_**On cornerback **[Colton Hood](https://247sports.com/Player/colton-hood-46127956/)** saying how appreciative he is of his season at **[Tennessee](https://247sports.com/college/tennessee/)** and the impact he made on the program in 2025:**_
“We appreciate Colton being a part of this team and this program, too. (He’s) an athlete that does it the right way. Coming in in May, learning what we’re doing, learning what it means to be at all on a day-to-day basis and also how he impacted the guys around him.
“He’s smart, tough, relentless competitor that cares about the people around him. You look at his performance today, at the Combine, he’s setting himself up to have a great career.”