jackson lowe was born in chattanooga, tenn., and some of his relatives are tennessee fans, so he naturally was interested in the vols when he received a scholarship offer from them last month. After his latest trip to tennessee, he now can envision himself there. The three-star junior tight end from cartersville (ga.) high school said he loved his visit with the vols on saturday for their first junior day of the year, and theyre now very, very high on the growing list of more than 25 teams that already are pursuing him.
The 6-foot-5, 242-pound lowe said he was sort of a tennessee fan growing up, although he never really paid much attention to college football when i was little and he moved to georgia when he was 3. But with new vols coach jeremy pruitts staff making him a high priority, lowe said theres no doubt he likes tennessee now.
(the visit) was great. I loved it, said lowe, whos ranked the no. 446 overall prospect and no. 16 tight end in the 247sports composite for the 2019 class. (saturday) helped them a lot. I could definitely see myself playing there. i bonded with the coaches very well. It felt ive known them for years. i wanted to check out the new coaching staff and how they saw me being able to play for them, said lowe.
when they offered, i knew that coach pruitt was getting a lot of good recruits, so i was very interested in them. his trip to tennessee on saturday only gave him more reasons to like the vols, including his growing relationship with new vols tight ends coach brian niedermeyer. Lowe said probably hanging out with coach niedermeyer the whole time was the highlight of the visit.
hes a great guy, and me and him have a good relationship, lowe said of niedermeyer. we usually talk every day. I also talk with (offensive quality control assistant tino) sunseri a lot and talked with coach pruitt a couple of times. they told me that theyre gonna recruit me very hard. They were telling me that they will be using two tight ends on the field at once and creating mismatches for the defense. They like that i can stretch the field and run a little bit, and also that i can block.
lowe said he plans to return to tennessee sometime within the next couple of months, too. ill definitely be up soon to watch a spring practice, he said. For now, he said hes not rushing to decide on a college, but he wants to try and do it before school starts next year.
