Tennessee offered East St. Louis 2023 OL Paris Patterson today. It was his first offer, and I am surprised it took this long. Illinois is playing a spring HS season, but Paris has been camping all over since his freshman year ended - a freshman year in which he started on a state championship team. I have covered and written about Paris extensively.
Tennessee landed Javontez Spraggins out of East St. Louis in the 2020 class, and Paris is an even better prospect than Spraggins. He could play either right tackle or guard, and I see him having similar upsides at both. Physically he looks like a college lineman right now and he is a good athlete for the position.