University of Tennessee Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Roster
Josh Palmer
- Position:
- WR
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Brampton, Ontario (Canada)
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.)
CAREER HONORS
2021 NFL Combine Invitee
2021 Senior Bowl Invitee
2019 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2018-19 VOLeaders Academy Class
CAREER
Explosive receiver who was a go-to playmaker in his final season … Appeared in 47 games with 36 starts … Can stretch the field and had tremendous work ethic … Caught 99 passes for 1,514 yards and seven touchdowns and averaged 15.3 yards per catch … Also had one rushing score to his credit … 69 of his 99 catches went for a first down … Owned 16 career catches of 25 or more yards … Came to Knoxville after outstanding prep career in Florida and prior to that grew up in Canada … A leader in the classroom and community as well … Invited to the 2021 Senior Bowl in January and caught two passes for 27 yards and one touchdown in the contest … His touchdown catch was a 14-yarder in the third quarter of the all-star game.
2020 – SENIOR
Proved to be the top receiver on the squad and one of the best in the SEC … Led the Vols in receiving yards (475), catches (33) and receiving touchdowns (4) … 23 of his 33 catches went for first downs, while 62 yards came after the catch … Ranked 13th in the SEC in 20+ yard catches (9) … Was UT's leading receiver in season-opening win at South Carolina (9/26), tying a career high with six catches for 85 yards and scoring the game-winning touchdown with a 32-yard reception in the fourth quarter … Collected 71 yards on four receptions including a 33-yard grab against Missouri (10/3) … Delivered the first multi-touchdown game of his career at No. 3 Georgia (10/10), finishing with four catches for 71 yards … Both TD grabs came in the second quarter, including a 36-yarder from Jarrett Guarantano that tied the game at 14 all … Added another on the ensuing possession, a
2019 – JUNIOR
Made another leap in his third season on Rocky Top, finishing second on the Vols with 34 receptions to go along with 457 yards and one touchdown ... Appeared in 13 games with 11 starts ... Led Tennessee with a career-best-matching six receptions for 68 yards vs. Indiana in the 2020 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (1/2) ... Was outstanding at Missouri, grabbing six passes for a career-best 124 yards as Tennessee had three 100-yard receivers for the first time in school history and clinched bowl eligibility (11/23) ... Pulled down his first receiving touchdown of the season in UT’s win over Kentucky (11/9), a 12-yarder in the third quarter that proved to be the game-winning score ... Finished with four receptions for 55 yards against the Wildcats ... Totaled five catches for 55 yards in win over South Carolina (10/26) ... Pulled in a season-long 20-yard reception at No. 1 Alabama (10/19) ... Had four catches for 56 yards vs. BYU (9/7) ... Made three catches in season-opener vs. Georgia State (8/31).
2018 – SOPHOMORE
Emerged as one of the most explosive players on the Tennessee offense … Played in all 12 games with eight starts … Finished the season first in the SEC and tied for fifth in the nation in yards per catch (21.0) … Hauled in 23 catches and ranked second on the team with 484 receiving yards and two touchdowns while averaging 40.3 yards per game … Added five carries for 27 yards and a touchdown … Led the Vols with 10 20-yard plays … Capped season with two catches for 22 yards at Vanderbilt (11/24) … Had two catches for 23 yards against Missouri (11/17) … Had a team-high four catches for 71 yards and a touchdown in win over Charlotte (11/3) … Had one catch for 30 yards against No. 1 Alabama (10/20) … Had three catches for a career-high 84 yards in win at No. 21 Auburn (10/13) … Hauled in a 37-yard pass from Jarrett Guarantano for his first-career touchdown catch at No. 2 Georgia (9/29) … Had a career-long 53-yard reception and 64 receiving yards in win over UTEP (9/15) … Recorded his first-career rushing touchdown and had 51 yards receiving in home opener against ETSU (9/8) … Totaled three receptions for 33 yards in the season-opener against West Virginia (9/1).
2017 – FRESHMAN
Appeared in 12 games, making six starts … Finished with nine receptions for 98 yards …Made collegiate debut in season-opening win over Georgia Tech in Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game (9/4), making one catch for seven yards … Had an 18-yard grab vs. Indiana State (9/9) and made an 11-yard catch at Florida (9/16).
HIGH SCHOOL
Rated as a three-star prospect out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, prep powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas High School … 2016 Florida Class 7A All-State Second Team … Helped lead St. Thomas Aquinas to the Florida 7A state title in 2016 … Collected 32 catches for 506 yards and eight scores as a senior in 2016.
PERSONAL
Full name is Joshua Keith Palmer … Born Sept. 22, 1999 … Son of Keith and Alethia Palmer … Majoring in management … Part of VOLeaders Class that traveled to Rwanda in the summer of 2019 … Only the sixth Vol from Canada to earn a letter all-time … Parents are of Jamaican descent and father played football at Windsor … Grew up mostly playing basketball and football and became serious about football in the ninth grade… Recipient of the Emmon Love Athletic Memorial Endowed Scholarship.
