A whopping 23 players from Tennessee’s 2025 recruiting class joined the program as early enrollees in January and went through spring practices earlier this year, but Joakim Dodson wasn’t one of them.

In January 2026, the new Roth catch-up rules take effect. The mandate prevents workers over 50 who earned more than $150,000 the prior year from making pre-tax catch-up contributions to their 401(k).