Former Vols DB explains why he decided to transfer from Tennessee
Defensive back Brandon Turnage is one of several former Tennessee Vols defenders that transferred this offseason. Turnage, who spent the first two years of his career at Alabama before transferring to Tennessee in 2021, transferred to Ole Miss earlier this offseason. The former Vol met with reporters late last week and he was asked why […]
Defensive back Brandon Turnage is one of several former Tennessee Vols defenders that transferred this offseason.
Turnage, who spent the first two years of his career at Alabama before transferring to Tennessee in 2021, transferred to Ole Miss earlier this offseason.
The former Vol met with reporters late last week and he was asked why he decided to leave Tennessee for Ole Miss.
Turnage, who is from Oxford, explained that he felt like it was time to come home.
"It feels great to be home," said Turnage. "Back around my family, friends. For a long time, I kind of thought about doing this. With it being my last year of college football, I just felt like it would be good to come back around my family and see how it feels to be home. See if it makes me go a little bit harder — which it does."
“For all my people to come and see me play rather than watching TV, I felt like this was a great opportunity and great time for it," added Turnage.
Turnage also pointed out that he's excited to play for defensive coordinator Pete Golding again (Golding was the defensive coordinator at Alabama when Turnage was in Tuscaloosa).
"It's something that I really wanted to be a part of. With Coach Pete [Golding] coming in here, I said, 'Man, it's no better time and no better opportunity than this,'" said Turnage.
"It's literally the same defense, everything that I'm familiar with from my freshman and sophomore year. Of course, I had to touch up on a few things and try to memorize a few things from back then, but everything has been playing out real smooth."
Turnage also pointed out that he appreciates the fact that he's been able to play in multiple defenses during his college career.
"It's been fun," noted Turnage. "I kind of look at it like this, you never know enough. Playing in different schemes and different defenses, it opens your eyes to a lot more things. I feel like it extends my knowledge from the standpoint of being under other coaches, seeing how they coach this and what they see and coming here and seeing what these coaches see."
Turnage has one year of eligibility remaining.
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