Carson Gentle

CAREER HONORS 2024-25 SEC First-Year Honor Roll 2024 - FRESHMAN Played in three games during his first season on Rocky Top and earned a redshirt … Finished his rookie season with five total tackles, a half tackle for loss and a half sack … Posted his first sack and TFL against UTEP (11/23) … Notched a pair of stops in Tennessee’s shutout of Kent State (9/14) … Made Tennessee debut against Chattanooga and recorded two tackles in the season opener (8/31). HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL East Tennessee native and three-time state champion for Chattanooga area powerhouse McCallie School … A three-star defensive line prospect by all major recruiting services and the No. 19 player from the state of Tennessee according to On3 … Rated the No. 24 player in Tennessee and No. 38 weakside defensive end by Rivals … The No. 57 defensive lineman in the nation according to On3 … 247Sports listed him as the No. 33 player from Tennessee and the No. 126 rated defensive lineman … Part of three TSSAA Div. II-3A state championship winning teams during his high school career … Led McCallie School to a DII-3A state title and 12-1 overall record his senior season … Finished runner-up for the 2023 DII-3A Mr. Football Award … Two-time DII-3A East Region Defensive Player of the Year (2022, 23) … Three-time All-State honoree as a sophomore, junior and senior … Led McCallie with 73 total tackles and 12.0 TFLs in 2023 … Posted 58 tackles, 15 TFLs, nine sacks, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery during his junior year and was tabbed a Mr. Football Award semifinalist … Played in 12 games as a sophomore and compiled 38 tackles and nine TFLs as McCallie went 13-0 and won the state title … Earned MaxPreps Second Team Freshman All-America status in 2020, starting the final five contests for McCallie during its state championship run and averaging 1.5 sacks per game … Also competed in wrestling and track & field in high school, earning All-State recognition in both sports … Won an individual wrestling state title his senior year and went on to be named All-American … Committed to the Vols in July 2022 … Chose Tennessee over six other Division I offers, including two SEC programs … Coached by Ralph Potter … Enrolled at Tennessee in the summer of 2024 … Full name is Carson Jefferson Gentle … Son of Greta and TJ Gentle … Has three brothers: Cooper, Jack and Austin … His father played football at MTSU … His twin siblings, Jack and Austin, both play offensive line at Harvard University … His parents met while attending the University of Tennessee College of Law … Majoring in finance … Hobbies outside of football include golf, listening to audiobooks and hanging out with friends … Models his game after Nick Bosa … Favorite movie is The Departed … Favorite musical artist is Zach Bryan … Favorite TV show is Yellowstone … Favorite sport other than football is wrestling … Career goal beyond sports is to own a business and help the community around him … X handle is @CarsonGentle … Instagram handle is @carsongentle