Countdown to Kickoff -- Day 39
Ben Bartholomew #39
Class: Junior
Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.
High School: Montgomery Bell Academy
Height / Weight: 6-1 / 245
Position: TE
Honors
2009 Academic All-SEC
2008 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
2009
Games/Starts: 5/0
Third-generation Volunteer saw action in five games
Played in 11 quarters at fullback spot
Also was on second unit for kickoff returns
Named to Academic All-SEC team
2008
2008 - Games/Starts: 2/0
Saw varsity action against UAB and Mississippi State
Also scored two touchdowns in junior varsity win over Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy
Caught 5-yard TD pass from B.J. Coleman and also ran for 15-yard score in 37-21 victory
Finished with 15 rushing yards and 14 receiving yards
Track & Field
Scored for Vols in shot put at both SEC indoor and outdoor championships
Finished seventh at SEC Indoors with throw of 53-2¾, then was sixth at SEC Outdoor Championships in Knoxville with
outdoor season-best of 53-3¾
Best mark of 2010 was 53-11¾ indoors at the Virginia Tech Hokie Invitational
High School
Division II-3A All-State first team by Tennessee Sports Writers Association as senior in 2007
Division II Mr. Football Back
Member of Tennessean's All-Midstate team
No. 12 prospect on Knoxville News Sentinel Top 25
PrepStar All-Region
Rushed for career high 162 yards in 2007 season opener against Antioch
Lead blocker for pair of 1,000-yard rushers and carried ball 57 times for 406 yards as senior
Also caught 13 passes for 145 yards and two touchdowns
As senior, had more than 100 tackles
Tallied 19 tackles for loss, six sacks and three forced fumbles as junior in 2006
Helped MBA to record 13 wins on way to undefeated Division II-2A state championship
Three-year starter at middle line-backer, two-year starter at fullback
Also participated in wrestling and track and field
Won 2007 state shot put championship with throw of 51 feet, 2 inches
Won 2007 state wrestling championship in 215-pound division
Grandfather, Sam, captained Vols' 1939 SEC championship team
Brother, Will, was four-year letterman, member of 1998 national championship team and 2001 captain
Coach at Montgomery Bell Academy - Daniel McGugin
Countdown to Kickoff -- Day 39
Grant Jessen #39
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Cordova.
High School: St. George's
Height / Weight: 5-11 / 223
Position: LB
