KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 30: Eric Gray #3 of the Tennessee Volunteers runs with the ball against the Vanderbilt Commodores during the second quarter at Neyland Stadium on November 30, 2019 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Silas Walker/Getty Images)
They are undergoing a coaching change, went 3-7 last year and are in the midst of an NCAA investigation that spurred the coaching change to begin with. All of that led to Tennessee football falling its hardest in the transfer portal, and analysts have taken note.
In his list of schools that took the biggest hit in the portal this year, Chris Hummer of 247Sports wrote that the Vols were hit the hardest.