University of Tennessee Athletics
Graduation Saturday for Sixteen Student-Athletes
December 14, 2001 | Football
Dec. 14, 2001
Sixteen Tennessee student-athletes are scheduled to graduate Saturday in ceremonies at Thompson-Boling Arena, including five starters off this season's team and former Vols Heath Shuler and Bernard Gooden.
The list of 10 players from the 2001 UT varsity football squad features five who dotted the starting lineup during the season: wide receiver Bobby Graham, offensive tackle Will Ofenheusle, wide receiver Eric Parker, running back Travis Stephens and offensive guard Fred Weary. Ofenheusel has one season of football eligibility remaining.
Shuler quarterbacked the Vols from 1991-93 and was named 1993 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year. He left school following his junior season to play professional football and was the third player taken overall in the 1994 NFL Draft. Gooden was a member of the Tennessee offensive line from 1997-2000.
| Saturday's Graduation List: |
| ? Devon Nicholson (Baseball, History) |
| ? Brad Blaylock (Football, Sport Management) |
| ? Barbaros Dinler (Football, Psychology) |
| ? Buck Fitzgerald (Football, Human Resource Development) |
| ? Bobby Graham (Football, Economics) |
| ? Joey Mathews (Football, Sociology) |
| ? Will Ofenheusle (Football, Logistics and Transportation) |
| ? Eric Parker (Football, Sociology) |
| ? Thomas Stallworth (Football, Sport Management) |
| ? Travis Stephens (Football, Human Resource Development) |
| ? Fred Weary (Football, Economics) |
| ? Bernard Gooden (Football, Urban Studies) |
| ? Jason Reel (Football, Sociology) |
| ? Heath Shuler (Football, Psychology) |
| ? Toby Colyer (Track and Field, Sociology) |
| ? Adrian Wheatley (Track and Field, Urban Studies) |
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