Rivals100 running back
Branson Robinson has narrowed his list of finalists down to five ahead of what should be a critical stretch of visits in June.
Robinson, the nation's top-ranked running back out of Madison (Miss.) Germantown High School, named Georgia, Clemson, LSU, Alabama and Tennessee to his final group of schools. He expects to visit both Georgia and Clemson in June, officially, and from there will try to sort through the finalists and make a decision.
Mississippi's No. 1 player is set to visit Athens offically on June 4 and will head to Clemson a week later. "I need to evaluate and see what the best fit for me and my family is," Robinson told Rivals. "I'll take my five official visits to those school and I should have one school by then."
First-year Tennessee coach Josh Heupel is trying to make some noise in Mississippi in his first full recruiting cycle and his new staff has quickly grabbed the attention of Robinson. Running backs coach Jerry Mack and Robinson wasted no time making a connection with the nation's top back, who believes the future is very bright in Knoxville, Tenn.
"Tennessee's future is so bright now and in my opinion, in a few years they will be playing for (a spot in the) College Football Playoff," Robinson said. "They, as a staff, are very talented in terms of recruiting. Specifically, Coach Mack is great (recruiter). I would say Coach Heupel is the funniest head coach I know. We get on FaceTime just about every week and he really be having me crack up. Also, he shows genuine care for his players, which is very appealing to me."