“My mom came with me this time, and it was a really good visit. I liked it a lot up here today. It was totally different than any of my other visits,” Carvin said of his two-day trip. “Just the chance to hang out with so many players is what made it different. I talked to a lot of commits, Cade Mays and Ollie Lane, I spent a lot of time with them and talked a lot with Adrian Martinez. There all real cool people.”
Carvin has been hearing the coaching staff’s best sales pitch for months. This weekend, he got it from many of his peers who are already on the Vols’ commit list. He noted that he felt the pull in a real way, but held off on making any decision. “It crossed my mind, but I’m going to keep holding out for a little while,” Carvin said when asked if he thought of committing today. “I’m getting close though. I’ll probably have a decision in early July." “They were working on me hard today. It stands out how many of the commits are in-state guys. They were pushing hard today. They were almost successful,” he said with a laugh. “I’m still trying to keep an open mind though.”
Carvin had no doubts about how much Tennessee wants him in the fold even before this weekend’s trip. He’s been a focal point for offensive line coach Walt Wells since Wells moved into that role this winter. “My relationship with coach Wells here is real strong. I have a good relationship with him and coach Jones both. That’s important to me,” Carvin said.
“Everybody is surprised by Memphis but Memphis is in there. Mississippi State and Ole Miss are in there. Also Michigan, I’d like to get up to Michigan this summer,” Carvin said when asked other than Tennessee and Alabama —the presumed frontrunners— he was looking at the hardest. “I don’t have a favorite right now, I’m looking at everybody evenly. I’ll drop it down to about three or five schools soon and I’ll pick from there.”