Trio Of Incoming Vols Land On Top 100 Transfers List
With week one of the college football season just over a week away, The Athletic released its rankings of the 100 best players that transferred this offseason with three Vols landing on the list. The first Vol on the list is receiver Dont’e Thornton who transferred to Tennessee from Oregon this offseason after catching 17 […]
Tennessee Receiver Details How Other Teams Negatively Recruited Against The Vols
After Tennessee football’s resurgent 2022 season that included Jalin Hyatt becoming the first Vol to win the Biletnikoff Award, a new narrative has developed about Josh Heupel’s offense and the Vols’ program. Tennessee’s style of play doesn’t prepare players for the NFL and the skillsets that made them effective in Knoxville won’t translate to the […]
Dont’e Thornton’s Versatility Exciting For Tennessee’s Receiver Rotation
In Josh Heupel’s first two seasons Tennessee has almost exclusively played three receivers within a game. In 2021, Cedric Tillman, Velus Jones Jr. and JaVonta Payton earned the vast majority of the receiver snaps. Last season, Tillman, Bru McCoy and Jalin Hyatt were entrenched as Tennessee’s three receivers until Tillman injured his ankle against Akron. […]
‘Extremely Rare’: Dont’e Thornton’s Talent Will Excite the Tennessee Fanbase in 2023
Dont’e Thornton could turn out to be one of Tennessee’s most effective x-factors on the offense during the 2023 season. But let’s back up a bit first. Coming out of the 2022 college football season, Tennessee knew they were going to be replacing two unique and critical pieces in the wide receiver room with Jalin […]
Top Five Most Important Incoming Transfers for Tennessee Football in 2023
Tennessee brought a lot of talent in from the transfer portal ahead of the 2023 seasons, with a lot of the talent coming at positions of need. Rocky Top Insider takes a look at the top five most important incoming transfers for the Vols this season in the latest High & Tight, presented by Gambuzza’s […]
Where Does Tennessee Football’s WR Corps Rank in the SEC?
Another year under Josh Heupel. Another year of having an uber-talented WR corps for Tennessee football. The Vols return Bru McCoy, Squirrel White and Ramel Keyton and added Dont’e Thornton to the WR room. After losing their top two receivers from last year’s juggernaut of an offense, Tennessee is back in good position to have […]
Offseason Additions Give Tennessee Football an Edge on the Gridiron
Hendon Hooker has played his last snap in a Tennessee uniform. So has Jalin Hyatt. The same is true with Byron Young, Darnell Wright, Jerome Carvin, Cedric Tillman, Jeremy Banks, Trevon Flowers, and several more Tennessee players following the end of last season. But while Tennessee does have turnaround to take care of, as does […]
Two Tennessee Football Players Land In College Football Top 100 Players List
College football season is 100 days away and to celebrate On3 released its rankings of the 100 best college football players ahead of the 2023 season. Tennessee football had a pair of players make the list with quarterback Joe Milton III landing at No. 81 and Oregon transfer receiver Dont’e Thornton landing at No. 95. […]
Tennessee Working to Rebuild Critical Wide Receiver Room for 2023 Season
Thanks to the quality of Tennessee’s receiving corps over the past two seasons in Knoxville, the Vols have boasted one of the most prolific passing offenses in the country under head coach Josh Heupel. During Heupel’s first year on campus, Tennessee used a combination of Mississippi State transfer JaVonta Payton and second-year Tennessee receiver Velus […]
Transfer WR Dont’e Thornton Showing Off ‘Great Speed’ Early into Tennessee Career
There’s a new No. 11 in town and his name is Dont’e Thornton. After former Tennessee wide receiver Jalin Hyatt frequently had the No. 11 jersey on highlight reels and in endzones across the country during the 2022 season, Oregon transfer wide receiver Dont’e Thornton is now taking the number on the field. Thornton committed […]
