Tennessee Football Coach Says Player's Tweet Wasn't About Retiring, But Losing in FIFA

Tennessee Volunteers player Jonathan Kongbo posted a picture of cleats hanging up, but that doesn't mean he's calling it a career.

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On Sunday, Tennessee Volunteers sophomore defensive lineman Jonathan Kongbo posted a picture of a pair of cleats hanging with the caption, "All things must come to an end."

All things must come to an end pic.twitter.com/Zd9YuNLNnD

— Jonathan Kongbo 🇨🇩 (@King_Kongbo) October 30, 2016

Many people assumed that Kongbo was taking a page out of Marshawn Lynch's book to announce his retirement from the game of football. 

you have to keep grinding. You can't listen to some of these comments. Vol nation needs you and this team. True vol fan supports.

— C.J. Ball (@ball12_cj) October 30, 2016

Are you leaving Vol Nation Mr. Kongbo? I hope not and this picture and article has me worried as we Love you being here man!💛🍊🍊🍊🍊

— Russell Phillips (@5f8921d92d1c498) October 31, 2016

are you leaving already? Big orange country needs you.

— Jessica Guinn (@jguinn79) October 31, 2016

However, on Monday, Volunteers head coach Butch Jones revealed that Kongbo's tweet actually had nothing to do with retiring or the game of football. 

Butch Jones said this tweet came after Kongbo lost a game of FIFA. Not related to football. Amazing. https://t.co/HG4gfIQOks

— David Ubben (@davidubben) October 31, 2016

A quick Google search of "soccer cleats hanging" will send you here, proving that he was really probably referencing his FIFA loss in the tweet. But while we're on the topic of Twitter, maybe Kongbo should check his replies once and a while. A brief reply to one of the many inquiries would've saved a whole lot of Vols fans a whole lot of grief. 

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