Whether one wants to believe that it was simply due to Coach Mike Leach’s in-poor-taste tweet or not, Mississippi State Defensive Tackle Fabian Lovett decided to enter the NCAA’s Transfer Portal this past weekend. According to his father, Tennessee has been among the teams to immediately contact Lovett and his […]
Recruiting
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Vols Land Commitment from Instate WR Merrill
With today’s commitment of WR Walker Merrill from Brentwood HS in Nashville, Tennessee now has nine public commitments. Merrill is the second of those from the Volunteer State along with ATH Elijah Howard, and is another elite talent in the Vols’ commitment column. Our prior column understated both Merrill’s standing […]
Can the Vols Depend on Instate Prospects in 2021?
After signing 10 Tennesseans as part of the class of 2020 – after only signing 5 (including Melvin McBride, who immediately took a medical redshirt in the class of 2019 – it is an open question how big a part of Tennessee’s 2021 class instate prospects will be. A common […]
Workin’ for the Weekend
This first weekend of March will be the initial opportunity for programs across the country to host prospects on campus. Following up on last week’s news and notes at the end of February, below are more flushed out expected visitor lists for Tennessee and its chief rivals and where Vol […]
Recruiting News & Notes as February Dead Period Ends
Add DL Monkell Goodwine to the list of elite players that new TE Coach Joe Osovet has Tennessee in on. He recently named the Vols in his top 6 along with Alabama, Oklahoma, LSU, Texas A&M, and local Maryland. The Vols seem to have some ground to make up with […]
Osovet Off to a Hot Start on the Trail
With the obvious caveat that even the early Signing Day for the 2021 class is ten months out, the early recruiting returns on new TE Coach Joe Osovet are incredibly encouraging. While perhaps that should not be surprising given that his name was brought up by multiple recruits in the […]
Vols Giving Themselves Options at QB for 2021
For quite a while now, Tennessee’s most realistic option for adding a blue chip Quarterback in the 2021 class has been Christian Veilleux. Veilleux has been to campus three time, including throwing for OC Jim Chaney last summer, the 2019 season home game against Mississippi State, and again for a […]
Good to Great
Now that the Vols have put the finishing touches* on an outstanding 2020 recruiting class, attention turns fully to the class of 2021. And by “fully,” we note that not only does Tennessee already have six public commitments in the class but Coach Jeremy Pruitt and his staff have also […]
Street Fightin’ Man
“My goal is five years from now when I stand back up here, is for everyone to still be this excited. That’s my goal. I’m challenging everybody who is associated with this university. Let’s get our hands out of our pockets. Let’s roll our sleeves up. Let’s get ready to […]
On Zach Evans, UGA, and spots…
Just a thought… UGA signed 19 players in December. They’ve since taken 2 scholarship transfers, taking them to 21 signees. Further, the Bulldogs also have two unsigned OL commitments who they’re hosting this weekend and desperately want to hold onto in Broderick Jones and Sedrick Van Prann. Importantly, they took […]