2025 Transfer portal - players leaving the Vols

[delvol]

What system in the world is set up to lose people in the middle of the most important event of the year?

NIL is the primary driver, I think. Other factors are playing time and that some have been recruited over and are not going to play. Also, position coaches and coordinators leave. College football is becoming more and more like the NFL and it's no longer as much fun.

 

[Halph66]

What system in the world is set up to lose people in the middle of the most important event of the year?

The players have to be enrolled in school by the start of the second semester to be able to participate in spring practice.
Some schools start the second week of January.
How do you fix that?

 

[Plove23]

I agree

 

[twalt]

Looks like we need a sticky for this. Not sure if here or RF. Mods, whichever is best. Players, thanks for your time as a Vol!

12/14. Cam Seldon -- RB
12/12. Nate Spillman -- WR
12/12. Nathan Leacock -- WR

12/10 - Chas Nimrod -- WR
12/6 - Ryan Damron -- QB (yes, Ryan, VolNation noticed!)
12/6 - Jordan Matthews -- CB
12/6 - Jalen Smith -- LB
12/5 - Kalib Webb -- WR
12/4 - Khalifa Keith -- RB
12/3 - Vysen Lang -- IOL


And here is a link to the list on 247 Sports.

https://247sports.com/season/2025-football/transferportal/?institutionkey=24106

After tonight more will be leaving look like div 2 school

 

[tennesseeduke]

The players have to be enrolled in school by the start of the second semester to be able to participate in spring practice.
Some schools start the second week of January.
How do you fix that?

Stop the portal!

 

[tennesseeduke]

NIL is the primary driver, I think. Other factors are playing time and that some have been recruited over and are not going to play. Also, position coaches and coordinators leave. College football is becoming more and more like the NFL and it's no longer as much fun.

What part of enrolling in school don’t people get?

 

[VolJarhead]

What part of enrolling in school don’t people get?

Are they student athletes or professionals? This is the reason for confusion.

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

Are they student athletes or professionals? This is the reason for confusion.

Yep, and we knew it would end up this way.

 

[Jake]

VFLs are going to become more and more rare as time goes on.

That makes the VFL badge that much more valuable, IMO.

 

[Jake]

Are they student athletes or professionals? This is the reason for confusion.

I like Nick Saban’s recommendation: yes, pay the players but frame it with contractual liability so the players are more responsible and accountable…

 

[OrngeJuiceJones]

C Harrison gone

 

[tennesseeduke]

Are they student athletes or professionals? This is the reason for confusion.

They are still playing COLLEGE football. So they must be enrolled in school to be eligible. The rest is F-ed up!

 

[BallinVol]

Rumor is that Squirrel White may be gone. He has deleted everything from his Instagram that is associated with Tennessee and his Instagram story was the thinking man emoji. Strange to do if it doesn't have some traction to it.

 

[vol4life03]

I like squirrel, but he doesn’t have good enough numbers to be successful in the NFL or drafted high and is hurt all the time. So if he can make more money to play elsewhere for one year in NIL then he needs to do it.

 

[Pappy]

Are they student athletes or professionals? This is the reason for confusion.

if they are indeed professionals, then let them pay tuition from their NIL deals. There just might be a kid who wants an education (who needs financial help) while playing a sport they love.

 

[Vol_sanity]

Jayson Jenkins headed to the portal per twitter or X…whatever it’s called

 

[MEDVOL]

Jayson Jenkins headed to the portal per twitter or X…whatever it’s called

Yeah 24/7 says it now too.

 

[Carl Pickens]

In my eyes he’s a whore of epic proportions

 

[Carl Pickens]

What part of enrolling in school don’t people get?

School?…..they don’t need no stinkin’ school

 

[dduncan4163]

I like Nick Saban’s recommendation: yes, pay the players but frame it with contractual liability so the players are more responsible and accountable…

Yup

 

[dduncan4163]

In my eyes he’s a whore of epic proportions

A dirty one at that Hoss

 

[NighthawkVol]

Looks like we need a sticky for this. Not sure if here or RF. Mods, whichever is best. Players, thanks for your time as a Vol!

12/23. Jayson Jenkins -- EDGE
12/19. Christian Harrison -- S
12/14. Cam Seldon -- RB
12/12. Nate Spillman -- WR
12/12. Nathan Leacock -- WR

12/10 - Chas Nimrod -- WR
12/6 - Ryan Damron -- QB (yes, Ryan, VolNation noticed!)
12/6 - Jordan Matthews -- CB
12/6 - Jalen Smith -- LB
12/5 - Kalib Webb -- WR
12/4 - Khalifa Keith -- RB
12/3 - Vysen Lang -- IOL


And here is a link to the list on 247 Sports.

https://247sports.com/season/2025-football/transferportal/?institutionkey=24106

Jenkins isn’t an EDGE. He’s a SDE.

 

[Vol_sanity]

Holden Staes in the portal

 

[Vfl83]

Holden Staes in the portel

Holden Staes in the portal

This one surprises me

 

[plaincityvol]

I just heard we may have A linebacker enter the portal. Supposedly he has a school already lined up. I hope this is not true because this one will hurt. I am beginning to think we are not as competitive in the NIL game as once believed.