
Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Hendon Hooker was the talk of college football in 2022 until he tore his ACL in a Nov. 19 loss at South Carolina.
For much of the season, there was no debating that Hooker was the best player in college football. Forget his numbers for just a second; Hooker had a big hand in turning the University of Tennessee’s struggling football program around in his final two seasons in Knoxville.