Times Free Press Area Top 20 Junior Prospects(In alphabetical order)Vonn Bell Ridgeland 6-1, 180 FSMalik Brewer Boyd-Buchanan 6-4, 320 OG-DTDarrell Bridges Ridgeland 6-0, 190 RB-DBTyshaun Clemmons Gordon Central 6-2, 180 WRRobert Cobb Central 5-9, 175 RB-DBCesar Diaz North Jackson 5-9, 170 KWill Erwin Dalton 6-4, 240 TEDerrick Green Baylor 6-1, 315 OGDemetric Johnson South Pittsburg 6-1, 185 Ath-DBJamal Jones Lookout Valley 5-10, 185 RBColton Jumper Baylor 6-2, 220 LBTaylor Lamb Calhoun 6-1, 185 QBReese Phillips Signal Mountain 6-3, 215 QBJacob Revis Rhea County 6-2, 280 OLFrancisco Rodriguez East Hamilton 6-0, 230 DLAustin Sanders Bradley Central 6-6, 295 OLReggie Upshaw Baylor 6-6, 205 WRBrandon Walters Howard 6-8, 275 OLEric Wolfe McCallie 6-2, 200 LBWilliam Womack Brainerd 6-1, 200 LB/S
CLEVELAND, Tenn. – For as long as he can remember, Austin Sanders has sat in the Neyland Stadium stands next to his dad on fall Saturdays. Packed into the bleachers, trying to keep his thick legs from pushing into the backs of the people sitting in front of him, Sanders daydreamed what it would be like to wear the orange University of Tennessee uniform and run through the “T.”
Bradley Central’s punishing offensive lineman won’t have to wonder much longer. The 6-foot-6, 295-pound junior was Tennessee’s first commitment for the 2013 signing class and is eager to make it official and join Derek Dooley’s roster a year from now.
“I grew up watching them and pulling for them my whole life, so I’m really excited to get up there,” Sanders said. “I was set on Tennessee once they offered, and after meeting the coaches I believe in what Coach Dooley is building and I can’t wait to be a part of it.
“It’s close to home so my family can come watch me, and I was telling my dad just the other day that I never dreamed I would get to play on that field.”