When it comes to the health of the wide receivers room, there's definitely a worry for the Tennessee football team right now. Earlier this week, 5-star WR Mike Matthews missed practice, but he was back in action on Tuesday with a knee brace on.
That's something to follow moving forward. At the same time, beat reporter Adam Sparks reported that fellow wideout Braylon Staley missed Tuesday's session with an undisclosed injury. That's not ideal, as this team is also without Chris Brazzell II at fall camp.
No one knows when Brazzell will be back in action, as Heupel is yet to deliver an update on what exactly is bothering him. From the looks of Sparks' report, it doesn't look like anything too serious for Staley, but so many banged up wideouts right now is not ideal for Tennessee with Syracuse on the schedule for Aug. 30. Luckily for Tennessee, another playmaker was back at practice as a full participant.
Good news: Mike Matthews is back from injury.
— Adam Sparks (@AdamSparks) August 5, 2025
Bad news: Braylon Staley is out with an injury.
Tennessee continues injury carousel at already thin wide receiver group.https://t.co/lZ7fX5MUXW
Boo Carter appears to be officially back with the Tennesse football team at a full go
In case you missed it, Boo Carter was back at practice as a full participant on Tuesday, which was a major relief. Carter had been limited and going through a lot of individual drills as part of his punishment for skipping team workouts over the summer.
Head man Josh Heupel wanted to send a message to him and he's gotten the job done there. Carter is of course a standout defensive back, but he's now going to be playing inside receiver for UT in 2025 as well. Let's hope he can put everything behind him and now move forward in what should be a big year for him.
Blurred Tenessee video turned out to be TE Miles Kitselman and not a QB
In recent days, plenty of people online have been going after Tennessee for blurring out a quarterback for throwing an interception to Colton Hood. Wait, what. That's right, a video of the Hood INT appeared to have a player in the background blurred out, with people convinced it was either Joey Aguilar, Jake Merklinger or George MacIntyre.
Lindsey Nelson is coming along nicely…. 😉 pic.twitter.com/ftIVsuF6Wz
— Austin Price (@AustinPriceless) August 4, 2025
Not so fast, though, as thanks to reporter Austin Price, you can clearly see that it was Kitselman back there with a red jersey on. Plenty of people owe Heupel and the Vols an apology for what they had to say. UT wasn't hiding anything - give us a break.