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Jeremiah Telander
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Gainesville, Ga.
- High School:
- Gainesville
Last name is pronounced TEE-lan-dur
An athletic linebacker with a nose for the ball and an innate playmaking ability … As a senior, helped lead Gainesville High School to a 14-1 record and an appearance in the Georgia Class 6A State Championship game, its first appearance since 2012 … Racked up 13 tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks and blocked two PATs in the state title game … Tabbed a four-star recruit by ESPN and a high-end three-star prospect by the other major recruiting services … Rated as the No. 16 linebacker in the country and the No. 36 player in the state of Georgia by ESPN … The No. 69 rated linebacker prospect nationally according to the 247Sports Composite rankings … Tabbed a Region 8-6A first-team selection at linebacker in 2022 … Earned back-to-back Region 7-3A Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2020 and 2021 while playing for North Hall High School … Named to the 2021 Georgia High School Association Class 3A First Team All-State team as a junior after garnering all-state honorable mention honors as a sophomore in 2020… Recorded 112 tackles, 25 TFLs, 14 sacks, five forced fumbles and one interception as a senior … Made 137 tackles, 33 TFLs, three sacks and picked off three passes as a junior … Compiled 143 tackles as a sophomore in 2020 … Was also a standout track & field athlete and played basketball in high school … Won a sectional title and placed fourth at the Georgia Class 3A state championship meet in the high jump as a sophomore in 2020 … His father, Steve Telander, played college football at UMass before getting into coaching and spending time as an assistant coach at Missouri, Bowling Green, UTEP and UMass … Committed to the Vols in June 2022 after compiling more than 25 Division I offers, including 18 from Power Five programs … Coached by Josh Niblett (Gainesville HS) and Sean Pender (North Hall HS) … Arrived on Rocky Top in December and is participating in bowl practices … Twitter handle is @jeremiahteland1 … Instagram handle is @jeremiahtelander
An athletic linebacker with a nose for the ball and an innate playmaking ability … As a senior, helped lead Gainesville High School to a 14-1 record and an appearance in the Georgia Class 6A State Championship game, its first appearance since 2012 … Racked up 13 tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks and blocked two PATs in the state title game … Tabbed a four-star recruit by ESPN and a high-end three-star prospect by the other major recruiting services … Rated as the No. 16 linebacker in the country and the No. 36 player in the state of Georgia by ESPN … The No. 69 rated linebacker prospect nationally according to the 247Sports Composite rankings … Tabbed a Region 8-6A first-team selection at linebacker in 2022 … Earned back-to-back Region 7-3A Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2020 and 2021 while playing for North Hall High School … Named to the 2021 Georgia High School Association Class 3A First Team All-State team as a junior after garnering all-state honorable mention honors as a sophomore in 2020… Recorded 112 tackles, 25 TFLs, 14 sacks, five forced fumbles and one interception as a senior … Made 137 tackles, 33 TFLs, three sacks and picked off three passes as a junior … Compiled 143 tackles as a sophomore in 2020 … Was also a standout track & field athlete and played basketball in high school … Won a sectional title and placed fourth at the Georgia Class 3A state championship meet in the high jump as a sophomore in 2020 … His father, Steve Telander, played college football at UMass before getting into coaching and spending time as an assistant coach at Missouri, Bowling Green, UTEP and UMass … Committed to the Vols in June 2022 after compiling more than 25 Division I offers, including 18 from Power Five programs … Coached by Josh Niblett (Gainesville HS) and Sean Pender (North Hall HS) … Arrived on Rocky Top in December and is participating in bowl practices … Twitter handle is @jeremiahteland1 … Instagram handle is @jeremiahtelander
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