University of Tennessee Athletics
2024 Football Roster
Roster
Turrentine, Andre

Jersey Number 2
Andre Turrentine
- Position:
- DB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Ensworth
- Prev School:
- Ohio State
Bio
CAREER
Highly-touted Nashville native and starting safety who returned to his home state after spending his true freshman campaign at Ohio State … An important leadership piece of the defense, in his third year with the program and second as a starter … Thrust into starting action during the final three games of 2023 … Enrolled at Tennessee in June 2022 after a solid 2022 spring at Ohio State … Signed with the Buckeyes after a standout prep career at Ensworth School ... … For his entire career, totaled 71 tackles, four tackles for loss, two interceptions and six pass breakups ... Played in 43 career games (39 at UT, 4 at OSU) and has made 18 career starts (all at UT).2025 – RS-SENIOR
Collected five total tackles in season-opening victory over Syracuse (8/30).2024 – RS-JUNIOR
A veteran presence and starter at safety for all 13 games ... Tallied 37 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one interception and three pass breakups … Recorded three tackles in victory at Vanderbilt (11/30) in regular-season finale ... Made two tackles with one TFL in a shutout win over UTEP (11/23) ... Registered three tackles at No. 12 Georgia (11/16) ... Finished UT’s win over Mississippi State (11/9) with four total tackles ... Had one interception, one PBU and one tackle in UT’s 28-18 win over Kentucky (11/2) ... Made his 10th career start in victory vs. No. 7 Alabama (10/19), totaling four tackles ... Set a career-best with six tackles in win vs. Florida (10/12), including one half tackle for loss ... Notched four tackles on the road at Arkansas (10/5) ... Recorded five tackles with one PBU in road win over No. 15 Oklahoma (9/21) ... Had one PBU in Tennessee's shutout win over Kent State (9/14) as the defense held the Golden Flashes to just 112 yards of total offense ... Started at safety and made two total tackles in UT’s season-opening victory over Chattanooga (8/31).2023 – RS-SOPHOMORE
Played in 11 games with three starts, totaling 18 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one interception and two pass breakups … Started the final three games of the year ... Stepped up in a huge way in the Citrus Bowl shutout win of No. 17 Iowa (1/1) with three tackles, a pass breakup and his first career interception … His pick came on Iowa’s second drive of the game in the endzone and prevented a go-ahead touchdown as he dove in front of a receiver … Started at safety in regular-season finale vs. Vanderbilt (11/25), tallying two solo tackles in the victory ... Made his first-career start, getting the nod at safety vs. No. 1 Georgia (11/18) ... Tied a career-high with four tackles, including a TFL against the Bulldogs ... Notched four tackles and a career-high 1.5 TFLs in 34 defensive snaps in win over UConn (11/4) ... Tied a career high with four tackles and recorded his first-career QB hurry that resulted in an interception by Warren Burrell in the fourth quarter in win vs. UTSA (9/23) ... Played 20 defensive snaps at safety and tallied a solo tackle in season-opening win vs. Virginia (9/2).2022 – RS-FRESHMAN
Played all 13 games as a reserve defensive back and special teams contributor … Finished the year with 11 tackles (seven solo and four assisted) … Made a solo tackle on the final play of the game in UT’s 66-24 win over Missouri (11/12) ... Saw action on 11 defensive snaps vs. No. 19 Kentucky (10/29) and made one assisted tackle ... Recorded a career-high tying four total tackles in Homecoming win over UT Martin (10/22) and saw action on a season-high 56 defensive snaps ... Played 22 defensive snaps at safety and made one solo tackle in the victory over Akron (9/17) ... Made his Tennessee debut in the season opener against Ball State (9/1) and recorded four total tackles, the first of his collegiate career.2021 – FRESHMAN (OHIO STATE)
Played in four games as a reserve defensive back and mostly on special teams … Earned a redshirt as a true freshman and did not record a tackle … Played 10 snaps against Maryland (10/9) … Also played on special teams against Akron (9/25), Michigan State (11/20) and in the Rose Bowl vs. Utah (1/1) … Enrolled at Ohio State in June 2021.HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
A consensus four-star prospect out of the Nashville area by way of Ensworth School … Ranked the No. 4 overall player in the state of Tennessee by the 247Sports Composite and the No. 9 safety in the country … Rivals.com tabbed him the No. 5 player in the state … Both 247Sports.com and Rivals.com ranked him among the top 200 overall prospects in America … Had 73 total tackles in 2019 as a junior while leading Ensworth to the Division II-AAA state semifinals for head coach Roc Batten … A two-way player, who added 248 receiving yards and two touchdowns, averaging nearly 25 yards per catch … Full name is Andre Bishop Turrentine … Born in Metairie, La. … Son of Jajuan and Antonio Turrentine … Has three brothers, Antonio Jr., James and Alijah, and one sister, Katche … Majoring in communication studies … Twitter handle is @KingATIII and Instagram handle is @returnofdos.FB | Kelsey Pope Press Conference (9.9.25)
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