... Tennessee Vols football players.
One need look no further than the Super Bowl less than a month ago to see the many Volunteer contributions to the next level.
Peyton Manning is the greatest NFL player to have played at Tennessee. Many Vols fans are now Colts fans for that very reason. But the team that won that Super Bowl had three former Vols, including one, Robert Meachem, that was a first round pick like Manning.
Since 2000 the Vols have had 10 players picked in the first round. 53 former Vols have been drafted since that same year.
The Vols have an SEC-high 39 all-time first round selections.
The '09 draft was a slight letdown when only one Vol was selected in the first round. Robert Ayers was the only Volunteer representative in t...
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