Nine Tennessee football players have been selected to the Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List, as announced by the Senior Bowl on Wednesday morning.
Tennessee’s nine selections are a step down from the huge senior-led 2023 class with 19 selections, but a step up from four in 2021 and eight in 2022.
Tennessee’s Senior Bowl Watch List selections this year include WR Bru McCoy, OT John Campbell Jr., C Cooper Mays, OG Javontez Spraggins, DL Omari Thomas, EDGE James Pearce Jr., DL Bryson Eason, DL Omarr Norman-Lott, and LB Keenan Pili.
The Vols nearly split their Senior Bowl watch list selections down the middle with four offensive players and five defensive players.
The Senior Bowl has seen a direct correlation to an NFL Draft pick for a handful of Tennessee players during the Heupel era, including QB Joe Milton III, DB Kamal Hadden, QB Hendon Hooker, WR Cedric Tillman, OL Darnell Wright, OL Cade Mays, and OLB Byron Young – to name a few.
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Here’s a look at the preseason recognitions for Tennessee’s Senior Bowl Watch List selections:
Bru McCoy
- Senior Bowl Watch List
- Shrine Bowl 1000 Watch List
- AFCA Good Works Team Nominee
- Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
John Campbell Jr.
- Senior Bowl Watch List
- Shine Bowl 1000 Watch List
Cooper Mays
- Senior Bowl Watch List
- Outland Trophy Watch List
- Rimington Trophy Watch List
- First-Team All-American (Walter Camp)
- Second-Team All-American (ESPN, Phil Steele)
- First-Team All-SEC (Media)
- Second Team All-SEC (Athlon, Phil Steele)
- Shrine Bowl 1000 Watch List
Javontez Spraggins
- Senior Bowl Watch List
- Third-Team All-SEC (Athlon)
- Fourth-Team All-SEC (Steele)
- Shrine Bowl 1000 Watch List
Omari Thomas
- Senior Bowl Watch List
- Shrine Bowl 1000 Watch List
- Fourth-Team All-SEC (Athlon)
James Pearce Jr.
- Senior Bowl Watch List
- Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List
- Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List
- Lombardi Award Watch List
- Lott Trophy Watch List
- Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List
- First-Team All-American (Athletic, Athlon, ESPN, Steele, Walter Camp)
- First-Team All-SEC (Media, Athlon, Steele, Camp)
- ESPN’s No. 1 preseason college football player
Bryson Eason
- Senior Bowl Watch List
- Shrine Bowl 1000 Watch List
Omar Norman-Lott
- Senior Bowl Watch List
- Third-Team All-SEC (Steele)
Keenan Pili
- Senior Bowl Watch List
- Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Watch List
- Fourth-Team All-SEC (Athlon)
- Shrine Bowl 1000 Watch List
