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Jacob Warren explains decision to return to Tennessee for another season

IMG_3593by:Grant Ramey•01/04/23•

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PITTSBURGH, PA - SEPTEMBER 10: Jacob Warren #87 of the Tennessee Volunteers runs upfield for a 24-yard reception in the first quarter during the game against the Pittsburgh Panthers at Acrisure Stadium on September 10, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)

Jacob Warren, Tennessee’s hometown tight end out of Knoxville’s Farragut High School, has lived out a childhood dream playing for the Vols. That dream isn’t over, though. The 6-foot-6, 250-pound, redshirt senior announced on social media on Wednesday that he’ll be returning to Tenenssee for his final season of eligibility:

Vol Nation,

My time in Knoxville has been amazing. I love this place and the people that I have been on this journey with the past few years. 

Being a hometown kid, playing at this university has been a dream of mine since I was little and I am beyond blessed that I have had the opportunity to fulfill that dream.

However, I believe I have more to prove in this chapter of my life.

With that being said, I will be returning for my final year of eligibility and playing one more season at Tennessee.

I appreciate you all for the endless support and look forward to one more ride in Neyland Stadium. 

Go Vols

Glory be to God

#Ao1 #AG2G

Jacob Warren #87

Warren, playing in all 13 games this season, caught 12 passes for 163 yards. Over the last four seasons he has 37 receptions for 416 yards and four touchdowns.

He caught three of those four touchdowns in eight games last season, with 179 receiving yards on 18 catches. He had six catches for 73 yards and a touchdown in four games in 2020 and caught one pass for one yard in one game in 2019.

Warren was a three-star prospect in the 2018 recruiting cycle, ranked by the On3 Consensus as the No. 38 tight end in the class. He was ranked No. 19 among in-state prospects and No. 664 overall.

A closer look at Tennessee tight ends 

Tennessee is losing fifth-year senior tight end Princeton Fant next season. Fant led the tight ends for the Vols this season with 22 catches for 241 yards and three touchdowns. 

Tennessee signed UC Davis tight end McCallan Castles out of the NCAA Transfer Portal last month.

The 6-foot-6, 245-pound Castles was second-team All-Big Sky after catching 32 passes for 347 yards and two touchdowns this season. He had 27 catches for 363 yards and four touchdowns in 2021, after catching 12 passes for 194 yards in the COVID spring season in 2021, leading to first-team All-Big Sky honors.

Castles played three games at Cal in 2018 and played for the Golden Bears against UC Davis early in 2019 before transferring. He has one year of eligibility to use at Tennessee.

Other tight ends currently on the Tennessee roster include redshirt freshman Charlie Browder and redshirt junior Hunter Salmon. 

The Vols signed four-star tight end Ethan Davis in the 2023 class. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Hill, out of Suwanee, Ga., was ranked No. 92 overall in 2023 in the On3 ratings. He was the No. 3 tight end in the class and the No. 6 overall prospect in the state of Georgia.

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