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2025 Football Roster
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Jersey Number 4
Ty Redmond
- Position:
- DB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 192
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Alpharetta, Ga.
- High School:
- Milton
CAREER HONORS
2025 Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award Semifinalist2025 The Athletic Freshman All-America First Team
2025 247Sports True Freshman All-America Team
2025 All-SEC Third Team (Coaches)
2025 SEC All-Freshman Team (Coaches)
SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (vs. New Mexico State, 11/17/25)
2025 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
CAREER
Lengthy cornerback who returns as one of the top young defenders in the SEC after a Freshman All-American season ... Thrust into a starting role as a true freshman after injuries to Jermod McCoy and Rickey Gibson III and shined … Enrolled in January 2025, went through spring practice and was immediately counted upon … Played in 13 games with 12 starts … Credited with 43 tackles – 25 solo – to go along with one tackle for loss, three interceptions and 12 pass breakups … Is the SEC’s leading returning defender in passes defended (15) and pass breakups (12) … Also the conference’s leading returning cornerback in terms of PFF coverage grade (81.6).2025 – FRESHMAN
A Freshman All-American and a semifinalist for National Freshman of the Year as a true freshman starter at cornerback … Also named to the Coaches All-SEC Third Team … Started the final 12 games of the year after a season-ending injury to Rickey Gibson III in the opener … Led the SEC in passes defended (15) and pass breakups (12) and did it as a true freshman … Recorded 43 tackles and three interceptions, which tied for sixth in the SEC … Played in all 13 games with 12 starts … Led all Power Four freshmen in pass breakups and passes defended and ranked second among all FBS freshmen behind South Alabama’s Nehemiah Chandler, who had 13 PBUs and 15 passes defended ... Ranked fifth overall nationally in passes defended and tied for 10th overall in PBUs … His 81.6 PFF coverage grade ranked third among SEC cornerbacks (min. 100 coverage snaps) ... Credited with four tackles and two pass breakups in Music City Bowl start against Illinois (12/30) … Snagged his third interception of the season, a PBU and logged three total tackles vs. No. 12 Vanderbilt (11/29) ... Logged his ninth PBU of the season in road win at Florida (11/22) ... Was named the SEC Co-Freshman of the Week after making his second interception and recording a PBU vs. New Mexico State (11/15), while finishing the game with a season-best five total tackles ... Posted four tackles and two pass breakups against No. 18 Oklahoma (11/1) ... Logged three tackles and a pass breakup in road win at Kentucky (10/25) ... Added three tackles and a half TFL to his season tally at No. 6 Alabama (10/18) ... Collected four total tackles in win over Arkansas (10/11) ... Posted four total tackles and logged his first-career half-TFL in overtime win at Mississippi State (9/27) ... Logged four tackles and one pass breakup in the win over UAB (9/20) ... Posted three tackles in his SEC debut vs. No. 6 Georgia (9/13) and snagged his first-career interception at the end of the first half, returning it 38 yards ... Earned his first-career start at cornerback in the home opener vs. ETSU (9/6) and finished the game with two tackles and one pass breakup ... Made his collegiate debut in the season-opening win vs. Syracuse (8/30), playing 61 defensive snaps while finishing with four tackles and two pass breakups, which led all FBS freshman in Week 1.
HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
Versatile defensive back who played multiple positions in the secondary and produced a championship pedigree from Milton High School in Georgia … Rated a three-star prospect by all major recruiting services … The No. 60 player from Georgia and No. 50 cornerback in the country according to 247Sports … Rated No. 87 in the state and No. 68 at his position by On3 … ESPN ranks him No. 88 in the state and No. 59 at his position for the Class of 2024 … Helped the Eagles capture back-to-back state championships as teammates with Vol Dylan Lewis … Registered 41 tackles – three tackles for loss – with two interceptions and eight pass breakups as a senior to help lead Milton High School to undefeated 2024 campaign, their seventh-straight region championship and the Class 5A title … Totaled 34 tackles – five tackles for loss – and two interceptions as a junior in 2023 … Committed to the Vols in November 2024 … Chose Tennessee over 10 other Division I offers, all from Power 4 programs … Coached by Ben Reaves Jr. … Parents are Rodney and Michelle Redmond … Majoring in sport management … X handle is @Tyler_Redmond23 … Instagram handle is @tyyredmond
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