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Edwin Spillman
- Position:
- LB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 214
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Lipscomb Academy
Bio
CAREER HONORS
2024-25 First-Year SEC Academic Honor RollCAREER
Physical and athletic linebacker with all the tools who saw action in four games as a true freshman and earned a redshirt ...2025 – RS-FRESHMAN
Played 42 defensive snaps and recorded a career-best six tackles with one TFL and one sack in season-opening win over Syracuse (8/30) ... Had an impressive preseason camp and is expected to be a major contributor at linebacker for the Vols in 2025 ... Logged 12 total tackles, one TFL and one sack in his career ... Played in five career games.2024 – FRESHMAN
Promising linebacker with all the tools who saw action in four games as a true freshman and earned a redshirt … Finished his rookie season with six total tackles … Rounded out his freshman campaign in UT’s CFP first round matchup at No. 6 Ohio State (12/21), playing a season-high 25 defensive snaps and posting one solo tackle … Tallied a pair of stops in the regular season finale at Vanderbilt (11/30) … Made SEC debut in UT’s dominant defensive effort at No. 15 Oklahoma (9/21) and logged one solo tackle … Played his first game as a Vol vs. Kent State (9/14) and contributed a pair of assisted tackles.HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
Instinctive in-state linebacker with size, speed and range who came from a championship pedigree at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville … Enrolled at Tennessee in March 2024 after graduating high school early and participated in spring practice … A consensus four-star prospect and top-10 player from the state of Tennessee by all major recruiting services … The No. 10 player from Tennessee and No. 30 linebacker according to On3 … Rated No. 9 in the Volunteer State and No. 31 at his position by 247Sports … The No. 19 linebacker in the country and No. 6 player from Tennessee according to Rivals … Tabbed No. 7 in the state and No. 24 at his position by ESPN … 2024 Polynesian Bowl participant in Honolulu, Hawaii … Amassed 305 tackles and 49 tackles for loss over the course of his high school career at Lipscomb Academy … Played nine games his senior season and racked up 87 tackles, 27 TFLs, three sacks and three pass breakups … Earned Div. II-3A All-Region honors in 2023 … Leading tackler for the Mustangs in 2022, posting 101 total tackles, 14.5 TFLs, two sacks and six pass breakups as junior … Helped Lipscomb Academy to a 13-0 record and second consecutive state title his junior season … Named to the MaxPreps Junior All-America Team and the TSWA Div. II-AA All-State Team in 2022 … Chose Tennessee over 33 other Division I offers, including 10 SEC programs … Committed to the Vols in July 2023 … Coached by former NFL Pro Bowlers Trent Dilfer and Kevin Mawae … Full name is Edwin Michael Spillman … Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone in West Africa … Parents are Melissa and Jeremy Spillman … Has three brothers, Nate, Bennett and Jed ... Brother, Nate Spillman, was a WR for the Vols in 2023 and 2024 before transferring to Charlotte Adopted and came to the United States in 2013, arriving in Nashville on Nov. 25, 2013 … Majoring in sport management ... Favorite movie is The Green Mile … Favorite TV shows are The Office and Kickin’ It … X handle is @ESpillman13 … Instagram handle is @edwin_spillmanFB | Cinematic Recap vs. Syracuse (8.30.25)
Tuesday, September 02
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Tuesday, September 02
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Tuesday, September 02
FB | Josh Heupel Press Conference (9.1.25)
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