'21 VA CB Nate Evans (NC State commit)

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johnfnkelly said:
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Boom! Will be 4 or 5 star by the time he gets here! It’s obvious that this kid and his handlers see where this Pruitt defensive train is going!! That goal line stand was in the last minute of the game not the first minute first half. Those kids were dead tired chasing that unorthodox running office all day but the ****ing bowed up and said hell nah not today! That’s the culture that Pruitt is building!
 
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Pruitt loves them tall press corners. And getting into Virginia Beach is another blessing. Great early pickup!
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Absolutely - there are a lot of good players from the Tidewater area. With Bud Foster calling it quits at VA Tech, Vols could have a chance to pick up some talented defensive players.
 
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The Vols are recruiting Evans to play cornerback, he said, and they have been making him a high priority. He said they were the first team to contact him on Sept. 1, the first day college coaches were allowed to reach out to Class of 2021 prospects, and he said he recently has been talking with them "every day."

"They told me that I was number one on their board," Evans said, adding that Tennessee's coaches have told him they like "my press coverage."

Evans is the younger brother of Florida State cornerback Levonta Taylor and four-star Class of 2020 cornerback Keontae Jenkins, who has been committed to TCU for more than six months.

"DB is in my bloodline," Evans said. "We all grew up playing together."

He joined three-star cornerback Jay Jones of Demopolis, Ala., as the second projected defensive back in the Vols’ 2021 recruiting class. Tennessee also has received early commitments for the 2021 class from four-star wide receiver Jordan Mosley of Mobile, Ala., and three-star running back Elijah Howard of Chattanooga, Tenn.

Evans said he had been leaning toward the Vols since "awhile back," but he waited until he could make it back to Knoxville to inform them of his decision.

"It's just the simple fact that, if you're going to do something, you should do it in person," he said. "So that's what I did."

He first informed Pruitt of his decision during Sunday's visit.

"First, I talked to my position coaches," Evans said. "Then, I went in and sat down with Coach Pruitt for, like, an hour, talked to him about school, grades and all that — maintaining grades. And then I told him I wanted to be a Volunteer.

"They were shocked. But they were so happy — the whole coaching staff."

Maryland gave Evans his first offer in May 2018, and Florida State followed suit more than six months later. The offers started to pile up earlier this year, and Tennessee became one of the newest teams to join the race for him on June 15 during a series of camp visits.

He said he returned to Knoxville earlier this season for one of the Vols' home games, and he was impressed by the game-day atmosphere at Tennessee.

"Everything was so great," Evans said. "The Vol Walk, the way they ran through the 'T' — all of that — was so perfect, and I feel like I could see myself doing that. I could see myself on that big screen."

Evans still is more than a year away from being able to sign with the Vols, but he said he doesn't expect to change his mind, and he currently doesn't plan to visit other schools.

"This is where I want to go, for sure," he said.
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Tennessee enters its second bye week with lots of momentum after beating Kentucky 17-13 on Saturday, and with much of the focus on recruiting over the next seven day, the Vols kickstarted their idle date with a commitment.

Underclassman athlete Nate Evans visited Knoxville on Sunday and became the fourth pledge in the 2021 class, join athlete Elijah Howard, wideout Jordan Mosley and cornerback Jay Jones.

"The coaches mainly," Evans said of the biggest factor in his decision. "I like the campus and all that. Everything just feels like home. The facilities are top notch. Coach Pruitt and Coach Ansley have a lot of experience with good players, good DBs. I feel like I’ll fit perfectly and they’ve been recruiting me the hardest.

"When it came down to it they recruited me the hardest. They showed me the most love. I went to campus a lot of times, so I knew what they had to offer. The campus is great, the coaches are great. I just felt like it would be a perfect fit."

Evans, a 6-foot-1, 175-pound junior from Frank W. Cox High in Virginia Beach, Va., camped at Tennessee this June, impressing defensive coordinator Derrick Ansley and quality control secondary assistant Jeremiah Wilson. The 3-star picked up a scholarship on the spot and immediately moved Tennessee among his top schools.

The success that Ansley and Jeremy Pruitt have had working with defensive backs was a key factor in Evans' decision.

"I first came up to camp and I told him I was a hard worker, I told him I was going to get offered, that I was going to go to work just like everybody else. I did good in the camp, got the offer and they started recruiting me. I feel like I can bring everything to the table. I can cover, I can tackle in the open field. I can hit, I do just about anything," Evans said. "I like the way Coach Pruitt carries things. He’s top notch. He’s a very good recruiter. He knows what he’s doing. He’s proven."

Evans can play wideout or defensive back, but the Vols are eying the 2021 prospect as a corner. He holds early offers from Kentucky, FSU, Baylor, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, South Carolina, Maryland and others.

He's made multiple visits to Tennessee's campus, including that trip to camp when he earned an offer. Those visits have given him a familiarity with the campus, the coaching staff and the manner in which Pruitt and his staff are developing a young team.

"I see a lot of growth in the program. They have a lot of young guys, a lot of freshmen and sophomores. It’s a young team. It shows that they’re able to put guys in there and get them up to play in college," Evans said.
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