2025 All-5Star Preps Underclassman Teams presented by Jeremy Cox/THRIVENT
2025 All-5Star Preps Underclassman Teams HOW PLAYERS ARE SELECTED Below you’ll find the 2025 All-5Star Preps UNDERCLASSMAN Football Teams, presented
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5STAR PREPS 2025 OFFENSIVE UNDERCLASSMAN OF THE YEAR: J.D. Gillum, Anderson County
BY MIKE BLACKERBY The big stage and bright lights never seemed to faze Anderson County quarterback J.D. Gillum. For his
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5STAR PREPS DEFENSIVE UNDERCLASSMAN OF THE YEAR: Joshua Kay, Powell
BY MIKE BLACKERBY If Joshua Kay’s style of play on the football field looks familiar, it’s by design. That’s because
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How Eagleton WR Lane Cope landed a preferred walk-on spot with the Tennessee Vols
BY NOAH TAYLOR MARYVILLE – Stephen Childs let the phone ring. Then he saw the text. When the Eagleton College
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National Signing Day — Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026
See where local athletes are signing on Feb. 4, 2026, and in the coming days. Area athletics directors and coaches
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TRANSFER TRACKER — Feb. 3, 2026
BY JESSE SMITHEY Offseasons never unfold quietly, especially in East Tennessee high school football. Be they coaching changes, college commitments
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THE LATEST with 2027 Sevier County WR/LB Parker Newman
BY JESSE SMITHEY Talking to Parker Newman on Tuesday, you’d never have guessed that the Class of 2027 standout had
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Wartburg hires Ted McKinney as new high school football coach
BY JESSE SMITHEY The program hasn’t experienced sustained winning in more than a decade. Wartburg hopes that Ted McKinney alters
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THE LATEST with 2027 Oak Ridge TE Malik Howard
BY JESSE SMITHEY Oak Ridge tight end Malik Howard rocketed up the recruiting charts early in his high school career
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Morristown West hires Darell Keith as head football coach
BY JESSE SMITHEY Darell Keith is getting another crack at being a head football coach in East Tennessee. Morristown West
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