CAREER HONORS

SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week (at Vanderbilt, 11/26/22)

CAREER

Physical edge rusher who has had the best season of his career in 2022 … An SEC Graduate in his fifth year with the program and final year of eligibility … Key contributor at UT’s LEO position … Played in 47 games and made one start during his career ... Collected 88 career tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss and eight sacks for a loss of 55 yards while posting 10 QB hurries.

2022 – SENIOR

Had breakout senior season, setting career highs in tackles (39), TFLs (7.0), sacks (3.0) and QB hurries (5) ... Finished with three tackles and a TFL in 2022 Capital One Orange Bowl victory over No. 7 Clemson … Had a career day in win at Vanderbilt (11/26), finishing with four tackles while setting career highs in TFLs (2.5) and sacks (2.0), good enough for SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors ... Made five solo tackles at South Carolina (11/19) ... Tallied five tackles in win over No. 19 Kentucky (10/29) ... Had a tackle and half a TFL in win over UT Martin (10/22) ... Made three tackles in win vs. No. 3 Alabama (10/15) ... Had one of the best games of his career in road win at No. 25 LSU (10/8), posting a career-high seven tackles including 1.5 TFLs, a sack and a QB hurry ... Finished with two tackles and half a TFL in win over No. 20 Florida (9/24) ... Had a productive game in road win at No. 17 Pitt (9/10), collecting five tackles and a TFL while tying a career high with two QB hurries ... Made one tackle in season-opening win over Ball State (9/1).

2021 – JUNIOR

A consistent performer at LEO for the Vols, seeing action in all 13 games with one start … Finished the year with 34 total tackles – 19 solo – to go along with 3.5 tackles for loss and one sack … Owned four QB hurries, which ranked fourth on the team … Made two tackles, including a tackle for loss in win vs. Vanderbilt (11/27) ... Had an impressive performance for the second-straight week with six tackles and two QB hurries against South Alabama (11/20), as well as 1.5 TFLs ... Notched five tackles against top-ranked Georgia (11/13) ... Recorded his first sack of the season while adding three tackles at No. 4 Alabama (10/23) ... Made a pair of tackles and had a QBH vs. No. 13 Ole Miss (10/16) ... Had three tackles in 40 snaps in win vs. South Carolina (10/9) ... Made his first-career start at Missouri (10/2), finishing with two solo tackles ... Collected four tackles in 28 snaps at No. 11 Florida (9/25) ... Made one tackle against Tennessee Tech (9/18) ... Played 41 snaps against Pitt (9/11), finishing with one tackle and one QB hurry ... Logged four tackles in the season opener against Bowling Green (9/2).

2020 – SOPHOMORE

Played in all 10 games as a reserve linebacker and special teams contributor despite battling injuries throughout the year ... Totaled seven tackles, three tackles for loss and two sacks, which was tied for third most on the team ... Had one sack against No. 2 Alabama (10/24) ... Had two tackles, both for a loss, at No. 3 Georgia (10/10) to set a new season high for TFLs ... Also tied a season high with one sack against the Bulldogs ... Recorded one tackle in season-opening win at South Carolina (9/26).

2019 – FRESHMAN

Appeared in 11 games as an outside linebacker and made eight tackles with two sacks and one hurry ... Improved as the season went on and had one sack in each of the final two games, making quarterback stops against Indiana in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (1/2) and vs. Vanderbilt in the regular season finale (11/30) ... Had one tackle in win over UAB (11/2) and one stop against South Carolina (10/26) ... Recorded the first tackles of his Tennessee career in the Vols' win over Chattanooga, tallying four (9/14) ... Made his debut against BYU, recording a quarterback hurry against the Cougars (9/7).

HIGH SCHOOL

Four-star prospect who starred at Bainbridge High School in Bainbridge, Georgia … Led the Bearcats to the 2018 Class 5A Georgia State Championship … Named 2018 Georgia Class 5A Defensive Player of the Year ... 2017 and 2018 All-Region 1-5A first-team selection ... Totaled 188 tackles, 50 TFLs, 21 sacks and three forced fumbles during prep career ... Tallied 89 tackles, 31 tackles for a loss, 17 quarterback hurries and 8.5 sacks during his senior campaign ... After a 2-4 start to the 2018 season, helped Bainbridge win its last seven games en route to a Class 5A State Championship ... Had eight tackles and blocked a field goal as time expired in regulation during Bainbridge's 47-41, three-overtime victory over Warner Robins in the state title game.

PERSONAL

Full name is Roman Lee Harrison … Born Feb. 27, 2001 … Son of Lonzy Harrison Jr. and Elitha Gant … Earned his bachelor’s degree in communication studies in May 2023 ... Recipient of Moore Athletic Scholarship Endowment … Twitter and Instagram handle is @_rh30_.

Roman Harrison