7/15/2024 football Edit

Everything you need to know about Tennessee in College Football 25 release

Smokey in the College Football 25 trailer. (EA Sports)

Ryan Sylvia • VolReport

Assistant Managing Editor

Born in Knoxville, Tenn. and a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Covering football, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball and recruiting for VolReport.

Early access to College Football 25 has arrived for those who preordered the game and purchased the deluxe or MVP bundles.

This means we can the in-depth look at Tennessee football including team and player ratings.

Here's how EA Sports ranks the Vols in the first edition of the game in 10 years.

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Tennessee football College Football 25 team rankings

Category	Rating
Overall	85
Offense	83
Defense	80
Ranking	15

*As of 7/15/2024 release

Tennessee football College Football 25 player rankings

Player	Position	Overall
James Pearce Jr.	RE	95
Cooper Mays	C	89
Squirrel White	WR	87
Bru McCoy	WR	86
Nico Iamleava	QB	86
Dylan Sampson	HB	85
Omari Thomas	DT	83
Chris Brazzell II	WR	82
Dont'e Thornton Jr.	WR	81
Jourdan Thomas	FS	81
Javontez Spraggins	RG	81
Holden Staes	TE	81
Jackson Lampley	LG	81
Bryson Eason	DT	81
Dominic Bailey	LE	80
Andre Turrentine	SS	79
Cameron Seldon	HB	79
Jackson Ross	P	79
Keenan Pili	MLB	79
Jordan Ross	RE	79
Nathan Leacock	WR	79
Mike Matthews	WR	79
Joshua Josephs	RE	79
Caleb Herring	RE	79
Rickey Gibson III	CB	79
Sham Umarov	LG	78
Andrej Karic	LG	78
Daevin Hobbs	DT	78
Jakobe Thomas	FS	77
Kaleb Webb	WR	77
Jermod McCoy	CB	77
Jordan Matthews	CB	77
Larry Johnson III	LT	77
Ethan Davis	TE	77
Christian Charles	SS	77
John Campbell Jr.	RT	77
Elijah Simmons	DT	76
Peyton Lewis	HB	76
Jaxson Moi	DT	76
Dayne Davis	RT	76
Arion Carter	ROLB	76
Ayden Bussell	RG	76
Brian Grant	LT	75
DeSean Bishop	HB	75
Masai Reddick	RG	75
Gaston Moore	QB	75
Jake Merklinger	QB	75
Boo Carter	FS	75
Khalifa Keith	HB	75
Bennett Warren	LT	74
Chas Nimrod	WR	74
Kaleb Beasley	CB	74
Braylon Staley	WR	74
Jalen McMurray	CB	74
Jeremiah Telander	MLB	73
Kalib Perry	ROLB	73
Navy Shuler	QB	72
John Slaughter	SS	72
Edwin Spillman	MLB	72
Max Anderson	LG	72
Charlie Browder	TE	72
Jayson Jenkins	LE	72
Christian Harrison	CB	72
Jalen Smith	ROLB	71
Will Brooks	FS	71
Vysen Lang	C	70
Gage Ginther	RG	70
Edrees Farooq	SS	69
Jesse Perry	RT	69
Kellen Lindstrom	RE	69
Marcus Goree Jr.	CB	69
William Satterwhite	C	68
Chandavian Bradley (No longer on actual team)	LOLB	67
Ryan Damron	QB	66
Nate Spillman	WR	65
Josh Turbyville	K	64
Ben Bolton	LOLB	62
William Wright	FS	58
Matthew Salansky	TE	56

Who's not in the game?

Not every player on Tennessee's roster is in the game. Players who wanted to participate were asked to opt in before an April 30th deadline. Some either decided to not grant EA Sports the right to use their name and likeness in the game or did not meet the deadline.

Here is a list of notable players who are NOT in the game:

- Lance Heard

- Omarr Norman-Lott

- Tyre West

- Tyree Weathersby

- Miles Kitselman

- Jordan Burns

- Eli Purcell

- Jamal Wallace

- Colin Brazzell

- JT Carver

- Max Gilbert

- Jeremias Heard

- Carson Gentle

- Emmanuel Okoye

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