Tennessee defensive back John Slaughter enters the portal
Tennessee has their second departure of the spring transfer portal. Defensive back John Slaughter joins quarterback Nico Iamaleava as the second Vol to enter the portal that opened on Wednesday.
Slaughter played in 23 games in his Tennessee career primarily on special teams. Slaughter recorded 6 career tackles, a half tackle for loss and one interception. His INT camp against UTEP last season.
The Mississippi native will have two years of eligibility. Iamaleava, who has made national headlines with his departure, is reportedly committed to go back to the west coast and play at UCLA for reportedly less than he was scheduled to make at Tennessee in 2025.
Understanding the portal
The spring portal window runs from April 16-25.
Players don’t have to pick a school they are going to during those specific dates but those are the span of dates on when a player can enter the portal.
Those dates don’t apply to graduate transfers who can enter the portal whenever they wish. Also, if there’s a head coaching change, players can enter the portal outside of those dates.
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Vols benefitted from the portal in 2024
The transfer portal can giveth and it can taketh away. For Josh Heupel was more of a positive than a negative for the Vols when you look back at the 2024 season.
Left tackle Lance Heardhelped the Vols rush for over 2700 yards. Tight end Miles Kitselman has been a terrific portal grab because the leader of the tight end room and emerged as Tennessee best tight end in 2024.
Defensively, Jermod McCoy was the best transfer Tennessee took. McCoy had an all American season.
In total, Tennessee added 10 transfers to the 2024 roster. To date, Tennessee added two offensive linemen, Wendall Moe and Sam Pendleton, along with running back Star Thomas in this portal cycle.
