Tennessee football offensive line transfer Vysen Lang committed to and signed with Troy football on Monday night, the Trojans announced on X.
Transferring to Troy is a return home for Lang. The 6-foot-4, 340-pound offensive lineman played his prep football at Pike Road High School outside of Montgomery, only 45 minutes from Troy.
Lang spent two seasons at Tennessee, redshirting and playing 23 snaps as a freshman in 2023 before playing 44 snaps in 2024 including 17 snaps in the Chattanooga game and 27 snaps in the Kent State game. The center earned a 53.5 PFF grade including a 75.7 pass block grade.
The center was Tennessee’s first player to enter the transfer portal this offseason, entering it in December before the Vols faced off against Ohio State in the first round of the College Football Playoffs.
“I want to start off by saying thank you to the coaching staff for giving a kid from Bama an opportunity to be apart of the Tennessee program,” Lang said in a statement when he entered the portal. “I want to also thank my brothers in the locker room for bringing me in and making me feel welcomed.
“Would also like to thank the fans and people of Knoxville for being one of the best fanbases in the football. Rocky Top will always have a special place in my heart for everything it has done for me. With that being said I will be entering my name into the transfer portal with three years of eligibility left.”
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Tennessee football’s depth chart listed Lang as a co-backup at center with true freshman William Satterwhite behind All-SEC super senior Cooper Mays. Lang entering the portal makes Satterwhite the clear early favorite to start at center for Tennessee next season.
Josh Heupel and his staff could look to add a center in the transfer portal but has predominantly been pursuing guards to this point in the offseason.
Coming out of high school, Lang ranked as a three-star recruit and the No. 709 player in the country according to the 247sports composite rankings. A Pike Road native, Lang ranked as the No. 60 interior offensive lineman and the No. 31 player in the state of Alabama in the 2023 recruiting cycle.
Lang was a three-star recruit in the class of 2023 and chose the Vols over Arkansas and Auburn coming out of high school.
