He's just the fourth Tennessee men's basketball player to be named a consensus All-American all-time: https://tennessee.rivals.com/news/d...th-all-time-consensus-basketball-all-american

More on the new(ish) format:

Looking at likely opponents during a Final Four run:

Adam Friedman spoke with David Sanders Jr. to learn more:

Dalton Knecht was named a First Team All-American by NABC on Wednesday. He has now been named a First Team All-American by three of the four selectors for Consensus All-American status.

Knecht was previously selected by The Sporting News, USBWA and the Associated Press.

More from @Shayne_Pickering:

More on the Vols' bounce-back win:

Tennessee baseball returns to the friendly confines of Lindsey Nelson Stadium to face Xavier.

Vols are coming off a 1-2 trip to Tuscaloosa but are 15-0 at home this season.

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My notebook from day 2 of spring ball:

Inactives

- Arion Carter
- Bru McCoy
- Garrett Young
- Andrej Karic
- Christian Charles
- Elijah Herring
- Massai Reddick
- Nathan Leacock
- Javontez Spraggins
- Peyton Lewis

Quarterback

QB1 - Nico Iamaleava
QB2 - Gaston Moore
QB3 - Navy Shuler
QB4 - Jake Merklinger
QB5 - Ryan Damron

- Halzle was helping Nico with form, trying to avoid throwing balls too high
- Also were working on radioing in plays with the new rules, still had two guys doing signals on the sideline
- Nico looked good throwing on the run, escaping the pocket passes

Running backs

RB1 - Dylan Sampson
RB2 - Cameron Seldon
RB3 - Khalifa Keith
RB4 - DeSean Bishop

- Lewis still out
- Sampson had some great runs, looks quick
Wide receivers

X - Dont'e Thornton, Chas Nimrod, Mike Matthews, Jack-Henry Jakobik
Y - Squirrel White, Braylon Staley, Titus Rohrer, Jackson Locke
Z - Kaleb Webb, Nate Spillman, Chris Brazzell, Trey Weary, Nathan Roberts

- there was a really heavy rotation, hard to tell who is above who

Tight end

TE1 - Ethan Davis
TE2 - Holden Staes
TE3 - Miles Kitselman
TE4 - Emmanuel Okoye
TE5 - Charlie Browder

- Davis and Staes rotated a lot with the 1s

Offensive line

Starters:
LT - Lance Heard
LG - Dayne Davis
C - Vysen Lang
RG - Jackson Lampley
RT - John Campbell

2nd unit:
LT - Shamurad Umarov
LG - Gage Ginther
C - William Satterwhite
RG - Ayden Bussell
RT - Trevor Duncan

- Of note, Cooper Mays didn't participate in scrimmages
- Lang had some bad snaps to Nico

Defensive line

Starters
LEO - James Pearce Jr.
DL - Omarr Norman-Lott
DL - Omari Thomas
DE - Dominic Bailey

Second unit
LEO - Joshua Josephs
DL - Elijah Simmons
DL - Bryson Eason
DE - Tyre West

- Tyree Westhersby didn't particpate in scrimmage

Linebackers

Starters
MLB - Keenan Pili
WLB - Kalib Perry

- Telander quickly got in the mix

Defensive backs
CB - Jermod McCoy
CB - Rickey Gibson III
STAR - Jourdan Thomas
S - Andre Turrentine
S - Will Brooks

- Brooks was replaced by Jakobe Thomas later with the 1s

1 on 1s

- Nico incomplete, attempt to Davis poked out by Turrentine
- Nico complete to Webb, beat the defender McCoy on a screen
- Jordan Matthews good rep jamming a reciever
- Great catch from Braylon Staley on Boo Carter
- Nico incomplete, attempt to Thornton well covered by Gibson
- Nico imcomplete to White, well covered by Jourdan Thomas
- Nico complete to Kitselman, covered by Jakobe Thomas, good throw on an out to the sideline
- Brazzell dusts McCoy
- Brazzell made a great catch in the scrimmage

More on Banks' thoughts:

The 2026 class ranking has been expanded from 100 players to a full Rivals250: https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals250/2026

Ten highest debuts: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-ten-highest-ranked-debuts-in-the-rivals250

Adam Gorney goes position-by-position: https://n.rivals.com/news/tuesdays-with-gorney-new-2026-rivals250-released

Tennessee defensive coordinator Tim Banks and select players will meet with the media following the Vols' second spring practice on Tuesday.

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Signs one-year deal with the 49ers, teams up with former Tennessee teammate Jauan Jennings.

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Here's my notebook from day 1 of spring ball:

Non-participants
- Bru McCoy
- Elijah Herring
- Massai Reddick
- Javontez Spraggins
- Nathan Leacock
- Andrej Karic
- Garrett Young
- Christian Charles
- Peyton Lewis
- Arion Carter

Quarterback
- All were here and participating
- Looked fine for day one
- Nico clear leader
- Merklinger looked solid

Running back
- Everyone but freshman Peyton Lewis
- Sampson clear leader
Wide receiver
- McCoy, Leacock and Young all inactive
- X receivers were Dont'e Thornton, Chas Nimrod, Jackson Locke
- Y receivers were Squirrel White, Dayton Sneed, Braylon Staley, Titus Rohrer
- Z receivers were Trey Weary, Nate Spillman, Nathan Roberts, Chris Brazzell, Kaleb Webb

Offensive line
- Lance Heard is stupidly big
- Parker Ball was a grad assistant

Defense
- Will look more on that side of the ball tomorrow
- Keenan Pili big voice in LB room
- James Pearce looks quick
- Young DB room

Recruits
- George MacIntyre was here with Jayden Woods

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Everything Kellie said today:

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Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel will meet with the media following the Vols first spring practice on Monday morning.

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Tennessee drops three spots to No. 8 after losing 2-of-3 at Alabama over the weekend.

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