tennessee, theyre very high. The fact that i took an official, wanted to come down and take an official, i wanted to look closely at them, and they really impressed me. It was a really good visit. It was really good.
he said he spent a lot of time with first-year tennessee coach jeremy pruitt, cornerbacks coach terry fair and defensive coordinator kevin sherrer throughout the weekend. The vols made it clear to burrell and his parents that hes a high priority for them. "they stressed to me in this recruiting process how important i am to tennessee, and it was just a really good feeling being down there. Its a really good environment, said burrell.
Burrell said he has built a really good relationship with fair, a former tennessee cornerback who played in the nfl, and the vols new staff is one of the main reasons hes strongly considering them. well talk just about every day. Hes a really cool, genuine, down-to-earth guy, burrell said of fair.
the coaching staff is a huge plus. What you see is what you get with them. Its a new staff, but they have everything under control, and they have really big plans for tennessee. Its really attractive to see that.
hes also scheduled to take official visits to florida next weekend and n.c. State the weekend of june 22, and he said he doesnt have any other official visits scheduled yet. i dont even know if im going to take all five, burrell said. i have three scheduled right now. But i dont have to take all five. my decisions going to be made in july, so if i cant fit any more in, then thatll be it.
