Tennessee football: 2 players Volunteers must target in transfer portal

Taking a look at two players Tennessee football must target in the transfer portal as they looke to bounce back in 2024.

Tennessee football may have had a playoff team back in 2022 if it weren’t for Hendon Hooker tearing his ACL. The Vols led the country in yards per game on offense with 525.5 yards and also scored more than anybody. Their 46.2 points per game led the nation as well. But the Vols took a bit of a step back last season. With Hooker and star receivers Jalin Hyatt and Cedric Tillman off to the NFL, Tennessee’s offense dropped off pretty drastically. They went from averaging 46.2 points per game to 31.5. They averaged nearly 70 fewer yards per game on offense as well. An 8-4 season isn’t nothing, but it’s a far cry from the 11-2 season Tennesee enjoyed in 2022.

If Tennessee wants to get back to the top of the SEC and in the playoff conversation, they’re going to have to hit the transfer portal hard. They’ve had a successful track record doing so; all they have to do is point at Hendon Hooker, who the Vols got out of the portal from Virginia Tech. Tennessee is an attractive spot for players in the portal. The question then becomes: who should the Vols get from the portal to help their team?