How many Tennessee football players were picked in 2024 NFL draft? See every selection
Adam SparksTennessee football will add to its list of draft picks during the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit.
Running back Jaylen Wright, quarterback Joe Milton and cornerback Kamal Hadden are expected to be drafted. And tight end McCallan Castles has a chance of joining of them as a late-round pick.
The NFL Draft features round 1 on Thursday (8 p.m. ET), rounds 2 and 3 on Friday (7 p.m.) and rounds 4-7 on Saturday (noon) on NFL Network and ESPN.
Check here for updates of Tennessee players selected.
All-time Tennessee football draft classes
Fourteen Vols were drafted in the previous five years, so this year's UT draft class should uphold that recent average. But none came close to the Vols' largest draft classes, mostly from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.
Here are the largest UT draft classes in history:
2002: 10 draft picks
1987: 9 draft picks
1991: 9 draft picks
1992: 9 draft picks
1995: 9 draft picks
2000: 9 draft picks
Five years with 8 draft picks apiece, including the earliest in 1945 and the most recent in 2003.
Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Emailadam.sparks@knoxnews.com. X, formerly known as Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing at knoxnews.com/subscribe.
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