jackson lampley still has ample time to make a college decision. Nevertheless, the junior who plays left tackle for montgomery bell academy in nashville, says he has schools starting to stick out more than any of the others. that list includes tennessee, auburn, south carolina, wisconsin and penn state.
the top247 member and 247sports no. 11-ranked offensive tackle in the 2019 class accepted an invitation from coach jeremy pruitt and offensive line coach will friend to check out tennessee on jan. 13 with the new staff in place. i mean i really enjoyed my visit, lampley told govols247. i liked spending time with coach friend and really like getting to know him. Also i really liked getting to know coach pruitt. I feel like theyre going to be able to turn this program around.
hes a really good guy, lampley said of friend. i mean i feel like he knows his ball pretty well. I also feel like he is one of the best offensive line coaches in the country. I really liked him a lot. we spent most of our day with coach friend, lampley said. i got to meet with coach pruitt. I really liked him from our conversations. Then, we went to the basketball game (at thompson-boling arena). After that, we went to neyland (stadium). ive never seen that place snow, and ive been going to games there for my whole life, but it started snowing over there, which was kind of weird. Yeah, it was pretty cool.
herb hand had been one of the lead recruiters for auburn with lampley until he left to coach the o-line at texas. J.b. Grimes has since replaced hand on the plains. Lampley said he really likes hand but all is not done with the tigers simply due to hands departure. (hand) was kind of one of the main factors that drew me to auburn, lampley said.
The 6-foot-4, 295-pounder will concentrate on weight training the remainder of this winter and on into the spring. As for upcoming visits, he says nothing is set in stone. ive got a few visits probably coming up like south carolina and auburn maybe, lampley said. ive just got to figure out which junior days im invited to and who all wants me to come up. the nashville native lists by 247sports as the no. 5 junior in the state of tennessee.