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Tennessee football: 10 Vols who should be in CFB Hall of Fame

By Caleb Calhoun

Oct 10, 2009; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers cornerback Eric Berry (14) celebrates with his family following their defeat of the Georgia Bulldogs at Neyland Stadium. Tennessee defeated Georgia 45-19. Mandatory Credit: Paul Abell-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 10, 2009; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers cornerback Eric Berry (14) celebrates with his family following their defeat of the Georgia Bulldogs at Neyland Stadium. Tennessee defeated Georgia 45-19. Mandatory Credit: Paul Abell-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 5, 2020; Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; Footballs lay on the field before the game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Florida Gators at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 5, 2020; Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; Footballs lay on the field before the game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Florida Gators at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /

Pick Analysis. 7. player. 839. Scouting Report. Punter. 1981-84. Jimmy Colquitt

No member of the Colquitt family accomplished more for Tennessee football than Jimmy Colquitt, who was an All-American in 1982 and 1983.

Back to special teams, Jimmy Colquitt may be the least accomplished Colquitt in the NFL of all the family members who punted for the Vols. After all, he played just one year, with the Seattle Seahawks. However, he’s the best of all them in terms of college production, and that success should put him in the College Football Hall of Fame.

The only reason Colquitt is down on this list is because you have to take kickers and punters with a grain of salt. However, unlike Ricky Townsend, Colquitt’s success isn’t relative. He’s still the best punter in school history by today’s standards, and that has to count for something.

Colquitt remains second all-time in school history in career yards per punt at 43.9. That is two yards behind Trevor Daniel, but he was more accurate, and Daniel could pad his stats by just punting for power on the 2017 team, which had a historically bad offense.

In 1982, Colquitt averaged 46.9 yards per punt, and he averaged 53 yards a punt on five punts against the LSU Tigers that year, which resulted in Tennessee football pulling off a shocking tie despite being on the road, unranked and 2-2 while LSU was No. 18 and 3-0. Back to back All-American honors and that success should put him in the Hall.

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