Tennessee sophomore linebacker Morven Joseph has entered the transfer portal.
Originally a 4-star prospect out of high school in Lakeland, Florida, Joseph appeared in 10 games last season as a freshman for the Vols. He hasn’t been able to crack the lineup as often this season, however, appearing in only two games.
Tennessee linebackers coach Brian Jean-Mary had this to say about Joseph back in August:
“Morven has been with us at the inside linebacker spot, and we have some specific packages where we’re going to try to use him as a pass rusher because we feel like he does that really well. His big thing is that he’s another guy that was an edge guy in high school. He’s learned to play stack linebacker because it’s a difference and you’re more read and react. When you’re an edge guy, you’re more react and read. Right now, he’s still trying to learn what to do as far as the stack linebacker. He’s been really good through our first six practices. ‘MoJo’ is an interesting player to evaluate because he’s such a good athlete that sometimes he might look like it’s taking a little while to process, but when you look at it, he’s getting there faster than other people because he’s such a good athlete. With guys like that, you want to make sure you put them in positions to have success. You don’t want to keep pounding away and take away from his skill set. I think he’s progressing at the rate that we want him to. Obviously, we want him to be a little faster and be able to play stack, as well as become an edge rusher. Through the first six practices, he’s been good.”
Forum discussion: Morven Joseph has entered the portal
*UPDATE: Joseph has released a statement on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/MorvenJoseph/status/1457731960919494664