rs) | sq.defensiVe lineman

6-4 | 293 | Knoxville | entrepreneurship Management

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 6/0 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 6/0Saw action in six games for Tennessee, including all four wins in November and the Music City Bowl vs. UNC…Part of an offensive line that allowed zero sacks at Memphis and just one at Vander-bilt…Played in all four quarters vs. Mississippi, in which the Vols amassed 441 yards of offense, a UT season-high against an SEC opponent.

montori HugHes

Junior | 2ldefensiVe lineman

6-4 | 327 | Murfreesboro | sociology

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 25/5 2010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 12/5Played 12 games but missed the regular season finale vs. Kentucky due to a violation of a team academic rule…Started the first five games of the season, including first career start vs. UT Mar-tin…Compiled 17 tackles, including career highs of 3½ tackles for loss and two passes defended…Tied for second on the Vols with five quarter-back hurries…Tied career high with four tackles against UT Martin, including personal bests of 2½ tackles for loss, a sack, and a pass defended…Posted three stops vs. Oregon and a season-high two QB hurries…Totaled a pair of tackles, includ-ing a TFL (-2) and forced lone fumble of 2010 at Memphis…Recorded a pair of tackles, a pass de-fended and a QB hurry against Florida.

gregory grieco

fresHman (rs) | sq.linebacker

5-10 | 219 | Knoxville | exercise science

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYFreshman who joined the squad in winter 2011...Redshirted in 2010...Played football at Farragut High School.

2009 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • HillsboroEarned No. 2 spot in Rivals.com Tennessee Pre-season Top 25...Named SuperPrep All-American and member of Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Super Southern 100...Three-time All-Metro, All Region 5-4A and All-State...Named to The Ten-nessean’s Dream Team as both junior and senior, and included as one of Knoxville News-Sentinel’s Top 20 Prospects in Tennessee following 2008 season...Finalist for Tennessee’s Mr. Football Award as senior...2008 All-Midstate...Offensive MVP at BlueCross Bowl after leading Hillsboro to Class 4A state championship in 2008...Selected to play in Toyota East-West All-Star Game for Ten-nessee...Rushed for 510 yards and nine touch-downs while catching 43 passes for 716 yards and nine touchdowns as senior...Also posted 34 tackles and five interceptions...Led star-studded secondary as junior, with 77 tackles and six in-terceptions (one returned for a TD)...At receiver, added 41 catches that year for 816 yards and 10 TDs...Coach at Hillsboro: Scott Blade.

2009 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 1/0Made his collegiate varsity debut against West-ern Kentucky...Earned Academic All-SEC honors.

2008 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 0/0Appeared in junior varsity win over Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy.

2007 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • FarragutGraduated from high school with high honors and enrolled at UT in January 2007... Ranked by Ray Guy’s ProKicker.com as nation’s No. 3 long snapper for high school graduating class of 2007 ...Team’s long snapper in 48 consecutive varsity games...Named All-Region in 2006 after playing fullback, tight end, defensive end and offensive tackle...Finished with three touchdown recep-tions...Three-year starter at tight end and two-time captain...Team advanced to Class 5A quar-terfinals as junior and senior...Coach at Farragut: Eddie Courtney.

2009 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • Knoxville CatholicNamed Tennessee Mr. Football for Class 3A while helping Knoxville Catholic to 2008 state cham-pionship...All-Region and All-State as junior and senior...Played in Tennessee’s Toyota East-West All-Star Game after senior season that included Class 3A state championship for Knoxville Catho-lic...Caught 12 passes that year for 245 yards and four touchdowns from tight end position...Also posted 62 tackles, including 7½ sacks...Coach at Knoxville Catholic: Mark Pemberton.

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 13/2 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/2Earned Coaches’ All-SEC Freshman Team hon-ors...One of seven true freshmen to play in every game for Tennessee, including a pair of starts…First career start came vs. Alabama…Caught 16 passes for 415 yards and seven touchdowns…Broke UT freshman record for receiving TDs with seven, which ranked tied for first among all NCAA FBS freshmen receivers…Four of TDs were from 30 yards or longer...Led team with 25.9 yards per catch…Nine catches went for 20 or more yards...Despite not having a catch in four games, ranked fourth on the team in receiving yards (415) and second on the Vols with seven TD receptions…Tied for eighth in the SEC with two 100-yard receiving performances…Led UT in re-ceiving yards in three games and receptions on one occasion…Seventh TD was lone reception

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2009 13 10 10 20 0/0 2/12 1 0 1 0/0 4-Mem 2010 12 7 10 17 1/4 3.5/9 1 0/0 2 0/0 4-UTMTotals 25 17 20 37 1/4 5.5/21 2 0 3 0/0 4-2x

CAREER HIGHSTackles 4 (2x, last vs. UT Martin, 9/4/10)Tackles For Loss 2.5 vs. UT Martin, 9/4/10Quarterback Hurries 2 vs. Oregon, 9/11/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2009 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS Western Ky. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0UCLA 1 1 2 0 1/8 0 0 0 0at Florida 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0Ohio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Auburn 1 2 3 0 1/4 0 0 0 0Georgia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Alabama 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0South Carolina 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Memphis 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0at Mississippi 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Kentucky 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Va. Tech (bowl) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02009 Totals 10 10 20 0 2/12 1 0 1 0

2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/0Saw action in all 13 games as true freshman at defensive tackle...Finished season with 20 tack-les, including career high four versus Memphis...Also had two tackles for loss, with those coming against UCLA and Auburn.

HIGH SCHOOL • SiegelEnrolled at Tennessee in January 2009...Played his 2008 season at Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy...After senior season at Murfreesboro Siegel, partic-ipated in Toyota East-West All-Star Classic...Named Region 4-5A Defensive MVP, All-Region, All-Area and All-County in 2007...Named Second-Team All-Midstate by The Tennessean in 2007...Siegel team captain and team MVP as senior...Named All-Region, All-Area and All-County as junior in 2006...Led Siegel in tackles with 106, tackles for loss with 25 and sacks with 13 as senior in 2007...Three-year starter...Also excelled on basketball court, lettering two years as sophomore and ju-nior...Originally signed with Vols in 2008, but did not qualify...Coach at Hargrave Military Academy: Robert Prunty...Coach at Sigel: David Watson.

SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 3 1 4 1/4 2.5/7 0 0 1 0Oregon 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0UAB 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at LSU 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Memphis 1 1 2 0 1/2 1 0 0 0Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky - - - - - - - - -N. Carolina (bowl) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 7 10 17 1/4 3.5/9 1 0 2 0

in Music City Bowl vs. North Carolina to put the Vols ahead 20-17 in the fourth quarter...In second career start, hauled in three receptions for a ca-reer-high 114 receiving yards to complement his first multi-TD game (two) vs. Mississippi, includ-ing a career-long catch of 80 yards on the Vols’ first offensive play…80-yard TD was UT’s longest play from scrimmage since 2006 vs. Vanderbilt and tied for the 10th longest pass in UT his-tory…Totaled a career-high four receptions at Georgia and led UT with 110 yards, including a 38-yard TD...Became UT’s first freshman to have 100 receiving yards in a game since 2004 (Rob-ert Meachem vs. UK)…Snatched first career TD catch vs. Florida, a 35-yarder on fourth-and-six in the fourth quarter that helped cut the Vols’ defi-cit to seven…Finished with three receptions and a team-best 60 yards against the Gators…First career catch came vs. Oregon, a 31-yard strike to set up the Vols at the Ducks’ 1-yard line…Lone receptions vs. Memphis and Vanderbilt were good for first-quarter TDs, a 42-yarder vs. the Tigers and a 15-yard connection against the Commodores…Hauled in a 37-yard reception on

third-and-three of UT’s go-ahead scoring drive in the fourth quarter at LSU.

TRACK & FIELDCompeted in indoor track & field and will rejoin squad following spring football...First-team UST-FCCCA All-America in the long jump after finish-ing eighth at the NCAA Indoor Championships...Earned SEC Indoor Track & Field Male Freshman of the Week honors twice (Jan. 18 & Feb. 8)...Scored for UT at the SEC Championships with a long jump mark of 25-4 to place fifth... Named to SEC All-Freshman Team as the highest finishing rookie in the long jump…Set UT freshman in-door record in the long jump at 26-1 ½ in second collegiate meet…That mark ranks No. 3 all-time indoors at UT...Set NCAA automatic qualifying marks in his first two long jump competitions...Also competed in the high jump.

HIGH SCHOOL • Ocean LakesVirginia High School Coaches AAA All-State...Earned spot on Rivals100 list as the No 75 overall prospect in the nation by Rivals.com...Also rated

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CAREER STATS Receiving NET AVG AVG HIGHYEAR G REC YDS REC GM TD LONG YDS2010 13 16 415 25.9 31.9 7 80-Miss 114-Miss

CAREER HIGHSReceptions 4 vs. Georgia, 10/9/10Receiving Yards 114 vs. Mississippi, 11/13/10Touchdowns 2 vs. Mississippi, 11/13/10Long 80 vs. Mississippi, 11/13/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Receiving2010 REC YDS TDUT Martin 0 0 0Oregon 1 31 0Florida 3 60 1UAB 1 -2 0 at LSU 1 37 0at Georgia 4 110 1Alabama 0 0 0at South Carolina 0 0 0at Memphis 1 42 1Mississippi 3 114 2at Vanderbilt 1 15 1Kentucky 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 1 8 12010 Totals 16 415 7

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 34/122010 • Junior • Games/Starts: 13/12Named to the AP All-SEC Second Team…Led team with 11 tackles for loss and ranked second with five sacks while playing in every game in 2010…Started 12 games, the last eight coming at defensive tackle…Also started four games at defensive end…Since making the switch to DT at Georgia, he totaled 36 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, five sacks, three quarterback hurries, four passes defended and an interception…11 TFLs ranked tied for 11th in the SEC, while his five sacks ranked as the 15th-most in the confer-ence…Tied for second on the Vols with five QB hurries…Led defensive line and ranked sixth on the squad with 48 tackles…Tallied at least six tackles in four of the final seven contests…Notched a sack in four consecutive games sea-son (USC-VU)…Three of five QB hurries came on third down while four of five passes defended occurred on third or fourth down…Led the Vols at Memphis with a career-best eight tackles and returned first career interception 44 yards…Also recorded a UT season-high three TFL for 15 yards, including a career-high two sacks…Recorded six-tackle performances against Kentucky, South Carolina and Alabama…Tipped a pass to force a three-and-out against UK in the fourth quarter after the Vols took a 10-point lead…Registered first sack as a Vol vs. USC…Made a pair of key third-down plays in the second quarter vs. the Crimson Tide…QB hurry forced an incomplete pass and led to a missed field goal while a pass breakup forced Alabama to settle for a three-

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2008* 4 4 0 4 2/8 2/8 1 0/0 1 0/0 2-Vir2009* 10 11 7 18 3.5/22 3.5/22 1 0/0 3 0/0 3-3x 2010 13 29 19 48 5/28 11/42 1 1/0 5 1/44 8-MemTotals 27 44 26 70 10.5/58 16.5/72 3 1/0 9 1/44 8-Mem *Played at USC

CAREER HIGHSTackles 8 vs. Memphis, 11/6/10Sacks 2 vs. Memphis, 11/6/10Tackles For Loss 3 vs. Memphis, 11/6/10

as the No. 3 prospect in Virginia and No. 8 overall wide receiver by Rivals.com...Rated as the No. 11 wide receiver by Scout.com...Participated in the Under Armour All-America Game...Tallied 46 re-ceptions for 714 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior in 2009...As a junior in 2008, caught 34 passes for 545 yards and 13 TDs...Won long jump at junior portion of 2010 USA Outdoor Champi-onships with leap of 25-10 3/4 and qualified for IAAF World Junior Championships...Track & Field News rates him nation’s No. 3 long jumper (25-3¾), No. 7 high jumper (7-2) and No. 14 triple jumper (49-5)...Won Virginia Class AAA state championship in the high jump and long jump as a junior...Place second in state triple jump, ninth in 300M hurdles and ran a leg on Ocean Lakes’ third-place 4x100 M relay team...Also com-peted on the basketball team at Ocean Lakes...Coach at Ocean Lakes: Chris Scott.

point try…Posted four tackles at Vanderbilt, in-cluding a sack and two-and-1/2 TFL, while third quarter QB hurry forced VU to punt…Forced and recovered a fumble on third down while LSU was in field-goal range and added three tackles.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA2009 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 13/0Appearing in all 13 games, he had 18 tackles, including 3.5 sacks, plus one forced fumble and two deflections...Had a pair of tackles at Ohio State, three stops (with a sack) against Washing-ton State, two tackles (0.5 sack) at California, and one sack with a deflection against Oregon State... Recorded two tackles (with a sack), a forced fum-ble and a deflection at Arizona State Registered three tackles versus UCLA and Boston College.

2008 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 8/0Appeared in eight games (all but Oregon State, Arizona, California, UCLA and Penn State) and had four tackles, including two sacks for minus eight yards, plus a deflection and forced a fum-ble...Had two tackles (with a sack) and a forced fumble (which USC recovered and it led to a TD) at Virginia.

HIGH SCHOOL • Birmingham2007 honors as a senior included Super Prep All-

Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West Best of the Rest, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, All-L.A. City Co-Defen-sive MVP (with his twin, Marquis), Los Angeles Times All-Star, Los Angeles Daily News All-Area Co-Defensive MVP (with his twin, Marquis) and All-West Valley League Co-Defensive MVP (with his twin, Marquis) as a senior defensive lineman at Birmingham High in Van Nuys (Calif.)...Notched 103 tackles, 14.5 sacks, one interception and one fumble recovery in 2007...As a junior in 2006, he made All-L.A. City first team and Daily News All-Area second team while posting 10.5 sacks...Helped Birmingham win the 2006 L.A. City title...Coach at Birmingham: Ed Croson.

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soPHomore (rs) | sq.defensiVe lineman

6-3 | 305 | sarasota, Fla. | sociology

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 4/0 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 4/0Saw action in four games for Tennessee…Saw limited action in first career game against UT Martin…Also played against Alabama…Regis-tered first two career tackles vs. Kentucky to help the Vols to their 26th consecutive win over the Wildcats...Registered a tackle vs. North Carolina in the Music City Bowl.

2009 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • BookerSecond-team Class 3A All-State by Florida Sports Writers Association as junior...Reebok Florida Phenom by Florida Football Magazine prior to 2008 season...Named to Florida Postseason Top 100 by Miami Herald...Did not play his senior season due to ACL/MCL injury...Registered 74 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, four forced fumbles and five blocked kicks in his final season of high school action as junior...Booker High cap-tured district championship that season...Coach at Booker: Fred Gilmore.

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2008 (USC) UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS at Virginia 2 0 2 1/5 1/5 1 0 0 0Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Oregon State - - - - - - - - -Oregon 1 0 1 1/3 1/3 0 0 0 0Arizona State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Wash. St. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Arizona - - - - - - - - -Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0California - - - - - - - - -at Stanford 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Notre Dame 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0at UCLA - - - - - - - - -Penn State (bowl) - - - - - - - - -2008 Totals 4 0 4 2/8 2/8 1 0/0 1 0/0

SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2009 (USC) UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS San Jose State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Ohio State 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Washington St. 3 0 3 1/5 1/5 0 0 0 0at California 1 1 2 0.5/3 0.5/3 0 0 0 0at Notre Dame 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Oregon State 1 0 1 1/8 1/8 0 0 1 0 at Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Arizona State 2 0 2 1/6 1/6 1 0 1 0Stanford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UCLA 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Arizona 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Boston Col. (bowl) 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 02009 Totals 11 7 18 3.5/22 3.5/22 1 0/0 3 0/0

SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Oregon 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0UAB 2 1 3 0 1/3 0 0 0 0at LSU 1 2 3 0 0 1 1/0 0 0at Georgia 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 1 5 6 0 0.5/0 0 0 1 0at South Carolina 5 1 6 1/2 2/5 0 0 0 0at Memphis 7 1 8 2/13 3/15 0 0 1 1/44Mississippi 3 0 3 1/7 1/7 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 3 1 4 1/6 2.5/11 0 0 0 0Kentucky 3 3 6 0 1/1 0 0 1 0N. Carolina (bowl) 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 02010 Totals 29 19 48 5/28 11/42 1 1/0 5 1/44

martaZe Jackson

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/02010 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • DemopolisRated as the No. 131 defensive end prospect by Scout.com...Named honorable mention all-state as a senior in 2009...Honored as a West Alabama 5A All-Star as a senior...Also All-County...Named Defensive Lineman MVP at U.S. Army All-America Junior Combine in 2008...Combined for 26 quar-terback sacks and 22 quarterback hurries over his last two seasons...As a senior, 26 of his 38 total tackles went for lost yardage...11 of those were sacks and he also forced three fumbles...Amassed 54 tackles, 17 sacks and eight tackles-for-loss as a junior in 2008...Helped Demopolis to 12-3 record in 2009 and Alabama Class 5A state champion-ship...Coach at Demopolis: Tom Causey.

Ja’Wuan James

soPHomore | 1loffensiVe lineman

6-6 | 324 | suwanee, ga. | sport Management

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 13/13 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/13Earned Coaches’ All-SEC Freshman Team hon-ors...One of 10 Vols to start in every game and one of just four to see action in every single quarter in 2010 while holding down the right tackle position…Also one of seven true fresh-men to play in every game this season…Part of the only offensive line to start three freshmen in a game in FBS this season, which took place against both Memphis and Kentucky…One of a school-record seven true freshmen to start at Memphis…Helped Tauren Poole tie the SEC lead with six 100-yard rushing performances.

HIGH SCHOOL • North GwinnettEnrolled at UT in January and participated in spring drills in 2010...Class AAAAA All-State by Georgia Sportswriters...Rivals.com All-America team...Rated as No. 6 prospect in Georgia and No. 8 offensive tackle in nation by Rivals.com...Prep-Star Top 150 Dream Team...Selected to play in Under Armour All-America Game...Named to Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top-50 list as No. 18 overall player in Georgia...Helped lead North Gwinnett to 13-1 mark as senior...Team earned Region 7-5A championship and advanced to state quarterfinals...Junior season also led to berth in state quarterfinals behind 10-3 finish...Sophomore campaign of 2007 saw North Gwin-nett advance to state championship game with 13-2 record...Coach at North Gwinnett: Bob Sphire.

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 31/0 2010 • Junior • Games/Starts: 13/0Switched to linebacker after spending first two seasons as a fullback…One of four Vols to see action in every single quarter in 2010…Fourth among UT linebackers with 44 tackles and 11th on the team…Tied for second on the Vols with nine special teams tackles…Also tied for fourth on the squad with a pair of takeaways (1 INT, 1 FR)…Compiled 3.5 tackles for loss…Finished in the top three for UT in tackles five times, in-cluding a career-best nine vs. UAB, second-most on the Vols…Posted six tackles vs. Georgia and Alabama and five stops vs. UT Martin and Mis-sissippi…Also had first career interception vs. UT Martin and teamed with Greg King to record UT’s lone safety of the season against the Skyhawks…Ripped football out of the hands of Florida’s Jeff Demps to give UT the ball back at midfield in the fourth quarter as the Vols trailed by 14…Lone forced fumble and fumble recovery led to a touchdown...Contributed a pair of tackles vs. Memphis, Vanderbilt and North Carolina...Earned UT’s Andy Spiva Award as the team’s defensive surprise player of 2010 spring practice period.

2009 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 12/0Helped lead the way for Montario Hardesty to rush for more than 1,300 yards...Also caught six passes for 68 yards...Included was 38-yard touchdown re-ception on game’s second play versus South Caro-lina...Added one rush for two yards, and one tackle on special teams.

greg king

Junior | 1llinebacker

6-2 | 235 | Memphis | sociology

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 13/2 2010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 4/0Saw action in four games before season-ending knee surgery following the Georgia game…Compiled a season-best four tackles against Or-egon…Teamed with Austin Johnson to record UT’s lone safety in 2010 vs. UT Martin on the way to a three-tackle performance…Lone tackle at

2008 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 6/0Made collegiate debut against UAB...Appeared in five of last six games...Contributed on special teams and fullback responsibilities...Named to VolScholar Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL • HickoryEnrolled at UT in January 2008 and participated in spring drills...All-State in 2006 and 2007...Three-time All-Conference linebacker, including final two seasons as conference Defensive Player of the Year...Team MVP junior year...2007 Shrine Bowl participant and captain of North Carolina squad against South Carolina all-stars...2007 Carolina Pan-thers Community Captain for success on the field, in the classroom and throughout the community...Started three years at linebacker and two at full-back...Finished with 580 career tackles...Had 160 tackles as sophomore, 211 as junior and 210 se-nior year...As senior, rushed 108 times for 692 yards and 18 touchdowns and had 35 receptions for 470 yards...Also excelled in baseball...National Honor Society and Beta Club member...Coach at Hickory: John Worley.

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2009 12 1 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1-SC2010 13 22 22 44 0/0 3.5/12 1 1/0 1 1/0 9-UABTotals 25 23 22 45 0/0 3.5/12 1 1/0 1 1/0 9-UAb

CAREER HIGHSTackles 9 vs. UAB (9/25/10)Tackles For Loss 1.5 vs. UT Martin (9/4/10)

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 3 2 5 0 1.5/6 0 0 1 1/0Oregon 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB 3 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0at LSU 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 2 4 6 0 1/1 0 0 0 0Alabama 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Memphis 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Mississippi 4 1 5 0 1/5 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 21 23 44 0 3.5/12 0 0 1 1/0

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/02010 • Sophomore – Squad member.

2009 – Redshirted.

2008 • Freshman – Squad member...Appeared in Tennessee’s 37-21 junior varsity win over Har-grave (Va.) Military Academy.

HIGH SCHOOL • St. George’sNamed Tennessee’s 2007 Mr. Football (back) for Div. II-Class A...Two-time All-State by Tennessee Sports Writers Association, and named 2007 All-State by Tennessee Football Coaches As-sociation...Twice named Best of Preps by Com-mercial Appeal...Paced St. George’s to perfect 12-0 season in 2007 and Div. II-A state champi-onship win over SBEC...Rushed that season for 25 touchdowns and more than 1,000 yards...Tops in Memphis metro area as junior in 2006 with 26 touchdowns while rushing for more than 1,000 yards...Led St. George’s to 9-2 record and berth in Div. II-A state title game...Shooting guard in bas-ketball, helping team to state runner-up finish as junior...Also played centerfield and catcher in baseball...Coach at St. George’s: Ken Netherland.

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 25/17 2010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 12/12Started in all 12 games he played in, missing only the UAB game with an ankle injury…Among the Vols, ranked second in tackles with 75, fourth in sacks with 2.5 and sixth in tackles for loss with 4.5 (all are career highs)…Added three quarterback hurries…14th in SEC contests with an average of 7.5 tackles per and tied for 19th overall in the league with 6.2 takedowns per game…Led UT three times in tackles, including a season-best 10-tackle performance vs. Vanderbilt…Also add-ed 10 tackles at LSU…Teamed with Gerald Wil-liams for first career sack on LSU’s final drive, also adding a TFL…Tallied a career-high two TFLs at South Carolina, including a sack towards the end of the third quarter to force a three-and-out…Other TFL came on third-and-13 to force a field goal attempt…Posted first career pass breakup vs. Kentucky while adding eight tackles…In a

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2009 13 28 24 52 0/0 2.5/9 0 0 0 0/0 12-2x 2010 12 44 31 75 2.5/16 4.5/17 0 0 1 0/0 10-2xTotals 25 72 55 127 2.5/16 7/26 0 0 1 0/0 12-2x

CAREER HIGHSTackles 12 (2x, last vs. Virginia Tech, 12/31/09)Tackles For Loss 2 at South Carolina, 10/30/10Sacks 1 (2x, last at South Carolina, 10/30/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2009 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS Western Ky. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0UCLA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ohio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Auburn 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Georgia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Alabama 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0South Carolina 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Memphis 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0at Mississippi 2 5 7 0 1/5 0 0 0 0Vanderbilt 9 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0at Kentucky 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0Va. Tech (bowl) 8 4 12 0 1.5/4 0 0 0 02009 Totals 28 24 52 0 2.5/9 0 0 0 0

SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oregon 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida 2 5 7 0 0.5/0 0 0 0 0UAB - - - - - - - - -at LSU 4 6 10 0.5/2 1/2 0 0 0 0at Georgia 4 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 2 3 5 1/7 1/7 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 6 1 7 1/7 2/8 0 0 0 0at Memphis 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Mississippi 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 8 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 7 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 0N. Carolina (bowl) 3 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 44 31 75 2.5/16 4.5/17 0 0 1 0

Georgia came on third down to force Georgia to punt on its final possession.

2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 9/2Saw action in nine games, making two starts, at demanding middle linebacker spot before miss-ing final two contests because of injury...Finished season with 24 tackles...Grabbed interception against South Carolina that gave Vols posses-sion near midfield...Tennessee scored on ensu-ing drive...Game highs of six tackles against both Ohio and Vanderbilt...Had 1½ tackles for loss.

HIGH SCHOOL • MelroseClass 4A Tennessee Sports Writers All-State Team...Named No. 9 overall prospect in Tennes-see by Knoxville News-Sentinel prior to 2008 sea-son...Posted 130 tackles with four sacks and four forced fumbles as senior...Notched 70 tackles, 10 sacks and four forced fumbles as junior...Coach at Melrose: Hubbard Alexander.

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2009 9 14 10 24 0/0 1.5/1 0 0 3 1/8 6-2x2010 4 1 7 8 0/0 0.5/1 0 0 0 0/0 4-Ore Totals 13 15 17 32 0/0 2/2 0 0 3 1/8 6-2x

CAREER HIGHSTackles 6 twice, last vs. Vanderbilt, 11/21/09Tackles For Loss 1 at Florida, 9/19/09

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2009 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS Western Ky. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Florida 1 0 1 0 1/1 0 0 0 0Ohio 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0Auburn 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Alabama 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0South Carolina 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1/8Memphis 2 2 4 0 0.5/0 0 0 0 0at Mississippi 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0Vanderbilt 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 02009 Totals 14 10 24 0 1.5/1 0 0 3 1/8

SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 1 2 3 0 0.5/1 0 0 0 0Oregon 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB - - - - - - - - -at LSU - - - - - - - - -at Georgia 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

(Season-ending knee surgery)2010 Totals 1 7 8 0 0.5/1 0 0 0 0

five-tackle outing vs. Alabama, Lathers notched UT’s only sack to force a third-and-long and was credited with a QB hurry on third down to hold the Tide to a field goal…Notched seven tackles vs. Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, leading UT against the Bulldogs…Registered six stops against both Oregon and Mississippi.

2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/5Claimed starting role at middle linebacker for season’s final five games and turned in Freshman All-SEC performance (Coaches and Sporting News)...Replaced injured Savion Frazier after Fra-zier had taken over for injured Nick Reveiz...Made most of his opportunity by compiling 43 of his season’s 52 tackles in those five starts...Finished fifth on team in tackles with 52...Turned in stand-out late-season performances against Vanderbilt and in Chick-fil-A Bowl against Virginia Tech, reg-istering 12 tackles in each contest...Also contrib-uted 1½ tackles for loss against Hokies...Added seven-tackle performance at Mississippi and six-tackle effort at Kentucky.

2008 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • ScotlandvilleNamed All-State, All-Metro and All-District 5-5A as senior in 2007...Most Valuable Interior Player in U.S. Army Red Stick Bowl Game following senior season...Baton Rouge Advocate Second Dozen...PrepStar All-Region...Tallied 114 tackles with 18 tackles-for-loss and five sacks during se-nior year...Also had two interceptions...As junior at Istrouma High School, had 96 tackles and 14 sacks...Played two years at Istrouma in Baton Rouge before finishing at Scotlandville...Coach at Scotlandville: Richard Oliver.

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6-3 | 255 | wellford, s.C. | sport Management

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 13/2 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/2Played in all 13 games, including two starts…One of seven UT true freshmen to play in ev-ery game this season…Finished freshman sea-son with 13 tackles, two of those for loss, and a sack…Started first career game at defensive tackle vs. Oregon and posted a pair of tackles…Notched a career-high three tackles and his first

myles mckee

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6-1 | 180 | Arden, n.C. | Communications

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYFreshman who joined the squad in fall 2010 and redshirted...Played football at Fork Union [Va.] Military Academy.

matt milton

soPHomore | sq.Wide receiVer

6-5 | 210 | Mascoutah, ill. | Journalism electronic Media

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 4/0 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 4/0Saw action in four games, including his first ca-reer appearance at LSU.

HIGH SCHOOL • MascoutahPracticed with Vols during mid-December lead in to Chick-fil-A Bowl, then enrolled at UT in January and participated in spring drills...No. 6 prospect in Illinois by Rivals, and No. 20 wide receiver in nation by Scout.com...PrepStar Maga-zine All-Region...Shared Small-School Football Player of the Year honors from Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat...Rushed for 1,309 yards and 20 TDs as senior, while catching 14 passes for 232 yards...In addition to receiving duties, also took direct snaps in “wildcat” position...On first play at that position, rushed 76 yards for TD against Wa-terloo...Finished Waterloo game with 267 rushing yards and three touchdowns on just 10 carries, scoring on runs of 76, 67 and 36...Also rushed for 240 yards and three touchdowns against Triad and 226 yards and three TDs against Civic Me-morial...In playoff loss to Rochester, rolled up 182 yards rushing with three TDs, including 67-yard run and 97-yard kickoff return...Caught 40 passes as junior for 797 yards and nine touchdowns...Coach at Mascoutah: Scott Battas.

nigel mitcHell-tHornton

Junior | 2llinebacker

6-1 | 235 | stone Mountain, ga. | entrepreneurship Management

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 18/0 2010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 10/0Played in a career-high 10 games for Tennessee and saw extensive action on special teams…All five tackles came on special teams, tied for sev-enth on the team…First action of 2010 came against UAB and he delivered with his first tackle of the season…Had tackles in four of the last six games.

2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 8/0Finished freshman season with nine tackles, including one for lost yardage...Tackle for loss came against Western Kentucky and helped force Hilltoppers punt...Game-high five tackles against Ohio.

HIGH SCHOOL • StephensonEnrolled at UT in January 2009 and participated in spring drills...Selected to Georgia 150 by At-lanta Journal Constitution...Selected to play in GACA North-South All-Star Game...Selected 2008 Region 5-2A Defensive Player of Year...Earned All-Region and All-DeKalb County honors three times • Named to All-State second team in 2007...Posted 119 total tackles, 10 TFL and two sacks as senior...Also picked off three passes and returned two for touchdowns...Notched 102 total tackles, 12 TFL and six sacks as junior while forcing four fumbles...Led team to region crown his senior season...Named to Stephenson’s Honor Roll all four years...Coach at Stephenson: Ronald Gar-trell.

career sack vs. Mississippi…Recorded a pair of stops vs. LSU and Alabama and compiled four one-tackle performances.

HIGH SCHOOL • ByrnesEnrolled at UT in January and participated in spring drills...Ranked as No. 3 weakside defen-sive end in nation and No. 2 overall prospect in South Carolina by Rivals.com...Ranked as No. 10 overall defensive end by Scout.com...Member of PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team...Selected to play in U.S. Army All-American Bowl...Named Class 4A All-State first-team and participated in Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas as senior...Named USA To-day Pre-Season All-America as senior...Received All-Area, All-Region and second-team All-State honors as junior...During senior season, totaled 146 tackles and 18 sacks...Added 119 tackles, 19 tackles-for-loss, 34 quarterback hurries and eight sacks as junior...Registered 109 tackles and four sacks as sophomore...Finished four-year career with 388 total tackles and 38 sacks...Helped lead Byrnes to state championships during his sopho-more and junior seasons with combined overall record of 29-1...Team advanced to state runner-up finish his senior season and 13-2 record...Also played basketball during freshman and sopho-more seasons...Coach at Byrnes: Chris Miller.

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2010 13 6 7 13 1/6 2/8 0 0 0 0/0 3-Miss

CAREER HIGHSTackles 3 vs. Mississippi, 11/13/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oregon 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB 1 0 1 0 1/2 0 0 0 0at LSU 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Memphis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Mississippi 2 1 3 1/6 1/6 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 6 7 13 1/6 2/8 0 0 0 0

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CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2009 8 5 4 9 0/0 1/3 0 0 0 0/0 5-Ohio2010 10 2 3 5 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0/0 1-4xTotals 18 7 7 14 0/0 1/3 0 0 0 0/0 5-Ohio

CAREER HIGHSTackles 5 vs. Ohio, 9/26/09

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2009 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS Western Ky. 2 0 2 0 1/3 0 0 0 0UCLA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ohio 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0Auburn - - - - - - - - -Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Alabama - - - - - - - - -South Carolina - - - - - - - - -Memphis 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Kentucky - - - - - - - - -Va. Tech (bowl) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 02009 Totals 5 4 9 0 1/3 0 0 0 0

SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin - - - - - - - - -Oregon - - - - - - - - -Florida - - - - - - - -UAB 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at LSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Memphis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

nasH nance

fresHman (rs) | sq.quarterback

6-3 | 208 | Calhoun, ga. | Finance

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0 2010 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • CalhounClass AA All-State quarterback by Georgia Sports-writers...Named All-Area by both Chattanooga Times Free Press and Rome News Tribune...As a senior in 2009, completed 203-of-297 passes for 3,017 yards and 29 touchdowns against only eight interceptions...Also carried 78 times for an additional 359 yards, a 4.3-yard average...As junior at Darlington High School, threw for 700 yards and rushed for another 600...High school teammate of UT wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers at both Calhoun and Darlington high schools...Helped Calhoun to 14-1 finish in 2009 and berth in Class AA state championship game...Com-peted three years in basketball and two in track and field (400M)...Placed fifth individually in 2009 Class AA state golf championship...National Honor Society member and Fellowship of Chris-tian Athletes huddle leader...Coach at Calhoun: Hal Lamb.

raJion neal

soPHomore | 1ltailback

5-11 | 205 | Fayetteville, ga. | Arts & sciences

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 10/0 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 10/0Played in 10 games as a freshman for Tennessee and was the second featured running back in six contests…Rushed 46 times for 197 yards and caught seven passes for 100 yards…Provided a balanced weapon for the UT offense, averaging 4.3 yards per carry and 14.3 yards per recep-tion…Recorded UT’s second-highest rushing total in four games…Saw first action in season opener vs. UT Martin, setting career bests with nine rushes for 79 yards and a long of 40 yards…Hauled in first three career receptions at Geor-gia for 70 yards, including UT’s longest play of the game, a 58-yard wheel route that advanced the Vols to the Georgia 2-yard line and set up one of UT’s two touchdowns three plays later…Also returned first career kick 15 yards against the Bulldogs…Tied career high with nine rush-ing attempts in Music City Bowl vs. North Caro-lina, which went for 28 yards...Also hauled in a seven-yard reception...Ran six times for 36 yards, caught a pair of passes for 29 yards and returned two kickoffs for 38 yards vs. Alabama…26-yard reception in the third quarter was UT’s longest passing play vs. the Tide…Finished with 16 yards on six rushes at South Carolina.

HIGH SCHOOL • Sandy CreekAssociated Press All-State and Class AAAA Offen-sive Player of the Year...Ranked as the No. 9 Tail-back in the nation and No. 151 overall prospect on the Rivals250 list by Rivals.com...Also rated as

the No. 11 prospect in Georgia...Named the No. 31 running back by Scout.com...Atlanta Journal-Constitution Top 50...Georgia Sportswriters Class AAAA State Offensive Player of the Year...All-Re-gion 5-AAAA by the coaches...Ran for 166 yards and one touchdown in 2009 state title game win over Clarke Central...Helped lead Sandy Creek to Class AAAA state championship in 2009 over Clarke Central...Coach at Sandy Creek: Chip Walk-er.

CAREER STATS Rushing NET AVG AVG HIGHYEAR G ATT YDS ATT GM TD LONG YDS2010 10 46 197 4.3 19.7 0 40-UTM 79-UTM

Receiving NET AVG AVG HIGHYEAR G REC YDS REC GM TD LONG YDS2010 10 7 100 14.3 10.0 0 58-UGA 70-UGA

CAREER HIGHSRush Attempts 9 (2x, last vs. North Carolina, 12/30/10)Rushing Yards 79 vs. UT Martin, 9/4/10Receptions 3 vs. Georgia, 10/9/10Receiving Yards 70 vs. Georgia, 10/9/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Rushing & Receiving

2010 ATT YDS TD REC YDS TDUT Martin 9 79 0 0 0 0Oregon 2 2 0 0 0 0Florida - - - - - -UAB 4 20 0 0 0 0at LSU 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 2 3 0 3 70 0Alabama 6 36 0 2 29 0at South Carolina 6 16 0 1 -6 0at Memphis 4 14 0 0 0 0Mississippi 4 -1 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt - - - - - -Kentucky - - - - - -N. Carolina (bowl) 9 28 0 1 7 02010 Totals 46 197 0 7 100 0

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soPHomore | 1lPunter/Placekicker

5-11 | 172 | Coral springs, Fla. | Communications

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 11/6 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 11/6Started in six games and played in 11 overall, while serving in multiple capacities for the Ten-nessee special teams unit… Primary placekicker for kickoffs for UT for most of the season and started five games, in addition to two starts at punter…Also served as UT’s field goal kicker while Daniel Lincoln was unable to play with a leg injury (LSU-Memphis)…Tied for third in UT annals for season field goal percentage (.714) with a minimum five made (5-of-7)…Started at both positions at LSU and punted for the first time, a season-long 51-yarder…Also missed first career field goal, a 45-yard attempt, but scored his first points as a Vol with two PATs…Converted first field goal at UT vs. Alabama, a 33-yarder that cut the Vols’ deficit to three heading into half-time, and added a PAT…Connected on career highs of three field goals and five PATs at Mem-phis…Three field goals were a season best for the Vols…Nailed a career-long 39-yard FG to give the Vols a 3-0 lead at South Carolina…Filled in on punting duties vs. Kentucky for the injured Chad Cunningham and executed UT’s second fake punt of 2010, rushing 16 yards for a first down…Although UT didn’t score on that drive, the Vols forced a three-and-out on UK’s next series after the defense had more time to recover…Also punted a season-high three times for an average of 39.2 yards per punt…First action came vs. Or-egon with his first career kickoff.

HIGH SCHOOL • St. Thomas AquinasRated as the No. 2 overall, No. 3 most versatile and No. 5 most accurate kicker by Rivals.com...Ranked as the No. 1 overall kicker by Scout.com...EA Sports All-America first team...Participated in the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Game...Hon-ored as FSWA first-team all-state as a senior in 2009 and FSWA third-team all-state as a junior in 2008...Earned 2009 All-State honors by Sun-StateFootball.com...Named All-County as a se-nior and junior...Left-footer averaged better than 47.0 yards per punt as senior and all but five of his 43 kickoffs went for touchbacks...Added sev-en field goals in 2009...As a junior, was 76-of-78 on extra points and 98-percent of kickoffs were touchbacks...Helped lead St. Thomas Aquinas to 5A state championship in 2008...Coach at St. Thomas Aquinas: George Smith.

robert nelson

soPHomore (rs) | sq.linebacker

5-11 | 205 | stone Mountain, ga. | Anthropology

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/02010 • Freshman – Squad member.

2009 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • Stone MountainTwice named to Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-State team...Amassed 383 stops and 24 sacks for his high school career...Accumulated 151 tackles during senior campaign...Posted 176 tackles, 25 tackles for loss and 18 sacks as junior...Also mem-ber of Stone Mountain’s basketball team...Coach at Stone Mountain: Charles Reeves.

naZ oliVer

soPHomore (rs) | sq.defensiVe back

5-10 | 177 | Jersey City, n.J. | Communications

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marques Pair

fresHman (rs) | sq.offensiVe lineman

6-5 | 310 | sumter, s.C. | Communications

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0 2010 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • SumterNamed the No. 16 prospect in South Carolina and No. 49 offensive tackle by Rivals.com...Rated as the No. 80 offensive tackle by Scout.com...Se-lected to PrepStar Magazine’s All-Region team...Participated in South Carolina’s North-South All-Star Game...Helped Sumter to 2009 Region VI-4A championship and 10-3 record...Sumter finished as Class 4A state runner-up in 2008...Competes as a center on basketball team...Coach at Sumter: Paul Sorrells.

CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/02010 • Freshman – Had surgery in May to repair torn ACL and missed entire season.

2009 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • St. Peter’s Prep SchoolNamed No. 9 overall recruit in Northeast by Su-perPrep Magazine...First team All-County and third team All-State as senior...Hudson County Player of the Year by The Star Ledger as junior after rushing for 1,407 yards and 23 touchdowns that season...Also standout in track and field...Coach at St. Peter’s: Rich Hansen.

tyler Page

fresHman (rs) | sq.defensiVe back

6-3 | 193 | Candler, n.C. | Arts & sciences

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYFreshman who joined the squad in fall 2010 and redshirted...Played football at Asheville High School.

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soPHomore (rs) | sq.offensiVe lineman

6-3 | 286 | Knoxville | psychology

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/02010 • Freshman – Squad member.

2009 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • South DoyleStarted all four years at South Doyle…First two were at offensive guard before moving to of-fensive tackle positions as junior and senior… Helped Cherokees to key senior season wins over rivals Knoxville Central and Seymour…Twice named preseason All-State and Academic All-State…Also played basketball as freshman and senior...Coach at South Doyle: Erik Hutchins.

CAREER STATS KickingYEAR G FG FGA PCT PAT PTS 0-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LONG2010 11 5 7 71.4 13-14 28 1-1 4-4 0-1 0-1 39-USC

PuntingYEAR G NO YDS AVG Tb FC I20 50+ bK LONG2010 11 4 157 39.2 0 1 0 1 0 51-LSU

CAREER HIGHSField Goals Made 3 vs. Memphis, 11/6/10Field Goals Attempted 3 vs. Memphis, 11/6/10Longest Conversion 39 vs. South Carolina, 10/30/10 Longest Attempt 52 vs. Alabama, 10/23/10Punts 3 vs. Kentucky (11/27/10)Punting Average 51.0 vs. LSU (10/2/10)Long 51 vs. LSU (10/2/10)

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Kicking

2010 FG-FGA SEQUENCEUT Martin -- --Oregon -- --Florida -- --UAB -- --at LSU 0-1 45at Georgia -- --Alabama 1-2 (33), 52at South Carolina 1-1 (39)at Memphis 3-3 (24), (32), (33)Mississippi -- --at Vanderbilt -- --Kentucky -- --N. Carolina (bowl) -- --Totals 5-7 Long-39 USC

Punting2010 NO YDS AVG Tb FC I20 50+ LONGUT Martin - - - - - - - -Oregon - - - - - - - -Florida - - - - - - - -UAB - - - - - - - -at LSU 1 51 51.0 0 0 0 1 51at Georgia - - - - - - - -Alabama - - - - - - - -at South Carolina - - - - - - - -at Memphis - - - - - - - -Mississippi - - - - - - - -at Vanderbilt - - - - - - - -Kentucky 3 106 35.3 0 1 0 0 46N. Carolina (bowl) - - - - - - - -2010 Totals 4 157 39.2 0 1 0 1 51

tauren Poole

senior | 3ltailback

5-10 | 210 | Toccoa, ga. | sport Management

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 38/13 2010 • Junior • Games/Starts: 13/13Earned AP All-SEC honorable mention acco-lades...Started all 13 games at tailback…In first full season as the main rusher for the Vols, Poole rushed for 1,034 yards and 11 touchdowns on 204 carries and caught 22 passes for 171 yards and one TD…Recorded six 100-yard games, tied for the SEC lead…Rushed for the 16th 1,000-yard season all-time at UT…15th UT running back to log a 1,000-yard rushing season...1,034 yards ranks as the 14th-most in an individual season in UT history...Ranked eighth in the SEC with 79.5 rushing yards per game…Led team with 12 total touchdowns and 72 points...16 plays of 20-plus yards ranked second on the team…Second UT running back in the last decade to notch six 100-yard rushing games in the same season…In just his second career start, rushed for a career-high 162 yards vs. Oregon, including a 140-yard first-half effort that ranks as the sev-enth most by a UT running back in an opening half all-time…111 of those yards came in the first quarter alone…Totaled four rushes over 15 yards and a long of 39…Became the first individual to rush for over 100 yards against Alabama in 41 games with 117 rushing yards against the Tide, including a career-long 59-yard TD run to help put UT ahead 7-0…In first career start, rushed for 110 yards and two TDs on 17 carries in three quarters vs. UT Martin…First career TD came on a 24-yard breakaway to give the Vols a 20-0 lead vs. the Skyhawks...Posted 101 yards rushing,

a career-high 50 receiving yards and two total TDs at Memphis…Used a personal-best recep-tion of 41 yards to set up first career TD catch vs. the Tigers…Tallied 107 yards on just 12 car-ries (8.9 ypc) and reached the end zone multiple times for the third game…TD runs went for 36 and 35 yards…Carried the ball a career-high 24 times at LSU for 109 yards and added a one-yard rushing TD...Caught a career-high four passes for 16 yards while rushing 11 times for 40 yards in Music City Bowl vs. North Carolina…Totaled at least three receptions four times in 2010 (UO, UF, USC, UNC)…Registered 99 rushing yards at Vanderbilt…Notched 59 yards on the ground vs. Kentucky and found the end zone for UT’s go-ahead TD to give the Vols the lead for good, 21-14…Marked fourth consecutive game with a TD…Plunged into the end zone on third-and-goal from two yards out at Georgia for UT’s lone second-half score…Left early with a thigh injury vs. UAB.

2009 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 13/0Though time on offense was limited, found ways to contribute via special teams...Still managed to total 86 rushing yards on 12 carries...Had 62 of those yards on five attempts in opener...Sea-son-long carry of 34 yards came against Western Kentucky...Closed strongly as well, carrying three times for nifty 15 yards in Chick-fil-A Bowl against Virginia Tech.

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soPHomore | 1llinebacker

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 11/0 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 11/0Earned Coaches’ All-SEC Freshman Team hon-ors...Played in 11 games and totaled 14 tackles in first season as a Vol…Posted a career-best six tackles at Georgia, including his lone tackle for loss of the season…Recorded first two career tackles vs. UT Martin in the Vols’ season open-er…Also registered a pair of tackles in win over Mississippi…Tallied a pair of one-tackle perfor-mances vs. Oregon and Memphis.

HIGH SCHOOL • HooverAlabama Sportswriters Class 6A All-State...Rated as the No. 25 overall inside linebacker and No. 35 prospect in Alabama by Rivals.com...Ranked as the No. 39 overall inside linebacker by Scout.com...Participated in the 2009 Alabama/Missis-sippi All-Star Classic...Totaled over 160 tackles and six sacks as a senior in 2009...Tallied 174 tackles, 19 tackles-for-loss, six sacks and one interception as a junior in 2008...Finished ca-reer with 490 tackles, 31 tackles-for-loss, over 15 sacks, and 17 quarterback pressures...Helped lead Hoover to the 6A Alabama State Champion-ship in 2009...Coach at Hoover: Josh Niblett.

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2010 11 5 9 14 0/0 1/1 0 0/0 0 0/0 6-UGA

CAREER HIGHSTackles 6 at Georgia, 10/9/10 Tackles for loss 1 at Georgia, 10/9/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0Oregon 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at LSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 1 5 6 0 1/1 0 0 0 0Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina - - - - - - - - -at Memphis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Mississippi 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt - - - - - - - - -Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 5 9 14 0 1/1 0 0 0 0

2008 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 12/0Saw majority of action on special teams and as backup tailback...Recorded four special teams tackles...Rushed nine times for 43 yards against UAB...Had career-highs in attempts (11) and yards (44) against Wyoming...Also caught his first collegiate pass in that game against the Cow-boys.

HIGH SCHOOL • Stephens CountyEnrolled at UT in January 2008 and participated in spring drills...Twice named player of the year by various media outlets, including Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail in 2007...Set school career rushing (5,519) and touchdown (79) re-cords during four-year career...Rushed for 5,413 of those record-setting yards during final three varsity seasons...Finished with 2,138 rushing yards during senior campaign, 1,925 yards as junior and 1,350 rushing yards sophomore sea-son...Helped Stephens County to three consecu-tive region titles...His high school coach, Travis Noland, previously was former Vols quarterback Jonathan Crompton’s high school coach in Waynesville, N.C....Member of Academic All-State team...Coach at Stephens County: Travis Noland.

CAREER STATS Rushing NET AVG AVG HIGHYEAR G ATT YDS ATT GM TD LONG YDS2008 12 22 86 3.9 7.2 0 19-UAB 44-Wyo2009 13 10 85 8.5 6.5 0 34-WKy 62-WKy2010 13 204 1,034 5.1 79.5 11 59-Ala 162-Ore

Totals 38 236 1,205 5.1 31.7 11 59-Ala 162-Ore

Receiving NET AVG AVG HIGHYEAR G REC YDS REC GM TD LONG YDS2008 12 1 -1 -- -- 0 -- --2009 13 1 9 9.0 0.7 0 9-Van 9-Van 2010 13 22 171 7.8 13.2 1 41-Mem 50-MemTotals 38 24 179 7.5 4.7 1 41-Mem 50-Mem

CAREER HIGHSRushing Attempts 24 vs. LSU, 10/2/10Rushing Yards 162 vs. Oregon, 9/11/10Rushing TDs 2 (2x, last vs. Mississippi, 11/13/10)Receptions 4 vs. North Carolina (bowl), 12/30/10Receiving Yards 50 vs. Memphis, 11/6/10Total TDs 2 (3x, last vs. Mississippi, 11/13/10)All-Purpose Yards 179 vs. Oregon, 9/11/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Rushing & Receiving

2008 ATT YDS TD REC YDS TDat UCLA 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB 9 43 0 0 0 0Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0at Auburn 0 0 0 0 0 0Northern Illinois 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0Mississippi State 2 -1 0 0 0 0Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0Wyoming 11 44 0 1 -1 0at Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 02008 Totals 22 86 0 1 -1 0

2009 ATT YDS TD REC YDS TDWestern Ky. 5 62 0 0 0 0UCLA 0 0 0 0 0 0at Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0Ohio 0 0 0 0 0 0Auburn 0 0 0 0 0 0Georgia 2 8 0 0 0 0at Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 0South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0Memphis 0 0 0 0 0 0at Mississippi 0 0 0 0 0 0Vanderbilt 0 0 0 1 9 0at Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0Va. Tech (bowl) 3 15 0 0 0 02009 Totals 10 85 0 1 9 0

2010 ATT YDS TD REC YDS TDUT Martin 17 110 2 0 0 0Oregon 23 162 1 3 17 0Florida 10 23 0 3 38 0UAB 6 23 0 0 0 0at LSU 24 109 1 1 -2 0at Georgia 15 51 1 2 14 0Alabama 14 117 1 1 8 0at South Carolina 16 33 0 3 21 0at Memphis 16 101 1 2 50 1Mississippi 12 107 2 1 -2 0at Vanderbilt 23 99 1 1 11 0Kentucky 17 59 1 1 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 11 40 0 4 16 02010 Totals 204 1,034 11 22 171 1

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYSophomore who joined the squad in fall 2010 and redshirted as a transfer from Louisiana Tech...Played football at All Saints Episcopal High School.

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 17/0 2010 • Junior • Games/Starts: 5/0Saw action in five games for Tennessee…Posted both of his tackles in the Vols’ season opener vs. UT Martin, one on special teams...Also saw play-ing time against UAB, Memphis, Mississippi and Vanderbilt.

2009 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 12/0Steady performer who appeared in all but one game...Began as special teams performer but moved into reserve linebacking role by late sea-son...Compiled seven tackles on season with five coming on special teams...Hard hit against Mem-phis player on kickoff return forced fumble that Vols recovered...Result was touchdown six plays later.

2008 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 0/0Appeared as reserve in Tennessee’s junior varsity win over Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy.

2007 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • FarragutEarned 2006 All-State honors from Tennes-see Sports Writers Association after registering more than 150 tackles from linebacker position...Played in Tennessee-Kentucky All-Star Game in Lexington, Ky....Compiled 120 tackles as junior...Helped Farragut to state quarterfinals both of those seasons...Served as football and wrestling captain...Finished fourth in state in 215-pound wrestling weight class...Also region champion as

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2009 12 4 3 7 0/0 0/0 1 0/0 0 0/0 4-Mem2010 5 1 1 2 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 2-UTMTotals 17 5 4 9 0/0 0/0 1 0/0 0 0/0 4-Mem

CAREER HIGHSTackles 4 vs. Memphis, 11/7/09

189-pound sophomore...Coach at Farragut: Ed-die Courtney.

MISCELLANEOUSHis father, Fuad, is a Vols legend who played 11 seasons in the NFL...Brother, Nick, was UT’s lead-ing tackler in 2010 (108) and played four years for the Vols.

keVin reVis

soPHomore (rs) | sq.offensiVe lineman

6-1 | 275 | Dayton | Logistics

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 1/0 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 1/0Saw lone action of the season vs. Mississippi.

2009 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • Rhea CountyNamed to News Sentinel’s Top 20 Prospects in Tennessee following 2008 season...Finalist for Tennessee Mr. Football...Played in Toyota East-West All-Star Game...All-State first team by both Tennessee coaches and sportswriters...All-Region 4-4A and All-Chattanooga Area...Also earned Region 4-4A Offensive Lineman of the Year...Chattanooga Times-Free Press Best of Preps

first team...Graded at 98 percent with 48 pancake blocks for 2008...Helped team to Region 4 title and championship state quarterfinals berth his senior season...Qualified for state tournament as heavyweight wrestler in junior season...Named Preseason Academic All-State in 2008...Coach at Rhea County: Jason Fitzgerald.

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 10/02010 • Junior – Squad member.

2009 • Sophomore – Squad member.

2008 – Redshirted as transfer from Austin Peay.

AUSTIN PEAY2007 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 10/0Accepted full scholarship offer and handled kick-off duties for Governors during true freshman season.

HIGH SCHOOL • BlackmonAll-Region Specialist MVP...Inaugural recipient in 2006 of Harold “Cotton” Clark Spirit Award, pre-sented by Middle Tennessee Chapter of National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame to Mid-State student who exemplifies highest qualities of sportsmanship...Award named for that chap-ter’s longtime executive secretary...Handed all kicking responsibilities for three varsity seasons...Longest field goal was 48 yards as sophomore...Played soccer three seasons...Sophomore soccer team advanced to Class AAA state semifinals...Coach at Blackmon: Bobby Wells.

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 13/13 2010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 13/13Hauled in 11 receptions for 112 yards…Caught a critical 26-yard pass on third-and-13 to keep UT’s fourth touchdown drive vs. Mississippi alive…Catch was a career long and helped him finish with a personal-best 35 receiving yards…Snatched a career-best three receptions for 29 yards at Memphis…First career reception was a seven-yarder in the opener against UT Mar-tin…On the receiving end of a 16-yard pass vs. Alabama…Posted a pair of receptions good for six yards vs. UAB...Hauled in a 15-yard reception against North Carolina in the Music City Bowl.

COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS2009 • FreshmanHauled in 32 receptions for 316 yards in 11 games for the Canyons...Both figures ranked second on the team...Coach at College of the Canyons: Ga-rett Tujague

OREGON2008Originally signed with the Ducks but redshirted and transferred to College of the Canyons in 2009.

HIGH SCHOOL • BirminghamRanked as the No. 39 overall tight end and No. 94 overall prospect in California as a high school senior in 2007 by Rivals.com...Caught 35 passes for 330 yards and three touchdowns in 2009...As a high school senior, had 21 receptions for 210

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Rushing NET AVG AVG HIGHYEAR G ATT YDS ATT GM TD LONG YDS2010 13 16 117 7.3 9.0 0 21-Ore 49-USC

yards...Caught passes in seven of eight games played...Scored three touchdowns...Helped Birmingham High School to 2007 West Val-ley League title with a 13-1 record, as well as a fourth-place finish in the final state rankings and a second consecutive City Championship Sec-tional title...Coach at Birmingham Senior High School: Osorio Arnold.

CAREER STATS Receiving NET AVG AVG HIGHYEAR G REC YDS REC GM TD LONG YDS2010 13 11 112 10.2 8.6 0 26-Miss 35-Miss

CAREER HIGHSReceptions 3 vs. Memphis, 11/6/10Receiving Yards 35 vs. Mississippi, 11/13/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Receiving2010 REC YDS TDUT Martin 1 7 0Oregon 0 0 0Florida 0 0 0UAB 2 6 0 at LSU 0 0 0at Georgia 1 4 0Alabama 1 16 0at South Carolina 0 0 0at Memphis 3 29 0Mississippi 2 35 0at Vanderbilt 0 0 0Kentucky 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 1 15 02010 Totals 11 112 0

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 13/0 2010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/0Versatile threat ranked fourth among the Vols with 582 all-purpose yards as one of seven true freshmen to play in every game for Tennessee this season…Rushed 16 times for 117 yards…Caught 11 passes for 167 yards and two touchdowns…Returned 12 kickoffs for 298 yards (24.8 per re-turn)…Took over as UT’s primary kick returner at Memphis…Used a career-high five rushing at-tempts at South Carolina to become the first UT receiver to lead the team in rushing with a per-sonal-best 49 yards since Gerald Jones achieved it vs. Kentucky in 2007…Hauled in a career-long 45-yard TD reception vs. North Carolina in the Music City Bowl and returned three kickoffs for 65 yards…Advanced the opening kickoff vs. Kentucky 78 yards, UT’s longest kick return since 2007…Totaled 114 kickoff return yards vs. the Wildcats for the Vols’ best effort in that category this season…First career touchdown catch was a 22-yarder in the second quarter at Memphis, marking Tyler Bray’s fourth scoring throw of the half…UT’s second-leading wideout at Vander-bilt with career highs of three receptions for 59 yards, including a 27-yarder that helped the Vols advance their lead to 14-0 seven plays later…First reception as a Vol went for nine yards in the sea-son opener vs. UT Martin…Registered first career carry vs. Oregon on UT’s first play of its second possession, a 21-yard reverse that helped set up the Vols’ second field goal…23-yard reception vs. Alabama led to a field goal right before halftime to cut the Vols’ deficit to three Logged two recep-

tions for 16 yards vs. UAB…Picked up 17 yards on an end-around vs. Mississippi and finished with 28 yards rushing.

HIGH SCHOOL • CalhounRanked as a five-star prospect by Scout.com as a high school senior in 2007...Atlanta Journal Con-stitution’s All-Classifications Player of the Year and Super 11 selection...Class AA Offensive Player of the Year by Georgia Sportswriters...Played in the 2010 Under Armour All-America Game...Named as the top athlete in the Under Armour All-America Game by Rivals.com...Named to 2010 Parade All-America Team...In five career playoff games, com-piled 707 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns...Set a Georgia state record with 1,641 receiving yards as a senior in 2009...Also caught 84 passes for 22 touchdowns as a senior...As a junior in 2008, tallied 66 receptions for 1,300 yards and 11 touchdowns...High school teammate of UT signee Nash Nance at both Calhoun and Darlington high schools...Helped Calhoun to 14-1 finish in 2009 and berth in Class AA state championship game...Coach at Calhoun High School: Hal Lamb.

Kickoff Returns NET AVG AVG HIGHYEAR G RET YDS RET GM TD LONG YDS2009 13 12 298 24.8 22.9 0 78-UK 114-UK

CAREER HIGHSReceptions 3 vs. Vanderbilt, 11/20/10Receiving Yards 59 vs. Vanderbilt, 11/20/10Rushing Attempts 5 vs. South Carolina, 10/30/10Rushing Yards 49 vs. South Carolina, 10/30/10Kickoff Returns 3 (2x, last vs. Kentucky, 11/27/10)Kickoff Return Yards 114 vs. Kentucky, 11/27/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Receiving & Rushing

2010 REC YDS TD ATT YDS TDUT Martin 1 9 0 0 0 0Oregon 0 0 0 1 21 0Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB 2 16 0 1 -8 0at LSU 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 1 -3 0 0 0 0Alabama 2 19 0 1 3 0at South Carolina 0 0 0 5 49 0at Memphis 1 22 1 1 1 0Mississippi 0 0 0 2 28 0at Vanderbilt 3 59 0 0 0 0Kentucky 0 0 0 3 30 0N. Carolina (bowl) 1 45 1 2 -7 02010 Totals 11 167 2 16 117 0

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2010 RET YDS TDUT Martin 0 0 0Oregon 0 0 0Florida 0 0 0UAB 0 0 0at LSU 0 0 0at Georgia 0 0 0Alabama 0 0 0at South Carolina 2 30 0at Memphis 3 66 0Mississippi 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 1 23 0Kentucky 3 114 0N. Carolina (bowl) 3 65 02010 Totals 12 298 0

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 24/42010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 12/4Played in 12 games and lone absence was due to an injury at Vanderbilt…Started four games and totaled 14 receptions for 207 yards and one touchdown…Led the Vols twice in receiv-ing yards…72-yard reception resulted in his first career touchdown and was UT’s second-longest play in 2010…Finished with a career-high 78 receiving yards to lead UT vs. the Blaz-ers…Matched a career-high four receptions with four in his first two career starts vs. Oregon and Florida…His 45 receiving yards against Oregon was a team-high…Totaled 53 yards vs. Florida, his second-best total of the year…Added single-catch performances in three straight games (Georgia-South Carolina)…Also took one of his three rushing attempts a season-long nine yards at USC...Hauled in five-yard reception vs. North Carolina in the Music City Bowl.

2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 12/0Saw action in 12 games with three catches for 19 yards...Season-long reception of 11 yards came in his Vols debut versus Western Kentucky...Also quality member of special teams unit.

HIGH SCHOOL • David LipscombRated as No. 9 overall prospect in Tennessee by Rivals.com...Named to Knoxville News-Sentinel’s Top 20 Prospects in Tennessee list following 2008 season...2008 Mr. Football Back in Class 3A clas-sification...Played in Toyota East-West All-Star Game...Twice named All-State by Tennessee

Football Coaches and Tennessee Sports Writers associations...Region 5-3A Player of the Year...Earned Middle Tennessee’s National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete Award as senior...Caught 14 passes for 369 yards and six touch-downs while rushing 59 times for 671 yards and nine touchdowns during senior season...Select-ed first-team All-Region as junior while helping David Lipscomb High to Class 3A state champi-onship...Caught 29 passes that year for 688 yards and eight touchdowns to go with 44 rushes for 465 yards and five touchdowns...Set school track and field records in six events...Coach at David Lipscomb: Glenn McAdams.

CAREER STATS Receiving NET AVG AVG HIGHYEAR G REC YDS REC GM TD LONG YDS2009 12 3 19 6.3 1.6 0 11-WKy 11-WKy 2010 12 14 207 14.8 17.2 1 72-UAB 78-UABTotals 24 17 226 13.3 9.4 1 72-UAb 78-UAb

CAREER HIGHSReceptions 4 vs. Florida, 9/18/10Receiving Yards 78 vs. UAB, 9/25/10Rushing Yards 9 vs. South Carolina, 10/30/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Receiving

2009 REC YDS TDWestern Ky. 1 11 0UCLA 1 6 0at Florida - - -Ohio 0 0 0Auburn 0 0 0Georgia 0 0 0at Alabama 0 0 0South Carolina 1 2 0Memphis 0 0 0at Mississippi 0 0 0Vanderbilt 0 0 0at Kentucky 0 0 0Virginia Tech (bowl) 0 0 02010 Totals 3 19 0

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2010 REC YDS TD ATT YDS TDUT Martin 1 7 0 0 0 0Oregon 3 45 0 0 0 0Florida 4 53 0 0 0 0UAB 2 78 1 0 0 0at LSU 1 5 0 0 0 0at Georgia 1 8 0 0 0 0Alabama 1 6 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 0 0 0 1 9 0at Memphis 0 0 0 1 1 0Mississippi 0 0 0 1 4 0

REC YDS TD ATT YDS TDat Vanderbilt - - - - - -Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 1 5 0 0 0 02010 Totals 14 207 1 3 14 0

dontaVis saPP

soPHomore | 1ldefensiVe back

6-2 | 215 | valdosta, ga. | Arts & sciences

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 11/02010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 11/0Played in the final 11 games for Tennessee, pri-marily serving on special teams…Four of his five tackles in 2010 came on special teams, tied for 11th most on the team…Notched his first career tackle in his first game on the field vs. Florida…Also collected single-tackle performances in four other games, including in three of UT’s final four regular season contests.

HIGH SCHOOL • ValdostaEarned All-Region 1-5A first team honors as a senior in 2009...Honored as Region 1-5A second team as a junior in 2008...Awarded Golden Cat Award at Valdosta for leadership on and off the field...As a senior, totaled 56 tackles and two in-terceptions...As a junior, caught 19 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns...Team finished 8-4 in 2009 and advanced to playoffs...Also a standout on the basketball court for Valdosta...Helped lead basketball team to a Region 1-5A Championship and 28-2 record as a junior...Given Coach’s Award after junior season for leadership and contribu-tions on the hardwood...Coach at Valdosta: Rick Tomberlin.

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2010 11 1 4 5 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1-5x

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 7/52010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 7/5Started in five games at left guard and saw ac-tion in seven as a freshman for Tennessee…Started the first three games at left guard be-fore a foot injury vs. Florida forced him to miss the next four…Returned at South Carolina and regained his starting role vs. Mississippi…Part of an offensive line that allowed zero sacks vs. Memphis…Helped open holes for the Vols to rush for a combined 514 yards in their first two games, including a 332-yard effort in the season opener vs. the Skyhawks…Helped Tauren Poole rush for six 100-yard games, which is tied for the SEC lead.

2009 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • South AikenRated No. 11 overall prospect in South Caro-lina by Rivals.com...Selected to Sweet 16 Dream Team by Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle...Selected to play in Shrine Bowl for South Carolina...Named All-Area by Augusta Chronicle and Aiken Stan-dard...Graded out at 91 percent as senior and 72 percent as junior...Posted 31 tackles in two sea-sons of limited play on defense...Coach at South Aiken: Robert Wrightenberry.

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CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2010 13 15 9 24 2/7 5/18 1 0/0 0 0/0 5-LSU

CAREER HIGHSTackles 5 vs. LSU, 10/2/10Quarterback Hurries 2 vs. UAB, 9/25/10

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 13/8 2010 • Junior • Games/Starts: 11/8Played in 11 games and started the first eight at quarterback…Completed 113-of-195 for 1,460 yards, eight touchdowns and five interceptions in 2010…Connected on 19-of-31 throws for 259 yards and a pair of TDs vs. Florida, setting career-best marks in completions and yards…First TD throw against the Gators was a 49-yard pass to De-narius Moore, while second score was a 35-yarder to Justin Hunter on fourth-and-6 in the fourth quar-ter…First career TD was a 42-yard strike to Moore in a 181-yard season opening effort vs. UT Martin…Tossed a career-high three TDs vs. UAB, includ-ing the game-winner on UT’s first play of double overtime…Career-long throw of 72 yards went for his second score of the day…Also threw 34 times against the Blazers, a personal-high…Finished 10-of-13 (.769) against South Carolina, including a 12-yard TD…Completion percentage was a career best…Perfect on his first six pass attempts, which went for 119 yards…Completed 9-of-13 for 179 yards in three quarters at Georgia and eluded the Bulldogs’ pass rush on third-and-12 in the second period to throw a 38-yard TD to Hunter.

EL CAMINO [Calif.] COMMUNITY COLLEGE2009 • SophomoreEnrolled at UT in January and participated in spring drills...Appeared in 10 games for El Camino (Calif.) Community College, completing 159-of-269 (59.1 percent) passes for 2,204 yards with 17 TDs against 12 interceptions...Helped El Camino to fourth

straight league title.

LOUISVILLE2008 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 2/0Completed 4-of-10 passes against Pittsburgh for 39 yards with an interception...Also participated briefly against Middle Tennessee.

2007 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • Don Bosco PrepatoryRanked eighth-best player in New Jersey...Se-lected to PrepStar Magazine’s All-Region team...Participated in U.S. Army All-American Bowl, completing 4-of-7 passes for 30 yards...First team All-State by Associated Press as junior...During three-year career, passed for more than 6,000 yards and 60 touchdowns...Threw for more than 2,000 yards and 20 touchdowns as senior in lead-ing Don Bosco to state title and perfect 12-0 re-cord...Threw for 118 yards and TD in state cham-pionship win over St. Peter’s...Passed for 2,744 yards and 30 touchdowns during junior season. leading Don Bosco to state title game...Coach at Don Bosco Prepatory: Greg Toal.

CAREER STATS Passing ATT- INT/ PASS AVG. Qb HI PASSYEAR G CMP TD PCT YDS GM RATE YDS2008* 2 10-4 1/0 40.0 39 18.0 70.76 39-Pitt2010 11 195-113 5/8 57.9 1,460 162.2 129.25 259-Fla

Totals 13 205-117 6/8 57.1 1,499 149.9 125.52 259-Fla*Played at Louisville.

CAREER HIGHSCompletions 19 (2x, last vs. UAB, 9/25/10)Attempts 34 vs. UAB, 9/25/10Yards 259 vs. Florida, 9/18/10Touchdowns 3 vs. UAB, 9/25/10Longest Completion 72 vs. UAB, 9/25/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Passing2010 COMP ATT INT PCT. YDS TD LONGUT Martin 14 24 0 58.3 181 1 42Oregon 15 29 1 51.7 151 0 31Florida 19 31 2 61.3 259 2 49UAB 19 34 0 55.9 245 3 72at LSU 12 23 0 52.2 121 0 37at Georgia 9 13 1 69.2 179 1 58Alabama 12 22 1 54.5 117 0 26at South Carolina 10 13 0 76.9 153 1 64at Memphis 3 5 0 60.0 54 0 34Mississippi 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt - - - - - - -Kentucky - - - - - - -N. Carolina (bowl) - - - - - - -2010 Totals 113 195 5 57.9 1,460 8 72

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYSenior who joined the squad in fall 2010...Spent freshman season in 2007 and redshirted in 2008 at Auburn...Transferred to Elizabethtown Com-munity College and played football there in 2009...Played football at Bell County High School.

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career-high five stops at LSU…Collected two ca-reer firsts at Memphis with a sack and a forced fumble…Notched four tackles vs. UT Martin in first career action during the season opener…Tackle for loss of three yards vs. the Skyhawks on third down helped force a missed field goal in the fourth quarter as UT maintained its lone shutout of the season…Totaled a pair of three-tackle performances vs. Georgia and Kentucky, including a TFL vs. the Bulldogs…Tallied a sack for the second consecutive week vs. Mississippi, finishing with two takedowns…Posted a person-al-best two QB hurries vs. UAB... Shared UT’s 2010 Big Lick Award presented to players in the spring who consistently perform with the most physical toughness.

HIGH SCHOOL • OoltewahEnrolled at UT in January and participated in spring drills...Chattanooga Times Free Press 2009 Best of Preps City Defensive Player of the Year...Knoxville News Sentinel’s No. 1 prospect in Ten-nessee...Rivals.com All-America team, No. 1 pros-pect in Tennessee and No. 6 weakside defensive end in nation...No. 8 defensive end in nation by Scout.com...PrepStar Top 150 Dream Team...Par-ticipated in 2010 U.S. Army All-America Bowl...First-team All-State and Class AAA lineman of the year in Tennessee as senior and junior...Named to USA Today All-USA first team...Two-time All-Re-gion and Region 2 Defensive Player of the Year...Contributed 79 tackles, 21 tackles-for-loss, 9½ sacks, four forced fumbles and two fumble recov-eries as senior...Tallied 80 tackles, 28 tackles-for-loss and 13 sacks as junior...Coach at Ooltewah: Benny Monroe.

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GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 4 0 4 0 1/3 0 0 0 0Oregon 1 0 1 0 1/4 0 0 0 0Florida 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at LSU 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0at Georgia 2 1 3 0 1/4 0 0 0 0Alabama 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at Memphis 1 0 1 1/5 1/5 1 0 0 0Mississippi 1 1 2 1/2 1/2 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 15 9 24 2/7 5/18 1 0 0 0

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 12/82010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 12/8Selected to the Sporting News’ and Football Writers Association of America’s Freshman All-America teams...Also honored as a Rivals.com Second Team All-America selection...Saw action in 12 games and started eight as a true fresh-man, including five starts at center and three at left guard…Bounced around on the offensive line before settling in and starting the final five games at center…In November, UT only allowed six sacks, including zero at Memphis…Assisted in Tauren Poole’s efforts to tie for the lead the SEC with six 100-yard rushing game…Aided UT’s season-high 537 yards of offense vs. UT Martin...Part of an offensive line that was the only one in NCAA FBS to start three true freshmen in a game this season.

HIGH SCHOOL • MaplewoodTennessee AA Lineman of the Year...Tennessee Sports Writers All-State first team...Tennessee Class 2A Mr. Football Lineman...All-Mid-State and member of the Tennessean’s Dandy Dozen...Ranked as the No. 4 prospect in Tennessee and the No. 7 offensive guard in the nation by Rivals.com...Rated as the No. 32 offensive tackle in the nation by Scout.com...Competed in the 2010 Under Armour All-America Game...As a junior, amassed 52 tackles, 12 tackles-for-loss, eight sacks and three fumble recoveries primarily at defensive tackle...Recipient of the prestigious William Hume Award as Metro Nashville’s Top High School Scholar-Athlete...Coach at Maple-wood: Ralph Thompson.

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 19/02010 • Junior • Games/Starts: 10/0Saw action in a career-high 10 games…Posted a tackle on special teams in consecutive weeks against both Memphis and Mississippi for two on the season.

2009 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 9/0Found home on special teams and played in final nine regular season games, making three tackles.

2008 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 0/0Squad member. Contributed five tackles and one pass breakup in Tennessee’s 37-21 junior varsity win over Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy.

2007 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • AstronautTwice named All-Conference in his four varsity seasons … Played safety as sophomore, line-backer as junior … Twice qualified for state wres-tling tournament … Com-peted in heavyweight class as junior and was 215-pounder as senior … Won region heavyweight title as junior … All-Conference as senior … 2006 Brevard County Male Student-Athlete of the Year...Coach at As-tronaut: Randy Hallock.

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYFreshman who joined the squad in fall 2010 and redshirted...Played football at Camden Central High School.

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 9/02010 • Junior • Games/Starts: 8/0Played in a career-best eight games…Posted first two career tackles at UAB…Also registered a quarterback hurry vs. the Blazers on third down that led to a missed field goal…First career QB hurry came vs. Florida the week before to force an incompletion on third down…Contributed a tackle vs. Georgia…Final QB hurry came at Mem-phis to force the Tigers into third-and-long.

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 24/132010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 11/8Played in 11 games and started eight at corner-back after playing his freshman season at wide receiver…Fourth among the UT secondary and

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2009 13 1 1 2 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1-2x2010 11 29 17 46 0/0 0.5/1 0 0/0 8 0/0 11-UKTotals 24 30 18 48 0/0 0.5/1 0 0/0 8 0/0 11-UK

CAREER HIGHSTackles 11 vs. Kentucky, 11/27/10Passes Defended 3 vs. UAB, 9/25/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0Oregon 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 0Florida 2 3 5 0 0.5/1 0 0 0 0UAB 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0at LSU 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 1 0at Georgia 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0at South Carolina - - - - - - - - -at Memphis - - - - - - - - -Mississippi 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0at Vanderbilt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 9 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 29 17 46 0 0.5/1 0 0 8 0

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 26/132010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 13/13One of three offensive linemen and 10 Vols to start all 13 games this season while holding down the left tackle position…Has played in 26 games total during his first two seasons…As-sisted in Tauren Poole’s efforts to tie for the lead the SEC with six 100-yard rushing games… Part

2009 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 8/0Enrolled at Tennessee in January 2009 and par-ticipated in spring drills...Made his collegiate de-but against Western Kentucky.

COFFEYVILLE [KAN.] COMMUNITY COLLEGEDid not play in his two seasons at Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College due to injury...Fresh-man season counted in 2007 while using redshirt in 2008.

HIGH SCHOOL • AlcoaThree times named first-team All-State (2004-06)...Preseason All-America prior to senior sea-son...All-Region and All-County four consecu-tive years and three-time All-District as a senior, junior and sophomore...As senior, tallied more than 70 tackles with 10 sacks...As junior, totaled 70 tackles and eight sacks...As sophomore, to-taled 132 tackles and 10 sacks...Tallied 15 tackles and four sacks in state championship game as sophomore...Contributed to three straight state championship teams from 2004-06...Four-year starter in football...Honored as team captain as senior...Two-year letterman in basketball and one-year starter for Tornadoes...Originally signed with Tennessee in 2007 but did not qualify...Coach at Alcoa: Gary Rankin.

eighth overall with 46 tackles…Led team with eight passes broken up and was third overall in passes defended…Tied for 12th in the SEC with 0.73 passes defended per game…Compiled nine tackles by halftime vs. Kentucky and finished with a career high of 11 to tie for the team lead…Collected four tackles and a career-high three PDs vs. UAB, including a critical pass breakup to prevent a touchdown in double overtime…Deflected a key pass on third down vs. Alabama at UT’s 1-yard line, while adding a trio of stops…Credited with a key PBU vs. UT Martin on a first quarter fourth down to force a turnover on downs…Pass breakup vs. LSU forced third-and-long and led to an INT, while registering eight tackles against the Tigers…Collected six tack-les vs. Oregon and five the following week vs. Florida…Lone tackle for loss assist came against the Gators...Added a pair of tackles vs. Mississippi and North Carolina (Music City Bowl).

2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/5Freshman playmaker had six catches for 86 yards and TD in season opener versus Western

Kentucky...Started first four games of collegiate career in place of injured Gerald Jones...Second scoring catch of year came against Georgia on 5-yard reception...Added two catches for 27 yards against Memphis...Finished season with 13 catches for 147 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL • Henry CountyRated No. 4 prospect in Tennessee by Rivals.com...Named to Mobile Press Register’s Super Southeast 120, Orlando Sentinel’s All Southern Team and Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100...Selected SuperPrep All-America...Named to Knoxville News-Sentinel’s Top 20 Pros-pects in Tennessee list following 2008 season...Class 4A Tennessee Mr. Football Back and Ga-torade Tennessee Football Player of the Year in 2008...MVP of Toyota All-Star Classic...Named All-Midstate as junior...Rushed for 1,270 yards and 18 touchdowns while passing for 1,055 yards with 15 scores as senior...Finished his junior season with 1,616 yards passing for 17 touchdowns, and 1,530 yards rushing for 16 TDs...Coach at Henry County: Joe Gaddis.

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 28/12010 • Junior • Games/Starts: 11/1Saw action in 11 games for Tennessee, includ-ing his first career start vs. Mississippi in a three-tackle outing…Compiled a season-high 18 tack-les, including a career-high four at Vanderbilt…One of three Vols to record a pair of quarterback hurries in the same game, achieving the mark against Oregon…One of QB hurries came on third-and-7 on the Ducks’ initial second-half to force a punt...Notched three tackles vs. Oregon...Also contributed a trio of tackles vs. North Caro-lina in the Music City Bowl, including first career tackle for loss to set the Tar Heels back five yards.

2009 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 10/0Saw action mostly on special teams...Primary role

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2008 7 0 3 3 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1-3x 2009 10 1 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 1-UCLA2010 11 10 8 18 1/5 1/5 0 0/0 0 0/0 4-VUTotals 28 11 11 22 1/5 1/5 0 0 0 0/0 4-VU

CAREER HIGHSTackles 4 vs. Vanderbilt, 11/20/10Quarterback Hurries 2 vs. Oregon, 9/11/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Oregon 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0at LSU - - - - - - - - -at Georgia - - - - - - - - -Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Memphis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0Mississippi 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0at Vanderbilt 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0N. Carolina (bowl) 1 2 3 1/5 1/5 0 0 0 02010 Totals 10 8 18 1/5 1/5 0 0 0 0

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 26/152010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 13/13Second Team AP All-SEC performer…Earned Scout.com Second Team All-America honors…One of 10 Vols to start in all 13 games for Tennes-see…Broke the UT season record for intercep-

of an offensive line that allowed just six sacks in November, including zero at Memphis…Aided UT’s season-high 537 yards of offense vs. UT Mar-tin... Earned Harvey Robinson Award as Tennes-see’s offensive surprise player of the 2010 spring practice period.

2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/0Made most of his opportunity on special teams to appear in all 13 games • Worked exclusively with field-goal and extra-point units.

HIGH SCHOOL • ScotlandvilleFirst team Class 4A All-State as senior...All-District as junior and senior...First team all-state as ju-nior...The Shreveport Times No. 12-ranked pros-pect in Louisiana...Louisiana All Super Dozen Team as a senior...Played in U.S. Army Red Stick Bowl in Baton Rouge, La., following senior sea-son...Did not allow any sacks during his junior and senior high school seasons...Offensive line grades were 98 percent as senior and 92 percent as junior...Coach at Scotlandville: Richard Oliver.

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYFreshman who joined the squad in fall 2010 and redshirted...Played football at Alcoa High School.

came on punt returns...Lone tackle came vs. UCLA.

2008 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 7/0Earned 2008 Freshman All-SEC selection by league coaches for his work in secondary and on special teams....Finished season with three tack-les, all on special teams...Had stops against Mis-sissippi State, Alabama and Kentucky.

2007 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • North MecklenbergPrepStar All-Atlantic Region...CBSsportsline.com All-Region first-team...All-Charlotte second-team by Charlotte Observer...Three-time All-Confer-ence and twice named All-County...All-Area Of-fensive Player of the Year in 2006...Gridiron Great Award for 2005 and 2006 by WSOC-TV...Finished senior season with Mecklenburg County season rushing record 2,603 yards to go with 31 touch-downs...Despite missing four games to injury as junior, rushed for 1,201 yards and 16 touchdowns with 6.4-yard average...Four-year letterman and three-year starter...Team captain as junior and se-nior...Also starter on 2005 state basketball cham-pionship team and 2006 state runner-up...Four-year basketball letterman and two-year starter...Averaged more than 16 points per game at small forward position...Named All-County in track and field as junior and regional finalist in 100M dash as sophomore...Top-times in track included 10.4 in 100M and 21.30 in 200M...Honor Roll in 2005 and 2006...Served as page in North Caro-lina House of Representatives in 2005...Coach at North Mecklenburg: Glenn Padgett.

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tions returned for touchdowns, taking an NCAA FBS-leading three to the end zone…Tied for sev-enth in NCAA FBS and tied for first in the SEC with three recovered fumbles…Tied for team lead with five INTs (Janzen Jackson), which also ranks tied for third in the SEC…Five INTs are the most by a UT defender since 2008 (Eric Berry with seven), while eight total takeaways are the most by a Vol since 1999 (Deon Grant, 9 INTs)…Second on the Vols with nine passes defended and ranks second among the UT secondary with 57 tackles, which places fifth overall for UT…Had seven games with at least five tackles…Against Memphis, be-came the first Vol to recover two fumbles in the same game since 1999…Returned one fumble 37 yards, UT’s longest fumble return of the season…Returned first career INT a career-high 54 yards for his first TD vs. UT Martin and led the Vols with six tackles…Took his second INT nine yards for his second TD of the season right before halftime vs. UAB to give UT a 23-7 lead, while contributing four tackles…Made it three-for-three, returning his third INT for a score against Mississippi on the Rebels’ second play of the second half…Also tied for second on the team with six stops…Shut down a second quarter Vanderbilt drive on its first play with his second INT in as many weeks…Collected fifth INT vs. Kentucky midway through the fourth quarter and added five tackles…Recovered first career fumble on Oregon’s first kickoff return…Added seven tackles against the Ducks and a pass breakup…Tallied a career-best nine tackles at LSU and added a key pass breakup in the UT end zone, forcing the Tigers to settle for a field goal early in the fourth quarter…Contributed five tackles at South Carolina.

2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/2Started at free safety versus Memphis and Missis-sippi and appeared in every game...Contributed five of his six tackles at Ole Miss...Added one tackle against Memphis.

2008 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • ClintonLouisiana Football Coaches Association All-State wide receiver and defensive back as senior...De-fensive MVP as senior in 2007...Finalist for War-rick Dunn Award presented to most outstanding player in Baton Rouge area...PrepStar All-Region...Named Class 2A All-State, Louisiana Class 2A

MVP, All-Metro and All-District as junior in 2006...Earned outstanding defensive player award for 2006 by Louisiana Sports Writers Association...All-District as sophomore in 2005...Finished with 45 tackles and nine interceptions, while adding 873 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns in 2007...Caught 31 balls for 795 yards and 13 touch-downs, with 70 tackles, 16 interceptions and 14 pass break-ups on defense in 2006...In 2005, caught 23 passes for 458 yards and five touch-downs, while adding one interception and five pass breakups...As freshman in 2004, brought in 18 passes for 328 yards and two touch-downs...Four-year starter in football...Holds school re-cords with 26 career interceptions and 16 season interceptions (2006)...Three-year starter at guard in basketball...Led team in assists, averaging more than 10 per game...Led basketball team in assists as junior, averaging 11 per game...Earned second-team All-District honors in basketball as junior...Three-year letterman in track and field...Qualified for state championships in 200m (4th place), 4x200m (4th) and 4x400m (4th) as junior...Personal best time of 22.0 in 200m....Coach at Clinton: Robert Signater.

CAREER STATS Defense SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ HIGHYEAR G UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS TKLE 2009 13 4 2 6 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 5-Miss 2010 13 38 19 57 0/0 2/8 0 3/45 9 5/73 8-LSUTotals 26 42 21 63 0/0 2/8 0 3/45 9 5/73 8-LSU

CAREER HIGHSTackles 8 vs. LSU, 10/2/10Passes Defended 2 (2x, last vs. Kentucky, 11/27/10INT Return Yards 54 vs. UT Martin, 9/4/10

GAME-bY-GAME STATISTICS Defense

SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2009 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS Western Ky. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0UCLA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Ohio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Auburn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Alabama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Memphis 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0at Mississippi 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0at Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Va. Tech (bowl) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02009 Totals 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

SKS/ TFL/ FR/ INT/ 2010 UT AT TT YDS YDS FF YDS PD YDS UT Martin 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 1/54Oregon 3 4 7 0 1/3 0 1/0 1 0Florida 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0UAB 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1/9at LSU 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 1 0at Georgia 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Alabama 2 1 3 0 0.5/2 0 0 0 0at South Carolina 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0at Memphis 1 0 1 0 0 0 2/45 0 0Mississippi 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 1/10at Vanderbilt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1/0Kentucky 4 1 5 0 0.5/3 0 0 2 1/0N. Carolina (bowl) 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 02010 Totals 38 19 57 0 2/8 0 2/45 9 5/73

marlon Walls

soPHomore (rs) | 1ldefensiVe lineman

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2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 7/0Missed most of fall camp but still saw action at defensive tackle spot in seven games, including Chick-fil-A Bowl against Virginia Tech...Bluff City-area product made first two tackles of collegiate career against Memphis.

HIGH SCHOOL • Olive BranchRanked No. 5 among prep school prospects by Rivals.com...Originally signed with Tennessee in February 2008, but played 2008 season at Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy...During game against Tennessee JVs at Neyland Stadium, led defensive front with five tackles including shared TFL...Region Defensive MVP as senior at Olive Branch High in 2007...Selected Shelby-Metro’s No. 2 Most Wanted Prospect by Memphis Com-mercial Appeal...Named Liberty Bowl Best of Preps...2007 Player of the Year by Memphis Touchdown Club...Named first-team All-State and All-Region as senior...Also earned Region 1-5A Defensive MVP Honors...Named Team Mis-sissippi captain in Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic...As a senior in 2007 at Olive Branch High School, set a school record with 11 sacks to go along with 127 tackles, five forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries...As a junior in 2006 at Wooddale High School in Memphis, finished with 92 total tackles and 13 sacks on defense... On offense, totaled 15 catches with five touch-downs at tight end...Three-year starter at defen-

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 3/02010 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 3/0Saw action in three games…Best performance came in the season opener vs. UT Martin when he carried three times for eight yards…Given the ball twice and ran for three yards on the ground at Memphis…Also played at LSU.

2009 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • MiltonEnrolled at UT in January 2009 and participated in spring drills...Rated No. 4 among fullbacks in 2009 class by Scout.com...Invited to Under Ar-mour All-America Game following 2008 season ...Named to Georgia 150 and Super Southern 100 by Atlanta Journal Constitution...Selected Georgia Class 5A Player of the Year in 2008 while leading Milton HS to state playoffs for first time in nine season...Named Georgia Sports Writers Association All-State and All-Fulton County as senior...Rushed for 1,945 yards and scored 26 touchdowns as senior...Ran for 785 yards and

robert yonce

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6-0 | 192 | wytheville, va. | Logistics & international Business

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYFreshman who joined the squad in fall 2010...Played football at George Wythe High School.

sive end and linebacker...Named team captain as a senior...Participated on the basketball team as a junior and sophomore...Competed in track as a junior, participating in the 400m, 4x200m and 4x400m...Coach at Hargrave Military Acad-emy: Robert Prunty...Coach at Olive Branch: Scott Samsel.

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYFreshman who joined the squad in fall 2010 and redshirted...Played football at Oneida High School.

rod Wilks

Junior (rs) | 1ldefensiVe back

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 17/02010 • Sophomore • Games/Starts: 4/0Participated in four games for Tennessee and to-taled two tackles on special teams at Vanderbilt…Also saw action against Kentucky, Mississippi and North Carolina (Music City Bowl).

2009 • Freshman • Games/Starts: 13/0Saw action in all 13 games...Had one catch from wide receiver position for nifty 33-yard gain against Memphis...Adaptable to both offensive and defensive sides of ball.

2008 – Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL • SmyrnaFirst team All-State as a senior and junior...Mr. Football Back of the Year Class 5A in 2007...Named All-Midstate Football Player of the Year by The Tennessean...PrepStar All-Region...Mem-ber All-Region as a junior and senior...BlueCross Bowl Defensive MVP in 2007 state championship game...No. 2 prospect on Knoxville News Senti-nel Top 25...As senior in 2007, caught 77 passes for 1,170 yards and 20 touchdowns...Also had punt and kickoff return for touchdown...Had 62 tackles and six interceptions as cornerback...77 receptions was Smyrna high school season re-cord...Most career touchdowns in Smyrna history ...Four-year starter...Team captain and Team MVP of Smyrna High...Coach at Smyrna: Phillip Shad-owens.

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Junior | sq.Wide receiVer

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CAREER GAMES/STARTS: 0/0CAREER SUMMARYJunior who joined the squad in fall 2010...Played basketball for two seasons at Middle Tennessee State, averaging 1.8 points and 1.3 rebounds per game...Played football at Columbia High School as Culleoka did not offer the sport...Three-time Mr. Basketball finalist at Culleoka...Coach at Co-lumbia: Vince Belew.

seven touchdowns as junior while grabbing 22 catches for 240 yards...Scored seven touchdowns in Milton’s 2008 season-opening win...Enrolled at Tennessee in January...Coach at Milton: Scott Walker.

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>> JUsTin COLeMAn >> MACK CrOwDer >> vinCenT DALLAs >> BrenDAn DOwns >> MArCUs JACKsOn >> JUsTin wOrLeY

>> signeD AnD CUrrenTLY enrOLLeD Recruiting Service RankingName Position Height Weight Hometown (High School/Previous School) Rivals Scout ESPNJustin Coleman DB 5-10 185 Brunswick, Ga. (Brunswick HS) Mack Crowder OL 6-2 275 Bristol (Tennessee HS) Vincent Dallas WR 5-11 185 Ellenwood, Ga. (Cedar Grove HS) Brendan Downs TE 6-5 237 Bristol (Tennessee HS) Marcus Jackson OL 6-2 326 Vero Beach, Fla. (Vero Beach HS) Justin Worley QB 6-4 200 Rock Hill, S.C. (Northwestern HS)

>> nATiOnAL LeTTer OF inTenT signees Recruiting Service RankingName Position Height Weight Hometown (High School/Previous School) Rivals Scout ESPNDeAnthony Arnett WR 6-0 175 Saginaw, Mich. (Saginaw HS) Allan Carson DL 6-2 325 Oxford, Ala. (Oxford HS) Cameron Clear TE 6-6 265 Memphis, Tenn. (Central HS) Maurice Couch DL 6-2 305 Orlando, Fla. (Garden City Community College) NR*Christian Harris LB 6-2 235 Woodstock, Ga. (Etowah HS) A.J. Johnson LB 6-3 245 Gainesville, Ga. (Gainesville HS) Kyler Kerbyson OL 6-5 315 Knoxville (Knoxville Catholic HS) Marlin Lane TB 6-0 210 Daytona Beach, Fla. (Mainland HS) Izauea Lanier DB 6-1 190 Gordo, Ala. (East Mississippi Community College) NR*Eddrick Loften DB 6-0 200 Irving, Texas (Nimitz HS) (2009) (2009) (2009)Curt Maggitt DL 6-3 215 West Palm Beach, Fla. (Dwyer HS) Pat Martin DB 6-0 205 Greenville, S.C. (J.L. Mann HS) Byron Moore DB 6-1 205 Carson, Calif. (Los Angeles Harbor Community College) NR*Geraldo Orta DB 6-0 180 Valdosta, Ga. (Lowndes HS) Alan Posey OL 6-6 305 Athens, Ga. (Clarke Central HS) Brian Randolph DB 6-0 190 Kennesaw, Ga. (Kell HS) Antonio Richardson OL 6-6 325 Nashville (Pearl-Cohn HS) Trevarris Saulsberry DL 6-5 280 Gainesville, Fla. (Gainesville HS) Tom Smith TB 5-11 205 Apopka, Fla. (Apopka HS) Tino Thomas DB 6-0 200 Memphis (Melrose HS) Jordan Williams DL 6-5 250 Gainesville, Fla. (Gainesville HS) Devrin Young ATH 5-8 165 Knoxville (Bearden HS) *ESPN does not rank junior college prospects

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deantHony arnettwide receiver, 6-0, 175saginaw, Mich. (saginaw Hs)

HONORSSelected to U.S. Army All-America Bowl...ESPNU 150 Team...Rivals100 Team...Earned Division 1-2 All-State honors as a senior and junior.

STATSAs a senior, led Saginaw Valley League with 42 receptions for 782 yards and eight touchdowns while adding six more TDs rushing and returning kicks...Finished season with more than 1,200 all-purpose yards...In junior season, registered 41 re-ceptions for 876 yards and 10 TDs...Overall, racked up more than 1,100 all-purpose yards and 15 total TDs...Defensively, collected 46 tackles, three inter-ceptions and 26 pass breakups.

MISCELLANEOUSNamed to the Class of 2011 Sporting News Top 100 (No. 24 overall/No. 2 wide receiver)...Three-year starter for the Trojans...Also lettered in bas-ketball and track and field…Full Name: DeAntho-ny Maurice Arnett…Coach at Saginaw: Gary Lee.

allan carsonDefensive Lineman, 6-2, 325Oxford, Ala. (Oxford Hs)

HONORSNamed to Team Alabama by the Alabama High School Athletic Directors and Coaches Associa-tion...Competed in the 24th annual Alabama-Mis-sissippi All-Star Classic...Named First Team 6A All-State by the Alabama Sports Writers Association.

STATSAs a senior, finished with more than 75 tackles, 36 tackles for loss, 20 quarterback pressures and 12 sacks...Tallied more than 60 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, 12 quarterback hurries and nine sacks as a junior in 2009...Recorded 52 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, eight QB pressures and five sacks as a sopho-more in 2008.

MISCELLANEOUSFull Name: Allan Jamal Carson...Coach at Oxford: John Grass.

cameron clearTight end, 6-6, 265Memphis, Tenn. (Central Hs)

HONORSSelected to Offense-Defense All-American Bowl...Rivals250 Squad...Named to Memphis Commer-cial Appeal All-District 16-AAA First Team...Earned MaxPreps First Team All-District honors...Named to Mobile Press-Register’s Southeast 120 and ranked 89th.

STATS As a senior, hauled in 18 receptions for 250 yards and and six TDs while playing tight end...Also con-tributed 60 tackles and eight sacks on defense...Caught 26 passes for 412 yards and a pair of TDs in 2009 as a junior...Defensively, notched 62 tackles and 11 sacks.

MISCELLANEOUSNamed to the Class of 2011 Sporting News Top 100 (No. 89 overall/No. 10 defensive lineman)...Also played basketball for Central...Full name: Cameron Michael Clear...Coach at Centrall: Rod Gaston.

Justin colemanDefensive Back, 5-10, 185Brunswick, ga. (Brunswick Hs)

HONORSNamed to the Rivals250 Team by Rivals.com…Two-time Class AAAA All-State and All-Region 2-AAAA honoree...Selected to GACA North/South All-Star Game.

STATSIn senior season, compiled 92 tackles and five interceptions (one returned for touchdown) defensively...On offense, tallied 860 yards rush-ing with 17 TDs to go with 520 receiving yards and four scores...As a junior in 2009, totaled 83 tackles, six INTs and six pass breakups…Also returned a kickoff for touchdown as a junior … Tallied 71 tackles, four pass breakups, three sacks and two interceptions as a sophomore in 2008.

MISCELLANEOUSHelped team to undefeated district season in 2010…As a junior, finished second in Class 4-A

at the state championships in the 300-meter hurdles (38.8) and fifth in the 110-meter hurdles (14.6)…Full Name: Justin Jamal Coleman…Coach at Brunswick: Victor Floyd.

maurice coucHDefensive Lineman, 6-2, 305Orlando, Fla. (garden City C.C.)

HONORSNamed Junior College All-America and All-Confer-ence after lone season at Garden City...First Team All-State, All-Orange County and All-Metro selec-tion in 2008 as a senior at Orlando Edgewater HS.

STATSPosted 45 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, three sacks and one forced fumble at Garden City in 2010...Collected 110 tackles and 13 sacks as a senior at Orlando Edgewater in 2008.

MISCELLANEOUSRedshirted in 2009 and has three years of eligi-bility...Full name: Maurice Tyrone Couch...Coach at Garden City Community College: Jeff Tatum...Coach at Orlando Edgewater: Bill Gierke.

mack croWderOffensive Lineman, 6-2, 275Bristol, Tenn. (Tennessee Hs)

HONORSEarned All-State, All-Northeast Tennessee, All-Conference and All-Region honors as a senior in 2010…Also named to the PrepStar Dream Team as a senior…As a junior in 2009, named All-Northeast Tennessee, All-Conference and All-Region…Earned recognition with a selection to the East-West All-Star Team in the state of Ten-nessee…Rated the No. 6 overall prospect in Ten-nessee by the Knoxville News Sentinel.

STATSHelped team rush for 180 yards per game as a senior...Recorded 57 pancake blocks as a senior...Registered 42 pancake blocks during junior campaign in 2009.

MISCELLANEOUSTwo brothers also play or played football at the collegiate level...Michael was an offensive line-

man at Princeton while Matt is currently a de-fensive end at Cornell…2010 team captain and part of 2009 conference championship…Active member of FCA and Beta Club…2010 Home-coming King at Tennessee High School…Full Name: Mackenzie James Crowder…Coach at Tennessee: Greg Stubbs.

Vincent dallaswide receiver, 5-11, 185ellenwood, ga. (Cedar grove Hs)

HONORSNamed All-State as both a senior in 2010 and junior in 2009…Member of the All-County and All-Region teams as a senior...Selected to GACA North/South All-Star Game.

STATSAs a senior in 2010, hauled in 52 receptions for 949 yards and seven touchdowns...Also returned a kickoff 70 yards for a TD...Defensively, collected 28 tackles, two tackles for loss, two interceptions and 12 pass breakups...Caught 37 passes for more than 800 yards as a junior…Also as a junior, compiled 49 tackles, six tackles for loss, 22 pass breakups and five INTs on defense.

MISCELLANEOUSAlso a standout track and field athlete … As a sophomore in 2009, was a member of the fourth-fastest 4x400 meter relay squad in the nation, that also set the DeKalb County record…Full Name: Vincent Demetrius Dallas…Coach at Ce-dar Grove: Raymond Bonner.

brendan doWnsTight end, 6-5, 237Bristol, Tenn. (Tennessee Hs)

HONORSEarned All-Region honors as both a senior in 2010 and junior in 2009…Named All-Conference as a senior.

STATSAs a senior, had team-high 34 receptions for 470 yards and two touchdowns...As a junior, tallied eight receptions for 204 yards.

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cHristian HarrisLinebacker, 6-2, 235woodstock, ga. (etowah Hs)

HONORSNamed to Georgia’s 2010 Class AAAAA All-State team...Selected Second Team All-State by the Associated Press as a senior...Named Cherokee Tribune Defensive Player of the Year...2010 GACA North/South All-Star...Named to UGASports.com’s Second Team...2010 Cherokee Gridiron Player of the Year.

STATSRecorded a team-high 127 tackles, 22 tackles for loss, eight pass breakups, four forced fumbles, four sacks and a pair of interceptions as a senior...During junior season in 2009, compiled 108 tack-les, 19 tackles for loss, 12 pass breakups, three sacks, two forced fumbles and an INT.

MISCELLANEOUSHelped Etowah to the Region 5 championship and an 8-1 regular-season record...Full name: Christian Thomas Harris...Coach at Etowah: Bill Stewart.

marcus JacksonOffensive Lineman, 6-2, 326vero Beach, Fla. (vero Beach Hs)

HONORSMember of Under Armour All-America Team…ESPNU 150 Team…Named First Team All-State as a senior in 2010...Earned All-Area and All-District honors as both a senior in 2010 and junior in 2009...NLS Offensive Player of the Year...Selected as Max Emfinger All-America.

MISCELLANEOUSFour-year starter...Full Name: Marcus Jamaal Jackson…Coach at Vero Beach: Gary Coggin.

a.J. JoHnsonLinebacker, 6-3, 245gainesville, ga. (gainesville Hs)

HONORSGeorgia’s Class AAA Defensive Player of the Year...Named First Team Class AAA All-State following three consecutive seasons (2008-10)...Member of Under Armour All-America Team...Named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super 11 team as a senior in 2010...Selected to ESPNU 150 and Rivals250 teams...The Gainesville Times 2010 Football Player of the Year...Named to Mobile Press-Register’s Southeast 120 and ranked 77th.

STATSPosted 173 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, eight forced fumbles, seven pass breakups, six sacks and two interceptions in senior campaign...As a junior in 2009, tallied 131 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, eight sacks, six pass breakups, four forced fumbles and an INT...As a sophomore in 2008, tallied 160 tack-les, nine tackles-for-loss and four sacks.

MISCELLANEOUSHelped lead team to state championship game as a junior...Also helped team to three straight re-gion titles...Gainesville went 24-3 over final two seasons...Full Name: Alexander James Johnson...Coach at Gainesville: Bruce Miller.

kyler kerbysonOffensive Lineman, 6-5, 315Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Catholic Hs)

HONORSNamed Tennessee Mr. Football AAA Lineman of the Year in 2010...Earned TSWA All-State honors...Garnered Knoxville News Sentinel PrepXtra All-Knoxville Football League defensive player of the year and first team honors...Old Spice Player of the Year...Member of The Tennessean’s Dream Team...Selected to Toyota East vs. West All-Star Classic...Named to Mobile Press-Register’s South-east 120 and ranked 110th.

STATSAs a senior, allowed zero sacks in 252 pass at-tempts and graded out at 92 percent...Also contributed 52 pancake blocks and helped of-

marlin lanerunning Back, 6-0, 210Daytona Beach, Fla. (Mainland Hs)

HONORSParticipated in the Team USA vs. The World game for the U.S. Under-19 national football team...Played in the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl...ESPNU 150 Team...Earned Third Team All-State (Class 6A) acco-lades as a junior...Named to Mobile Press-Register’s Southeast 120 and ranked 54th.

STATSComing off ACL surgery and played in five games as a senior, yet rushed for 601 yards and six touch-downs on 45 carries (13.4 yards per carry)…Record-ed 683 yards of total offense as he also caught six passes for 82 yards and a TD…Carried the ball 112 times for 1,110 yards (9.9 yards per carry) and 12 TDs as a junior in 2009, while finishing with more than 1,500 yards of total offense...Also returned three punts for TDs...As a sophomore, ran 69 times for 758 yards and 12 TDs, while catching six passes for 123 yards and a score.

MISCELLANEOUSNamed to the Class of 2011 Sporting News Top 100 (No. 63 overall/No. 11 running back)...Full name: Mar-lin Arnett Lane Jr....Coach at Mainland: John Maronto.

eddrick loftenDefensive Back, 6-0, 200irving, Texas (nimitz Hs)

HONORSNamed to the Rivals250 List as the No. 173 pros-pect in the nation by Rivals.com...Rated as the No. 25 prospect in Texas and the No. 4 overall safety by Rivals.com...Ranked as the No. 32 safety by Scout.com...Earned All-District Honors as a se-nior in 2009 and junior in 2008.

STATSTotaled 128 tackles (35 solos), four interceptions, 10 pass-break-ups and one fumble recovery as a senior...As a junior, tallied 88 tackles, six intercep-tions, six sacks, five pass-break-ups and one fumble recovery...As a sophomore in 2007, registered 122 tackles and three interceptions...As a freshman in 2006, amassed 88 tackles and three interceptions.

MISCELLANEOUSFour-year starter in the secondary at Nimitz...Coach at Nimitz: Steve Hohenberger.

iZauea lanierDefensive Back, 6-1, 190gordo, Ala. (east Mississippi C.C.)

HONORSEarned junior college All-America, All-Confer-ence and All-Region honors at East Mississippi in 2009...As a high school senior in 2008, rated as a 3-star prospect by Rivals.com, as well as the 54th best athlete in the nation and 19th best prospect in Alabama…Also as a senior, named West Ala-bama All-Star and Player of the Year in Class 3A

MISCELLANEOUS2010 Team Captain and part of 2009 Conference Championship…Set Viking football power clean record…Also a standout track and field and bas-ketball athlete, earning All-Conference honors in both as a junior…Averaged 6.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game as a junior for the Vikings basketball team…Full Name: Clyde Brendan Downs…Coach at Tennessee: Greg Stubbs.

fense average 29 points per game in 2010...Led defense with 86 tackles and posted 27 tackles-for-loss, five sacks and three forced fumbles...Col-lected 47 pancake blocks as a junior.

MISCELLANEOUSFull name: Kyler Kerbyson...Coach at Knoxville Catholic: Scott Meadows.

by The Tuscaloosa News…Alabama Sports Writ-ers Association Honorable Mention All-State...Tabbed as a West Alabama All-Star in 2008.

STATSAs a freshman at East Mississippi, totaled 66 tack-les, nine pass breakups and four interceptions (returned for 104 yards)...Posted 12 tackles, two pass breakups, an interception and returned a kickoff for touchdown in the 2009 Mississippi Bowl...In high school, tallied 68 tackles, 22 pass breakups, five tackles for loss and seven inter-ceptions as a senior...Offensively, compiled 871 yards rushing and 870 yards receiving…As a junior in 2007, registered 38 tackles, four tackles for loss, 19 pass breakups and five interceptions ...On offense, caught 25 passes for 687 yards and eight touchdowns while adding one punt and one kickoff return for touchdown.

MISCELLANEOUSRedshirted in 2010 and has three years of eligibil-ity...Full Name: Izauea Lanier...Coach at East Mis-sissippi Community College: Buddy Stephens...Coach at Gordo: David McKinney.

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curt maggittDefensive Lineman, 6-3, 215west palm Beach, Fla. (Dwyer Hs)

HONORSESPNU 150 Team...Rivals250 Team...Selected to MaxPreps.com 2010 U.S. Air Force All-America squad...Earned First Team All-America honors via MaxPreps.com for senior year efforts...Named the Sun Sentinel’s 2010 Palm Beach County Defensive Player of the Year...Also garnered Defensive Player of the Year and All-Area honors from the Palm Beach Post...As a junior, earned First Team All-State honors in Class 4A...Named First Team All-County by Sun Sentinel...Selected to First Team All-Area by Palm Beach Post...Named to the 2010 Press-Regis-ter Southeast 120 and ranked 70th.

STATSRecorded 65 solo tackles, nine tackles for loss, 28 quarterback pressures, 17 sacks and two forced fumbles as a senior in 2010...Offensively, posted 12 receptions for 109 yards and a pair of touch-downs...As a junior, notched 38 tackles, 14 quar-terback pressures, six tackles for loss, 11 sacks and three forced fumbles...Totaled eight recep-tions for 62 yards and a score on offense.

MISCELLANEOUSPart of a defense that held opponents to less than a touchdown a game on a team that went 12-2 his senior year...Brother, Roosevelt, plays de-fensive end at Iowa State...Full name: Curtis Mag-gitt...Coach at Dwyerl: Jack Daniels.

Pat martinDefensive Back, 6-0, 205greenville, s.C. (J.L. Mann Hs)

HONORS2010 Shrine Bowl participant...Earned SCVarsity.com First Team All-State honors in 2010...Named All-Region and All-County in 2010...Named First Team All-State, All-Area and All-Region as a ju-nior in 2009...Named to Mobile Press-Register’s Southeast 120 and ranked 115th.

STATSAs a senior, notched 70 tackles, two interceptions and returned a forced fumble for a touchdown...

byron mooreDefensive Back, 6-1, 205Carson, Calif. (Los Angeles Harbor C.C.)

HONORSNamed Defensive Player of the Year in the Cen-tral Division-Western Conference of the Southern California Football Association...2008 honors as a senior include Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, ESPNU 150, Prep Star Dream Team, Sporting News Top 100, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West First Team, Orange County Regis-ter Fab 15 First Team, Tacoma News Tribune West-ern 100, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, Golden State Preps All-Southern California First Team, All-L.A. City First Team, Los Angeles Times All-Star First Team, South Bay Daily Breeze All-South Bay First Team and All-Marine League Offensive MVP.

STATSAt Los Angeles Harbor Community College, totaled 42 tackles and nine interceptions, two of which were returned for touchdowns...As a senior at Narbonne High School, compiled 83 tackles, four INTs (two TDs), three fumble recoveries (one TD) and a pair of forced fumbles...Offensively, tallied 61 receptions for 963 yards and eight scores...Also notched 820 return yards along with four TDs.

MISCELLANEOUSGraduated from high school and signed with USC, where he redshirted as a freshman...Was team-mate of current UT defensive tackle Malik Jackson at USC...Has three years of eligibility...Competed in track and field in high school...As a senior in 2009, was rated as the No. 98 overall prospect nation-ally, No. 6 overall safety and No. 11 player in the state of California by Rivals...Full name: Byron Ter-rell Moore...Coach at Los Angeles Harbor: Brett

Peabody...Coach at Narbonne: Manual Douglas.

geraldo ortaDefensive Back, 6-0, 180valdosta, ga. (Lowndes Hs)

HONORSHonored as Class 1-AAAAA All-Region by the coaches.

STATSAs a senior, tallied 80 tackles, three tackles for loss, 12 pass breakups, one interception, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery...Re-corded 85 tackles, four tackles for loss, 16 pass breakups and six INTs as a junior in 2009.

MISCELLANEOUSHelped team to a 10-3 record as a senior and led Vikings to the Region Championship...Full name: Geraldo Orlando Orta...Coach at Lowndes: Randy McPherson.

alan PoseyOffensive Lineman, 6-6, 305Athens, ga. (Clarke Central Hs)

HONORSSelected to NUC All-World Gridiron Classic...Class AAAA First Team All-State selection as a junior and senior...Earned All-Region 8 Class AAAA hon-ors...Named Athens Banner-Herald First Team All-Area...Number 21 on Atlanta Journal’s Fab 50.

STATSPart of an offensive line that allowed just one sack during senior season, while contributing 50 pancake blocks individually...As a junior in 2009, helped team allow just two sacks...Also recorded 45 pancake blocks.

MISCELLANEOUSHelped team to Class AAAA state champion-ship game as a junior but fell to Sandy Creek HS, which was led by current UT tailback Rajion Neal...Clarke Central went undefeated during senior regular season...Helped Clarke Central to 32-6 record in three letterman years...Also wres-tled and threw shot put...Full name: Alan Michael Posey...Coach at Clarke Central: Leroy Ryals.

brian randolPHDefensive Back, 6-0, 190Kennesaw, ga. (Kell Hs)

HONORS2010 Gatorade Player of the Year in Georgia...Georgia 4A Defensive Player of the Year by both AP and Coaches...Parade All-America honors...Three-time All-State honoree...Named to the Georgia Super 11 by the Atlanta Journal Consti-tution...Earned 2010 Rivalshigh.com All-America Team honors...2010 Atlanta Sports Council Ath-lete of the Year...Named Marietta Daily Journal’s Defensive Player of the Year...Selected to the GACA North/South All-Star Game.

STATSAs a senior, totaled 162 tackles (98 solo), nine pass breakups, four interceptions and two fum-ble recoveries...Also ran for 1,068 yards and 16 touchdowns, while catching 17 passes for 414 yards and a pair of scores...Additionally, returned seven kickoffs for 191 yards and a TD...In junior campaign, tallied 125 tackles, eight tackles for loss, 18 pass breakups, three INTs and a pair of sacks...Offensively, topped 1,300 yards rushing while scoring 12 TDs...Compiled 198 tackles and three INTs as a sophomore in 2008.

MISCELLANEOUSHelped Longhorns to 12-1 record as a senior, while leading Kell to Georgia’s Class 4A Elite Eight...Full name: Brian Anthony Randolph...Coach at Kell: Derek Cook.

antonio ricHardsonOffensive Lineman, 6-6, 325nashville, Tenn. (pearl-Cohn Hs)

HONORSSelected to U.S. Army All-American Bowl...ES-PNU 150 Team...Rivals100 Squad...Earned Divi-sion 2-AA All-State First Team honors...Named to The Tennessean’s All-Mid State team...Played for the 2011 U.S. Under-19 National Team in the Team USA vs. The World game...Named to Mobile Press-Register’s Southeast 120 and ranked 25th.

STATSPart of an offensive line that allowed zero sacks dur-

Offensively, totaled more than 500 yards rushing ans six TDs, while catching 20 passes for 232 yards and four TDs...Compiled 112 tackles, 12 pass break-ups, four forced fumbles and two INTs as a junior in 2009...Returned one of those INTs for a touch-down...Collected 400 yards rushing and three TDs.

MISCELLANEOUSFull name: Pat Sanchez Martin...Coach at J.L. Mann: Mickey Crocker.

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treVarris saulsberryDefensive Lineman, 6-5, 280gainesville, Fla. (gainesville Hs)

HONORSTwo-time All-Area selection as a junior and se-nior...Named Second Team All-State and First Team All-Area by the Gainesville Sun as a junior in 2009...Member of the 2010 Gainesville Sun’s Super 11...Selected to the Gainesville Sun’s 2010 Class 5A-AA First Team defense.

STATSAs a senior in 2010, tallied 68 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, eight quarterback pressures and 4 1/2 sacks (fourth best in District 5 4A)...Offensively, tallied 12 receptions for more than 120 yards, while adding three touchdown receptions...Notched 55 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, four sacks and 12 QB hurries as a junior in 2009...Also regis-tered five receptions for 62 yards and a TD.

MISCELLANEOUSHelped team to 11-2 record as a senior...High school teammate of fellow UT signee Jordan Wil-liams...Full name: Trevarris Rashaad Saulsberry...Coach at Gainesville: Ryan Smith.

tom smitHrunning Back, 5-11, 205Apopka, Fla. (Apopka Hs)

HONORSAs a senior in 2010, honored as First Team All-County and All-Central Florida by the Orlando Sentinel…Named the No. 4 downhill runner by Rivals.com…As a junior in 2009, selected as Third Team Class 6A All-State and First Team All-Central Florida by the Orlando Sentinel.

STATSAs a senior, averaged 7.2 yards-per-carry for 1,253 yards and 17 touchdowns…Also caught 22 passes for 108 yards and a pair of TDs...Notched more than 300 yards on kickoff returns and a pair of scores...As

tino tHomasDefensive Back, 6-0, 200Memphis, Tenn. (Melrose Hs)

HONORSNamed to the MIAA Class 5A-6A Team by the Mem-phis Commercial Appeal...Also earned All-District 16-AAA honors via the Commercial Appeal...Notched FoxMemphis Preseason All-Mid South Team honors.

STATSRecorded 97 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, four in-terceptions (one returned for TD), 22 pass break-ups and one sack during senior campaign...Also ran for 900 yards and eight touchdowns, while collecting 280 receiving yards and a pair of scores...Gained 800 rushing yards and 110 re-ceiving yards as a junior in 2009 to go with 11 touchdowns...Also returned a pair of kickoffs for TDs...Defensively, totaled 48 tackles, 15 intercep-tions and five pass breakups.

MISCELLANEOUSBrother is Miami’s (Fla.) fifth all-time leading rusher, Graig Cooper...Also a standout track and field athlete at Melrose...Full name: Harold Tino Thomas Jr....Coach at Melrose: Robert Ferrante.

Jordan WilliamsDefensive Lineman, 6-5, 250gainesville, Fla. (gainesville Hs)

HONORSNamed to the Gainesville Sun’s Super 11 team...Selected to the Gainesville Sun’s 2010 Class 5A-AA First Team.

Justin WorleyQuarterback, 6-5, 205rock Hill, s.C. (northwestern Hs)

HONORSAs a senior in 2010, earned Gatorade National Player of the Year accolades, becoming the first ever player from South Carolina to earn the honor in any sport…Finalist for the Gatorade Male High School Athlete of the Year award…Earned Parade All-America honors...Garnered ESPN RISE First Team All-America accolades...Earned South Carolina Play-er of the Year honors…Named to RivalsHigh 2010 All-America Team and selected as RivalsHigh Offen-sive Player of the Year...SCPrepNation.com Player of the Year…Named All-State as a senior and junior in 2009…Honored as the National Sophomore of the Year in 2008 by MaxPreps.

STATSFinished career with 13,385 passing yards and 157 touchdowns…As a senior, threw for 5,315 yards and a state-record 64 touchdowns, while also rushing for six TDs…Completed 429-of-590 passes (.727) in final year…Finished 26-of-42 for 263 yards and five TDs in 2010 State Champion-ship victory…Compiled 4,366 passing yards and 42 TDs as a junior…Threw for 3,641 yards and 50 TDs in sophomore campaign.

MISCELLANEOUSHelped team win Class AAAA Division II State Championship as a senior in 2010 against Green-wood to cap a 15-0 record…Led team to state

ing junior campaign...Added 60 pancake blocks.

MISCELLANEOUSNamed to the Class of 2011 Sporting News Top 100 (No. 49 overall/No. 7 offensive lineman)...Full Name: Antonio James Richardson.

a junior, ran for 1,651 yards and 24 touchdowns...Also tallied five catches for 62 yards and a TD...Av-eraged 15 yards per kickoff return, while adding a TD during junior season...As a sophomore in 2008, registered 102 carries for 811 yards and nine touch-downs…Also caught 10 passes for more than 200 yards and three touchdowns.

MISCELLANEOUSFull name: Thomas Franklin Smith...Coach at Apopka: Rick Darlington.

STATSFinished third in District 5 A-AA with six sacks as a senior...Totaled 72 tackles, eight tackles for loss and 10 quarterback pressures in 2010...Also tallied three receptions for 33 yards and a touch-down...Registered more than 80 tackles, 14 tack-les for loss, five sacks, 12 QB hurries and five pass breakups during junior campaign in 2009.

MISCELLANEOUSHelped team to 11-2 record as a senior...High school teammate of fellow UT signee Trevarris Saulsberry...Father, Keith, played on Florida’s defensive line in the mid-1980s...Sister, Janine, played volleyball at Florida...Full name: Jordan Cornell Williams...Coach at Gainesville: Ryan Smith.

championship game in 2008 against South Pointe...Named to the Class of 2011 Sporting News Top 100 (No. 85 overall/No. 7 quarter-back)...Also a standout in basketball and baseball at Northwestern…Full Name: Justin Scott Wor-ley…Coach at Northwestern: Jimmy Wallace.

deVrin youngAthlete, 5-8, 165Knoxville, Tenn. (Bearden Hs)

HONORSNamed Class AAA Tennessee Mr. Football Back of the Year...Garnered All-State honors in 2008, 2009 and 2010...Earned ESPN RISE Third Team All-America accolades...2010 District 4-AAA Player of the Year...Knoxville News Sentinel Pre-pXtra Offensive Player of the Year in 2010...2009 District 4-AAA Offensive Back of the Year...2009 Knoxville Interscholastic League (KIL) Offensive Player of the Year...Earned First Team PrepXtra honors in 2009...2008 MaxPreps Second Team Sophomore All-America...2008 TFCA and TSWA All-State...2008 PrepXtra Sophomore of the Year and First Team All-KIL...Also earned First Team All-Region honors on offense and defense as a soph-omore...2008 All-KIL Offense by News Sentinel.

STATSTotaled 7,433 all-purpose yards and 83 touch-downs in decorated prep career, while intercept-ing three passes and compiling 54 tackles on defense...Averaged 7.7 yards per carry through-out career...In senior campaign, rushed for 2,271 yards and 32 TDs on 228 carries, while catching 13 passes for 201 yards and four TDs...As a junior in 2009, rushed for 1,455 yards with 19 touchdowns in 10 games…Also hauled in 19 receptions for 189 yards and a score...Ran for 1,366 yards and 17 touchdowns while also catching eight passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns as a sophomore in 2008...Factored in special teams, returning 31 punts for 518 yards and two TDs and returning 30 kickoffs for 1,173 yards and six TDs in three years.

MISCELLANEOUS2010 Football Captain at Bearden...Finished sec-ond in the 100-meter dash at the 2010 Class AAA Tennessee state track and field meet...Full name: Devrin Dominique Young...Coach at Bearden: Brad Taylor.

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