At this point last year, just about everyone in Knoxville was getting ready for Year 1 of the Mike Matthews era with the Tennessee football team. To say his first campaign at the college level was a bit of a disappointment would be an understatement.
While Matthews had some positive moments with the Vols catching the ball from fellow former 5-star signee Nico Iamaleava, Matthews didn’t have the kind of breakout campaign that a lot of people envisioned for him. This of course led to so many UT haters claiming he was overrated.
With that said, what happened in 2024 is now in the past for Matthews and the Vols as a whole.