BREAKOUT: Tennessee Football’s Revamped Secondary with IMPACT Transfer TJ Metcalf, Ty Redmond

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🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee Volunteers football's secondary emerges as a surprise strength after spring practice. Can a revamped defensive backfield, featuring transfers like Qua Moss, Kayin Lee, and TJ Metcalf, propel the Vols to new defensive heights under Jim Knowles? Eric Cain spotlights the unexpected depth and competition at safety and cornerback, the impact of fresh coaching voices, and how new faces are challenging returning players for rotational roles. On the diamond, Tennessee Baseball’s series win over Alabama puts hosting a regional within reach, though still a stretch. Eric Cain breaks down standout performances from Tegan Kuhns, Evan Blanco, and rising hitters like Blaine Brown and Trent Grindlinger. Plus, mailbag questions address Rick Barnes' offensive shift in basketball recruiting, Lady Vols’ expectations under Kim Caldwell, and crucial bullpen strategy for the baseball home stretch. Can these roster changes and coaching decisions fuel postseason runs across Tennessee athletics?

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0:00.0	My one big takeaway from Tennessee football spring practice on the defensive side of the football,
0:05.9	it's something that, man, I had no clue I'd be saying this when spring practice began.
0:15.3	You are locked on balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers,
0:20.7	part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network,
0:23.4	your team every day.
0:25.5	Yes, Tuesday, Locked-on Balls.
0:27.8	Hi, I'm Eric Kane.
0:28.7	Welcome into it.
0:29.5	Thank you so much for being here, making this a part of your morning routine, your first, listen,
0:32.5	your first watch each and every single day.
0:34.6	On today's show, we will recap and react and discuss what has changed now.
0:38.9	Tennessee baseball, a series win over Alabama over the weekend. I say over the weekend. It was
0:43.4	actually on Thursday and Friday, but it does to settle a little bit what this means now since the
0:48.5	rest of the SEC weekend play has wrapped up for Tennessee and its quest to a regional play.
0:53.8	Mailback questions,
0:54.5	getting into your questions, though some baseball in there, but some basketball as well and
0:58.6	some football questions. We'll get into that in segment number two, but wanted to take here
1:02.8	today and tomorrow and discuss one big, massive takeaway on each side of the football for Tennessee
1:07.9	football post-spring practice, and today I'm going to start on defense because I think it's the biggest. And we talked about it some, no doubt. And I know spring practice has been over for about two weeks now. But, you know, the football conversation is going to go on, you know, on throughout the entire offseason. But my one big takeaway from spring ball defensively is just how good the secondary looks.
1:31.0	Now I'm not sitting here saying that the secondary is going to be the best part of Tennessee's defense or the Tennessee's secondary is going to be one of the best in the
1:34.3	SEC. I'm not saying that, but from where it was, and you got to remember, you know,
1:39.4	last year Tennessee's defense as a whole, I believe ranked like 93rd, 92nd overall
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