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

PREDICTIONS: Tennessee Eyes Ory Williams & Zylan Perry as Transfer Portal TARGETS – More Portal NAMES

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

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🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee Volunteers shake up the transfer portal with national predictions for offensive tackle Ori Williams and running back Zylan Perry. Can Josh Heupel’s squad solidify key positions before the season kicks off? Eric Cain investigates how Williams could immediately contend for the starting right tackle spot and what Perry’s arrival means for the backfield alongside standout DeSean Bishop, as the Vols look to boost their struggling rushing attack – if both commit to Tennessee. The episode also tracks high-impact visitors like Kansas safety Lyrik Rawls, Penn State defensive lineman Xavier Gillium, and potential additions from the Jim Knowles-Penn State pipeline, including linebacker Amare Campbell and safety King Mack – or even Chaz Coleman. Eric Cain breaks down Tennessee’s recruiting priorities—quarterback, safety, defensive line—and examines the quarterback market’s volatility. Is Tennessee’s portal strategy the key to an SEC breakthrough, or will gaps remain in the Vols’ postseason push?

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0:00.0

A couple of national predictions are flowing in for Tennessee and the transfer portal.

0:03.6

Who could be next?

0:04.5

It is fast.

0:05.2

It is furious.

0:06.2

And it is not slowing down.

0:13.2

You are locked on balls.

0:15.3

Your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers.

0:18.4

Part of the Locked on podcast network. Your team every day. What is up, everybody? Welcome in to it, your Tuesday morning Lockdown Vols. I am your host, Eric Kane, a member of the BallQuest.com team here in town covering your Tennessee Volunteers. Fast and Furious, busy show coming up. It's a busy time with Transfer Portal Talk. And over the first couple of segments we're going to reset the field. Who were some names who have been on campus? Who were some names that are expected to be on campus? And what are some of the national reporters and some of the guys that, you know, are the biggest insiders in regarding Tennessee football, specifically recruiting and everything else like Austin Price, my colleague at Ballquest.com. What are they saying about some of these guys in regards to Tennessee?

0:56.9

That's coming up here in segment one and two. Some of this will be rent and repeat from yesterday, but again, there's so many different. There's a lot of chaos happening right now, right? This guy's coming to campus this day. No, it's that day. No, he's out of the picture. he committed this guy, he committed this program program there's a lot going on so just trying

1:11.1

to reset the board as best i can and um as you guys know again i record this the day before i've

1:17.0

released it at midnight so you guys can have it for your commute to work the next morning or whatever

1:20.8

that is and sometimes it's outdated sometimes you can avoid that um if it's too outdated like it was

1:26.0

a couple of times last week i'll record a bonus show and release it later in the night and push this to, you know, seven or eight in the morning. But I try to do my best to stay as in date as possible, but the things change a mile of minutes, what I'm trying to say. So something you hear is a bit outdated. I do apologize. That's just kind of the nature of the beast at points in times. We are a part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, where it is your team every single day, the number one sports podcasting network available, and it's going to be a big year in 2026, and Tennessee is hoping for a big year on the gridiron in 2026 as well, and all that starts, and assembling the roster and solidifying your roster via the transfer portal.

2:02.7

And that's kind of where we are right now.

2:07.7

Pete Nacos, a national reporter for On 3, has logged two expert predictions.

2:13.7

This happened on Monday, one of which for offensive tackle, Ori Williams, formerly of LSU, and another running back Xylan Perry from from Louisiana Lafayette. He predicted those two guys

2:19.6

to land at Tennessee. Awesome Price has had a lot of good things to say at Valkwest.com. Again, my

2:25.1

colleague on Ori Williams specifically at the time of this recording. So those are expert

2:30.9

predictions. Those don't always, you know, go out and land. Sometimes they change.

2:36.4

And that's just kind of the nature of the beast. But it looks like Tennessee, at least at the time of this recording, is in really good shape, especially with Ori Williams.

2:42.9

And you kind of look deeper into who Ori Williams is. And we talked about him a little bit on yesterday's show.

2:50.4

He's a reserve backup tackle for LSU.

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