KNOXVILLE – This is a big weekend for the Tennessee football program.
The Volunteers are expected to host at least 11 recruits on the final weekend before the early signing period, which runs Wednesday through Friday. Five of those players are either uncommitted or committed to other schools, which will give Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt and his staff one final opportunity to sell their program to the prospective players.
VOLS VISITORS
› Aaron Beasley ATH / 6-1, 220› Sean Brown TE / 6-5, 250› Noah Cain RB / 5-10, 212› Jaylen Ellis WR / 6-0, 180› Nick Figueroa / DE 6-5, 270› Roman Harrison DE / 6-2, 235› Ramel Keyton WR / 6-3, 185› Jackson Lowe TE / 6-5, 235› Brian Maurer QB / 6-3, 198› Melvin McBride OL / 6-3, 312› Chris Russell LB / 6-2, 220
The Vols’ recruiting class ranks 12th in the country according to Rivals.com and 16th according to 247Sports.com. A sign of the strength of the Southeastern Conference is that the Vols rank sixth in the league in recruiting, behind Alabama, Georgia, Texas A&M, LSU and Arkansas according to Rivals; Auburn replaces Arkansas ahead of Tennessee in the 247Sports rankings.
What’s impressive about the rankings for Arkansas and Tennessee is that over the past two seasons they have been the SEC’s worst programs in conference win totals. The Vols’ 2018 wins over Auburn and Kentucky – each ranked at the time – are one more than the Razorbacks, whose only SEC victory in two years was 38-37 at Ole Miss on Oct. 28, 2017.