Tennessee is expecting former minor league baseball player Vince Faison to enroll in January.
Faison signed with Georgia under then Bulldogs assistant coach Greg Adkins, who is now UT’s offensive line coach.
Faison, 26, is expected to play in the secondary.
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Comments » 7
jopad#212858 writes:
Hope he is good enough to help next year. Coaches, how about clueing him in on Kelly Washingtons effect on our team when he came to the Vols from minor league baseball. Deliver us from another Washington and his self centered agenda.
BornaVolDieaVol writes:
I'm listening to Faison right now on the Sports Animal and he impresses me. He seems to be a real mature person, much different from Kelley Washington. I assume he will bring a lot to the table in the secondary based on his age, maturity, leadership, athletic ability, and the training he's been through the past ten years playing baseball.
VOLnATL writes:
Great and all but...Could we have more information please?
orangebloodgmc writes:
Would he by any chance be a TALL defensive back? Just politely inquiring.
wyomingvol writes:
6 ft, 180lbs.
dmjohn2#576066 writes:
I found this article about Faison, it's not much information, but all I found.
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Vince Faison, a former member of The Telegraph's Sweet 16, is returning to college football, but he won't be playing at Georgia.
Faison signed with the Bulldogs in 1999 but decided to try professional baseball and signed a contract with the San Diego Padres. He has decided to give up baseball and play football for Tennessee, he told radio station Y-101from his Toombs County home.
"I gave it nine years in baseball, and (football) has always been stuck in the back of my mind," he told the radio station.
Faison was a USA Today honorable mention All-American for Toombs County. He decided to sign with the Volunteers because Tennessee assistant coach Greg Adkins recruited him for Georgia eight years ago and maintained contact.
"I'm going to be a little rusty going back out there," he said, but "I think I can go back out there and play on defense right away."
Faison was taken with the 20th overall pick of the major league draft and given a $1.4 million signing bonus by the Padres, but never advanced past Double-A baseball. He decided several years ago to think about football again if he hadn't made the major leagues by 26.
"I'm just not getting any younger," he said.
orangebloodgmc writes:
I guess this is a naive question, but do baseball players pump iron these days or is it still like it was in Jim Bouton's book, Ball Four?
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