2013 Football Roster
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Downs, Brendan

Jersey Number 85
Brendan Downs
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 248
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bristol, Tenn.
- High School:
- Tennessee HS
Bio
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CAREER HONORS
2014 - SENIOR
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- 2014 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 13/0
- One of 18 seniors on Vols, seeing time as a backup tight end, playing in all 13 games with one catch for 12 yards
- For second year in a row, scored touchdown on first catch of year, hauling in 12-yard TD vs. Utah State (8/31)
2013 - JUNIOR
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- 2013 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 12/11
- Starting tight end in 2013 after after two years as a backup to current Oakland Raiders TE Mychal Rivera
- Played in all 12 games and started 11 games in 2013
- Made 12 catches for 70 yards including two touchdowns -- on his first two catches of year
- Had catches in last two games of season vs. Vanderbilt (11/23) and at Kentucky (11/30)
- Career-high three catches for 20 yards vs. #11 South Carolina (10/19)
- Third game with two catches vs. South Alabama (9/28)
- Second-career multi-catch game with two catches for 18 yards at #2 Oregon (9/14)
- Scored touchdown for second week in a row with 1-yard grab vs. WKU (9/7)
- Opened 2013 with a 3-yard touchdown catch vs. Austin Peay (8/31), second-career touchdown
2012 - SOPHOMORE
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- 2012 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 10/1
- Began camp as backup tight end to Mychal Rivera, suffered knee injury in scrimmage and missed first two games, played final 10 games
- Posted three catches for 39 yards in 2012
- Drew first start of the 2012 season vs. Troy (11/3)
- Season-long 15-yard reception late vs. #1 Alabama (10/20)
- First-career touchdown on a 6-yard reception vs. Akron (9/22)
- Returned vs. #18 Florida (9/15) with a few snaps
2011 - FRESHMAN
- 2011 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 8/1
- True freshman tight end played in eight games
- Three catches for 34 yards on the year
- First-career start in a two-tight end set vs. Buffalo, had no catches
- First-career catches, making two for 32 yards vs. Cincinnati (9/10)
- Back-up tight end college debut in opener vs. Montana (9/3), one of 12 true freshmen to see action
HIGH SCHOOL
- Rivals: 3-star (No. 28 overall tight end, No. 7 overall prospect in Tennessee)
- Scout: 3-star (No. 26 overall tight end)
- ESPN: 3-star (No. 32 overall tight end)
- Earned All-Region honors as both a senior in 2010 and junior in 2009
- Named All-Conference as a senior
- As a senior, had team-high 34 receptions for 470 yards and four touchdowns
- As a junior, tallied eight receptions for 204 yards
- 2010 Team Captain and part of 2009 Conference Championship
- Holds Viking Football power clean record
- Also a standout track and basketball athlete, earning All-Conference honors in both as a junior
- Averaged 6.1 points and 4.5 rebounds per game as a junior for the Vikings basketball team
- Full Name: C. Brendan Downs
- Coach at Tennessee High: Greg Stubbs
PERSONAL
- Full Name: Clyde Brendan Downs
- Born on May 5, 1993 in Richmond, Virginia
- Son of Erin and Butch Downs
- Majoring in Supply Chain Management
- Recipient of the M. Stephen & Chris M. Brandon Endowment Fund
CAREER HIGHS
- Receptions - 3 vs. South Carolina, 10/19/13
- Receiving Yards - 32 vs. Cincinnati, 9/10/11
- Touchdowns - 1 on four occasions, last vs. Utah State, 8/31/14
FB | Cinematic Recap vs. Syracuse (8.30.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Willie Martinez Press Conference (9.2.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Joey Halzle Press Conference (9.2.25)
Tuesday, September 02
FB | Josh Heupel Press Conference (9.1.25)
Monday, September 01