Running list of Tennessee targets planned commitment dates

#404
#404
With Morris seemingly fading, I wonder if we push harder for Shekai Mills-Knight. Does he have a commitment date?
 
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Ericvol2096 said:
I’ll let you answer that one for yourself but it’s the most obvious answer and it isn’t one of the two singular options you listed.
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I'm genuinely curious, who sets a player's value? Or at least, who, on our side of the equation, decides what a player is worth. I'm guessing a player thinks he's worth X amount of dollars, but that doesn't mean we agree they're worth that amount. So who makes the decision from our side? I'm not trying to be a smartass, or difficult, I'm just curious how it actually works.

As for Morris, flipping him would be nice, but if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. I do think we need a second dynamic RB in this class, JMO of course, but it doesn't have to be Morris. There are other options out there, and there will potentially be more reveal themselves as the high school season starts and progresses.
 
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Weezer said:
I'm genuinely curious, who sets a player's value? Or at least, who, on our side of the equation, decides what a player is worth. I'm guessing a player thinks he's worth X amount of dollars, but that doesn't mean we agree they're worth that amount. So who makes the decision from our side? I'm not trying to be a smartass, or difficult, I'm just curious how it actually works.

As for Morris, flipping him would be nice, but if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. I do think we need a second dynamic RB in this class, JMO of course, but it doesn't have to be Morris. There are other options out there, and there will potentially be more reveal themselves as the high school season starts and progresses.
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The market is correcting itself on all positions for HS players and to a lesser degree the portal. Collectives are sharing more and more info about how they value players so that no one is getting taken for a ride. For the most part that is keeping everyone within a ballpark on NIL packages. Our staff values Rb position less than the average P4. So for example last year when Judkins was on the market and he was putting out feelers wanting 800k-1 million we would never get involved in that even if the off the field stuff with him wasn’t a factor.

To answer your question, the staff is making those final decisions on who is worth what. And a lot of it depends on who is currently on the roster and what are they getting. If Sampson is getting 300k (I’m just spitballing, and Seldon and Lewis are getting something less, then they aren’t going to go out and do something crazy just to take a guy they don’t feel like is a must and upset the apple cart. They feel like they’ve gotten good production on the ground by playing moneyball with RB. I wouldn’t expect that to change until the results aren’t there. Kind of like OL over the last few cycles. Got burned in the summer of 2022 on class of 2023 OL by not being more aggressive with NIL and have since pivoted away from that philosophy which has led to us being more of a factor.
 
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Weezer said:
I'm genuinely curious, who sets a player's value? Or at least, who, on our side of the equation, decides what a player is worth. I'm guessing a player thinks he's worth X amount of dollars, but that doesn't mean we agree they're worth that amount. So who makes the decision from our side? I'm not trying to be a smartass, or difficult, I'm just curious how it actually works.

As for Morris, flipping him would be nice, but if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. I do think we need a second dynamic RB in this class, JMO of course, but it doesn't have to be Morris. There are other options out there, and there will potentially be more reveal themselves as the high school season starts and progresses.
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I think it was implied that it is a team effort.
 
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Is it set in stone that next season the scholarships will rise to 105? If it is, shouldn't we be recruiting toward that number? Honestly, I'm confused as to whether or not the talked about changes to the numbers is happening or not.
 
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Weezer said:
Is it set in stone that next season the scholarships will rise to 105? If it is, shouldn't we be recruiting toward that number? Honestly, I'm confused as to whether or not the talked about changes to the numbers is happening or not.
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There is a chance some schools may challenge that in courts. I also don’t think anyone that has a somewhat healthy roster is going to to try to sign 40 hs freshmen. It will give us more flexibility in the portal to add a few there and maybe some jucos. I think most will struggle to find 105 scholarship worthy kids who are willing to sit that far down a depth chart. I could see us converting some of our current walk ons over to partial and full scholarship players as well
 
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Weezer said:
Is it set in stone that next season the scholarships will rise to 105? If it is, shouldn't we be recruiting toward that number? Honestly, I'm confused as to whether or not the talked about changes to the numbers is happening or not.
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The judge still has not approved it and is not expected to until early 2025. Lot of speculation that if it is approved, lawyers are going to be lined up to challenge the limits that are outlined. Too much in the air to plan at this point.
 
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Ericvol2096 said:
All times EST
2026
August 3rd - Faizon Brandon - 5* QB - VOL💥
August 5th - Carson Sneed -4* TE

2025
Jan 22nd - George MacIntyre - 5*QB - VOL💥
Jan 26th - Kelvion Riggins - 4* LB - A&M
Feb 10 - Joakim Dodson - 4* WR - VOL💥
March 28th - Ethan Utley - 4* DL - VOL💥
April 22nd - Radarious Jackson - 4* WR - VOL💥
May 21st - Antoni Ogumoro - 3* OG - VOL💥
June 12th Jayden Loftin - 4* Edge - VOL💥
June 20th - Nic Moore - 4* OG - VOL💥
June 22nd - Charles House - 4* DL - VOL💥
July 24th - Zion Grady - 4* Edge - Buckeyes
June 24 - Isaiah Gibson - 5* DL - Dawg
June 24th - Douglas Utu - 4* OL - VOL💥
June 25th - Tre Poteat - 3* CB - VOL💥
June 28th - Marion Dye - 4* EDGE - VOL💥
July 6th - Jacobe Ward - 4* OG - Auburn
July 6th - Bryce Jenkins - 4* DL - Maryland
July 13th - Travis Smith Jr - 4* WR - VOL💥
July 20th - Christian Gass - 4* EDGE/LB - VOL💥
July 27th - Lagonza Hayward - 4* S/LB - VOL💥
July 28th - Da’Saahn Brame - 4* TE - VOL💥
July 30th - Darrion Smith - 3* DL - VOL💥
July 30th - Jadon Perlotte- 3* LB - USC
August 2nd - Juan Gaston - 4* OT - Dawg
August 12th - Josh Petty - 5* OT
August 15th - Onis Konanbanny - 4* CB
August 17th - David Sanders - 5* OT


2024
June 17th - Boo Carter - 4* DB - VOL💥
June 20th - Jordan Burns - 4* LB - VOL💥
June 21st - Max Anderson - 4* OL - VOL💥
June 30 - Braylon Staley - 4* WR - VOL💥
July 4th - Ronan O’Connell - 3* OL - 31-14
July 5th - Daniel Calhoun - 4* OL - Georgia
July 6th - Elijah Rushing - 4* Edge - Arizona
July 7th - Willams Satterwhite - 4* OL - VOL💥
July 14th - Braylon Russell - 4* RB - Hog
July 19th - 🌎- Mike Matthews - 5* WR - VOL💥
July 21st - Edwin Spillman - 4* LB -VOL💥
July 31st - Bennett Warren - 4* OL - VOL💥
Aug 5th - Amari Jefferson - 4* WR - 52-49
Aug 14th - Williams Nwaneri - 5* DL - Mizzou
Aug 19th - Kam Franklin - 4* DL - Mustard
Aug 21st - Jordon Ross - 5* Edge - VOL💥
September 10th - Chris Cole - 4* LB - Georgia
Sept 20 - Danny Okoye - 4* Edge -Oklahoma
Nov 23 Thanksgiving - Kam Mikell - 4* WR - Deion
Dec 1st - Roger Saleapaga 4*TE - Oregon
Dec 7th - Jordan Seaton - 5* OL - Portal U


2023
Soon - Jeremiah Telander 3⭐️ - LB - VOL💥
July 1st - Tyree Weathersby 3⭐️ - DE - VOL 💥
July 1st - Jeremiah Cobb 4⭐️ - RB - AUBURN
July 3rd - Christian Conyer 4⭐️ - CB - VOL💥
July 4th - 24' Jonathan Echols 5⭐️ - ATH- VOL💥
July 4th - Francis Mauigoa 5⭐️ - OL - MIaMI
July 7th - Cameron Seldon 4⭐️ - WR - VOL 💥
July 8th - Sham Uravov 4⭐️ - OL - VOL💥
July 10th - Chandavian Bradley 5⭐️ - DE - VOL💥
July 10th - Jalen Smith 4⭐️ - LB - VOL💥
July 11th - Lucas Simmons 4⭐️ - OL - FSU
July 18th - Rico Walker 4⭐️ - Edge - UNC
July 22nd -Nathan Leacock 3⭐️ - WR - VOL💥
July 29th - Aiden Mizell 4⭐️- WR - UF
August 1st- Stanton Ramil 4⭐️ - OL - MSU
Aug 11th - Tavion Gadson 3⭐️- DT - FSU
Aug 14th - Ricky Gibson 3⭐️ - CB - VOL💥
Aug 15th - Jordan Matthews 4⭐️ - CB - VOL💥
October 21st - 24’ Kaleb Beasley 4⭐️ - DB - VOL💥
Nov 8th - Vysen Lang 4⭐️ - OT - VOL💥
Nov 20th - Khalifa Keith - RB - 3 ⭐️ RB - VOL💥
Nov 25th 5PM - Daevin Hobbs 5⭐️ DT - VOL💥
Dec 4th - Sam M’Pemba - 5⭐️ DE - Dawg
Dec 14th - Arion Carter 4⭐️ LB - VOL💥
Alright everyone help me fill this in and we can track how we do during this crucial stretch!!! GBO
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Why is Kaleb Beasley listed in the 2023 class?
 
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Ericvol2096 said:
I used to keep it chronologically in calendar year, someone suggested for 2026 class I go ahead and start its own list.
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Do you know who else in the current class we're talking to, other than Sanders and Konanbunny? We still talking to some of those guys who committed elsewhere earlier in the process? We have to be working more than just two guys in this class, right?
 
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#421
Weezer said:
Do you know who else in the current class we're talking to, other than Sanders and Konanbunny? We still talking to some of those guys who committed elsewhere earlier in the process? We have to be working more than just two guys in this class, right?
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Harmon - LB commit for Bama
Gibson - DL commit for UGA (extreme long shot)
Andrew Maddox - DL commit for Ole Miss
Morris - RB commit for USC

Are only ones I’ve heard recently.
 
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#422
#422
Who are we getting today? And if nobody is lined up to commit within 24 hours of the last commit then obvioulsy that mean Heupel can't recruit. <<<<blue font
 
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