Portal SURGE: Tennessee BOLSTERS defense with Penn State TRANSFERS Chaz Coleman, Amare Campbell & MORE

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🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee Volunteers dominated the transfer portal this weekend, landing a wave of former Penn State defensive stars to jumpstart Jim Knowles’ system. Can this “Nittany Lions South” infusion accelerate Tennessee’s defensive turnaround and spark a new era in Knoxville? Eric Cain breaks down the Vols’ splashy weekend with commitments from Amare Campbell, Chaz Coleman and Dejuan Lane, plus strategic additions at cornerback and special teams. The quarterback saga takes center stage: Joey Aguilar’s eligibility remains uncertain amid legal battles, while Sam Leavitt’s extended visit last week raises hopes—can Tennessee secure its next QB? Key topics include new running back targets, defensive line depth, and the importance of building experience in Knowles’ scheme. With the transfer portal deadline looming and a visit dead period underway, the Volunteers’ roster transformation faces pivotal final moves. Will Tennessee close the deal and position itself for an SEC breakthrough?

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0:00.0	It's the Tennessee Nittany Lions, a run of former Penn State defenders committing to Tennessee.
0:06.3	It's been a big weekend.
0:12.2	You are locked on balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day what is up everybody welcome
0:23.5	into it your monday morning locked on balls happy new week happy monday morning it's going to be a
0:28.0	great week and there's a lot going on and we're going to be with you every step of the way right
0:31.6	here on lockdown balls i'm your host ericane thank you so much for being here making us your first
0:35.8	listen your first stop your first watch each and every weekday morning when you wake up. Today's episode is presented by the good people over at Fandall where the college football playoffs are here. Fandil is the best place to get on all the action all playoff long. So visit Fandall.com to get your college football playoff profit boost every game day. We are a part of Lockedon Podcast Network where it is your team every single day,
0:56.9	the number one sports podcast network available,
0:59.0	and today's show is going to be a busy one.
1:00.7	Again, a run of former Penn State defenders now switching from the Nanny Lions to the volunteers.
1:07.3	They're following Jim Knowles.
1:08.4	They're following Anthony Poindexter.
1:09.7	They're following Andrew Johnson. They are coming over to Tennessee to play in this defense and it's
1:14.5	exciting. A really, really good weekend for Tennessee and the transfer portal. We'll talk about
1:18.4	that here in a matter of moments. The latest on the quarterback situation from Joey Aguilar to
1:22.3	Sam Levitt to Bo Probula of Missouri. That's coming up in segment number two. And then who else was on campus
1:29.6	on Sunday ahead of the dead period that is now officially in order from midnight when it turned
1:34.9	over to Monday through Thursday. That is when the transfer portal dead period is underway. So a lot
1:41.1	of transfer portal talk here on your Monday morning lockdown balls.
1:45.0	So yeah, Tennessee had a really, really good weekend in the transfer portal.
1:49.3	Talked about some visitors that they've been on campus, talked about from the get-go that,
1:53.2	hey, I think Penn State, some of these players that are in the portal will make a whole lot of
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