Vols have three top 75 draft eligible wide receivers in 2024

Three 2024 Tennessee football players are ranked as top 75 draft eligible wide receivers.

Southeastern Conference media days will take place July 15-18 at Omni Dallas Hotel in Dallas, Texas.

Fourth-year Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel will meet with media on July 16.

Ahead of the 2024 college football season, “Phil Steele’s College Football Preview” was released. Phil Steele ranked the top 75 draft eligible wide receivers (seniors, juniors and redshirt sophomores).

Three Tennessee wide receivers were ranked in the top 75: Bru McCoy (No. 10), Squirrel White (No. 24) and Dont’e Thornton Jr. (No. 54).

McCoy suffered a season-ending fracture-dislocation of his right ankle in the second quarter versus South Carolina on Sept. 30, 2023. He appeared in five games for the Vols last season, recording 17 receptions, 217 receiving yards and one receiving touchdown.

White recorded 67 receptions for 803 yards and two touchdowns in 13 games for the Vols in 2023.

In his first season at Tennessee after transferring from Oregon, Thornton Jr. totaled 13 receptions, 224 yards and one touchdown.

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Squirrel White. Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire