Insider answers the NIL question every fan has been asking since it was revealed that Chaz Coleman is remaining on scholarship at Tennessee
Tennessee Vols EDGE Chaz Coleman, a Penn State Nittany Lions transfer addition, was officially medically disqualified from UT’s football roster last month.
Penn State transfer EDGE Chaz Coleman, one of the Tennessee Vols’ biggest additions of the offseason, was medically disqualified from UT’s roster last month after dealing with personal issues this offseason.
But while Coleman won’t play for the Vols in 2026, he’ll remain on scholarship at Tennessee.
When reports surfaced stating that Coleman is remaining on scholarship, it immediately led fans to ask whether he would still be earning NIL money this fall.
VolQuest’s Brent Hubbs addressed that very question on Tuesday during an appearance on WNML’s SportsTalk.
According to Hubbs, the answer is no.
There’s also no guarantee that Coleman will attend classes at Tennessee this fall.
“At this point, he’s not making anything outside of the scholarship,” said Hubbs. “He’s not a participant in the football program, and he’s not a part of the football team, so he’s not getting a check to go to school and not work out and not be a part of the team. Now, he got some money during the first couple of months he was here, and then they restructured it. But he’s not getting anything on the back end of it at this point, because he’s not a part of the football program.
“Because he medically disqualified himself, they did not revoke his scholarship — if he wants to stay in school. And we’ll see if he stays. I don’t think it’s necessarily a given that he’s going to be here this fall. He has the opportunity to be here this fall and be on scholarship, but he’s not getting a check just to hang around. Because he’s not going to be a part of anything in the program, from what I understand.”
It sounds like Coleman will have the opportunity to get a free education, but it also sounds like it’s unknown whether he’ll take Tennessee up on that opportunity.