Former Knoxville Catholic football star Tommy Winton III has transferred to Tennessee as a preferred walk-on, he announced Monday.
The 5-foot-10, 196-pound wide receiver is leaving East Tennessee State after a freshman season in which he made the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team.
Winton, a redshirt sophomore, had 23 catches for 349 receiving yards and returned four kickoffs for 99 yards in 2023.
At Catholic, he played both wide receiver and defensive back and was an all-state and all-region player. He had 3,154 receiving yards and 43 touchdowns in four years.
Winton was a three-star player ranked the No. 72 athlete and No. 29 player in Tennessee in the 2022 class, according to
247Sports. He received a Tennessee offer as a
sophomore in high school.