Top 10 College Football players who could have been at the NCAA tournament

There may be no more important player in 2025 who is not called Nico Iamaleava for the volunteers of Tennessee than the recipient Mike Matthews.

Born in Georgia, he was a 5-star view in recruitment class 2024 and was a big factor during his true Freshman season on Rocky Top. But the development of Matthews is crucial in the case of overlays in this pass-catching room at UT.

He has a very good spring and that is a great news when you consider that it is probably for a re -built room WR1.

The 6'1 “, 197 pound recipient could have been a star on both sides of football and had high Mahische from practically everyone who finally decided to play coach Josh Heeupel about Georgia, Clemson, Alabama, Auburn and others.

But it was not just the rust in which Matthews shone. He was also a dynamic guard in the Parkview High School in Lilburn, Georgia.

It is a well -known recruitment tool for schools: “Oh yes, play for us and you can play both sports”, but in Matthews' case they meant it. Many programs with medium -sized times (including some pretty good) expanded basketball offers for him. Mississippi State also gave him a basketball offer.

In the end, Matthew's' elite -offensive ability on the soccer field was simply too much for everyone to ignore. This is a player with NFL potential, and the Vols must be a mass producer this season.

Hopefully for Tennessee fans he will do it.