bryson eason already was excited about his recent scholarship offer from tennessee before visiting the vols for the first time more than a week ago to attend their spring-ending orange and white game. He came away viewing them as one of his top college choices. The four-star class of 2020 linebacker from whitehaven high school in memphis, tenn., said tennessee is definitely a top-five school among the 15 teams pursuing him following his visit april 21 for the vols spring game, and hes already planning to return there as early as this summer.
The 6-foot-2, 245-pound eason said tennessee, oklahoma, ole miss, memphis and florida state are the schools currently standing out to him. it was real good. Everything looked real good better than some of the facilities ive been to so far, said eason, who's ranked by 247sports as the no. 224 overall prospect and no. 6 inside linebacker in the 2020 class. i was very impressed by the weight room, and the stadium is so big. Its a big sec stadium. The other ones that ive been to are not that big, but thats a big stadium. and i got to experience their little fan walk, eason added, referring to tennessee's pregame vol walk to neyland stadium. that was pretty cool, too, when they first came down (to the stadium).
eason joined several other memphis prospects, including a few of his whitehaven teammates, in making the trip to knoxville. The visit came just 10 days after the vols extended an offer to him. He said he previously hadnt talked with any of their coaches since learning of the offer, but he spoke with first-year tennessee coach jeremy pruitt while he was on campus. he just said that he was very thankful to have me there, and he hoped i have a good time and enjoy my stay, eason said of pruitt.
Eason said he's intrigued by the idea of attending the same school as one of my teammates, and he said he and teammate melvin mcbride, a three-star offensive lineman, are intrigued by the idea of playing together at tennessee if mcbride was to get an offer from the vols. melvin said if he were to get the offer from tennessee that day, later that night he was going to commit, eason said. and i want to go to the same school as one of my teammates, and right now weve only got one offer in common, and thats south carolina. He was just like, if he got that (offer), he would commit. and i was like, well, i like tennessee, too, so if he was to commit, it probably wouldve made me make the same move.
regardless of whether that happens, eason said he most definitely plans to visit tennessee again. im going to try to go to a game, and im going to try to see if i can get up there this summer if theyre having any camps or anything like that, he said. Eason, who also visited ole miss last month, said hes not rushing to decide on a school. right now, i just want to wait til my senior year, he said. i mean, right now i dont know. Right now, im just waiting for my senior year. But things can change.
