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THE VOLS
Jeff Cottam Senior, 3L Tight End
6-8 • 260 • Enterprise Management Germantown
Jeffrey Roger COTTAM
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
TENNESSEE TRIVIA – Caught first career touchdown pass in Vols’ 2007 four-overtime victory at Kentucky … Brother of Brad Cottam, former Vol and current Kansas City Chiefs tight end.
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CAREER GAMES/STARTS – 35/8 2008 – Games/Starts: 8/2 … Missed first four games recovering from broken leg suffered during spring practice ... Made starts against Alabama and Kentucky. 2007 – Games/Starts: 14/6 ... Made first career start at California and started six games during season ... Caught first career pass in opening quarter against Southern Mississippi ... Caught first career touchdown pass, a 2-yard reception, in third quarter at Kentucky. 2006 – Games/Starts: 13/0 ... Special teams and short-yardage contributor who appeared in every game ... Named to Tennessee’s Thornton Center 40-Plus Club after completing at least 40 credit hours during the academic year. 2005 – Redshirted. HIGH SCHOOL – 2004 All-State and Mr. Football in Class 5A by Associated Press and Tennessee sportswriters ... Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year ... Orlando Sentinel All-Southern Team and Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100 ... Lawrenceburg QB Club West Tennessee Player of the Year ... Team captain and MVP during senior year, finishing with 80 tackles and seven sacks at defensive end ... Also had more than 200 yards receiving as tight end ... During junior season, helped squad to Class 5A state title while catching 14 passes for 160 yards and four TDs ... Team finished 14-1 ... Had three sacks in championship game victory over Murfreesboro Riverdale ... Squad returned to state semifinals in 2004. COACH AT GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL – Charlie White. BORN – Dec. 26, 1986. SUPERLATIVES •2008 Academic All-SEC •2007 Academic All-SEC •2006 Academic All-SEC •2005 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll JEFF COTTAM GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
RECEIVING 2007 at California Southern Miss.
REC 0 1
2009 VOLUNTEERS FOOTBALL
YDS 0 4
TD 0 0
at Florida Arkansas State Georgia at Mississippi St. at Alabama South Carolina La.-Lafayette Arkansas Vanderbilt at Kentucky LSU (SEC Champ.) Wisconsin (Bowl) 2007 Totals
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19
YDS 0 19 0 19
AVG AVG REC GAME 0.0 0.0 4.8 1.4 --4.8 0.7
JEFF COTTAM CAREER STATISTICS
RECEIVING YEAR G REC 2006 13 0 2007 14 4 2008 8 0 Totals 35 4
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COACH AT EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL – Jim Heinz.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 TD 0 1 0 1
LONG -13-ASU -13-ASU
BORN – April 26, 1986.
SUPERLATIVES • 2008 Academic All-SEC • 2007 Academic All-SEC • 2006 Academic All-SEC
HIGH YDS -13-ASU -13-ASU
Morgan Cox Senior, 2L Deep Snapper
6-4 • 226 • Accounting • Collierville
Charles Morgan COX
TENNESSEE TRIVIA – Served as his high school’s newspaper sports editor his final two years at ECS.
CAREER GAMES/STARTS – 26/0
2008 – Games/Starts: 12/0 … Tennessee’s deep snapper for all punts and placements for second year in a row ... Contributed four tackles on special teams, tying for seventh in that category ... Made stops against Northern Illinois, Georgia, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.
2007 – Games/Starts: 14/0 ... Deep snapper in all 14 games this season ... First season serving as deep snapper, and helped placekicker Daniel Lincoln to All-America status and consensus Freshman All-SEC honors ... Vols kicking unit converted on 21-of-29 field goals and 52-of-53 PATs ... Registered one tackle against South Carolina and one against Vanderbilt. 2006 – Squad member ... Made Thornton Center Honor Roll for second straight year. 2005 – Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL – All-State honorable mention and Memphis Commercial Appeal Best of Preps Award ... Began role as deep snapper during junior season ... Helped ECS to state semifinals that year and to state championship game as senior ... Also took over at center position as senior ... Played on defensive and offensive lines as freshman and sophomore.
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Jonathan Crompton Senior, 3L Quarterback
6-4 • 228 • Communication Studies Waynesville, N.C.
Jonathan David CROMPTON
TENNESSEE TRIVIA – First career touchdown pass was a 37-yard strike to Robert Meachem against LSU in 2006.
CAREER GAMES/STARTS – 22/7 2008 – Games/ Starts – 8/6 ... Started at quarterback in first four games and final two ... Threw for 189 yards and set career-highs in attempts (41) and completions (19) in season-opener at UCLA ... Set career-high with 240 passing yards in home-opener against UAB ... Finished game 19-of-31 with two touchdowns and two interceptions ... Finished 18-of-28 for 162 yards and rushed seven times for 22 yards against Florida ... Career long 15-yard rush against Auburn ... Efficient 6-of-8 for 101 yards and one touchdown in finale against Kentucky. 2007 – Games/ Starts: 7/0 ... Saw action as reserve in seven games ... Finished season 7-of-12 passing for 98 yards and one touchdown ... Completed 3-of-4 passes for 68 yards and his touchdown pass versus Louisiana-Lafayette ... Strong runner as well, and his abilities have been used each of his first two seasons.
2006 – Games/Starts: 7/1 … Saw first action of career in season-opener against California, passing for seven yards on two completions and also rushing twice for six yards … Came in at end of Memphis game, completing both of his passes for 37 yards with completion of 27 yards to Quintin Hancock … Vols finished combined 25-of-29 passing that day for 361 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions ... After injury to Erik Ainge, played final series at South Carolina … Entered LSU game in second quarter … Threw two touchdown passes to Robert Meachem, the latter a 54-yarder to give Vols lead in fourth quarter … Finished game 11-of-24 for 183 yards, two touchdowns and one interception … Made first career start against Arkansas … Threw for 174 yards and two touchdowns against Razorbacks … Also played at Vanderbilt. 2005 – Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL – Parade All-America ... Earned “Army of One” Award while participating for East squad in 2005 U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Played for North Carolina in 2004 Shrine Bowl ... Orlando Sentinel All-Southern Team and Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100 ... Two-time