Here are a few recruiting notes of interest you may have missed. If there’s anything worthy of discussion that you would like to add, feel free to comment below.
- Five Tennessee commits were named to rosters of the annual Toyota East vs. West All-Star Classic, which will be played on December 12th at 7pm (MyVLT): QB Jauan Jennings, TE Kyle Oliver, WR Jocquez Bruce, OT Zack Stewart and ATH Vincent Perry.
- Seven Vol commits are included in the latest Rivals 250, which was updated this week: DT Kahlil McKenzie (9), DT Shy Tuttle (55), WR Preston Williams (78), OL Jack Jones (96), OL Venzell Boulware (173), DE Andrew Butcher (175), QB Jauan Jennings (250). Four of those players are in the Rivals 100, which ranks fifth nationally.
- Speaking of Jauan Jennings, the Blackman quarterback told The Daily News Journal on Monday that he plans to enroll at Tennessee in January. “I’m going to be up there in January,” Jennings said. “That’s a fact.” Jennings threw for 2,155 yards and 22 touchdowns this season, only throwing three interceptions. He also rushed for 883 yards and 17 TDs.
- Tennessee offered ’16 LA TE Jamal Pettigrew ★★★★
- Tennessee offered ’15 FL OL Mirko Jurkovic ★★★ (former Nebraska commit)
- Tennessee and Iowa visited ’16 GA DB Chad Clay ★★★★
- ’16 TN QB Tylin Oden ★★★★ “is about to blow up” according to Rivals analyst Woody Wommack.
- Vol target ’15 GA CB Darius Slayton ★★★★ committed to Georgia this morning
Updated:
- Vols offered ’16 MI WR/CB Donnie Corley ★★★★
2 responses to “Recruiting notes”
Jauan Jennings is the next big thing at Tennessee. Can’t wait for these guys to come in. Brick by Brick!
Thanks for the comment, RollerVol. It looks to be another stellar class by Butch.