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Vol Club Confidential: Dominic Bailey

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Baltimore native Dominic Bailey has seen lots of growth both on and off the field since he arrived at Tennessee. The senior joined Vol Club Confidential sponsored by Knoxville Smiles this week to discuss going through senior day, even with the possibility of one more season,

“It was special,” Bailey said. “Just starting from when I came in to where it is now, is a surreal feeling to see our fan base out supporting us like that even though the always support us. But we are winning now so it felt good.”

He arrived during the odd Covid season of 2020 and now Tennessee is off to the college football playoff.

“I always felt like we had the players but we just needed more the structure to get to where we needed to be and that’s really helped us,” Bailey said.

He has learned so much but what is it that sticks out for him?

“Time is everything,” Bailey said. “You only have 24 hours in a day and so you have to make the most of it. if you waste time you are just going to get left behind.

“Early in my career I felt like I was wasting time but once it started to click everything started to make sense to me.”

Bailey credits Tennessee defensive line coach Rodney Garner for helping change his game but also the trajectory of the defensive line room.

Watch the full episode of Vol Club Confidential below.

Bailey and his team came in at No. 6 in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the Coaches Poll on Sunday afternoon, following the 36-23 win at Vanderbilt on Saturday. The Vols moved up one spot in the AP Top 25 and two spots in the Coaches Poll. 

Tennessee (10-2, 6-2 SEC) last week moved up three spots in both the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll, going up to No. 7 in the AP poll and No. 8 in the Coaches Poll after 56-0 win over UTEP on Senior Day at Neyland Stadium. 

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