Rhiannon Potkey

Knoxville News Sentinel

NASHVILLE - Redshirt freshman wide receiver Vincent Perry is academically ineligible to return to Tennessee for the remainder of the school year, likely ending his Tennessee football career without ever appearing in a game.

“He is not at the bowl and he is no longer with the program,” Tennessee spokesperson Ryan Robinson said Wednesday. “It’s just like a regular student. It had nothing to do with football.”

Perry was academically ineligible entering the fall semester, but was allowed to practice with the team. Perry didn’t improve his grades during the fall semester and was dismissed from school.

Perry could re-apply to Tennessee for the spring semester, but his admittance is at the discretion of the school, according to Robinson. It’s more likely Perry would seek entrance into a junior college.

Perry was a three-star prospect as an all-purpose back out of Hillsboro High in Nashville. Perry also played baseball at Hillsboro. Robinson said Perry’s ineligibility eliminated any chance of him playing baseball at Tennessee this spring.