The wide receivers for Tennessee football, that is the best position group.

And honestly, it's not even close.

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We've got a lot to give in to today.

Coaching news, assistant coaching news, both on the staffs for Kim Caldwell, Lady

Balls, Rick Barnes, men's basketball team, a couple of moves on the Lady Ball's side.

Tennessee's Associate Head Coach is moving on to take the head coaching job from this prominent ACC school, prominent for him.

We'll get into that in segment number three. Portal News, Tennessee hosted a portal target that I think anybody watching and listening right now would say, yes, please, sign me up.

That guy was on campus yesterday and ended a thing, man, the world we live in, you lose one day in the elite eight. The next day you're hosting a portal target, but hey, welcome to college athletics 2026. It's coming up in segment number two. But first, Tennessee whiteouts, is that the best position group the volunteers have? I certainly think so. I think Tennessee's wide receivers are the best position group on this roster.

And, you know, some of this could be recency by, as it was receiver day, if you will, during spring practice, a lot of receivers talked, Kelsey poked spoke to the media. But when I looked at production on the field, when I looked at the room right now, kind of what Tennessee has in terms of, you know, in the room. And when I look at what Kelsey Pope has done on the recruiting trail, I think the wide receivers are clearly in front of any other position. I think Tennessee's offensive line is probably a close second based on, you know, who's returning and who's, you know, in that room. I think Tennessee's running back room is pretty solid, especially led by a thousand-yard rusher and Deshawned Bishop.

I like Tennessee's tied-in room. There's some unknowns there, but I do like the collection of bodies in there. I like Tennessee's linebacker room. We talk about the production and all that. Tennessee linebackers, they've got to be better, and I think Amari Campbell's edition is going to be like that. and gosh, if Aeron Carter was healthy, I mean, that's going to help with that as well.

So, I mean, there's a number of positions that are in this category here. But when you look at Tennessee's wide receivers and Mike Matthews, Brayland Staley, where Darius Jackson, Travis Smith, T.K. Keyes, Joe Kim Dotson. It's a pretty good room. And I understand numbers wise, maybe not where it needs to be.

Tyree King's going to join that room as well. You know, local standout from Catholic high school.

But I like what Tennessee has in terms of versatility, in terms of body tops. I mean, you know, Radarious Jackson and Travis Smith, that's something that,

that's something that Kelsey Pope was talking about on Monday. They are big receivers.

He described Kelsey Pope did as Radarious Jackson, who is very much in contention to try to be

the starter replacing Chris Brasel as being an old school anything goes wide receiver.

You know what that tells me?

Physical.

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