ah, really, like I said, after the [Vanderbilt] game like, it really got to it. Like, everybody was trying to see what everybody wanted to do. And you know, we all just … a lot of guys that want to be here have been through the program and just feel like it’s another step the program can be. And we just talked to each other — me, Coop [Cooper Mays], other guys just, like, ‘Let’s come back, we use our presence, us who we are, and just try to make the best out of it. And at the same time, like grow for our opportunity, as well.’”
Thomas essentially described unfinished business for himself, his defensive teammates and the entire Tennessee program after an 8-4 regular season, and he said the 21st-ranked Vols have an opportunity in the upcoming Citrus Bowl against 17th-ranked Iowa to get a head start on a better 2024 season. Here’s everything Thomas said after Tuesday’s practice.
“The last time I didn’t play football with Jabari was probably little league football, because we played [together] in middle school, we played high school, college. Yeah, little league football. But at the same time, we played against each other in little league football. But it’d be different, for sure. Whatever he do, like, it’d be different, for sure.”
