Former Tennessee wide receiver Nathan Leacock signs with Purdue
Former Tennessee wide receiver Nathan Leacock has signed with Purdue out of the NCAA Transfer Portal. He’s one of five former Vols that picked new schools over the last three days, following wide receivers Chas Nimrod (South Florida) and Squirrel White (Florida State), defensive lineman Jayson Jenkins (Florida State) and linebacker Kalib Perry (Louisville).
Leacock caught one pass for 13 yards in the Tennessee win over Chattanooga on August 31 and it was his only catch of the season while appearing in five games. He appeared in just one game as a freshman in 2023.
Leacock was a four-star prospect in the class of 2023. He was ranked No. 75 overall in the On3 Industry Ranking. He was the No. 12 wide receiver in the country and the No. 3 player in the state of North Carolina, out of Millbrook High School in Raleigh.
Seven former Vols have signed with new schools
Leacock is the seventh former Tennessee player to commit to a new school out of the NCAA Transfer Portal and is the fourth to do so since Saturday afternoon, joining Nimrod, White, Jenkins, Perry, wide receiver Kaleb Webb (Maryland), defensive back Jordan Matthews (Vanderbilt) and linebacker Jalen Smith (Mississippi State), along with White, Nimrod and Jenkins.
Perry is one of at least 13 Tennessee scholarship players that entered the NCAA Transfer Portal during the December portal window.
The other Vols who entered the portal and have not yet committed to new schools are tight end Holden Staes, defensive back Christian Harrison, running back Cam Seldon, running back Khalifa Keith and offensive lineman Vysen Lang.
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Three Tennessee wide receivers have left through NCAA Transfer Portal
White the last three seasons he caught 131 passes for 1,665 yards and six touchdowns. In 13 games this season he caught 34 passes for 381 yards and two touchdowns, down from 67 catches for 803 yards and two touchdowns as a sophomore in 2023. He caught 30 passes for 481 yards and two touchdowns as a freshman in 2022.
Nimrod, another redshirt sophomore wide receiver, caught 10 passes for 121 yards in 12 games this season, recording season highs with three catches for 45 yards in Tennessee’s win over Kentucky on November 2. He had two catches for 34 yards against Kent State and combined for three catches for 29 yards against Arkansas and Florida. He caught 19 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown in 13 games last season.
Jenkins had nine tackles, including 4.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks, in 13 games this season. In three years at Tennessee he had 15 tackles, five tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks in 20 career games.
Perry signed with Louisville on Monday. He had 61 tackles, including three tackles for loss, over the last three seasons with the Vols, appearing in 37 games during his Tennessee career. This season Perry had a career-high 26 tackles, with 11 solo and 15 assists, to go with three tackles for loss and a forced fumble, playing in 12 games.
