Tennessee Vols extend scholarship offer to former UT football coach Phillip Fulmer's grandson
The Tennessee Vols extended a scholarship offer this week to the grandson of former UT football coach Phillip Fulmer. 2027 linebacker JP Peace tweeted on Monday evening that he received an offer from Tennessee. Peace, 6-foot-3/215 lbs from Knoxville, TN, is the son of former Vols linebacker Robert Peace. Robert married Fulmer's daughter, Courtney, in […]
The Tennessee Vols extended a scholarship offer this week to the grandson of former UT football coach Phillip Fulmer.
2027 linebacker JP Peace tweeted on Monday evening that he received an offer from Tennessee.
Peace, 6-foot-3/215 lbs from Knoxville, TN, is the son of former Vols linebacker Robert Peace.
Robert married Fulmer's daughter, Courtney, in the fall of 2007 (during the Vols' open week ahead of a matchup against the Georgia Bulldogs — a game that Tennessee won by 21 points).
JP Peace is also receiving interest from programs like Florida State, NC State and Virginia Tech.
A funny aside: As I was researching when Robert and Courtney were married, I came across this article from Rocky Top Talk in 2008 that mentioned the birth of JP.
The article, written by Joel Hollingsworth, jokingly mentioned Fulmer offering JP a scholarship.
From Rocky Top Talk: Robert and Courtney's little nugget is almost certainly already decked out in Vol garb from itty-bitty squishy head to cutesy-wootsy wittle toes. Sources say that Fulmer has already rebuked Robert for holding onto the baby like a loaf of bread. Upon hearing these stern words, though, Little Joseph, being the son of a linebacker, reportedly hauled off and planted Grandpapa on his tail with a perfect form tackle, at which time Fulmer offered him a scholarship for 2026.
The timing was a little off, but 17 years later and the scholarship offer from Tennessee is official.
