University of Tennessee Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Roster
Chris Brazzell II
- Position:
- WR
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-5 / 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Midland, Texas
- High School:
- Midland Legacy
- Prev School:
- Tulane
CAREER HONORS
2026 NFL Combine Invitee2025 Biletnikoff Award Semifinalist
2025 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Semifinalist
2025 All-America Third Team (AP)
2025 All-SEC First Team (AP, Coaches)
East-West Shrine Bowl Breakout Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Georgia, 9/15/25)
Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week Honorable Mention (vs. ETSU, 9/9/25; vs. Georgia, 9/16/25)
2025 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 Freshman All-American (CFN)
2023 All-AAC Third Team
CAREER
Explosive and lengthy wide receiver who played two seasons for the Vols after transferring from Tulane … Proved to be one of the best wide receivers in the country in his final season in Knoxville, earning All-America honors … Teamed up with his brother, Colin, who joined the Vols in the summer of 2024 ... For his entire collegiate career, hauled in 136 passes for 2,072 yards (15.2 avg) and 16 touchdowns … Played in 15 games at Tulane, recording 45 receptions for 722 yards and five touchdowns, while averaging 16.0 yards per catch … Played in 25 games for the Vols, tallying 91 receptions for 1,350 yards and 11 touchdowns, while averaging 14.8 yards per catch … Produced 17 30+ yard catches and six 100-yard receiving games in his career ... Played in 40 career games (15 at Tulane, 25 at UT) with 28 starts (8 at Tulane, 20 at UT) … Declared for the 2026 NFL Draft following his junior regular season and was invited to the 2026 NFL Combine … Graduated from Tennessee in Dec. 2025 … Volunteered for the Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee to provide meals during the Thanksgiving 2025 holiday.
2025 – RS-JUNIOR
The SEC’s leading receiver (84.8 ypg) and one of the top receivers in the nation … A semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award and Earl Campbell Award, while receiving third-team All-America accolades from the Associated Press … A first-team All-SEC selection by the coaches and media who was the league’s only 1,000-yard receiver during the regular season … Started all 12 games he played in and did not play in the Music City Bowl after declaring for the NFL Draft … Finished with 62 catches for 1,017 yards and nine touchdowns, averaging 16.4 yards per receptions … Ranked seventh in the SEC in catches, second in total receiving yards and was tops in the conference in receiving touchdowns … Ranked 12th in the nation in receiving yards per game, 17th in receiving scores and 19th in total receiving yards … Shined against elite competition, finishing with 25 catches for 402 yards and four touchdowns against AP Top 25 teams … Logged four 100-yard receiving games, which was ninth in UT history … Ranked second in the SEC in 10+ yard catches (38), second in 30+ yard catches (9), second in 40+ yard catches (6) and second in 50+ yard catches (4) … Finished ninth in UT single-season receiving yards, becoming the 10th player in Vol history to achieve 1,000 yards in a season … Also in UT single-season annals, finished 10th in receiving touchdowns and 12th in catches … Reeled in six catches for 91 yards, including a 52-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter vs. No. 12 Vanderbilt (11/29) ... Finished with four receptions for 53 yards in road win at Florida (11/22) ... Hauled in three catches for a team-high 65 yards in win vs. New Mexico State (11/15) ... Finished with six catches for 68 yards vs. No. 18 Oklahoma (11/1) ... Averaged 34.5 yards per reception in road win at Kentucky (10/25), finishing with four catches for 138 yards and a touchdown ... Hauled in seven passes for 66 yards at No. 6 Alabama (10/18) ... Had another productive day in road win at Mississippi State (9/27), hauling in six catches for 105 yards and a touchdown ... Continued his torrid start to the season with five receptions for 62 yards and a touchdown in just a little over one half of action in win over UAB (9/20) ... Posted the best game of his college career in SEC opener vs. No. 6 Georgia (9/13), recording six receptions and setting career highs with 177 receiving yards and three touchdowns, including scoring grabs of 72 and 56 yards ... Had four catches for 106 yards and two touchdowns in the first quarter alone against the Bulldogs ... Had a breakout performance in blowout win vs. ETSU (9/6), setting a career high with nine receptions for 125 receiving yards and two touchdown catches ... Started and led UT in catches with five for 62 yards in season-opening win vs. Syracuse (8/30).2024 – RS-SOPHOMORE
Made a significant impact in his first season on Rocky Top, playing in all 13 games with nine starts at wide receiver … Ranked third on the team in receptions (29), receiving yards (333) and touchdowns (2) … Averaged 11.5 yards per catch … Tied a season-high with five receptions for 54 yards in start at Vanderbilt (11/30) ... Hauled in two receptions for 27 yards, including the game-winning diving touchdown grab on a 16-yard pass in the corner of the end zone with 5:52 remaining in the fourth quarter against No. 7 Alabama (10/19), arguably the Vols’ biggest offensive play of the season ... Got the start and was second on the team with three catches for 49 yards in win over Florida (10/12) ... Made a pair of first down catches for 21 yards at Arkansas (10/5) ... Hauled in two catches for 63 yards in win over Kent State (9/14), including a career-long 53-yarder in the first quarter for his first touchdown as a Vol ... Was productive in his Tennessee debut in the season opener vs. Chattanooga (8/31), tallying five receptions for 59 yards on eight targets.2023 – RS-FRESHMAN (TULANE)
Enjoyed a breakout second season at Tulane, earning freshman All-America honors and All-AAC Third Team accolades as the Green Wave’s leading receiver … Played in 13 games with eight starts … Did not play in the Military Bowl vs. Virginia Tech (12/27) … Caught 44 passes for 711 yards (16.2 avg) and five touchdowns on the year … Ranked 10th in the American in receiving yards and 13th in receiving touchdowns … Ranked fifth in the conference in 30+ yard catches (7) and sixth in 20+ yard catches (14) … Had two of his best performances of the season late in the year in key wins over Florida Atlantic (11/18) and UTSA (11/24) … Posted career highs with seven receptions for 103 yards to go along with a touchdown in a road win over the Owls before grabbing five catches for 93 yards and a career-best two scores in a win over the Roadrunners to help Tulane secure a spot in the AAC Championship Game … Season-long 47-yard catch vs. UTSA … Recorded three catches for 41 yards in the AAC title game vs. No. 21 SMU (12/2) … Tallied his first 100-yard receiving game with three grabs for 103 yards at Memphis (10/13) … Caught touchdown passes in wins vs. South Alabama (9/2) and Southern Miss (9/16).
2022 – FRESHMAN (TULANE)
Played in the first two games of the season before earning a redshirt … A member of the Green Wave’s Cotton Bowl winning team vs. No. 12 Southern Cal … Caught one pass for 11 yards vs. Alcorn State (9/10) … Did not record any statistics in six snaps in season opener vs. UMass (9/3).
