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Titans Rookie DT Among Riskiest Picks
The Tennessee Titans were thrilled when T’Vondre Sweat was still available when they were on the clock in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft.
Sweat was seen as a potential first-round pick in the weeks leading up to the draft, but an arrest for a DWI charge saw his stock plummet. That’s why Bleacher Report labeled him as one of the most controversial picks from last month’s draft.
“An off-field red flag went up just before the draft when Sweat was arrested for DWI in Texas. To say the timing of that arrest was less than ideal is an understatement,” Bleacher Report writes. “The DWI is a serious offense, to be sure. But Sweat doesn’t have a history of off-field issues at Texas, and the reality is that young men make mistakes. The key will be what Sweat does after making one.”
On top of that, Sweat weighed in at 366 pounds at the NFL Combine, which would make him the NFL’s heaviest defender. The quickness and mobility needed in the NFL is different than college, and there could be some durability concerns.
However, the Titans didn’t feel any of those flags were red enough to not take Sweat in the second round, which means the team has faith that he can turn into a long-term option for Tennessee on the defensive line.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – We’re experiencing our hottest weather since summer 2025.
The hottest weather of the year is having a major impact on Middle Tennesseans. Temperatures have soared well above average during the afternoon and remained unusually high at night for several days. That’s caused thousands across Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky to temporarily change the way they go about everyday life. The heat has been so significant that temperatures have actually been in record territory.
For example, this past Sunday, Nashville nearly tied the highest minimum temperature ever for the date — 80° set in 1936. Nashville’s low on Sunday was 79.
As for high temperatures, while it was easily the hottest day of the year on Tuesday, Nashville missed that day’s record by nine degrees.
We’ll be closer on Wednesday, missing it by just six degrees.
There’s an even closer approach in line for Thursday. Our forecast for Nashville is 98°. The record high temperature is 101.
Cooler weather will eventually take over. By early next week, we expect highs to return to more seasonable levels — the low 90s.
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Former Tennessee baseball pitcher Garrett Stallings was called up by the Milwaukee Brewers on June 30.
Stallings, 28, likely will make his major league debut against the Cincinnati Reds on June 30 in the second game of the Brewers’ four-game homestand.
Stallings played at Tennessee from 2017 to 2019 in the early years of Tony Vitello’s stint at the Vols’ head coach. He earned a starting role as a freshman and became the ace by his junior season.
In 2019, the Los Angeles Angels selected Stallings in the fifth round of the MLB draft. He bounced around in the minors before landing firmly in Triple-A with the Norfolk Tides, and later the Brewers’ affiliate Nashville Sounds, in 2024.
Stallings posted a 3-3 record with the Sounds in 2026 with a 3.45 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 62⅔ innings.
He will be the 54th player in Tennessee history to reach the major leagues and the 12th since 2020. He will join left-hander Garrett Crochet (2020); right-hander Ben Joyce (2023); infielder Andre Lipcius (2023); IF Trey Lipscomb (2024); outfielder Jordan Beck (2024); RHP Seth Halvorsen (2024); RHP Chase Dollander (2025); RHP Blade Tidwell (2025); INF Christian Moore (2025); OF Drew Gilbert (2025); and RHP Chad Dallas (2026).
Dallas made his debut for the Toronto Blue Jays on June 4.
Wynton Jackson covers high school sports for Knox News. Email: wynton.jackson@knoxnews.com
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