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Jersey Number 50
Chip Kell
- Position:
- Offensive Guard
- Year(s) Awarded:
- 1969, 1970
- Hometown:
- Decatur, Ga.
- High School:
- Avondale
Chip Kell set the standard for blocking at Tennessee by earning All-America honors and winning the Jacobs Trophy as the SEC's best blocker in 1969 and 1970.
A three-time All-SEC performer, Kell manned the line that allowed Curt Watson to pace the Vols three straight years and break UT's all-time rushing mark.
In 1970, Kell helped block for the Vols to run for 2,365 yards, the most since 1951, while UT passed for 1,996 yards-- the most in school history at that time.
The Vols had eight 100-yard rushing games during Kell's junior and senior seasons.
Kell led the Vols to an SEC championship in 1969 and helped them finish No. 4 in the nation the following year. UT lost just five games during Kell's three years - none of which came on Shields-Watkins Field.
Career Totals
- Games Played: 31
CAREER HONORS
- College Football Hall of Fame - Class of 2006
- Two-time All-America - 1969, 70
- Three-time All-SEC - 1968, 69, 70
- Two-time Jacobs Trophy (top blocker in the SEC) - 1969, 70
- Three-time SEC shot put champion
1970 - SENIOR
- Played in 11 games his senior season, helping lead the Vols to 10-1 regular season record and a Sugar Bowl victory over No. 11 Air Force
- Anchored a Vols' offensive line that opened holes for 2,365 rushing yards — the highest output for UT since the 1951 national championship season
- Recognized as an All-American for the second-straight year
- Won his second Jacobs Trophy, an award given annually to the top blocker in the SEC
- Earned first team All-SEC honors for the third consecutive season from the Associated Press and UPI
1969 - JUNIOR
- Played in 10 games, opening holes for Vol running back Curt Watson to scamper 807 rushing yards
- Earned first team All-America and All-SEC honors during his junior season
- Won the Jacobs Trophy as the most outstanding blocker in the Southeastern Conference
1968 - SOPHOMORE
- Saw the field for 10 games during his sophomore campaign, earning a first-team All-SEC nod at center from the Associated Press
- Picked by Playboy Magazine as the nation's sophomore lineman of the year
- Was the first sophomore lineman to earn all-SEC selection in a quarter century
1967 - FRESHMAN
- Member of the freshman team, did not see any action for the varsity squad
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played football and competed in track & field at Avondale High School in Decatur, Georgia
- Set the Georgia All Classifications record for Avondale High School in the shot put, at a distance of 66' 7", which is a record that stood for 50 years
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