to say the least, the recruitment of 3-star offensive guard marquel harrell has taken a strange turn.
First, the auburn commitment told 247sports on monday he is firm to the tigers.
but later he noted, tennessee is my leader.
how can a player be committed to one school but have another in the lead?
In a nutshell, harrell said that while the tigers still have his verbal, the vols have a very appealing depth chart in his eyes, and that is giving him lots to ponder.
Harrell said tennessee became his leader "after realizing the depth chart for tennessee. They only have like nine offensive linemen on scholarship. Most are seniors or juniors. That means i can compete right away for a starting spot.
harrell is the no. 45 offensive guard in the 247sports composite. he committed to auburn on april 21.
before that, harrell had been an ole miss commit.
im firm
but anything can happen, he said monday. ive thought about [de-committing], but i dont know. Im not sure yet. i dont want to keep de-committing because i dont want to seem indecisive."
according to harrell, he wants to take all five official visits to explore all options.
Auburn told me i could take them, harrell said.
as for his next visit, harrell said it will be to either auburn or tennessee. He last visited the tigers two weeks ago.