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Tennessee football adds Mississippi St. transfer WR JaVonta Payton

Mississippi State's JaVonta Payton (4). Mississippi State conducted its first practice of the 2019 season on Friday, August 2. Photo by Keith Warren Msu First Football Practice

Josh Heupel keeps adding talent from the transfer portal. On Wednesday, he added another weapon at a key position for Tennessee football that has lots of talent but is wide open for somebody to rise to the top.

JaVonta Payton, a wide receiver from the Mississippi State Bulldogs, is now joining the Vols. Payton, who stands at 6’1″ 180 pounds, committed to MSU out of junior college in 2019.