The NFL Season Is Here. See Where Tennessee’s Players Are Scattered Around the League.

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Trey Smith returns home to Neyland Stadium. Photographed by Jackson McCarter/Rocky Top Insider

The NFL season officially begins on Thursday night as Trey Smith’s Kansas City Chiefs take on the Baltimore Ravens in prime-time football.

Smith, a former two-time All-SEC offensive lineman and two-time Super Bowl champion, is one of 37 former Tennessee players with an NFL organization ahead of the 2024 season.

Twenty-six of Tennessee’s 37 players are on active rosters heading into the season, with nine players on NFL practice squads and two on the league’s injured reserve list.

Of the 37 players, nine are entering the first year in the league including McCallan Castles, Kamal Hadden, Gabe Jeudy-Lally, Ramel Keyton, Jaylen McCollough, Joe Milton III, Jabari Small, Dee Williams, and Jaylen Wright. Tennessee’s Wright, Milton, and Hadden were the only three to be selected through the NFL Draft.

Two former Vols are in double-digit territory when it comes to years in the league. Titans long snapper Morgan Cox is the Vols’ eldest veteran entering his 15th year in the league while Steelers running back Cordarelle Patterson is entering his 12th season.

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Here’s how Tennessee’s 37 NFL players shake out here (via UT Athletics Communications):

Active Players

Player Years at UT NFL Team Position
Micah Abernathy 2015-2018 Falcons S
Derek Barnett 2014-2016 Texans DE
Morgan Cox 2005-2009 Titans LS
Joshua Dobbs 2013-2016 49ers QB
Hendon Hooker 2021-2022 Lions QB
Jalin Hyatt 2020-2022 Giants WR
Theo Jackson 2017-2021 Vikings DB
Jauan Jennings 2015-2019 49ers WR
Velus Jones Jr. 2019-2021 Bears RB
Alvin Kamara 2015-2016 Saints RB
Ramel Keyton 2019-2023 Raiders WR
Jaylen McCollough 2019-2023 Rams DB
Joe Milton III 2021-2023 Patriots QB
Josh Palmer 2017-2020 Chargers WR
Cordarrelle Patterson 2012 Steelers RB
Jalen Reeves-Maybin 2013-2016 Lions LB
Trey Smith 2017-2020 Chiefs OG
Cameron Sutton 2013-2016 Steelers CB
Alontae Taylor 2018-2021 Saints CB
Darrell Taylor 2015-2019 Seahawks OLB
Cedric Tillman 2018-2022 Browns WR
Shy Tuttle 2015-2018 Panthers DT
Dee Williams 2022-2023 Seahawks RS
Darnell Wright 2019-2022 Bears OT
Jaylen Wright 2021-2023 Dolphins RB
Byron Young 2021-2022 Rams OLB

 

NFL Practice Squad Players

Player Years at UT NFL Team Position
Matthew Butler 2017-2021 Raiders DT
Jerome Carvin 2018-2022 Patriots OL
Princeton Fant 2017-2022 Cowboys TE
Kamal Hadden 2021-2023 Packers DB
Gabe Jeudy-Lally 2023 Titans DB
Jakob Johnson 2014-2017 Giants FB
John Kelly Jr. 2015-2017 Ravens RB
Jabari Small 2020-2023 Titans RB
Kendal Vickers 2013-2017 Saints DT

 

Injured Reserve

Player Years at UT NFL Team Position
McCallan Castles 2023 Eagles TE
Emmanuel Moseley
2014-2017 Lions CB

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