While Payton and Ellis were the headliners among the receiver targets Tennessee hosted over the weekend, another of the Vols’ official visitors also might be worth watching. Three-star wide receiver
Jerrod Means, a former North Carolina commitment from Lovejoy High School in Hampton, Ga., returned to Tennessee over the weekend for the first time since late July and admitted after the visit that he was leaning toward the Vols. While the 6-foot-2, 212-pound Means has planned to sign in February, he said it’s not out of the question that he could sign this week during the early signing period.
Rutgers also hosted Means on an official visit the weekend of Nov. 30, and he went to Connecticut earlier this year on his first official visit. He still has two more official visits available if he chooses to sign in February, and he said Kansas is likely to get one of them. Means doesn’t appear to be the top receiver target on the Vols’ board at the moment, but they have stayed in contact with him since extending an offer to him in June after he attended one of Tennessee’s camps. Tennessee’s decision to bring in for an official visit this month suggests he’s a legitimate possibility for the Vols, and if they decide to push for him, they likely would be the team to beat.
