Tracking Tennessee football seniors and transfers: Who’s leaving? Who’s coming back?

Players who have transferred elsewhere

Andison Coby (Entered Jan. 12; Joined Western Michigan Broncos Feb. 14)

• Wide receiver
• 6’2″ 180 pounds
• Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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Kevin Steele’s only commitment, it seemed like Tennessee football would need help early at wide receiver. Picking up a junior college speedster from Florida who went to Northeast Mississippi Community College in Booneville, Miss., made sense. However, too many other players emerged in Josh Heupel’s system, so this transfer makes sense now. He’s now at Western Michigan.

K’Rojhn Calbert (Entered Jan. 12; Joined Eastern Kentucky Colonels Jan. 15)

• Offensive lineman
• 6’5″ 325 pounds
• McMinnville, Tenn.

In 2017, K’Rojhn Calbert redshirted as a freshman. He emerged as a starter at guard in 2019 but has experience at guard and right tackle. With another year left, Cade Mays’ departure would have opened the door for him to start at right tackle in 2022. Now he’s headed to Eastern Kentucky to play for head coach Walt Wells, who was his offensive line coach his freshman year at UT.

Harrison Bailey (Entered Oct. 27; Joined UNLV Rebels Jan. 18)

• Quarterback
• 6’5″ 220 pounds
• Marietta, Ga.

Despite being a five-star in Tennessee football’s 2020 recruiting class, Harrison Bailey couldn’t beat out Joe Milton III or Hendon Hooker in 2021. He’s probably not the best fit for Heupel’s system anyway. As a result, his mid-season transfer was no surprising. Now he’s headed to Vegas to play for former Oregon Ducks offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo.

Brian Maurer (Entered Aug. 21; Joined Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Dec. 15)

• Quarterback
• 6’3″ 205 pounds
• Ocala, Fla.

Back in the summer, the idea was that Hendon Hooker, Joe Milton III, Harrison Bailey, Kaidon Salter and Brian Maurer would all compete for the quarterback job. However, Salter was dismissed. We know what happened in the season. Before that, though, it was clear Maurer, who committed out of Florida in 2019, wouldn’t win the job, so he transferred to an FCS program.

Tee Hodge (Entered Aug. 29; Joined Indiana State Sycamores Dec. 19)

• Running back
• 6’1″ 218 pounds
• Maryville, Tenn.

While Bailey followed Maurer, Dee Beckwith followed Tee Hodge. Beckwith, Hodge and Len’Neth Whitehead were all 2020 commits fighting to be Tennessee football’s power back at the beginning of the season, and Hodge was the first to realize there was no room for him. As a result, like Maurer, he transferred before the season started and has since ended up at an FCS school.

Morven Joseph (Entered Nov. 8; Joined Florida Atlantic Owls Dec. 14)

• Linebacker
• 6’2″ 220 pounds
• Lakeland, Fla.

A highly touted outside linebacker out of Florida who was also in the 2020 class, Morven Joseph couldn’t emerge as an edge rusher with Byron Young, Roman Harrison and Tyler Baron all on the roster. Other future commitments further limited his prospects, so him heading back closer to home to join an FBS program makes sense.

Tiyon Evans (Entered Nov. 26; Joined Louisville Cardinals Dec. 6)

• Running back
• 5’11” 220 pounds
• Hartsville, S.C.

This one was probably the most surprising. Tiyon Evans battled injuries late in the year, but the junior college transfer out of Hutchinson Community College in Kansas was the Vols’ best running back when on the field, averaging six and a half yards a carry.

With Small And Wright emerging while he was hurt, the product of South Carolina decided to transfer. He has joined another Power Five program, the Louisville Cardinals, but despite how deep Tennessee football is at running back, they could miss Evans.