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Jersey Number 9
Tyler Baron
- Position:
- DL/LB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 260
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Knoxville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Knoxville Catholic
Bio
CAREER HONORS
2023 Reese's Senior Bowl Midseason All-America TeamSEC Defensive Lineman of the Week (vs. Virginia, 9/2/23)
2024 Reese's Senior Bowl Watch List
2023 Preseason All-SEC Third Team (Athlon)
CAREER
Talented edge rusher who is having a career year … Including this year, owns two seasons of remaining eligibility … Played in 47 games with 18 starts and logged 100 career tackles with 26.0 tackles for loss, 12.5 sacks, four passes defended, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery that was returned for a TD in his career … Comes from a family with a college football history and was a four-star local prospect before enrolling at Tennessee.2023 – SENIOR
His five sacks are a single-season career high ... Made three tackles to reach 100 for his career in loss to No. 1 Georgia (11/18). Also added a TFL and a QB hurry against the Bulldogs ... Had two tackles, half a TFL and a career-high two pass breakups at No. 14 Missouri (11/11), the first of which resulted in a Jaylen McCollough interception on the first drive of the game ... Was dominant in win vs. UConn (11/4), posting three tackles, two TFLs and a 24-yard fumble return for a touchdown right before halftime ... Finished with three tackles and half a TFL in road win at Kentucky (10/28) ... Posted another solid performance in win vs. Texas A&M (10/14) with two tackles, including his fifth sack of the season, and a QB hurry ... Made two tackles, including his fourth sack of the year, and added a career-high three QB hurries in win over UTSA (9/23) ... Had three total tackles in SEC opener at Florida (9/16) ... Made three solo tackles, including a sack in win over Austin Peay (9/9) ... Tabbed SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week after an impressive performance in season-opening victory vs. Virginia (9/2), setting a new career-high with two sacks while also recording 2.5 TFLs and three total tackles.2022 – JUNIOR
Starred at defensive end with appearances in all 13 games and three starts … Starts came vs. Ball State, Pitt and Akron … Logged 22 total tackles and ranked third on the team in tackles for loss with 6.5 … Added 2.5 sacks for a loss of 19 yards and ranked second among UT defensive linemen in pass breakups with six … Came off the bench and contributed four tackles in the Orange Bowl victory over Clemson (12/30) … Had one of his best performances of the year in win over Missouri (11/12), setting a career high with four tackles for loss and a sack ... Made two tackles, including half a sack for a five-yard loss in win vs. No. 19 Kentucky (10/29) ... Recorded a pair of tackles and a QB hurry in win over Akron (9/17) ... Was disruptive throughout in road win at No. 17 Pitt (9/10), posting four tackles, two TFLs, a sack, a forced fumble and a QB hurry … His strip sack at the end of the first half led directly to a UT field goal.2021 – SOPHOMORE
Proved to be one of the Vols’ top pass rushers … Played in all 13 games with five starts … Starts came in the first four games of the year and in the Music City Bowl … Collected 30 tackles, including seven for loss and four sacks to go along with two pass breakups and two QB hurries … Tied a season high with four tackles in the bowl game, including 0.5 for loss, vs. Purdue (12/30) … Made one tackle and had one QB hurry in win vs. Vanderbilt (11/27) ... Notched two tackles and had half a sack in win vs. South Alabama (11/20) ... Had four tackles and a big sack in the fourth quarter of win at No. 18 Kentucky (11/6) ... Made three tackles at No. 4 Alabama (10/23) ... Logged one sack in win vs. South Carolina (10/9) ... Tallied three tackles and a PBU at No. 11 Florida (9/25) ... Recorded three tackles and half a sack in shutout win over Tennessee Tech (9/18) ... Had four tackles and a career high 2.5 TFLs against Pitt (9/11) ... Made his first-career start in season-opening win vs. Bowling Green (9/2), finishing with two tackles, one sack, one QBH and one PBU.2020 – FRESHMAN
One of the top defensive reserves on the squad in his debut season who played in all 10 games … Did not start any contests … Played on 250 snaps according to PFF … Totaled 21 tackles, three tackles for loss and one sack ... Had three tackles and recorded his first-career sack vs. No. 6 Florida (12/5) ... Made three tackles vs. No. 2 Alabama (10/24) ... Made a career-high five tackles at No. 3 Georgia (10/10) ... Made his Tennessee debut in season-opening win at South Carolina (9/26), posting two tackles which both went for a loss.HIGH SCHOOL
Rated as a four-star prospect and the nation’s fourth-ranked strongside defensive end in 247 composite rankings … Member of ESPN300 … Played his senior season at Knoxville Catholic High School, just a few minutes away from UT’s campus, after transferring from The Ensworth School in Nashville … Led Knoxville Catholic to the DII-AAA quarterfinals in the 2019 state playoffs … 2019 Tennessee DII-AAA All-State selection … Selected to play in the 2020 Polynesian Bowl … 2018 Nashville Area Division II East/Middle All-Region Team … Defensive line MVP of The Opening Regional at Blackman High School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee … Totaled 105 tackles, 22 tackles for loss and nine sacks in 2019 … Made 46.5 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks as a junior in 2018.PERSONAL
Full name is Tyler Patrick Baron … Born on Oct. 22, 2001 … Son of Jessica Baron and Patrick Abernathy ... Has two brothers, Jordan and Woody ... Woody played college football at Virginia Tech and currently plays in the Canadian Football League for the BC Lions … Older brother, Jordan, recently finished serving in the National Guard in 2019 ... Majoring in communication studies … Recipient of the Brenda Lawson Athletic Scholarship and the Sarah Booth Reid Men's Athletic Endowed Scholarship ... Twitter handle is @tylerbaron23 and Instagram handle is @_tylerbaron.FB | Joey Aguilar & Mike Matthews Postgame at Mississippi State (9.27.25)
Sunday, September 28
FB | Josh Heupel Postgame Press Conference vs. Mississippi State (9.27.25)
Saturday, September 27
FB | Cinematic Recap vs. UAB (9.20.25)
Wednesday, September 24
FB | Braylon Staley Media Availability (9.23.25)
Tuesday, September 23
