{"id":804242,"date":"2026-03-10T09:57:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/804242\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:57:34","slug":"alontae-taylor-returning-to-volunteer-state-signs-with-tennessee-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/804242\/","title":{"rendered":"Alontae Taylor returning to Volunteer State, signs with Tennessee Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alontae Taylor is heading back to the Volunteer State. The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/college-football\/teams\/tennessee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tennessee Volunteers<\/a> cornerback signed a deal with the Tennessee Titans on Monday, good for 3 years, worth $60 million with $42 million guaranteed. <\/p>\n<p>Taylor, a Winchester, Tennessee native, just finished up his rookie deal with New Orleans, where he put together a successful first 4 years in the league. Taylor started 53 of 64 games for New Orleans, amassing 52 pass deflections, 4 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles, 7 sacks and 21 tackles for loss. This most recent season was probably Taylor\u2019s best in the league thus far: He totaled 2 interceptions, 11 pass deflections, 7 tackles for loss and 2 sacks across 17 games.  <\/p>\n<p>Taylor was selected with the No. 49 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft after 4 strong seasons in Knoxville. The Vols\u2019 CB1 was especially great as a senior, totaling 6 pass deflections, 2 interceptions, 1 forced fumble and 1 interception returned for a touchdown. Taylor finished that season with 60 combined tackles.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans needs Taylor\u2019s production, too. Tennessee had a bottom 10 passing defense in 2025, allowing 230 passing yards per game. The Titans, as a result, were considered one of the worst teams in football. <\/p>\n<p>Right now, Kalshi has the Titans at 11% odds to win the AFC South next season. Here\u2019s a full look at the odds: <\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-full mx-auto sm:m-0 grayscale aspect-square perfmatters-lazy\" alt=\"Ethan Stone\" width=\"88\" height=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a0f6656877824f293a34bc7fbc1724efd9248ccfd9c8171c9050420803b9cfe9.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm mt-4\">Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alontae Taylor is heading back to the Volunteer State. The former Tennessee Volunteers cornerback signed a deal with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[7,6,526,394,2411,527],"class_list":{"0":"post-804242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-tennessee","11":"tag-tennessee-titans","12":"tag-tennesseetitans","13":"tag-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116204290896496072","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}