Breaking News:Nico Iamaleava announce his departure and decommit from Tennessee Vols football over…
Tennessee has bounced back since their loss to Florida. However, one player hasn’t fully bounced back and he just so happens to lead the Vols in scoring. Luckily for the Vols, Zakai Zeigler is playing really good basketball at this point in the season which has bailed Chaz Lanier’s struggles out. That will only take Tennessee so far. They will be hopeful Lanier gets his spark back and if he does this game could be blown wide open. However, Lanier has given no reason for anyone to believe he has that spark back as he has struggled since the first conference game when the Vols defeated the Razorbacks. Tennessee wins and continues their conference win streak.”Houston Texans special teams player Kris Boyd had a bizarre meltdown on the very first play of Saturday’s AFC Divisional game against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs received the opening kickoff after Houston deferred to the second half, and return man Nikko Remigio broke a long return to set Kansas City up at the Houston 26. Remigio fumbled at the end of the play, but the Chiefs recovered the fumble to retain their field position. Boyd, however, lost control at the end of the play. He forced the fumble while tackling Remigio, but did not make any effort to recover it, as he was running off in celebration instead. As he was leaving the field, he took his helmet and threw it, which resulted in a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Boyd was not done yet. When he got to the sideline, he shoved special teams coach Frank Ross and got right in Ross’ face. Boyd’s penalty moved the Chiefs all the way up to Houston’s 13-yard line. Their defense managed to hold Kansas City to a field goal from there. It’s hard to figure out what Boyd was thinking here. Celebrating a tackle after the Chiefs returned a kick deep into Houston territory does not make a lot of sense. Going after one’s own special teams coach is even more confusing. Perhaps Boyd was just too amped up. Boyd has played almost exclusively on special teams for the Texans this season. One has to wonder if he will hold on to that role going forward.
HONOLULU – Five members of the Tennessee #RockyTop25 signing class are participating in practices in preparation for the 2025 Polynesian Bowl to be played at Kūnuiākea Stadium on Friday night in Honolulu.
Quarterback George MacIntyre and offensive lineman David Sanders Jr. will represent Team Mauka. Wide receiver Travis Smith Jr., tight end DaSaahn Brame and defensive lineman Ethan Utley will play for Team Makai.
Future Volunteers have enjoyed great success at the Polynesian Bowl. The Volunteers have produced the game’s last two most valuable players. Quarterback Nico Iamaleava was the recipient in 2023, while wide receiver Mike Matthews won the honor last year before enrolling at UT.
MacIntyre was a consensus four-star prospect and one of the top 100 recruits in the nation while prepping at Brentwood Academy. Sanders Jr. was considered the No. 1 offensive tackle prospect for the Class of 2025. Overall, the Concord, North Carolina, native was ranked at high as No. 4.
Smith Jr. prepped at Westlake High School in Atlanta and is a four-star playmaker, widely considered one of the top 10 receiving prospects in the country. Brame seeks to continue the Vols’ tight end success after an accomplished career at Derby High School in Kansas. Utley, a Nashville native, is one of the top 200 overall recruits in this cycle and one of the elite interior defensive linemen who signed this December.
All five Vols participating in one of the top high school all-star game’s in the country will enroll at Tennessee next week and participate in spring practice. Classes begin on Tuesday, Jan. 21 on th
e UT campus.
