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

RECRUITING UPDATE: 5-Stars Faizon Brandon, Tristen Keys HIGHLIGHT Tennessee’s Class | Any Surprises?

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

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🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS stunned No. 1 LSU in historic 1959 upset. How did film study and old-school grit change the Volunteer program? Eric Cain breaks down the TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS' 2026 recruiting class, currently ranked No. 8 nationally with five-stars TRISTEN KEYS and FAIZON BRANDON leading 24 commits. The discussion shifts to a Throwback Thursday feature with NOAH TAYLOR from Neyland Press Corps, examining the 66th anniversary of Tennessee's first-ever victory over a No. 1 ranked team. Taylor reveals how blocking back JIM CARTWRIGHT's game-changing interception against Heisman winner BILLY CANNON resulted from pure film study, and how the famous goal line stand preserved the upset. The conversation explores two-platoon football, dramatic changes in media access from locker rooms to modern restrictions, and the declining prestige of bowl games in today's playoff-or-bust era. Discover how Tennessee football history connects to today's recruiting battles and why preserving these stories matters for understanding the sport's evolution and the evolution of the Tennessee football program.

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0:00.0

We get so caught up in the day-to-day grind with Tennessee football, so let's hit a refresh on recruiting.

0:05.0

What does the class of 2026 look like for Tennessee about a month out from signing day?

0:15.2

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 in to it, your Thursday morning, Locked on Vols. I am your host, Eric Kane. Couldn't be happier to have you guys along for the ride here on this Thursday morning, wherever you're listening, wherever you're watching. I know it's completely free because that's how this podcast is. Weekday mornings when you wake up and after football games, this is Locked on Valls. I am a member of the ballquest.com team here in town covering your Tennessee volunteers. Appreciate you guys for making this your first listen, your first watch each and every single day. We're a part of the Lockdown Podcast Network where it is your team every single day. You've got a fun show coming up here today.

0:54.8

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1:14.4

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1:11.3

segments two and three with Noah Taylor from Nealand Press Corps,

1:14.4

revisiting one of the greatest games in Tennessee football history,

1:17.5

knocking off the first number one team in program history.

1:21.3

A lot of good conversation.

1:23.3

Noah Taylor coming up in segments two and three,

1:25.5

dialing it back to 1950s.

1:28.0

So looking forward to that.

1:29.4

But first, let's hit the refresh on Tennessee football recruiting because signing day is a little over a month away or about a month away, right?

1:35.6

And we get so caught up into who's Tennessee playing, the win, the loss, the storylines, the stats and all that.

1:41.4

But recruiting often takes a backseat during the season.

1:45.0

But with the by week, I thought it would be a good opportunity here to kind of touch base and see where we are in the 2026 recruiting class for the University of Tennessee.

1:54.0

So right now, Tennessee sits at number eight nationally, so still a top 10 class, which is really good. It's coming in at number five

2:02.4

in the Southeastern Conference. Tennessee, of course, recently checked in or added over the weekend

2:07.7

a tight-in commit in Lucal Wolf, who we spoke on a little bit on Monday from NFL Academy in London.

2:14.1

He's originally from Austria, and he is 6'5, 250 pounds, a developmental piece, no doubt,

2:21.2

but I think he's further along in that regard than that of Emmanuel Coya, who also came

2:25.2

from the NFL Academy in London a couple of cycles ago. So, Luca Wolf is the latest Tennessee

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