Tennessee football’s top 10 NFL single seasons of 2010s

First-Team All-Pro

While Eric Berry has had the most standout performances of the decade for Tennessee football, Jason Witten has been a model of consistency. Outside of the one year he retired in 2018, he’s been a reliable tight end, similar to Ramon Foster on the offensive line for the Pittsburgh Steelers. However, in 2010, Witten was much more than just a reliable player.

Although that year was a rough one for the Dallas Cowboys, as they fired Wade Phillips midseason and replaced him with Jason Garrett, Witten didn’t stop producing. He even continued his production after Tony Romo suffered a season-ending injury. This may be his most impressive performance of his career.

Always known as a true hybrid tight end who could play left tackle or wide receiver, Witten put up receiving tight ends stats this year. He caught 92 passes for 1,002 yards, which led all tight ends that year, and nine touchdowns. It was his third 1,000-yard receiving season in four years. And again, he did it without Romo for a large period of time.

Of course, Witten was still in his prime during that period, and most of his prime was in the late 2000s. So this was a holdover from that period. But his longevity since then shows it wasn’t a fluke, and that is one of the elite seasons that stand out on his Hall-of-Fame resume.