One of Tennessee’s assistant coaches was in Alabama on Wednesday to check on a Georgia commitment who visited the Vols earlier this spring. Tennessee offensive line coach
Glen Elarbee stopped at Anniston (Ala.) High School, the home of Bulldogs offensive line commitment
RyQueze McElderry, according to a post on the school’s official football Twitter account.
“Thanks To @Gelarbee Of @Vol_Football For Stopping By The Dawg Pound!!” the Bulldogs tweeted.
The 6-foot-3, 340-pound McElderry received a scholarship offer from Tennessee coach
Josh Heupel’s staff a little more than a year ago. He now holds offers from at least 15 schools, including Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Penn State and South Carolina in addition to Georgia.
McElderry has been committed to the Bulldogs since Nov. 30, but he hasn’t stopped exploring some of his other options. He visited Tennessee on March 26 to attend its first spring practice in pads after continuing to hear from the Vols in recent months.
He’s ranked the No. 495 overall prospect and No. 32 interior offensive lineman in the 2023 class and the No. 27 junior from the state of Alabama, according to the industry-generated 247Sports Composite. He’s also rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports, where he’s ranked the No. 38 interior offensive lineman in the 2023 class.
In early March, McElderry told 247Sports’ Kipp Adams that he was communicating with coaches at other schools just in case he needed to go to another school at some point.
"I am just weighing my options and keeping my recruiting open because anything can happen," McElderry said at the time. "Even though I am still tied down with Georgia, anything can happen, and in the end, I am going to make the best decision for me."
He told 247Sports’ Keith Niebuhr in March that “Tennessee, Alabama and Auburn” were the schools pushing Georgia the most. McElderry said at the time that he was “locked in pretty good” with the Bulldogs, although he visited LSU, Alabama and Auburn in March in addition to traveling to Tennessee and making another trip to Georgia.