KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Day 22 of 30 Days 30 Vols focuses on defensive linebacker Jeremiah Telander, who is expected to be heavily counted on in his middle position this season.

Telander said his parents were supportive of his move to Rocky Top.

“They talked to me the whole process about how you make your decision,” he said. “‘We will guide you and give you advice, but you make your decision,’ and Tennessee was my first offer coming into my junior year. This staff, they made my parents fall in love with the place, so I think that this was the only place that was right for me and it’s been a great time.”

When he’s not on the field, Telander said he likes to spend time in the kitchen.

“I’ve been cooking bang-bang shrimp lately,” he said. “I had it at a steakhouse and I was like ‘man I

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