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Nick Singleton took the handoff from Drew Allar, rushed ahead, made contact with a defender and continued on to barrel his way into the end zone. The play marked the first touchdown of Penn State’s 2025 season, giving the No. 2-ranked Nittany Lions a lead over Nevada at Beaver Stadium, and it appeared to also usher in a dominant season for a Penn State team with national-championship aspirations. Thanks for reading TennTape! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

Football is in the air. Local high school football teams have already started hosting 7-on-7 scrimmages this summer, readying their passing attacks and honing their secondaries. Thanks for reading TennTape! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Among those events, on Thursday, Alcoa hosted Oak Ridge, while Maryville hosted Sevier County. “They’re very talented. And we have a lot of athletes on our team,” Oak Ridge quarterback Brody Sparks told 5StarPreps.

Jamir Dean has made his decision, but that doesn’t mean things are slowing down. The Alcoa wide receiver committed to Penn State on May 1, citing a successful visit with the Nittany Lions. Thanks for reading TennTape! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. “The visit really changed a lot of things in my recruitment,” Dean told Rivals for a May 1 piece. “I was planning to take official visits, then commit in the summer, but ever since I left Penn State, it just felt like home.

We’ve almost arrived. The 2026 NFL Draft is right around the corner, slated for April 23-25 in Pittsburgh. Excitement is rising and mock drafts are aplenty as we await 8 p.m. ET on Thursday. Thanks for reading TennTape! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. One of those mock drafts, published Sunday by The Athletic’s Nick Baumgardner, has the Tennessee Titans selecting Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles with the No. 4 overall pick.

We’ve almost arrived. The 2026 NFL Draft is right around the corner, slated for April 23-25 in Pittsburgh. Excitement is rising and mock drafts are aplenty as we await 8 p.m. ET on Thursday. Thanks for reading TennTape! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. One of those mock drafts, published Sunday by The Athletic’s Nick Baumgardner, has the Tennessee Titans selecting Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles with the No. 4 overall pick.

ETSU head football coach Will Healy. Photo Credit: ETSU Athletics ETSU football ended the 2025 season with momentum. Now, it’s continued that pattern on the recruiting trail. The Buccaneers are bringing in a host of recruits and transfers expected to make immediate impacts, and second-year head coach Will Healy highlighted that in a video posted Monday by the program’s official social media accounts. Thanks for reading TennTape! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

It’s that time of year again. The NFL Draft is scheduled for April 23-25, and there are plenty of Tennessee-related storylines with just under two months remaining. Thanks for reading TennTape! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Here’s a breakdown of the latest, from what a former Notre Dame star could bring to the Titans to where several key Vols could land. Could Jeremiyah Love prove to be for the Tennessee Titans what Christian McCaffrey is for the San Francisco 49ers?

Nico Iamaleava proved the moment wasn’t too big. The heralded freshman quarterback made his first career start for Tennessee in its last game of the 2023 season, leading the 21st-ranked Vols to a 35-0 win over the No. 17 Iowa Hawkeyes in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. It may not have been the largest stage Iamaleava will take as Tennessee’s starting quarterback, but it was his biggest to date as a collegiate signal-caller, and he shined.

It’s been a busy transfer-portal season for Tennessee. The Vols have lost numerous players, such as running back Peyton Lewis (Virginia), EDGE Jordan Ross (uncommitted), offensive lineman Lance Heard (uncommitted) and cornerback Rickey Gibson (uncommitted) to the portal, but they’ve gained some additions, too. Thanks for reading TennTape! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

One of the most exciting parts of the NFL preseason is watching signal-callers battle it out to earn their team’s backup quarterback job, so Titans fans are sure in for a treat over the next few weeks. The fight between Mason Rudolph and Malik Willis is just beginning as each vies for the top backup spot behind starter Will Levis.