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Final run through the 'T': Which Tennessee players went through Senior Day ceremonies

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Omari Thomas
(Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK) Tennessee defensive lineman Omari Thomas (21) runs off the field during a football game between Tennessee and UTSA at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.

Prior to Tennessee’s final home game against Vanderbilt on Saturday, 35 seniors were honored with their final run through the ‘T.’ As a part of Senior Day ceremonies, senior players, scholarship and walk-ons got a final individual run through the human corridor formed by the Pride of the Southland marching band. 

Here’s the list of who participated:

  1. Omari Thomas, DT — could return for COVID year of eligibility
  2. Gabe Jeudy-Lally, CB — could return for COVID year of eligibility
  3. Will Albright, LB — walk-on, could return for COVID year of eligibility
  4. Austin Lewis, DE — walk-on
  5. Roman Harrison, DE
  6. Aaron Beasley, LB
  7. Braeden Krivosh, OL — walk-on
  8. Dee Williams, PR/KOR
  9. Kurott Garland, DT
  10. Kwauze Garland, LB — could return for COVID year of eligibility
  11. Isaac Green, DT — walk-on
  12. Tyler Baron, DE — could return for COVID year of eligibility
  13. Tamarion McDonald, S — could return for COVID year of eligibility
  14. Wesley Walker, S — could return for COVID year of eligibility
  15. Gaston Moore, QB — walk-on, could return for COVID year of eligibility
  16. Paker Ball, OL — walk-on
  17. John Campbell, OT — could return for COVID year of eligibility
  18. Omarr Norman-Lott, DT — could return for COVID year of eligibility
  19. Joe Milton III, QB 
  20. Jack Jancek, WR — walk-on
  21. Michael Bittner, WR — walk-on
  22. Jeremiah Crawford, OL
  23. Kamal Hadden, CB
  24. Hunter Salmon, TE — walk-on
  25. Alton Stephens, LS — walk-on
  26. Jaylen McCollough, S 
  27. McCallan Castles, TE
  28. Ollie Lane, OL
  29. Jacob Warren, TE
  30. Ramel Keyton, WR
  31. Jabari Small, RB — could return for COVID year of eligibility
  32. Charles Campbell, K
  33. Brandon Turnage, CB — could return for COVID year of eligibility
  34. Warren Burrell, CB — could return for COVID year of eligibility
  35. Bru McCoy, WR — could return for COVID year of eligibility
  36. Elijah Simmons, DT

Seniors who didn’t participate in running through the ‘T’ a final time who do have a year of eligibility remaining:

  1. Cooper Mays, C 
  2. Jackson Lampley, OG
  3. Dayne Davis, OL
  4. Kennan Pili, LB
  5. Doneiko Slaughter, CB
  6. Javontez Spraggins, OL

There are 21 of the 42 Tennessee seniors who have eligibility remaining who have a decision to make about their future in orange. It’s a part of the roster management in today’s college football which also includes the transfer portal, signing high school players, and guys turning pro. 

“It used to be it was concrete — guys leaving, guys would be coming in,” Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel said. “And it’s not that way now. And so there’s fluidity. And you know, your roster, your guys, who’s leaving for the NFL, getting the right guys to be back when it’s the right decision for them. You’ve got to go recruit great players, because you’ve got to build your roster with an influx of talent. And then, you know, as the transfer portal opens, where you feel like you need to patch your roster, you’ve got to go find some of those guys, too.

“At the end of the day, those guys got to make a decision, and they’ve got to be where their feet are going to be at for the next year, so they’ve got to be comfortable with that decision.”

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