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Jersey Number 20
Bryson Eason
- Position:
- DL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 310
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Memphis, Tenn.
- High School:
- Whitehaven
Bio
CAREER HONORS
2025 Allstate/AFCA Good Works Team Nominee2025 Preseason All-SEC Third Team (Athlon)
CAREER
A strong, disruptive in-state interior defensive lineman who has been a consistent force his entire UT career ... Elected to return for his sixth and final season in 2025, in what is his third straight year as a starter … Consistently improved every season, totaling 79 tackles, including 38 solo, and 18.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two pass breakups, 12 quarterback hurries and one fumble recovery … Played in 50 career games with 23 starts … One of the Vols’ leaders in community service … Graduated from Tennessee in December 2024.2025 – RS-SENIOR (SIXTH YEAR)
Tied for the team lead and tied a career high with four tackles to go along with a TFL in dominant win over ETSU (9/6) ... Started at DT and played 61 snaps while making one tackle in season-opening win vs. Syracuse (8/30).2024 – RS-SENIOR
A leader at defensive tackle who started all 13 games for a Vol defense that ranked among the best in the nation ... Finished the year with 25 total tackles and ranked third on the squad in tackles for loss with seven … Added 1.5 sacks, one pass breakup and five QB hurries … Made a pair of tackles, including half a sack, in road win at Vanderbilt (11/30) in regular-season finale ... Posted a TFL and a QB hurry in Senior Day win over UTEP (11/23) ... Had two solo stops, including a TFL at No. 12 Georgia (11/16) ... Logged two tackles, including a 9-yard sack and two QB hurries in win over Mississippi State (11/9) ... Played 30 snaps and finished with three tackles in win over Kentucky (11/2) ... Finished with three tackles, including a career-high tying two TFLs in win vs. Florida (10/12) … Provided a key 5-yard TFL in overtime against the Gators ... Collected two tackles, half a TFL and a QB hurry at Arkansas (10/5) before having to leave the game with an injury ... Played 36 snaps in road win at No. 15 Oklahoma (9/21), finishing with one tackle and one QB hurry ... Tied a career high with four tackles, including one TFL in victory over No. 24 NC State (9/7) ... Started at DT and finished with two tackles in 15 defensive snaps during season-opening win vs. Chattanooga (8/31).2023 – RS-JUNIOR
Became a regular contributor at defensive tackle, playing in all 13 games with seven starts … Racked up a career-high 27 tackles, four QB hurries, five tackles for a loss of 17 yards and 1.5 sacks for a loss of 10 yards … A constant in the backfield and had 0.5 sacks in 23 snaps vs. No. 17 Iowa in the Citrus Bowl (1/1) … Recorded a tackle and his first-career PBU in win vs. UConn (11/4) ... Tied a career high with four tackles, including a TFL in road win at Kentucky (10/28) ... Posted three tackles and set a career high with two QB hurries at No. 11/8 Alabama (10/21) ... Continued his string of solid performances in win vs. Texas A&M (10/14), posting two tackles, a TFL and a QB hurry ... Started at DT and tied a career high in tackles for the second straight SEC game, finishing with four in win over South Carolina (9/30) ... Made his first start of the year in win over UTSA (9/23), recording three tackles and half a TFL ... One of team’s top defensive performers in SEC opener at Florida (9/16), tallying a career-high four tackles, 1.5 TFLs, a sack and a QB hurry ... Had two tackles and half a TFL in just 12 snaps during season-opening win vs. Virginia (9/2).2022 – RS-SOPHOMORE
A consistently strong reserve defensive lineman for the Vols who earned a larger role with each week … Finished the season with 18 total tackles - 10 solo – with 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks … Made his first career start against No. 7 Clemson (12/30) in the Orange Bowl, making a pair of tackles and logging a QB hurry … Set a career high with three tackles and a TFL in a shutout victory at Vanderbilt (11/26) ... Wrapped up one TFL and recorded his first career fumble recovery at No. 3 Georgia (11/5) ... Had one tackle, half a TFL and half a sack in road win at No. 25 LSU (10/8) ... Finished with one tackle while playing 20 defensive snaps against No. 20 Florida (9/24) ... Recorded his first-career sack and logged two tackles in the victory over Akron (9/17) ... Played 20 defensive snaps, recording one tackle in an overtime road victory at No. 17 Pitt (9/10) ... Saw action on 20 defensive snaps as a reserve defensive tackle while tallying two stops in season-opening win over Ball State (9/1).2021 – SOPHOMORE
Posted both his first career tackle for loss and QB hurry in three games during the 2021 season and earned a redshirt … Made one tackle in win vs. Vanderbilt (11/27) ... Recorded a QBH vs. Pitt (9/11) … Tallied two solo tackles both for loss in the season opener vs. Bowling Green (9/2).2020 – FRESHMAN
Saw action in six games as a true freshman, primarily as a special teams contributor ... Made one tackle in 42-17 win at Vanderbilt (12/12) ... Made one tackle in his collegiate debut against Kentucky (10/17) … Did not play against South Carolina, Missouri, Georgia and Arkansas.HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
Rated as a four-star prospect and the No. 16 ranked inside linebacker in the county by the 247 composite rankings … Starred at Whitehaven High School in Whitehaven, Tennessee, located in the Memphis area … Helped lead Whitehaven to the state semifinals in 2019 and the state title game in 2018 … Two-time TSWA Class 6A All-State selection (2019 & 2017) … Named to the 2019 Memphis Commercial Appeal Dandy Dozen … Selected to play in the 2019 AutoZone Liberty Bowl High School All-Star Game … 2018 Commercial Appeal Second Team All-Metro selection … Full name is Bryson Lee Eason … Son of Tiffany Bush and Aaron Eason … Earned his bachelor's degree in communications studies in December 2024 ... Recipient of the David Keith Athletic Endowment … Twitter handle is @EasonBryson and Instagram handle is @bezywrldFB | Andre Turrentine Media Availability (9.8.25)
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