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2025 Football Roster
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Jersey Number 87
Joshua Helsdon
- Position:
- DL
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 290
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Cleveland, Tenn.
- High School:
- Bradley Central
CAREER HONORS
2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
CAREER
A reserve in-state defensive lineman who enters his fourth season with the program in 2025 … Played in six career games.2024 - RS-SOPHOMORE
Appeared in four games during the 2024 campaign … Played a season-high eight defensive snaps in the opener vs. Chattanooga (8/31).2023 - RS-FRESHMAN
Played in two games … Made Tennessee debut in season-opening win vs. Virginia (9/2)… Played three snaps on the defensive line against Connecticut (11/4).2022 - FRESHMAN
Did not see action and earned a redshirt.HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
Did not play football until his junior year of high school … Played for Damon Floyd at Bradley Central High School … Full name is Joshua Jack Helsdon … Son of Kelly and Dean Helsdon … Has one sister, Karlie, and four brothers, Jay, Derek, Jared, and Daniel ... The biggest adversity he faced was not getting to play football until his junior year of high school ... Favorite hobbies are fishing, boating, and working on old cars ... Favorite movie is Need for Speed ... Favorite food is chicken wings ... Majoring in sport management ... Twitter handle is @helsdon_joshua ... Instagram handle is @joshua_helsdon.FB | Josh Heupel Press Conference (10.1.25)
Wednesday, October 01
FB | Joey Aguilar Media Availability (10.1.25)
Wednesday, October 01
FB | Caleb Herring Media Availability (10.1.25)
Wednesday, October 01
FB | Ty Redmond Media Availability (10.1.25)
Wednesday, October 01