Coach Martinez and I have been together since my sophomore year when he was at Auburn, McDowell said. It is a great thing still being connected with him even though he moved from school to school. It is still good to be around him. He is a great guy to be with.
McDowell, a 6-foot-2, 203 lbs, is one of the top safety prospects in the 2014 class with offers from the likes of Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio State and Tennessee among others.
Everything was great, he said. I got to sit down and talk with my coaches a little more Coach Martinez, Coach Jones, I talked to them a lot more. I got to talk with Coach Jancek too.
McDowell likes Jones vision for the Tennessee program and was impressed with what he has been able to get done in just a few short months on The Hill.