BREAKOUT: Tennessee Football SPRING SURPRISES – Dylan Lewis, Tre Poteat TRANSFORM Secondary Depth

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🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee Volunteers Football fans are buzzing after surprising spring breakout performances from Tre Poteet, Tim Merritt, Dylan Lewis, and Xavier Gilliam. Will these emerging stars reshape the Vols’ secondary and defensive line in the 2026 season? Host Eric Cain spotlights how the infusion of fresh talent, including transfer additions T.J. Metcalf, Dejuan Lane, and Qua Moss, has immediately upgraded the depth and competition across the roster. Josh Ward joins to dissect the true quarterback competition between George MacIntyre and Faizon Brandon, questioning whether the offense can match last year's success with a new signal caller. The conversation covers offensive line improvements with Nic Moore and Anthony Ogmuro, defensive optimism anchored by Daevin Hobbs, and transfer portal moves for Rick Barnes’ basketball team. With potential game-changers emerging and historic surprises recalled—from Jalin Hyatt to Cedric Tillman—Vol fans must prepare for another unpredictable season.

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0:00.0	There's a couple every year, guys who stand out, who perform better than expectations in spring practice.
0:06.0	So the question is, who are the surprises for Tennessee football this past month?
0:16.7	You are locked on balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers, part of the Locked On Balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers, part of the
0:22.6	Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:26.6	Good Wednesday, everybody.
0:28.6	Welcome into it your Wednesday morning, Locked On Balls.
0:30.6	I am your host, Eric Kane, Ward Wednesday with Josh Ward, co-hosts of Josh and Swain on 991
0:36.6	The Sports Animal coming up for his
0:37.9	Wednesday hit here on the show in segment number three. Who could be the player that comes out
0:42.4	of nowhere? It happens every single year in the Josh Hopal offense or on defense or maybe
0:46.8	because of a position coaching change or a coordinator change or whatever the case may be. There's
0:52.0	always a player or two that jumps out of nowhere.
0:54.9	Who could be that player this year and who are some players in the past for Tennessee football?
0:59.5	That's in segment number two.
1:00.8	But coming off that or stemming from that conversation, we're going to talk about some of the
1:04.9	surprises for spring practice.
1:06.5	Who performed well for Tennessee football spring practice?
1:09.9	Maybe more than you expected,
1:11.8	or we in the media expected, all that coming up here today on a Wednesday show.
1:16.9	I broke this into a couple of different categories, right?
1:19.9	The first one, and I've mentioned this several times, and this might be rinse and repeat for some of you,
1:25.6	but there's a group of sophomore defensive
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