PLAYERS American • 2013 Sporting News Preseason First Team All-SEC • 2013 Phil Steele Preseason Third Team All-American • 2013 Phil Steele Preseason First Team All-SEC • 2012 Coaches All-SEC Second Team • Member of 2012 Preseason Butkus Watch List • 2012 All-SEC Preseason Second Team by league media • 2012 All-SEC Preseason Third Team by league coaches • CFPA Hon. Mention Linebacker of the Week (Oct. 14, 2012) • 2011 Consensus Freshman All-American • 2011 First-Team Freshman All-American by Football Writers of America, The Sporting News, Fox Sports, Phil Steele, Yahoo! Sports • Five 2011 Freshman All-American honors set Tennessee record, breaking mark of four by Eric Berry in 2009 • 2011 SEC All-Freshman Team selection • SEC Freshman of the Week (Oct. 22, 2011: Alabama)
2012 - JUNIOR
• Games/Starts: 12/12 • Enters senior season third in career assisted tackles at UT with 164; next on list is No. 2 Jamie Rotella with 181 • Has 324 career tackles including 21.5 tackles for loss • 18 career games with double-figure tackles in 36 games • Led Vols in tackles with 106 in 2013 • Third in SEC in tackles per game with 8.8 • Led team lead in TFLs with 8.5 for 17 yards • Five double-figure tackle games in 2013 including four of last seven games • Shared team lead with nine tackles in finale at Kentucky (11/30) • Led team in tackles with season-best 13 vs. Vanderbilt (11/23) including 2.0 TFLs, a forced fumble and a pass break-up • Tied for team lead with eight tackles vs. #7 Auburn (11/9); posted 300th career tackle • Led all tacklers with 11 stops at #10 Missouri (11/2) • Game-best 10 tackles at #1 Alabama (10/26), now has 37 career tackles vs. the Tide • Team-high eight tackles vs. #11 South Carolina (10/19) • Racked up 12 tackles, for 15th career double-figure tackles including 1.5 TFLs vs. #6 Georgia (10/5) • Eight tackles, including a TFL, pass break-up and a quarterback hurry vs. South Alabama (9/28) • 14th career double-figure tackle game with 10 stops at #19 Florida (9/21) • Led all tacklers with seven stops at #2 Oregon (9/14) • Racked up eight tackles vs. WKU (9/7) that included a key TFL in the first quarter to thwart a WKU drive
2012 - SOPHOMORE
• Games/Starts: 12/12 • 2012 Coaches All-SEC Second Team • Member of 2012 Preseason Butkus Watch List • Second season as starting middle linebacker • Led SEC and UT with 138 tackles (fourth-most in NCAA) in 12 starts in 2012, also had team-high 8.5 TFLs for 25 yards, his first career sack and eight quarterback hurries • Posted most tackles by a Vol since Jerod Mayo made 140 in 2007 • Fourth in NCAA, first in SEC in tackles per game (11.5) • With 21 tackles at Mississippi State, had most stops by a Vol in 48 years, since Keith DeLong had 23 vs. Alabama in 1988 • Rushed 12 times for 21 yards and a team-high six touchdowns out of `The Beast’ package, a Wildcat QB formation 60
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• Averaging 12.9 tackles per game over last 10 games with 129 in those 10 games including double-figure tackles in each game (at least 11 in each) • Closed year with 14 tackles, including first career sack (for 10 yards), two TFLs and his sixth rushing touchdown of the season vs. Kentucky (11/24) • 12 tackles including two TFLs at Vanderbilt (11/17) • Notched 11 tackles vs. Missouri (11/10) • Surpassed 100 tackles for the season in ninth game with 13 vs. Troy (11/3) • Sixth game in a row with double-figure tackles, piling up 11 stops at #17 South Carolina (10/27) • Racked up 14 tackles vs. #1 Alabama (10/20), has 27 career tackles vs. the Crimson Tide in two games • Had 11 tackles in each of three games in a row (9/15-29) • Career-high 21 tackles, most by a Vol since 1988, at #19 Mississippi State (10/13), had 1.5 TFLs • For third game in a row had 11 tackles and a rushing touchdown, at #5 Georgia (9/29) in homecoming, also recovered a fumble and had a TFL • Racked up 11 stops and rushed for a TD for the second game in a row vs. Akron (9/22) • As a Wildcat QB (which he played in HS) rushed twice vs. Florida (9/15) and scored first-career touchdown on a 1-yard rush; also racked up 11 tackles and a 6-yard TFL • It was fitting that Johnny Majors, who played multiple positions, had his jersey No. 45 retired vs. Florida
2011 - FRESHMAN
• Games/Starts: 12/10 • 2011 Consensus Freshman All-American • 2011 First-Team Freshman All-American by Football Writers of America, The Sporting News, Fox Sports, Phil Steele, Yahoo! Sports • Five Freshman All-American honors set Tennessee record, breaking mark of four by Eric Berry in 2009 • SEC All-Freshman Team selection • SEC Freshman of the Week (10/22 Alabama) • Led all SEC freshmen in tackles with 80, finishing second for UT • One of four true freshmen to rank among top two on his team in tackles among all D-I FBS schools • At least shared Vols’ lead in tackles on four occasions • With 80 tackles, had second-most stops by a true freshman in a season in UT history behind only Eric Berry, who had 86 in 2007 • Prior to Vanderbilt game, was only freshman to be leading his team in tackles in FBS • Only true freshman to have three double-figure tackle games in a season (E.Berry had two in 2007) with 10-plus in three games in a row (10/15-29) • Played in all 12 games in 2011 in true freshman season, starting 10 times • Recorded 4.5 TFLs, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries, the only Vol with multiple FRs • Had 36 tackles in a three game span (12.0 per game) against #1 LSU, #2 Alabama, and #14 South Carolina • Piled up 12 tackles and recovered a fumble vs. #14 South Carolina (10/29) • Racked up career-high 13 tackles at #2 Alabama (10/22), second-most tackles by a true freshman in a game in UT history (record Eric Berry, vs. Kentucky in 2007) to earn SEC Freshman of the Week honors • 11 tackles against #1 LSU (10/15), first double-figure tackle total by a freshman since Eric Berry in 2007 • Tied for team lead in tackles with seven at #16 Florida (9/17), also forced a fumble and recovered it • Three tackles and 0.5 TFL in start in first college game vs.