Jim Knowles, NFL Draft decisions & the portal: Recapping a busy December for Tennessee football

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🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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GoVols247's Ryan Callahan and Patrick Brown catch up on a busy December of Tennessee football news.We go in-depth on the hire of Jim Knowles as the new defensive coordinator for the Vols after they parted ways with Tim Banks after five seasons following a stark regression on the field in 2025.What is next for Knowles's staff? How will the Vols handle the first-year issues he's had at previous stops? We also touched on the latest contract situations for Tennessee's assistant coachesTennessee has had three players declare for the NFL Draft in CB Jermod McCoy, All-SEC WR Chris Brazzell II and Arion Carter. We give our thoughts on those situations and the latest on CB Colton Hood and OT Lance Heard. We also revealed some other players who might not play in the Music City Bowl.Then we talked all things transfer portal, from the players Tennessee has entering it next month to the fascinating QB situation and other positions to target in January. Are the Vols going to be high-end portal shopping for a QB despite the presence of George MacIntyre and Faizon Brandon? What are the portal priorities for Knowles on defense? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:58.0	and Ben had plenty of good coverage from Thompson bowling arena or Food City Center
1:02.2	or whatever we're calling it these days but this will be a football podcast and Ryan it's
1:06.3	been a few days since we have had one so we have so much much to catch up on. It's been a busy start to the
1:13.3	off season for Tennessee. This will not, this podcast will not include much discussion about the
1:18.1	Music City Bowl because, no offense, it's the Music City Bowl. It's kind of a one-off. It's neither here nor
1:22.8	there. But certainly Tennessee has already started making some moves and had some news that will impact its 2026 season.
1:31.5	And so we will get to a lot of the day.
1:32.7	We will talk about Tennessee switching defensive coordinators going from Tim Banks to Jim Knowles.
1:37.6	We will talk about some of the guys that have announced NFL draft decisions and maybe some guys that have yet to announce NFL draft decisions.
1:44.5	I guess we will talk about the music studio in the sense of we'll maybe hit on some guys that
1:48.5	aren't playing Ryan. And then we will obviously do a lot of transfer portal discussion.
1:52.5	The portal does not open until January 2nd. But Tennessee has already had a half dozen players
1:56.9	headed there, announcing that they're going there. And then obviously Tennessee needs to have a portal plant in place because I imagine on January
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