Today On Rocky Top: North & Sutton Pick Up Honors

Sep 21, 2013; Gainesville, FL, USA; Tennessee Volunteers defensive back Cameron Sutton (23) picks up the fumble from Florida Gators running back Matt Jones (24) and runs during the second quarter at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

From UTSports.COM

"Defensive back Cameron Sutton (second team) and wide receiver Marquez North (honorable mention) have been named to the College Football News All-Freshman Team. Safety Brian Randolph (honorable mention) was also named to the All-Sophomore Team."

From WBIR

"Four Tennessee football players were named to the Associated Press All-SEC Team Monday.Junior linebacker A.J. Johnson was named to the First Team while offensive linemen Ja’Wuan James and Antonio Richardson earned second team honors. Michael Palardy was named All-SEC honorable mention punter.The AP All-SEC honor is the first for James, Johnson, and Palardy. Richardson was named to the AP All-SEC second team last season."

From Bleacher Report

"Tennessee’s vaunted football recruiting class is ranked a consensus No. 2 across all four major services, but that doesn’t mean the Volunteers have addressed their myriad needs.Coming off of a 5-7 season with a team full of seniors and even more full of holes, there was simply no way for head coach Butch Jones to check off every area where UT needs help.But a monstrous class that currently sits at 34 players has gone a long way in meeting those positions where Tennessee needs drastic improvement. The class is star-heavy, and it hearkens back to those old Phillip Fulmer recruiting classes of the late 1990s.But it’s still not enough."

From SB Nation

"was as shocked as anybody when the 2013 NFL Draft ended and former Tennessee Vols wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers had not been selected. I know he had some problems in Knoxville that eventually forced him to transfer, but from my understanding — from Rogers himself — those problems were basically an addiction to marijuana. I never heard that he had done anything malicious while on campus, so I couldn’t understand how so many teams could pass on a guy with his kind of talent.And oh, does this kid have talent. He is big at 6’2. He is pretty fast, clocking in with a 4.5 40 time at the NFL combine. He can jump with a 39.5 inch vertical. Most importantly, he can catch.I lamented before that we all tend to get so enamored with size and speed of these new-age wide receivers without noticing how many of them can’t do that most vital of skills for guys playing the position: catch the ball."