Former Tennessee star wide receiver Jayson Swain will be the new Vol Network color analyst alongside “Voice of the Vols” Mike Keith in the 2026 season.
It was announced on July 30 during the “Josh and Swain”
show on The Sports Animal.
Swain will replace Ramon Foster, who left Vol Network to join Tennessee Titans radio as color analyst.
Swain has spent the past five seasons on the Vol Network team. In the 2025 season, he provided analysis on the “Big Orange Countdown” pregame show and co-hosted the halftime and postgame shows. Before that, he was a sideline reporter for UT games.
Swain was a standout Tennessee wide receiver from 2003-06 and served as a team captain. He signed with the Chicago Bears in 2007 and then started his broadcast career.
Swain has been a fixture on Knoxville sports talk radio, currently as co-host of the “Josh and Swain” show on The Sports Animal. And he’s hosted his own podcast, “The Swain Event,” since 2009.
Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Email adam.sparks@knoxnews.com. X, formerly known as Twitter@AdamSparks. Support strong local journalism by subscribing at knoxnews.com/subscribe.
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