Its the simple fact that Tennessee never stopped. When I was committed to Alabama they never stopped recruiting me and thats the main focal point as to why I like Tennessee, Sterling explained. They never gave up. They keep saying, Weve got to have him. I like how they did that.
Sterling has a final four of Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina State but admitted the Vols and Gamecocks hold the edge heading into January. Put it this way, South Carolina and Tennessee are really up there, Sterling said at the Under Armour All-American Game.
They want me to play d-end. They want me to try and replace Derek Barnett, Sterling said. Thats the main thing they keep telling me, they need someone to come in and help replace him. It means a lot because Derek Barnett is All-SEC. He has accomplished a lot.
It shows they werent going to stop until they had me. Thats a big part of the recruiting process; which school talks to you the most, Sterling continued. Tennessee was one of the main schools that kept talking to me and never stopped recruiting me. Even when I committed they never stopped. They actually offered me and from that day on they kept going.