Jordan Allen’s mother shuts down any talk of transfer from Tennessee: ‘Mama ain’t raised no punk!’
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After only one season on Rocky Top, California native Jordan Allen beganย to suffer from homesickness. That’s fairly common for first-year playersย thatย travel great distances from home, especially from playersย that serve in mostly reserve roles initially, as Allen did on Jeremy Pruitt’s defense last fall.
Allenย took it so far, he entered his name inย the NCAAย transfer portal. If you are unfamiliar withย the portal, it does not indicate a player is officially leaving his current school but it isย the first stepย to doing so. The purpose ofย the portal is it gives other programs an opportunityย to reach out and discussย transfer options for players beforeย they make a final decision.
The NCAA institutedย this systemย to eliminateย tampering and give players more information beforeย they make a decisionย that will alterย their college careers.
After initially putting his name inย the portal, Allen has withdrawn his name fromย the system and plansย to stay at Tennessee. While Allen didn’t receive aย ton of playingย time last fall, he is now in positionย to seeย the field early and often next season, as Pruitt’s defense is in need of passย rushers, whichย the linebacker could certainly be next season forย the Vols.
One ofย the reasons heย thought about leaving Knoxville wasย to be closerย to his mother back in California.ย Ironically enough, it was his motherย that put a stopย to anyย talk of aย transfer for her son.
Allen’s mother,ย Lisa McGee, recently issued a lengthy statement regarding her son’s exploration into a potentialย transfer,ย to which she replied, “Mama ain’t raised NO PUNK!!! Backย to Tennessee it is!!!”
This message comes viaย Luke Slabaugh of WVLT in Knoxville:
If you were unfamiliar with Allen’s story, Slabaugh and WVLT did a story onย the Vol and his mother and allย they’ve accomplished justย to getย to Rocky Top. Leaving after only one season, without making much of an impact would have been aย tough decisionย to make, but clearly, McGee knew it would beย the wrong one for her son.
Check outย the feature WVLT did inย the spring onย the family below, which can also be found on YouTube:
(Photo credit:ย Austin Perryman/Tennessee Athletics)
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
