When Tennessee football lost to the Georgia State Panthers on Saturday, then-Vols receiver Jordan Murphy, who wasn’t on the field that day, raised eyebrows by sharing a tweet making fun of the Vols for paying them $950,000 to lose. You can see the screenshot of that tweet here.
Two days later, Jeremy Pruitt said that Murphy was battling an unspecified illness and was expected back at practice this week. Then, on Wednesday, he confirmed at an SEC teleconference that Murphy had left the program along with Terrell Bailey.
On the surface, the loss of either doesn’t seem like a big deal.