John Fulkerson named to Karl Malone Award watch list

Tennessee forward John Fulkerson named to Karl Malone Award watch list.

John Fulkerson has been named to the Karl Malone Award preseason watch list by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The award goes to the top power forward in college basketball.

Fulkerson, who will begin his sixth year with the Volunteers, needs 125 points to reach 1,000 career points and is 11 appearances short of becoming Tennessee’s all-time leader in games played.

He was a second-team All-Southeastern Conference selection as a junior in 2020.

During the 2020-21 campaign, Fulkerson led the Vols in field goal percentage (.527) and was Tennessee’s second leading rebounder as he averaged 5.5 rebounds per game.

His career field goal percentage of .567 sixth in UT history.

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