The Titans have added another veteran to the secondary in cornerback Johnathan Joseph. Joseph, most recently with the Houston Texans, has agreed to a one-year deal with the Titans. The 36-year-old Joseph has played 14 seasons in the NFL, with the Bengals and Texans.

The addition of Joseph comes after the team added a pair of defensive backs in the NFL Draft — former LSU cornerback Kristian Fulton (2nd round pick) and former Marshall defensive back Chris Jackson (7th round pick).

The 5-foot-11, 186-pound Joseph was drafted in the first round of the 2006 draft by the Bengals. He played from 2006-2010 with the Bengals before joining the Texans, where he’s played the past nine seasons.

Joseph ranks fourth among active NFL players for career interceptions (31) and leads all active NFL cornerbacks in career tackles (750). Joseph also leads all NFL players over the last 20 seasons for passes defensed (194) and can become the first NFL player to reach 200 passes defensed since the statistic became tracked (2000).

With the Texans, Joseph worked under Titans head coach Mike Vrabel, who was on Houston’s defensive coaching staff. In Tennessee, he’ll also be reunited with Anthony Midget, the Titans new secondary coach who previously served as Houston’s secondary coach.

Joseph has been named to two Pro Bowls in his career – in 2011 and 2012. He’s been a consistent starter and performer during his 14-year NFL career, and has 31 career interceptions, 754 tackles, 195 passes defensed, seven forced fumbles, and five fumble recoveries to show for it. He has scored eight touchdowns in his career.

Joseph played in 14 games for the Texans in 2019, when he racked up 51 tackles while also recording an interception.

In addition to the draft picks, Joseph joins veteran cornerbacks Malcolm Butler and Adoree’ Jackson, along with Tye Smith, who was re-signed recently. The Titans also have cornerbacks Kenneth Durden and Kareem Orr.

Veteran Logan Ryan announced on Tuesday he won’t be returning to the Titans.

The Titans have agreed to terms with 14 undrafted free agents. Here’s a look at the players, and a tidbit on each one:

OL Aaron Brewer (Texas State)
Brewer (6-3, 280) started all 12 games in 2019 at right tackle, and he finished his collegiate career with 47 consecutive starts. He also started games at guard and center.

ILB Cale Garrett (Missouri)
Despite playing in just five of Mizzou’s 12 games, Garrett still finished the season ranked fifth on the team with 43 tackles (8.6 per game) with three defensive touchdowns, three interceptions, 5.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, two QB hurries and two pass breakups. Suffered a torn pectoral tendon in fifth game.

TE Tommy Hudson (Arizona State)
Hudson (6-5, 255) had 10 catches for 112 yards as a senior in 2019. Regarded as a solid blocker in the run game.

ILB Khaylan Kearse-Thomas (Arizona State)
Kearse-Thomas (6-1, 224) had 65 tackles and 4.5 sacks as a senior in 2019.

T Brandon Kemp (Valdosta State)
A 6-7, 310-pounder, Kemp was named first team All-Gulf South Conference in 2019.

WR Mason Kinsey (Berry College)
The six-foot, 195-pounder concluded his collegiate career by catching 203 passes for a Southern Athletic Association record 3,343 yards and 50 touchdowns. He was a three-time SAA first-team selection. … Kinsey ran the 40 in 4.36 seconds at his pro day.

K Tucker McCann (Missouri)
McCann was 16-for-22 on field goals (with a long of 52) and 34-for-37 on extra points in 2019. Also served at the team’s primary punter, amassing 2,940 yards on 68 punts, averaging 43.2 yards per punt

T Anthony McKinney (TCU)
McKinney (6-8, 314) started the final 11 games at left tackle in 2019.

RB Cameron Scarlett (Stanford)
Started all 12 games for the Cardinal and racked up 840 yards and seven touchdowns in 2019, along with 25 catches for 240 yards.

NT Kobe Smith (South Carolina)
Smith (6-2, 300) racked up 84 career tackles while playing in 48 career games. Smith also posted 7.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks with seven quarterback hurries.

DT Teair Tart (Florida International)
Tart (6-3, 290) had 32 tackles, 10.5 tackles for a loss and 1.5 sacks in 11 games in 2019.

WR Nick Westbrook (Indiana)
A 6-foot-3, 215-pounder, Westbrook had 42 catches for 572 yards and five touchdowns in 2019.

WR Kristian Wilkerson (SE Missouri State)
Owns SEMO’s all-time career records in receiving yards (3,540) and receiving touchdowns (33). … A Memphis native who played at Craigmont.

WR Kyle Williams (Arizona State)
Williams (5-11, 192) had 159 catches for 1,674 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns at Arizona State.

2020-2021 Red Raider tennis team tryouts will be carried out in the following steps due to the COVID-19 outbreak. State guidelines only allow 10 athletes to be on the tennis courts at a time. Tryout dates are May 26th and 28th. If you have any questions about tryouts contact:
Josh Inzer at inzerj@k12coffee.net

Step 1: Click on the link to register for tryouts. Link will be open from May 6th to May 21st.
https://forms.gle/pjPdVEVzuheUZXMK7

Step 2: On May 22nd you will be sent out an email with your designated time

Step 3: Make sure you bring the signed and completed TSSAA physical and Parental Consent forms with you when you arrive. That form can be downloaded at: https://tssaa.org/physical-forms

Step 4: Show up to the CCRA tennis courts at your designated time to tryout.

Step 5: Players making the team will be notified by email by May 28th.
* Please arrive appropriately dressed out ( athletic gear,shoes, and tennis racquet)

*All homeschool students living in Coffee County who would like to sign up will need to register through the Coffee County Schools Central Office ( See Keith Cornelius)

What’s in a number? Or, who’s in a number?

The Titans on Tuesday revealed the uniform numbers for members of the team’s 2020 draft class, and some of their new free agents signed this offseason.

Tackle Isaiah Wilson, the team’s first-round pick, will be decked out in uniform No.79. Cornerback Kristian Fulton, drafted in the second round, will wear No.26. Running back Darrynton Evans, meanwhile, has been assigned No. 32. How about No.2 for quarterback Cole McDonald?

Free agent acquisition Vic Beasley, who wore No.44 while working as an edge rusher for the Falcons, will also wear No.44 with the Titans.

Titans linebacker Kamalei Correa, who’d previously worn the number 44, will switch to No.40.

Here’s a look at all the numbers:

32 Darrynton Evans

52o Daniel Munyer

67 Avery Gennesy

69 Zac Kerin

70 Ty Sambrailo

79 Isaiah Wilson

26 Kristian Fulton

35 Chris Jackson

40 Kamalei Correa

44 Vic Beasley Jr

49 Nick Dzubnar

52d Jordan Williams

91 Larrell Murchison

94 Jack Crawford

By Mark Bowman – MLB.com

MLB Pipeline recently released its annual Top 30 International Prospects list for players eligible to sign in the 2020-21 signing period. These young players are the game’s international stars of tomorrow and are following in the footsteps of thousands of international players who laid the groundwork before them. One day, these young men could be remembered among the best players in team history. These are the Braves’ top five international prospects of all time.

1 – Andruw Jones
Paul Snyder’s decision to visit the then-scantily-scouted small island of Curacao resulted in the Braves landing one of the best center fielders baseball has ever seen. Jones received a $46,000 signing bonus in 1993, and became the game’s best prospect within the next two years. Jones made his Major League debut in August 1996, and two months later, he homered in both of his first two World Series plate appearances.

Jones won 10 consecutive National League Gold Glove Awards, earned five All-Star selections and finished second in NL MVP Award voting after bashing a franchise-record 51 homers in 2005. He was inducted into the Braves Hall of Fame in 2016, and he produced the fourth-highest fWAR (64.3) among position players in club history.

2 – Ronald Acuña Jr.
Back in 2018, when Acuña was progressing through his NL Rookie of the Year campaign, MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez wrote about why so many teams passed on this phenom from La Sabana, a small coastal village in Venezuela.

Acuña weighed just 160 pounds when Rolando Petit convinced the Braves to provide a $100,000 signing bonus, double the amount offered by the Royals, who had the second-highest bid.

Acuña didn’t rank among MLB Pipeline’s top 30 international prospects in 2014. The only current Braves player to crack that list was Huascar Ynoa, a 21-year-old right-hander who is trying to prove himself as a big league reliever. Meanwhile, Acuña is being considered by some to be the game’s next Mike Trout.

3 – Ozzie Albies
Looking back at the Braves’ 2013 international signings, most of the attention was given to Luis Barrios, who never progressed beyond the Gulf Coast League before being released in ’16. But while the Braves might have missed on Barrios, they could spend most of this decade continuing to reap the value of having given Albies a $350,000 signing bonus.

If size was an issue for Acuña, there’s reason to wonder why the Braves were willing to take a chance on Albies, who weighed less than 150 pounds when he signed out of Curacao. But Petit recognized the advanced tools possessed by the young infielder, who has proven to be one of the most productive switch-hitters in the game.

Albies, Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray are the only switch-hitters to hit .275 with at least 50 homers and an .800 OPS through the first three years of their career at age 22 or younger.

4 – Javy Lopez
Snyder encountered many funny experiences on his way to becoming a member of the Braves Hall of Fame. One of those occurred when he opted to hide under a set of wooden stands in Puerto Rico to prevent the Yankees from knowing he was there to scout Lopez. As he was getting a look at the young catcher that day, his new golf shirt was torn when it got caught on a nail.

So, along with returning home with good news about Lopez, he had to give his wife the bad news about the shirt. But it’s safe to say the incident proved to be quite valuable. After giving Lopez $37,000 in 1987, the Braves found themselves with a catcher who would help them win the 1995 World Series and capture two more NL pennants. Lopez was named MVP of the 1996 NL Championship Series, and he finished fifth in NL MVP Award voting after hitting a career-best 43 homers in 2003.

5 – Rico Carty
Per a story Wynn Montgomery wrote for the Society of Baseball Research, in 1959, Carty received offers from eight Major League clubs and four clubs located within the Dominican Republic. After the teenage prospect signed each of these contracts, George Trautman, who ran Minor League Baseball at the time, ruled in favor of the Milwaukee Braves.

Carty’s tenure with the Braves was tarnished when he missed the 1968 season because of tuberculosis and the ’71 season after fracturing his kneecap. But he still ranks first among Braves left fielders in WAR, and the 171 OPS+ he produced in 1970 is the third-best mark constructed during the franchise’s Atlanta era. That’s the same year fans used write-in votes to elect him to the NL’s starting lineup for the All-Star Game.

Mark Bowman has covered the Braves for MLB.com since 2001.