Several Tennessee Football Players Switch Jersey Numbers Ahead of 2024 Season

Tennessee Football
Tennessee WR Squirrel White showing off his endzone celebration during the 2022 Capital One Orange Bowl. Photo by Andrew Ferguson/Tennessee Athletics.

Several Tennessee football players will be receiving new jersey numbers for the upcoming football season.

Some of the switching players have previously played at Tennessee such as Squirrel White and Bru McCoy. Others, though, are newcomers who had a number during spring camp but are switching it up before their first official season with Tennessee.

Fear not, internet. Mike Matthews won’t be wearing No. 89 on the field this year.

(Yes, that was a real point online coming out of spring camp.)

Here’s a look at notable number switches (from fall 2023 and spring 2024 to fall 2024) according to the official 2024 Tennessee Football roster:

Position

NAME

Previous

NEW

DB William Wright

36

0

TE Ethan Davis

86

0

DB Rickey Gibson III

18

1

DB Andre Turrentine

17

2

WR Squirrel White

10

3

DB Jermod McCoy

13

3

DB Jourdan Thomas

24

4

WR Bru McCoy

15

5

DB Christian Harrison

29

5

DB Jalen McMurray

12

6

LB Kalib Perry

40

8

DB Jakobe Thomas

30

9

WR Mike Matthews

89

10

WR Chas Nimrod

81

11

WR Chris Brazzell II

11

17

DB Kaleb Beasley

28

25

DB Marcus Goree Jr.

34

28

DL Jaxson Moi

99

51

OL Trevor Duncan

95

65

TE Emmanuel Okoye

27

98

More from RTI: Something Big Is Coming To Neyland Stadium This Fall… But It’s Not Football

Notable NON-switching numbers include No. 6 Dylan Sampson, No. 8 Nico Iamaleava, No. 10 Elijah Simmons, No. 21 Bryson Eason, No. 23 Cam Seldon, No. 23 Boo Carter, No. 53 Lance Heard, No. 63 Cooper Mays, No. 74 John Campbell Jr., and No. 76 Javontez Spraggins.

As per usual, players love switching into the single digits each season as those numbers are fairly quickly scooped up. All 12 of the new single-digit players came from double-digit numbers with Squirrel White having the smallest transition starting with 10.

This is not a complete list of the jersey switches but just some of the notable returning and incoming players for the upcoming season. We’re working on a full 2024 roster breakdown for RTI that will have height/weight, numbers, years, and more. Stay tuned post-SEC Media Days for that breakdown.

Similar Articles

Comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *