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Tennessee football: Vols 2019 OL signee Melvin McBride retires

Numerous Tennessee football players have retired this offseason due to health reasons, but now the Vols have lost even a new recruit because of that issue. And, like many of the ones before, he was on the offensive line.

Melvin McBride, a member of the Vols’ 2019 recruiting class, is going to have to retire before ever taking one snap for Rocky Top due to health reasons. Heck, he is retiring despite never taking part in one practice.

A three-star recruit out of Whitehaven High School in Memphis, the 6’4″ 310-pound commit was a summer enrollee who committed last August.