Tennessee football players all time to wear jersey No. 48
Tennessee has won 16 conference titles in program history (13 SEC, two SoCon, one SIAA).
Tennessee's 2025 season will kick off Aug. 30 against Syracuse. The nonconference matchup will take place at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ahead of the 2025 campaign, Vols Wire looks at Tennessee student-athletes who have worn jersey No. 48 all time. 2025 will mark the fourth consecutive season for redshirt junior long snapper Bennett Brady to wear the number.
Below are former Vols who have worn jersey No. 48 in program history. Tackle Melvin Lampley was the first player to wear the number at Tennessee in 1937.
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Vols who have worn jersey No. 48 all time for Tennessee football
Melvin Lampley, T, 1937, G, 1938
Ralph Johnson, G, 1939
James 'Jim' Chadwell, T, 1941-42
Bo Stewart, T, 1944
Billy King, B, 1945
Paul Gearing, T, 1946-47, LT, 1948-49
Carl Eschenbach, RE, 1950
Dan Butler, LT, 1951, T, 1952-53
Bill Baker, TB, 1966, DB, 1967
Ronnie Weir, DB, 1969
Danny Jeffries, DB, 1970-72
Rocky Goode, TB, 1973
Jim Embry, LB, 1974
Carl Velander, LB, 1975-76
Mark Burns, LB, 1980-82
David Walker, LB, 1986-88
J.J. Surlas, DT, 1989-92
Grey Barker, RB, 1995
Jeremy Fitzgerald, RB, 1997
Jerrod Hayden, LB, 1998
Sammy Frogg, P, 1999-2000
Thomas Stallworth, LB, 2001
Sudan Ellington, FB, 2003
Cory Anderson, FB, 2004
Ellix Wilson, LB, 2005
Todd Vinson, RB/P, 2006
Adam Myers-White, LB, 2007-08
Greg King, LB, 2009-13
Ryeon Wedley, FB, 2012
Alex Ellis, TE, 2014-15
Dajour Maddox, LB, 2015
Matt Ballard, LB, 2018
Ja'Quain Blakely, LB, 2016-21
Bennett Brady, LS, 2022-25
Derek Taylor, DB, 2022
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