RUMORS: Ty Simpson NFL Draft or TRANSFER PORTAL – Tennessee Football QB Strategy for Josh Heupel

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🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee Volunteers face a pivotal offseason with a quarterback need. Alabama’s Ty Simpson has NFL buzz but could opt for transfer portal. Could Simpson's Tennessee roots and on-field prowess bring him home, or will an NFL team call his name first? Eric Cain explores the Vols’ quarterback outlook and breaks down why Simpson, currently ranked as a top-three draft-eligible QB, is the hottest topic in Knoxville. Transfer portal activity surges as Eric Cain highlights Tennessee’s recent pickups, including LSU’s Ory Williams and impending targets like Zylan Perry. The show features a comprehensive portal reset, spotlighting campus visitors, defensive reinforcements, and names to monitor like Alabama’s James Smith. Plus, analyze past portal success stories—from Hendon Hooker to Jermod McCoy—and debate whether Tennessee can reload for another strong SEC run. Is Knoxville about to land the next breakout star, or will rivals snatch the upper hand?

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0:00.0	The transfer portal is swirling, but all anybody wants to know about is quarterback.
0:06.0	Is Ty Simpson realistically an option a quarterback for Tennessee?
0:14.9	You are locked on balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers.
0:20.4	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:24.6	Good Wednesday morning, everybody. Welcome into Lockdown Falls. I am your host, Eric Kane, a member of the Vaulkwest.com team here in town covering your Tennessee Volunteers.
0:32.6	We are a part of the Lockdown Podcast Network where it is your team every single day.
0:36.6	And of course, we are the number one sports podcasting network available.
0:41.9	Busy show, busy portal season.
0:44.0	We're going to continue the portal conversation here on the day's show.
0:47.4	Some portal success stories.
0:49.5	The portal's been kind to Tennessee a lot more than it's been unkind.
0:53.8	That's coming up in segment number
0:54.9	three. A new Tennessee football commit that we knew what was coming. We kind of previewed
0:59.0	that on yesterday. A portal reset. Visitors on campus yesterday, visitors on campus
1:04.0	slated for today. But first is Alabama starting quarterback Ty Simpson a legit option at quarterback for Tennessee in
1:13.3	2026. We'll get into that here in a matter of just seconds. Today's episode is presented by
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1:36.3	Ty Simpson, number one, I think he's going to the National Football League.
1:37.6	All right, I do.
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