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Jersey number changes on Tennessee Football's official roster update

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Tennessee Football on Friday updated its official roster for the 2025 season, including multiple jersey number changes on both offense and defense, as well as jersey numbers given to the new roster additions.

Here’s a look at the full list of changes:

 Offense

New Number — Player — (Previous Number)

1 — Travis Smith Jr. (80) … 2 — Peyton Lewis (27) … 3 — Jack Van Dorselaer (89) … 4 — Mike Matthews (10) … 5 — Radarious Jackson (84) … 7 — DaSaahn Brame (88) … 9 — Star Thomas (33) … 19 — Daune Morris (31) … 20 — Justin Baker (28) … 51 — Jeremias Heard (60) … 58 — Nic Moore (74) … 74 — Sham Umarov (79) … 84 — Tommy Winton III (30) … 88 — Deon Hardin (38)

Defense 

4 — Ty Redmond (27) … 5 — Daevin Hobbs (53) … 9 — Mariyon Dye (52) … 10 — Kaleb Beasley (25) … 11 — Jordan Burns (54) … 12 — Jaedon Harmon (48) … 17 — Ethan Utley (97) … 21 — Tre Poteat (36) … 24 — Dylan Lewis (34) … 25 — Timothy Merritt (35) … 27 — Jadon Perlotte (41) … 34 — Emmanuel Okoye (98) … 35 — Carson Gentle (95) … 41 — Steele Katina (44) … 44 — Christian Gass (46)

New Player Numbers

6 — Joey Aguilar … 8 — Colton Hood … 13 — Mason Phillips … 47 — John Rosen … 89 — Joakim Dodgson … 93 — Josh Schell … 97 — Grady Dangerfield … 99 — Charles House III

SEC Media Days begin Tuesday

SEC Media Days in Atlanta begin Monday, with Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel speaking on Tuesday along with Miles Kitselman, Arion Carter and Bryson Eason.

Alongside Tennessee on Tuesday will be Auburn, Georgia and Texas. Monday it’s LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

Wednesday will feature Alabama, Florida, Mississippi State and Oklahoma and Thursday, July 17 will be Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Texas A&M

Tennessee opens 2025 season against Syracuse in Atlanta

Tennessee opens the season on August 30 in Atlanta against Syracuse. It’s a Noon Eastern Time start on ABC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The Vols host ETSU in the home opener at Neyland Stadium on September 6 (3:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network+/ESPN+) and SEC play starts at home against Georgia on September 13 (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC).

UAB comes to Knoxville on September 20 (12:45 p.m. ET, SEC Network) and the Vols go to Mississippi State on September 27 in the first SEC road game of the season. After an open date on October 4, the Vols host Arkansas (October 11) then go to Alabama (October 18) and Kentucky (October 25). 

In November the Vols host Oklahoma (November 1) and New Mexico State (November 15), go to Florida (November 22) and close the regular-season schedule at home against Vanderbilt (November 29).

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