{"id":143022,"date":"2025-09-14T09:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T09:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/143022\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T09:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T09:41:07","slug":"from-alvin-kamara-to-dylan-sampson-every-tennessee-football-player-in-nfl-for-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/143022\/","title":{"rendered":"From Alvin Kamara to Dylan Sampson: Every Tennessee football player in NFL for 2025 season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another NFL season has begun, which means another round of former Tennessee football<\/a> stars are making their professional debuts.<\/p>\n

The Vols<\/a> had a trio of rookies get their snaps in an NFL last weekend, led by a strong performance from 2024 SEC Offensive Player of the Year Dylan Sampson. The Cleveland Browns rookie running back finished with 93 total yards. Sampson had 12 carries for 29 yards and caught eight passes for 64 yards.<\/p>\n

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Libebacker James Pearce Jr. of the Atlanta Falcons and wide receiver Dont’e Thornton Jr. of the Los Angeles Raiders also made their NFL debuts, Thornton logging 45 yards on two receptions.<\/p>\n

Other top performances included New Orleans running back Alvin Kamara logging 45 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries, along with two catches for 12 yards. Buffalo Bills wide receiver Josh Palmer made five catches for 61 yards in a win over Baltimore, and Browns wide receiver Cedric Tillman made five catches for 52 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n

There are 36 former Tennessee players in the NFL for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

For our list, we’ve included four players \u2212 Ty Chandler, Eric Gray, Wanya Morris and Henry To’oTo’o \u2212 who began their college careers at UT and later transferred to other schools.<\/p>\n

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Former Tennessee football players in the NFL<\/p>\n

Derek Barnett \u2013 DE, Houston Texans<\/p>\n

Matthew Butler \u2013 DT, Miami Dolphins<\/p>\n

Jerome Carvin \u2013 OL, Jacksonville Jaguars<\/p>\n

Ty Chandler \u2013 RB, Minnesota Vikings<\/p>\n

Morgan Cox \u2013 LS, Tennessee Titans<\/p>\n

Joshua Dobbs \u2013 QB, New England Patriots<\/p>\n

Princeton Fant \u2013 TE, Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n

Eric Gray \u2013 RB, New York Giants<\/p>\n

Kamal Hadden \u2013 DB, Green Bay Packs<\/p>\n

Hendon Hooker \u2013 QB, Carolina Panthers<\/p>\n

Jalin Hyatt \u2013 WR, New York Giants<\/p>\n

Theo Jackson \u2013 DB, Minnesota Vikings<\/p>\n

Jauan Jennings \u2013 WR, San Francisco 49eres<\/p>\n

Jakob Johnson \u2013 FB, Houston Texans<\/p>\n

Velus Jones Jr. \u2013 RB, New Orleans Saints<\/p>\n

Alvin Kamara \u2013 RB, New Orleans Saints<\/p>\n

Cade Mays \u2013 C, Carolina Panthers<\/p>\n

Jaylen McCollough \u2013 DB, Los Angeles Rams<\/p>\n

Joe Milton III \u2013 QB, Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n

Wanya Morris \u2013 OL, Kansas City Chiefs<\/p>\n

Omarr Norman-Lott \u2013 DT, Kansas City Chiefs<\/p>\n

Josh Palmer \u2013 WR, Buffalo Bills<\/p>\n

James Pearce Jr. \u2013 OLB, Atlanta Falcons<\/p>\n

Dylan Sampson \u2013 RB, Cleveland Browns<\/p>\n

Elijah Simmons \u2013 DT, Arizona Cardinals<\/p>\n

Trey Smith \u2013 OL, Kansas City Chiefs<\/p>\n

Alontae Taylor \u2013 CB, New Orleans Saints<\/p>\n

Darrell Taylor \u2013 OLB, Houston Texans<\/p>\n

Dont’e Thornton Jr. \u2013 Las Vegas Raiders<\/p>\n

Cedric Tillman \u2013 WR, Cleveland Browns<\/p>\n

Henry To’oTo’o \u2013 LB, Houston Texans<\/p>\n

Shy Tuttle \u2013 DT, Tennessee Titans<\/p>\n

Dee Williams \u2013 CB, New York Giants<\/p>\n

Darnell Wright \u2013 OT, Chicago Bears<\/p>\n

Jaylen Wright \u2013 RB, Miami Dolphins<\/p>\n

Byron Young \u2013 OLB, Los Angeles Rams<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Here is every former Tennessee football player on NFL 2025 rosters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another NFL season has begun, which means another round of former Tennessee football stars are making their professional…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[76672,29888,1745,1766,5462,1748,76684,49,76682,48,1744,33514,1735,1724,1721,31778,76673,76671,72429,76674,76670,26683,1737,1725,57610,76681,19253,9055,76677,68988,49082,76668,56048,76679,1727,1736,76664,76665,1749,1720,1726,1718,2694,1734,1728,514,76678,5886,76683,82,1445,76669,1741,76680,76675,76667,76676,76666],"class_list":["post-143022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-alontae-taylor","tag-alvin-kamara","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-baltimore","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-byron-young","tag-ca","tag-cade-mays","tag-canada","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-cedric-tillman","tag-chicago-bears","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-darnell-wright","tag-darrell-taylor","tag-derek-barnett","tag-dylan-sampson","tag-elijah-simmons","tag-eric-gray","tag-hendon-hooker","tag-houston-texans","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jakob-johnson","tag-jalin-hyatt","tag-james-pearce-jr","tag-jauan-jennings","tag-jaylen-mccollough","tag-jaylen-wright","tag-joe-milton-iii","tag-josh-palmer","tag-joshua-dobbs","tag-kamal-hadden","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-libebacker-james-pearce-jr","tag-los-angeles-raiders","tag-los-angeles-rams","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-new-orleans","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl","tag-princeton-fant","tag-san-francisco","tag-shy-tuttle","tag-sports","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-football","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-theo-jackson","tag-trey-smith","tag-ty-chandler","tag-velus-jones-jr","tag-wanya-morris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}