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Jersey Number 3
Jermod McCoy
- Position:
- DB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 193
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Whitehouse, Texas
- High School:
- Whitehouse
- Prev School:
- Oregon State
Bio
CAREER HONORS
2025 Chuck Bednarik Award Preseason Watch List2025 Jim Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List
2025 Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List
2025 Lott IMPACT Trophy Preseason Watch List
2025 ESPN Top 100 Players List (No. 31)
2025 Senior Bowl Top 300 List
2025 Preseason All-America First Team (AP, Athlon, ESPN, PFF, Sporting News, Walter Camp)
2025 Preseason All-SEC First Team (Athlon, Coaches, Media)
2024 Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist
2024 All-America Second Team (AP, Sports Illustrated)
2024 All-SEC First Team (AP)
2024 All-SEC Second Team (Coaches)
Thorpe Award National Defensive Back of the Week (at Oklahoma, 9/24/24)
CAREER
Athletic, ball-hawking cornerback who is considered the nation’s best at his position ... A candidate for the 2025 Thorpe Award and preseason first-team All-American after earning second team honors in 2024 … Played his true freshman season at Oregon State before transferring to Tennessee in January 2024 … Committed to the Vols on Dec. 20, 2023 … In his second season on Rocky Top and owns two years of remaining eligibility, including the 2025 campaign … The highest rated cornerback in EA Sports College Football 26 with a 94 overall grade … Is the sixth-highest ranked defensive player regardless of his position by EA Sports … Working his way back from a knee injury he sustained while training in January 2025 … Played in 25 career games (12 at OSU, 13 at UT) with 18 starts (5 at OSU, 13 at UT) … Totaled 75 tackles, 16 pass breakups and six interceptions during his career.2025 – JUNIOR
Did not see action in the season opener vs. Syracuse (8/30) due to injury.2024 – SOPHOMORE
A second-team All-America selection and semifinalist for the Thorpe Award in his first season on Rocky Top … Started all 13 games at corner and led the Vols with 13 passes defended — four interceptions and nine pass breakups ... Two of his picks were in the endzone and prevented touchdowns … His 13 passes defended ranked fourth in the SEC and fourth among underclassmen nationally ... Ranked in a four-way tie for fourth in the SEC in interceptions ... His 13 passes defended were the most by a Vol since Theo Jackson also had 13 in 2021 … According to PFF, his 89.6 coverage grade ranked third in the SEC and ninth in the FBS among cornerbacks ... Selected to the All-SEC First Team by the AP and the All-SEC Second Team by the coaches … Allowed only one touchdown during the regular season on 640 total snaps … Finished with 44 total tackles, which ranked third on the team ... Snared his fourth pick of the season with a spectacular carom off a tipped pass in the end zone at Vanderbilt (11/30) and finished the regular season finale with six total tackles ... Registered a career-high three passes defended vs. UTEP (11/23), including his third pick of the season and a pair of pass breakups in the shutout victory ... Recorded a solo tackle and a pass breakup at No. 12 Georgia (11/16) ... Tied for the team lead with seven tackles in the win over Mississippi State (11/9), including two solo stops ... Logged one solo tackle and a pass breakup in win vs. Kentucky (11/2) ... Had a career day in his Third Saturday In October debut vs. No. 7 Alabama (10/19), tallying eight tackles (five solo), half a TFL, one pass breakup and a crucial, one-handed interception in the end zone that halted a second-and-goal opportunity for the Crimson Tide in the first quarter ... Tallied three tackles, a critical fourth-down PBU in the fourth quarter and two punt returns for 34 yards in an overtime victory vs. Florida (10/12) ... Posted five tackles in 71 defensive snaps at Arkansas (10/5) ... Earned National DB of the Week honors from the Jim Thorpe Award after a sensational performance at No. 15 Oklahoma (9/21), registering three tackles, one PBU and his first interception as a Vol that he returned 17 yards ... Logged 48 snaps against the Sooners and did not allow a completion, recording a 0.0 passer grade ... Started at corner, logged a PBU and returned a punt 23 yards in shutout victory over Kent State (9/14) ... Posted three solo tackles in his second consecutive start at corner in win vs. No. 24 NC State (9/7) ... Started in his UT debut at CB, posted two tackles and had one pass breakup in season-opening win vs. Chattanooga (8/31).2023 – FRESHMAN (OREGON STATE)
Played in 12 games and started five games at cornerback as a true freshman … Led the Beavers with nine passes defended (seven PBU, two interceptions) and totaled 31 tackles during his rookie season … Made his first career start at California (10/7), posting a season-high six tackles and nabbing his first career interception in the victory … Snared his second pick of the 2023 season at Stanford (11/11) and returned it 17 yards … Notched four tackles apiece in games vs. No. 2 Washington (11/18) and No. 6 Oregon (11/24) … Entered the transfer portal on Dec. 5, 2023.HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
Prepped at Whitehouse (Texas) High School and was considered a three-star prospect in the 2023 recruiting cycle … Came from the same high school as Patrick Mahomes … Two-way player as a senior who finished the 2022 campaign with 57 catches for 784 yards and eight touchdowns as a receiver … Logged 28 tackles and two interceptions at defensive back his senior year and also shined in the return game, averaging 25.2 yards per kick return and 18.8 yards per punt return … Earned first team all-league honors at cornerback and wide receiver during his high school career … Totaled 40 catches for 464 yards and four touchdowns as a junior … Lettered in football, baseball and track & field in high school … Won a pair of UIL 5A state titles in the long jump (23-10.5) and triple jump (50-7.75) his senior year … Was an all-state baseball player … High school coach was Kyle Westerberg … Full name is Jermod I. McCoy … Parents are Jason McCoy and Kanesha Brown … Majoring in information sciences … Cousin is Trevis Gibson, who plays for the Seattle Seahawks … Models his game after Jalen Ramsey … Favorite movie is Friday … Favorite sport other than football is baseball … X handle is @JermodMcCoy and Instagram handle is @JermodMcCoyFB | Andre Turrentine Media Availability (9.8.25)
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