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TJ Metcalf
- Position:
- DB
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
- High School:
- Pinson Valley
CAREER HONORS
2025 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (Coaches)CAREER
An All-Big Ten transfer starting safety who comes to Tennessee after one season at Michigan and two seasons at Arkansas … Back-to-back seasons as a starter in the Big Ten and SEC who owns one final year of eligibility in 2026 … Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, and can play either safety position or the nickel … Played in 13 career games with 13 starts … Credited with 130 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 11 pass breakups and four interceptions while playing 1,601 defensive snaps … Enrolled at Tennessee in January 2026 and will participate in spring practice.2025 – JUNIOR (MICHIGAN)
A starting safety in his first and only season at Michigan, earning All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors from the league’s coaches … Started all 13 games and allowed only one touchdown catch on 398 coverage snaps … Saw action on 718 total defensive snaps … Ranked third on the team in tackles with 58, including 37 solo and 21 assisted, to go along with 2.5 tackles for loss, four pass breakups and one interception … Gathered seven tackles and one PBU in start in Citrus Bowl against Texas (12/31) … Collected a season-high 10 tackles against Ohio State (11/29) … Posted four solo stops in safety start at Northwestern at Wrigley Field (11/15) … Contributed five tackles in start at Michigan State (10/25) … Posted six solo tackles and a tackle for loss in start at USC (10/11) … Made four tackles in a season-high 73 snaps at Nebraska (9/20) … Logged four tackles, including one for loss against Central Michigan (9/13) … Tallied an interception and four tackles at Oklahoma (9/6).2024 – SOPHOMORE (ARKANSAS)
One of the SEC’s top safeties as a sophomore … Appeared in all 12 games with 11 starts in the secondary for Arkansas … Totaled 57 tackles, including one for loss, while playing 730 defensive snaps … Tied for ninth in the SEC in passes defended with 10 – seven pass breakups and three interceptions … Tied for eighth in the SEC in picks … Registered six tackles at Missouri (11/30) … Broke up two passes and notched four tackles on a season-high 78 snaps against Louisiana Tech (11/23) … Collected six tackles and a PBU vs. Ole Miss (11/2) … Recorded seven tackles in win over Tennessee (10/5) … Registered a PBU and three tackles at Texas A&M (9/28) … At Auburn (9/21), became the first Arkansas player to have two interceptions, two pass breakups and a forced fumble in the same game since 1999 … Brought in his first career interception and made seven tackles against UAB (9/14) … Set a new career high with 12 tackles, including six solo stops, at Oklahoma State (9/7) … Made two tackles in his first career start against Arkansas Pine Bluff (8/29).2023 – FRESHMAN (ARKANSAS)
A contributor on special teams and the secondary in his debut season at Arkansas … Played in all 12 games with no starts while playing 153 total defensive snaps … Did not allow a touchdown on 63 coverage snaps … Produced 15 tackles and one fumble recovery on the year … Gathered a season-high five tackles against Auburn (11/11) … Collected three tackles at Florida (11/14) and had two tackles at Alabama (10/14) … Made his collegiate debut against Western Carolina (9/2) and notched four tackles and one fumble recovery.HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
A two-way player at Pinson Valley High School in Birmingham … Rated as a four-star prospect by Rivals and the No. 32 safety in the nation and No. 27 player in the state of Alabama … A three-star prospect by ESPN and 247Sports … Considered the No. 25 overall player in the state of Alabama by 247Sports … Played in the 2022 Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game … Credited with 65 tackles and two for loss as a senior to go along with 10 pass breakups, one interception, three forced fumble and one fumble recovery as a senior in 2022 … Added four receptions for 91 yards and two touchdowns … Coached by Lee Guess … Son of Tarrus and Neely Metcalf … Father played football at Ole Miss … Brother, Tevis, played with him at Michigan in 2025 … Cousin is former Ole Miss wide receiver and current NFL standout DK Metcalf … Instagram handle is @tjmetcalf_FB | Music City Bowl Postgame Press Conference (12.30.25)
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