When the former Webb School football standout got going into his first semester of college at Tennessee this past fall, he said he felt not playing football left a large void in his life. His second chance is on the way. Carillon, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound freshman, has accepted an opportunity to walk on at Tennessee. He will play defensive back. Carillon made the News Sentinel's All PrepXtra First Team as a senior and was also tabbed an all-state player by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association. He made 47 tackles and three interceptions in the 2009 season, which ended with a Division II-A state title for Webb. "Right out of high school I decided not to go play somewhere else, like a smaller school," said Carillon. "I wanted to come to UT and get my academics started. The first semester, I couldn't help to still have that inside me, knowing that I should be playing somewhere. It dawned on me to go and walk on. "That's what I did. I started working out first semester when I realized I needed to do this." Carillon approached the Tennessee coaching staff late in the fall and initially thought he'd have to try out. That wasn't the case. Carillon said he was told coach Derek Dooley and his staff don't conduct tryouts, that they'd rather analyze the players' high school films.
Carillon submitted his. He was informed Wednesday that he was one of three chosen to walk on.
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