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Tennessee Vols morning report: 3 VFLs on CFB Hall of Fame ballot

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 09: Tennessee Volunteers fans cheer during the first half of the game against the Indiana State Sycamores at Neyland Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 09: Tennessee Volunteers fans cheer during the first half of the game against the Indiana State Sycamores at Neyland Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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Three Tennessee Vols football players on the 2020 College Football Hall of Fame ballot lead our Volunteers news for Tuesday, June 4, 2019.

With baseball season finally coming to an end, we really have begun to enter the offseason for the Tennessee Vols. But that doesn’t mean that there still isn’t a lot of news happening with the month of June now underway.

Our morning update on Rocky Top turns back to football now, and it leads with three former players in the news due to a 2020 Hall of Fame ballot. Yes, we go from recaps that have dominated to now looking at honors.

However, there is still some personnel news with two more football signees arriving on campus. Finally, we have some sad news regarding the death of a men’s basketball player. Let’s start with the Hall of Fame news, though.

Three Vols on 2020 CFB Hall of Fame ballot – FootballFoundation.org

The Tennessee Vols football program has three former players on the 2020 College Football Hall of Fame ballot. Al Wilson, who played linebacker from 1995 to 1998 and was the leader of the national title team, is among them. Larry Seivers, a two-time All-American wide receiver in 1975 and 1976, is another. Finally, there is Bobby Majors, the younger brother of Johnny Majors who was an All-American in 1971 after setting a school record with 10 interceptions.

"The announcement of the 2020 Class will be made in January 2020 in the days leading up to the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship in New Orleans. The January announcement will be televised and/or streamed live, and specific viewing information will be available as the date draws near. Several of the electees will also participate in the pregame festivities and the coin toss before the championship game."

To’oto’o, Wright arrive on campus – Patrick Brown, GoVols247

Tennessee football’s two splash National Signing Day commitments, five-star offensive lineman Darnell Wright and four-star linebacker Henry To’oto’o, have now arrived on campus. The other signees who weren’t early enrollees arrived last week.

"Wright, the No. 10 overall player and No. 2 offensive tackle prospect in the 247Sports Composite for the 2019 class, got to Tennessee on Saturday after attending his graduation at Huntington High School in West Virginia on Friday. To’oto’o made the cross-country trip from California and arrived on Monday, when he was greeted at the Anderson Training Center by both tight ends coach and primary recruiter Brian Niedermeyer and head coach Jeremy Pruitt, as Tennessee revealed in a video posted to the program’s official Twitter account."

Dan Federmann passes away – Phil Kaplan, Knoxville News Sentinel

Former Tennessee Vols men’s basketball player Dan Federmann passed away on Sunday, June 2 at age 57. His passing was confirmed on Monday. Playing with Dale Ellis and Tony White under head coach Don DeVoe in the early 1980s, Federman was part of a program that made three NCAA Tournaments and an NIT, won the SEC regular season title in 1982 and reached the Sweet Sixteen in 1981.

"Federmann was a 6-foot-10 center and started 41 games for the Vols, appearing in 124 games from 1980-84. He had his best season as a senior, averaging 8.0 points and 4.7 rebounds per game."

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