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Jersey Number 13
Edwin Spillman
- Position:
- LB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Lipscomb Academy
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 ... Had an impressive preseason camp and is expected to be a major contributor at linebacker for the Vols in 2025 ... Has 64 tackles, 1.5 TFLs, one sack and one pass breakup in his career ... Played in 13 career games with two starts.2025 – RS-FRESHMAN
Filled the stat sheet with nine tackles, a half-sack, one interception and one pass breakup against #18 Oklahoma (11/1) ... Led all players with a career-best 15 tackles (11 solo), a half tackle for loss and one QB hurry in road win at Kentucky (10/25) ... Posted a six-tackle performance at No. 6 Alabama (10/18) with one pass breakup, all in the second half ... Registered five tackles with one QB hurry in win vs. Arkansas (10/11) ... Made a career-best seven tackles with a half TFL in the Vols’ overtime win at Mississippi State (9/27) ... Notched two tackles in a 56-24 win over UAB (9/20) ... Tied his career-high with six tackles in SEC opener vs. No. 6 Georgia (9/13) ... Registered two tackles and a QB hurry in blowout win vs. ETSU (9/6) ... 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).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 | Wendell Moe Jr. Media Availability (11.11.25)
Tuesday, November 11
FB | Miles Kitselman Media Availability (11.11.25)
Tuesday, November 11
FB | Tim Banks Press Conference (11.11.25)
Tuesday, November 11
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