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Which Tennessee football seniors ran through T on senior day and what that means for 2022
Which Tennessee football seniors ran through T on senior day and what that means for 2022
Most notably, quarterback Hendon Hooker did not run through the T. He is a Virginia Tech transfer with one season of eligibility remaining. He has not announced whether he will return in 2022.
Such decisions can get complicated.
“Super seniors” and transfers exhausting their extra eligibility cannot return next season. That means this was the last home game for wide receivers Velus Jones Jr. and JaVonta Payton, defensive backs Theo Jackson and Kenneth George, defensive ends Ja’Quain Blakely and Caleb Tremblay and defensive tackle Matthew Butler.
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Defensive tackles LaTrell Bumphus and Aubrey Solomon are "super seniors" who have played only four games, so they are eligible to redshirt if they don't play another game this season. Solomon ran through the T, but Bumphus did not.
For the rest, running through the T may be the end. But they can choose to return in 2022 because they have eligibility remaining.
Seniors on scholarship with eligibility remaining who ran through the T before the Vanderbilt game were offensive lineman Cade Mays, offensive lineman K'Rohjn Calbert, cornerback Alontae Taylor, safety Trevon Flowers and placekicker Chase McGrath.
Mays and Taylor likely will declare for the 2022 NFL Draft.
Seniors or graduates with eligibility remaining who did not run through the T before the Vanderbilt game were Hooker, quarterback Joe Milton, offensive lineman Jerome Carvin, offensive lineman Ollie Lane, tight end Princeton Fant, tight end Jacob Warren, linebacker Solon Page III, linebacker Juwan Mitchell, punter Paxton Brooks and placekicker Toby Wilson.
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