One of the biggest takeaways from the 2025 season was that Tennessee fell short of the ultimate goal, but the youth movement is here, and the young core has a chance to grow into something special.
Even though the Vols went 8-4, we saw some encouraging things from Ty Redmond, David Sanders Jr., and SEC freshman of the Year Braylon Staley, and plenty of others. Josh Heupel was on The Mike Keith Show talking about Vols football, and he doubled down on the program's very bright future.
Heupel said, “Well, we were a young football team.