Bryson Eason

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Bryson Eason
No. 20 – Tennessee Volunteers
Position Defensive tackle
Class
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Redshirt
Senior
Personal information
Born (2002-01-21) January 21, 2002 (age 23) [1]
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight315 lb (143 kg)
Career information
High school Whitehaven
(Memphis, Tennessee)
College Tennessee (2020–present)
Stats at ESPN

Bryson Lee Eason (born January 21, 2002) [1] is an American college football defensive tackle for the Tennessee Volunteers.

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Early life

Eason is from Memphis, Tennessee. [2] He grew up playing football attended Whitehaven High School in Memphis where he played as a linebacker. [3] As a junior, he helped Whitehaven to an appearance in the Class 6A state championship game. [4] He was all-state as a sophomore in 2017 and as a senior in 2019. [2] A four-star recruit and one of the top-350 prospects nationally, Eason committed to play college football for the Tennessee Volunteers. [5] He and two of his linebacker teammates at Whitehaven each committed to the Volunteers on the same day. [6]

College career

Eason appeared mainly on special teams in six games as a true freshman in 2020, then redshirted in 2021 after appearing in three games and posting a tackle-for-loss (TFL). [2] He became a defensive tackle in 2022 and tallied 18 tackles, 3.5 TFLs and 1.5 sacks. [7] In 2023, he started seven games and recorded 27 tackles, five TFLs and 1.5 sacks. [2] He then had 25 tackles, seven TFLs and 1.5 sacks during the 2024 season, in which he started all 13 games. [2] Eason opted to return for a sixth and final season in 2025. [8] Entering 2025, he was one of only two scholarship players who had been with Tennessee since before the hiring of head coach Josh Heupel. [9] He was invited to the 2026 Senior Bowl. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 @1210frenchie (January 21, 2022). "Mane. We getting old. Everybody wish my brudda a happy 20th birthday @EasonBryson 🎁❤️‍🩹🤞🏽. Love you til death bro" (Tweet). Retrieved December 28, 2025– via Twitter.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bryson Eason". Tennessee Volunteers.
  3. ↑ Thompson, Khari (September 10, 2019). "What Whitehaven 4-star LB Bryson Eason said about making Tennessee, Arkansas football his final two". The Commercial Appeal .
  4. ↑ Oyefusi, Daniel (August 4, 2019). "Dandy Dozen: After injury-plagued season Whitehaven's Bryson Eason says he's wiser, better". The Commercial Appeal .
  5. ↑ Wilson, Mike (October 22, 2019). "Vols land commitment from Memphis linebacker Bryson Eason". Knoxville News Sentinel .
  6. ↑ Thompson, Khari (October 23, 2019). "How three linebackers from the same Tennessee high school committed to UT Vols football on same night". The Commercial Appeal .
  7. ↑ Paschall, David (October 18, 2023). "Bigger Eason becoming bigger piece of Vols' defensive success". Chattanooga Times Free Press .
  8. ↑ Hall, Ted; Morgan-Rumsey, Camruinn (August 10, 2025). "30 Days 30 Vols: #20 Bryson Eason". WSMV-TV.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Paschall, David (June 21, 2025). "Eason among the rare 2025 Vols who arrived at Tennessee before Heupel". Chattanooga Times Free Press .
  10. ↑ Brown, Patrick (December 19, 2025). "Tennessee DL Bryson Eason accepts invite to Senior Bowl". 247Sports .
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