War Room
Now attention turns to
Edwin Spillman, who will announce his decision at 2:30 eastern on Friday. The Lipscomb linebacker will pick between the Vols and Ohio State. We have always said it’s hard to see him playing elsewhere. While the Buckeyes put up a good fight, our stance won’t change heading into this decision.
From their eyes will shift to
Cai Bates who will announce his decision next Wednesday. Tennessee has held a small lead this month but LSU is still pushing here. A final decision hasn’t been made but heading into the weekend, we haven’t found anyone willing to say things have shifted away from the Vols.
As for
Bennett Warren, we did some calling around late in the week and we believe he is truly down to Tennessee and Michigan. He had told us a few weeks back that he may take a visit to Texas A&M late in the month when things open back up, but we no longer feel like that is the case. As for a timeline on when he may commit, we haven’t been able to gather any specific Intel on a decision date or timetable.
Amari Jefferson will visit Tennessee and Alabama next Friday and Saturday before announcing his decision on August 5th at Baylor. We continue to feel like this is a total toss up. We can get behind Alabama holding the slightest of edges but we believe it’s really close, which is why he is taking visits to both again next week. He continues to shine on the baseball field, and while he will definitely be a draft pick, we aren’t sold on him, wanting to play professional baseball over college football.
Danny Okoye is taking a couple of visits next week to Alabama and Oklahoma. Tennessee still holds the advantage with Texas also in play for Okoye. The Tulsa native loves the vibe in Knoxville and is very comfortable with Rocky Top. He will officially visit for the South Carolina game and likely make a decision after that.
We will see if
Aydin Breland and
Brandon Baker make it in next weekend. The plan is to still be in town but we are in more of a see it to believe it thing just because there was talk in June that never materialized. Maybe this trip is the time they make it to town.
One person who is excited to make it in is
Chris Cole. The Virginia linebacker sees the momentum with Tennessee in his recruitment and acknowledges that he is looking forward to going more in-depth this trip. The Vols could build a wave of momentum here with a strong weekend coming up ahead of his potential August decision.
Another one headed for Rocky Top next weekend is
Ryan Wingo, who plans on taking things the distance before signing in December.
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Jordan Ross is one many continue to keep their eyes on. He has remained quiet tor a couple of weeks since teasing a possible commitment. At this time, we don’t feel like anything will be done here before later in the fall at the earliest. Tennesee continues to be strong in this one, with LSU and Auburn firmly in the mix. As of now, Ross is not planning to take his previously schedule visit to LSU at the end of this month. He doesn’t plan to take anymore trips until the fall.
Next weekend the Vols will host a recruiting event for mainly 2025 targets. Some names that Tennessee hopes to get in next weekend:
Gavin Hoffman
JaCorey Whitted
Tory Blaylock
Ty Jackson
Donovan Johnson
Jay'len Mosley
Ivan Taylor
Zion Grady
Dylan Lewis
Jackson Cantwell
Martels Carter Jr.
Je’rel Bolder
Isaiah Mozee
Lamason Waller
Cam Sparks
Shavar Young
Alvin Henderson
Chandler Jordan
Chauncey Gooden
Kelan Butler
Zay Minish
Ty Redmond
Christian Jones
Mariyon Dye
