In fact, Tremble said that he liked Tennessee so much on his first trip to Knoxville that he wanted to use this visit to make sure he hadn’t gotten carried away with that first impression.
“On my first visit I loved it up here, it was great, loved the coaching staff, loved everybody. This second visit just assured me that I really, really did love it honestly,” Tremble said in assessing this most recent visit to campus.
Not surprisingly Tremble got some close personal attention from offensive coordinator Larry Scott, who also happens to be the Vols’ tight ends coach. Tremble admitted liking that the guy who would be his position coach is also the guy calling the shots for the offense.
“I hung out a lot with Coach Scott. He ate with me and my parents twice and hung out with us. He gave us the tour. He was with us all day and I really liked that,” Tremble shared.
“It’s pretty fun knowing that it’s the best of both worlds with him. I honestly think it’s pretty interesting with him coaching both (tight ends and the offense).”
Tremble added that there was no "hard sales" pitch coming from Scott, that the relationship was low-key and relaxing.
“He was just telling me that he really wants me as a player and as a person. He’s not stressing me to commit right now. He’s telling me, ‘I really like you and hopefully you really like us.’ He was telling me that all day,” Tremble said.
Close followers of the recruiting game know that the Vols, and everyone else, face a unique challenge in their pursuit of Tremble. The highly-regarded tight end is the son of Greg Tremble, who played his college football at Georgia.
Despite that strong tie to the Bulldogs’ program, Tremble seems open to Tennessee’s pitch. He also added that his parents have been instrumental in insisting that he take his time with his impending college decision.
“I was hoping to make a decision before my season started, but my parents really stressed to me that I needed to take all of my official visits before I make a decision to make sure of where I really want to go before I make a big decision like that,” he said of his timetable.
Tennessee already has one tight end commitment in the fold: Farragut’s Jacob Warren. Adding Tremble to the mix would give the Vols what looks like a nice complimentary set of tight ends.
That’s the message tight ends coach and offensive coordinator has conveyed to Tremble.
“He’s talking to me about how they want a big tight end. My friend Jacob (Warren) is committed here already and he’s kind of a bigger guy and he (Scott) was telling me that they want an athletic guy that can put his hand in the dirt as well,” Tremble said of the Vols’ recruiting message.
“He was talking to me about being that kind of guy for them, a guy that can be a threat inside and outside, as an H-back. He sees me as a real flexible guy.”
Tremble has yet to release a firm group of favorites, but indicated he’s about to start narrowing things down with Tennessee assured of making the cut when he gets serious about trimming his list to a manageable number of schools.
“I think in the next week or two I’ll probably do a Top 10 and then a top three or five by the end of the summer. That’s what I’m planning on doing,” he said.
“They’re definitely going to be in the top group, very high. They’re very high on my list. I really like them. They’re definitely going to be on that list.”
