With the 2025 college football season rapidly approaching, Josh Heupel's Tennessee football program will be without defensive lineman Daevin Hobbs after he suffered a foot injury and is expected to be out multiple weeks, sources told VolQuest, a setback that comes amid added drama for the Vols this offseason following the Nico Iamaleava transfer situation .

The absence of Hobbs is a significant blow for a Volunteers defense counting on the sophomore to take a big step forward in 2025.

Hobbs, a former five-star recruit, was projected to anchor the interior of Tennessee’s defensive front. His development faces another pause after previous shoulder surgeries limited him over the past two offseasons. The talented defensive tackle did not participate in the Vols’ second preseason scrimm

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