NEWS: Tennessee Football FINALIZES Defensive Staff – TRANSFER PORTAL Movement for Vols

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🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Friday was a busy news day for Tennessee football as head coach Josh Heupel and defensive coordinator Jim Knowles finalized the defensive staff. What do new assistants Anthony Poindexter, Andrew ‘AJ’ Jackson and Michael Hunter bring to the Vols? Why were Rodney Garner and William Inge retained? What will the style of this defense be moving forward? Friday was also the first day of the transfer portal and Tennessee lost players such as Rickey Gibson, Caleb Herring and Max Gilbert to go along with Thursday departures Lance Heard and Bennett Warren. What does all this mean for Tennessee and who are some names linked to the Vols out of the portal?

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0:00.0	Tennessee's defensive football staff is set and there's been a slew of transfer portal departures a busy Friday.
0:07.0	We'll talk about it right here on lockdown balls.
0:13.9	You are locked on balls. Your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers.
0:19.3	Part of the Locked on podcast Network, your team every day.
0:23.7	Hey, everybody.
0:24.3	Happy Friday afternoon, Friday evening, and welcome into a little bonus content of
0:27.9	Lockdown Balls.
0:28.6	I am your host, Eric Kane.
0:29.6	Appreciate you guys for being here, checking us out here and staying updated on
0:33.0	Tennessee football.
0:33.8	It is a fast and furious time right now for Tennessee football.
0:37.4	We got a lot to discuss over the next 20, 25 minutes or so. This is a fast and furious time right now for Tennessee football. We got a lot to discuss over the next
0:38.9	20, 25 minutes or so. This episode is presented by the good people over Fandall Sportsbook. Before tip
0:44.8	off, check out the Fandall Sportsbook app and see what's dropping on NBA Happy Hour every Friday from 6 to 7.30 p.m.
0:51.5	Eastern Time, so hopefully we'll get this up and publish before 6 for 7.30 Eastern Time.
0:55.5	And you can take advantage of NB&Bee happy hour here tonight, if not wait next Friday.
0:59.5	Really good stuff over there.
1:01.0	Thanks for our friends over Fandall's Sportsbook.
1:03.5	Several Tennessee key players have entered the transfer portal or have announced her intentions of entering the transfer portal.
1:09.1	Portal officially opened earlier today, so those players will, their names will
1:12.5	officially be showing up in the portal at some point.
1:15.2	Tom will go over some of those players or all these big losses.
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