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COMMIT: Tennessee ADDS Qua Moss from TRANSFER PORTAL – More Transfer TARGETS for Josh Heupel

Locked On Vols - Daily Podcast On Tennessee Volunteers Football & Basketball

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee Volunteers kick off transfer portal season with a big splash—defensive back Qua Moss commits after a standout year at Kansas State. Can the Vols’ revamped secondary help fuel a deeper SEC run? Eric Cain breaks down Moss’ impressive versatility, coverage stats, and tackling prowess compared to departing starters like Jalen McMurray, highlighting why Moss could be a cornerstone for Tennessee’s defense. Key storylines include potential impact additions like LSU’s Ory Williams and Colorado safety Tawfiq Byard, crucial staff moves under Jim Knowles, and why Tennessee’s pursuit of at least four more defensive backs is urgent. The episode also analyzes recent Vols basketball struggles in SEC play, spotlighting turnover woes and free throw issues. As the Vols aggressively target transfer talent and solidify their coaching staff, is a stronger season within reach? Get expert insights, player breakdowns, and all the latest transfer buzz from Rocky Top.

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0:00.0

Commitment number one from the transfer portal, Tennessee secured that on Sunday.

0:04.3

What about Quay Moss?

0:05.4

And could there be even more?

0:12.1

You are locked on balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers, part of the

0:18.1

Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. Good Monday morning, everybody. Welcome in to it. Your Monday morning in Lockdown Falls. I'm your host, Eric Kane, a member of the Valquest.com team here in town covering your Tennessee volunteers. And, of course, your host of Lockdown Falls, where we come at it every single weekday morning when you wake up, and during portal season, there might be extra shows. About the time you hear this, again, disclaimer during portal season, some of this might be outdated. That's just kind of the nature of the beast, right? During portal season, things can change in a hurry. So doing a lot of bonus episodes as well. And you can find it right here on the Lockdown Ball's YouTube channel and wherever you get your podcast for free. Today's episode is presented by our friends over at Game Time app. Create an account put in the Redding Code Lockdown College for $20 off your first purchase. Every dayers couldn't do the show without you. Appreciate you guys for being here. Send in those questions, comments and concerns for tomorrow's Lockdown Balls. It'll be a mailback portion of the show.

1:16.6

So hit me up an undershorker and a lockdown balls. You can comment on the YouTube channel for this episode.

1:20.4

Quay Moss commits. What does Tennessee getting in the defensive back out of the transfer portal?

1:32.3

What did Jim Knowles have to say about new assistants? And what did those new assistants have to say about lining up to Coach on Rocky Top and some of the other transfer portal targets who are lined up to be here on campus. Who are those guys and when are they supposed to be here?

1:35.3

All that and Morcon up here on a Monday show.

1:37.3

All right, Quaymos gets to campus over the weekend.

1:43.3

I think he arrived on Saturday and started his Saturday visit,

1:48.1

and by the time it was Sunday afternoon, he had committed to the University of Tennessee.

1:53.5

Good start for Tennessee, right? I mean, it's portal season's fast and furious, and it doesn't

1:58.3

matter how much you do or what you do. It's never going to be

2:01.7

satisfactory or never going to be okay or good enough for some of the fans and any fan base,

2:07.5

not just in this specific fan base. But Tennessee did get one commit at the time of this recording.

2:13.1

We'll see if Tennessee gets more on a late Sunday night early Monday in this week.

2:16.9

But Tennessee does jump off on a good foot, getting the commitment from Quay Moss,

2:21.5

who is a nickelback, a safety type guy, versatile guy in the secondary, from Kansas State.

2:28.5

Kansas States this year with the Wildcats, 41 tackles, 5 TFLs, one sack, and two interceptions.

2:36.9

Interestingly, he ran the football twice for 26 yards on offense 4K State this year, which is, again, interesting.

2:43.7

But nonetheless, 5 foot 10, but 185 pounds, and he spent 2024 with West Georgia, where he logged 56 tackles,

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