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Jersey Number 13
Edwin Spillman
- Position:
- LB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Lipscomb Academy
CAREER HONORS
2025 The Athletic Freshman All-America Second Team2025 SEC All-Freshman Team (Coaches)
2025 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024-25 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
CAREER
Physical and athletic linebacker with all the tools who shined in his first full season … Owns three years of remaining eligibility after redshirting as a true freshman and cracking the starting lineup as a redshirt freshman in 2025 ... Is the Vols’ leading returning tackler in terms of total tackles after a Freshman All-America campaign … Enrolled at Tennessee in March 2024 after an outstanding prep career in Nashville … Owns 87 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, one interception and three pass breakups in his career ... Played in 17 career games with six starts … A two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll.2025 – RS-FRESHMAN
Part of the starting rotation in his first full season where he earned Freshman All-America honors and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team … Was the SEC’s leading freshman tackler in total tackles and the Vols’ leading tackler with 81 … Played in all 13 games with six starts … Saw action on 537 defensive snaps … Tied for 10th overall in the SEC in total tackles … Added 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, one interception and three pass breakups on the year … Was the Vols’ second-leading tackler in Music City Bowl start against Illinois (12/30) … Posted a seven-tackle performance in road win at Florida (11/22), tying career-bests with one TFL and a sack against the Gators ... Continued his impressive string of performances with seven tackles in Homecoming win over New Mexico State (11/15) ... Filled the stat sheet with nine tackles, a half-sack, one interception and one pass breakup against No. 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) ... Played a career high 70 snaps against the Wildcats … 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) ... Logged 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 six tackles with one TFL and one sack in season-opening win over Syracuse (8/30).2024 – FRESHMAN
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 who came from a championship pedigree at Lipscomb Academy in Nashville … 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 | Josh Heupel Press Conference (3.16.26)
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