All-American Bowls

Under Armour All American Game Jan 3 6 PM Est ESPN2

Signees
Wayna Morris 
Jaylen McCollough

Targets 
Darnell Wright 
Areji Henderson 
George Pickens 
Maurice Hampton

All American Bowl Jan 5th 1 PM Est NBC 

Signees
Quavaris Crouch (East #27)
Eric Gray (East #2)
Ramel Keyton (East #18)

Targets 
Jadon Haselwood (East #1)
Khris Bogle (West #99)
Henry To’oto’o (West #11)

Early Signees

Ramel Keyton * IN
Sean Brown IN
Elijah Simmons IN
Chris Akporoghene* IN
Jarrod Means IN
Brian Maurer* IN
Jaylen McCullough* IN
Tyus Fields* IN
Melvin McBride IN
Jackson Lowe* IN
Aaron Beasley IN

Warren Burrell* IN

Wanya Morris * IN
Jackson Lampley IN
Savion Williams IN
Darrel Middleton* IN
Roman Harrison IN
Eric Gray* IN
Quavaris Crouch* IN



* = Early Enrolleee

All times Central

January Official Visits

February 1

Kristian Williams
George Pickens
Chris Russell
Darnell Wright

2020

OL Mitchell Mayes (unofficial)
ATH Jimmy Calloway
OG Xavier Hill

LB Tyson Meiguez
TE Jakivuan Brown

December Official Visits

14th

RB Noah Cain
ATH Jaylen Ellis (Baylor commit)
JUCO DE Nick Figueroa
WR Jerrod Means
JUCO WR JaVonta Payton
Darnell Wright (unofficial)

Commits

Roman Harrison
Ramel Keyton
Brian Maurer
Jackson Lowe
Sean Brown
LaDarrius Cox
Melvin McBride
Warren Burrell
Aaron Beasley
Wanya Morris (unofficial)

Announcement Dates

January 5 All-American Game

Jadon Hasselwood
Khris Bogle

Signing Day February 6th

Darnell Wright
Henry To'oto'o

Fall Visitor List

Mizzou

RB Eric Gray
OT Darnell Wright

2020

QB Harrison Bailey
WR Muhsin Mohammed
DE Jacolbe Cowan
DE Jay Hardy
OLB BJ Ojulari
WR Kobe Stewart
DL Zykeivous Walker


Official Visits
DT Trevon Walker
OLB Trezman Marshall
OLB Nolan Smith

Commits

OL Chris Akporoghene
WR Ramel Keyton
TE Sean Brown
TE Jackson Lowe
OT Wanya Morris
DT Savion Williams

Don't Fret Quite Yet

  We waited 9 months for this past Saturday to arrive. A new coaching staff which would surely inject
new life into a roster that, while talented on paper, just never seemed to reach their potential under the last staff. So it was especially excruciating to see our defense carved up by Heisman hopeful Will Grier who is now 2-0 against our beloved Vols.
  But all is not lost, folks. There's still a season to play and there's reason for relative optimism if you know where to look. Our secondary will not face a QB and WR pairing of that caliber again this year although it will see some talented passers such as Tagovailoa, Fromm and Lock.
  It's only one game but I think we can safely say that Alontae Taylor is our best corner back. He was in excellent position 90% of the game Saturday. He's an example of what this coaching staff filled with DB coaches can accomplish with the right talent. You have to remember, Alontae is a converted WR who had no idea how to play DB when he got here. We really need another guy to come on though. Thompson has the talent but he just arrived this past summer. It's going to take him some time to figure it out. He's also a guy who was primarily used in High School as an offensive weapon. But he's going to figure it out. The talent is clear. The want-to is there. It's only a matter of time and the sooner the better.
 After a dreadful start our offensive line came together to do some good things. What is missing out of that unit now is consistency. The issue does not get any better with the news that our starting center, Brandon Kennedy is now out with a knee issue but someone will step up and it appears that someone will be Ryan Johnson who played some center on Saturday and has been repping as the reserve for some time in camp. Of course someone will have to step up to take his place at RG now. There are candidates such as Jerome Carvin, K'Rojhn Calbert, and Chance Hall who played a little RG on Saturday but did give up the Vols' only sack on his first snap at the position. The offensive line will develop cohesion the more they play together. I do think it's important to figure out who your 5 are going to be and rep them to the maximum. Stick with them in games. No rotating other guys in or out. Find out what you have and stick with them.
 Wide Receiver was the rare bright spot Saturday. There were few if any drops and there were guys getting yards after the catch. It's a nice safety blanket for Guarantano knowing he can put a ball in an area and his guys are going to go get it. There didn't appear to be any issues with guys getting separation when they had to.
 And a piece on the positives at this point would be lacking if we didn't mention the running back stable. Chandler didn't do much prior to taking a knee to the head which cut his day short, but we already know what he can do. He can be a feature back if he needs to be but we are most likely going to see a committee approach to running the ball. Tim Jordan with his 118 yards on Saturday looked every bit as capable running the ball as Chandler and freshman Jeremy Banks looked like he can help too. I would hope going forward we'd see a heavy dose of those 3 guys against virtually every team we play.
Every team that I've seen switch from a 4-3 defense to a 3-4 scheme has struggled the first year of the transition and I don't expect this team to be any different. There are just a ton of adjustments to make and this defense is more complicated than maybe we were led to believe. There are lots of checks to make and adjustments to do within the scheme on virtually every play and it's honestly a lot for guys to get accustomed to. The good news is we will get better with every game we play. Florida will also present a challenge but we should be better equipped to deal with it after two tuneup games and three more weeks of practice.
 The moral of this story is to not lose your mind over these losses. They are unavoidable and we should treat them as such. Just know that the team you see now is not the one you will see in November when we have most of our winnable games and remember, we are assembling a top 10 class that could be even better than expected and those guys are going to play early. If you get too down after a loss go to Rivals and take a look at our commit list. Tennessee is not a program you can keep down forever.

Season Visits

Nov 3

Lakia Henry (JUCO commit)

Recruiting Celebration/Cookout

July 28

CB Jordan Huff
CB Tyus Fields
OL Melvin McBride
DT Elijah Simmons
TE/OLB Cormontae Hamilton
ATH JD Martin
S Jaylen McCullough
CB Tyus Fields
JUCO DT Savion Williams (SC commit)
DE Charles Moore (Miss St commit)
ATH Zion Puckett
OLB Khris Bogle
JUCO WR Javonta Payton
DB Quinton Newsome

Commits

Brian Maurer
Elijah Simmons
Wanya Morris
Aaron Beasley
Ramel Keaton
Sean Brown
Jalil Clemmons
Jackson Lampley
Jackson Lowe
Warren Burrell

2020

OL Mitchell Mayes
LB BJ Ojulari
LB Brandon Williams
ATH Jabari Small
DT Dominic Bailey

Summer Visits

6-14

CAMP

ATH Keveon Mullins
LB Bryson Eason (2020)

6-23

2020 QB Harrison Bailey

CAMP

CB Woodi Washington
WR Trey Knox

Summer Announcements

Aug 1 - Adonis Otey

Sept 6 - Zion Logue

May Announcements

5-1

OT Wanya Morris

5-12

TE Sean Brown

5-16

WR Ramel Keyton 2:45pm ET

Orange and White Game Visitors

Official Visits

OT Wanya Morris
WR Jalen Curry
WDE Khris Bogle
OL Bryce Benhart

Unofficial Visits

WR Ramel Keaton
RB Eric Gray
WR Keveon Mullins (Memphis commit)
OL Melvin McBride
LB Maitavius Finch
CB Jaydon Hill (commit watch)
CB Shyheim Battle
RB John Emery
CB Tyus Fields
TE Sean Brown
TE Jackson Lowe (commit)
OT Jackson Lampley (commit)
CB Kenneth George Jr. (commit)
DL Darel Middleton
ATH Devin Boddie
WR Ze'Vian Capers

New Signees

DL John Mincey
DB Trevon Flowers
WR Cedric Tillman
S Joseph Norwood

Announcements

Announcements



Wednesday Feb 7

7 AM Anthony Grant

10 AM John Mincey

10 AM Trevon Flowers

11 AM ET Quay Walker

11 AM ET Taiyon Palmer

1 PM ET Glenn Beal

1 PM ET Olaijah Griffin

1 PM Jordan Young

2:30 PM Jacob Copeland

Junior Days

Feb 24

OL Jackson Lampley
DT Jalar Holley
TE Jackson Lowe
CB Donald Clay
QB Travis Mumphrey
DB Ishmael Burdine
DB Gregory Brooks
4 star RB Donovan Knight
DL Patrick Lucas

2020

RB Miles Friday
QB Navy Shuler

March 3

OT Triston Miller
DE Zacch Pickens
OT Pierce Quick
RB Tyrion Davis
DE Curtis Fann Jr.
WR Ramel Keaton
OT Wayna Morris
OLB Kalen Deloach
CB Shyheim Battle
OT Triston Miller
WR Chico Bennett
TE Sean Brown
CB Adonis Otey
WR Trey Knox
DB Woodi Washington
WR Lance Wilhoite
ATH Jashon Watkins
RB Da'Joun Hewitt

2020

LB Drew Francis
OL Tate Ratledge
DB Vito Tisdale

March 17

DE Bill Norton