2025 will mark the fifth football season for Tennessee under head coach Josh Heupel. In four seasons, he compiled a 37-15 (20-12 SEC) record with the Vols.
Heupel also defeated Alabama and Florida two times each during his first four campaigns.
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Tennessee’s 2025 regular season will kick off Aug. 30 against Syracuse. The Vols’ season opener is slated for noon EDT (ABC) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
Entering 2025, Robert Meachem is Tennessee’s leader for receiving yards in a season. He totaled 1,298 receiving yards in 2006.
Jalin Hyatt set Tennessee’s all-time records for single-game touchdown receptions (five), single-game points scored (30) and single-season receiving touchdowns (15). He became the first player for the Vols to win the Biletnikoff Award in 2022.
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Ahead of the 2025 campaign, Vols Wire looks at Tennessee’s receiving yard leaders each season over the last 25 years.
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Tennessee football receiving yard leaders each season since 2000
|
Year |
Player |
Yards |
|
2024 |
Dont’e Thornton Jr. |
661 |
|
2023 |
Squirrel White |
803 |
|
2022 |
Jalin Hyatt |
1,267 |
|
2021 |
Cedric Tillman |
1,081 |
|
2020 |
Joshua Palmer |
475 |
|
2019 |
Jauan Jennings |
969 |
|
2018 |
Marquez Callaway |
592 |
|
2017 |
Brandon Johnson |
482 |
|
2016 |
Josh Malone |
972 |
|
2015 |
Von Pearson |
409 |
|
2014 |
Pig Howard |
618 |
|
2013 |
Marquez North |
496 |
|
2012 |
Justin Hunter |
1,083 |
|
2011 |
Da’Rick Rogers |
1,040 |
|
2010 |
Denarius Moore |
981 |
|
2009 |
Gerald Jones |
680 |
|
2008 |
Lucas Taylor |
332 |
|
2007 |
Lucas Taylor |
1,000 |
|
2006 |
Robert Meachem |
1,298 |
|
2005 |
Robert Meachem |
383 |
|
2004 |
Robert Meachem |
459 |
|
2003 |
James Banks |
621 |
|
2002 |
Jason Witten |
493 |
|
2001 |
Kelley Washington |
1,010 |
|
2000 |
Cedrick Wilson |
681 |
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This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Receiving yard leaders each season since 2000 for Tennessee football
