"As a walk on my freshman year, I was given a number from the legend status, number 72 of George Cafego. I was more than OK with this bit of Tennessee Folklore on my uniform every Saturday. But being a walk on, I could not be picky, therefore, my sophomore year, a new number come my way ... number 55. For a long snapper, a good solid number. However, still a walk on and still at the bottom of the clout poll, number 55 went to a highly recruited player. The junior and senior campaign saw some stability kick in for a jersey number. I was issued number 52. Not sure how the staff arrived at the number, but it stuck with me. As a matter of fact, my South Carolina license plate still promotes the same number to this day...VOLS 52. I feel very fortunate to tell folks that I played for the Vols, but not too many folks can say they had three different numbers, including a college football Hall of Famer. This story still gives me goose bumps sharing the sequence of jersey numbers while playing for the VOLS."