With less than a month left before National Signing Day, Tennessee is clamoring to improve their #28 recruiting class rank. So far UT has 17 commits with 3 4*s and 1 in the ESPN top 300.
Riley Ferguson #15 QB-PP ESPN Top 300
Corey Vereen #21 OLB
Austin Sanders #26 OT
Tennessee has several offers out with 5* and 4* players who are yet to declare. While having a top 25 recruiting class is respectable, playing in the SEC makes it a bit tougher than most conferences. UT needs to secure at least a top 15 class and actually needs a top 10 class within the next 2 years to compete with the rest of the SEC competition.
A few of the undeclared prospects Tennessee needs to secure are:
Derrick Green #5 RB
Vonn Bell #5 S
Both of these players have been highly recruited and have Tennessee high on their list. Green took an official visit to UT on 09/14/2012, the first one he took and one of only three he has taken so far. Green's list is very long, so to have him on campus is a big plus. It is unfortunate that Tennessee has went through a coaching change this season, but the good news is Jay Graham was retained and was Green's recruiter for his visit. Vonn Bell grew up close to Tennessee Football and has an official visit scheduled for 01/25/2013. He has been recruited and will visit Ohio State and Alabama in January also.
Marquez North and Shelton Gibson have taken or will visit in January and have been offered by the Vols, although they are still uncommitted. Landing any of the undeclared recruits listed will push UT's class significantly higher, which doesn't necessarily equal success, but could definitely make a huge difference next season. Tennessee has also offered Robert Nkemdiche, the #1 recruit in the nation. There probably isn't a realistic chance of landing him, but at least UT and Butch Jones are going all out on the recruiting trail so far.
UT's 2013 class really comes down to this month, good visits, and a whole lot of luck. Realistically it will take UT at least two years, two winning years, to get a great recruiting class. With all that came out about Derek Dooley's recruiting practices, it should be safe to say UT can only get better on the recruiting trail.
As of today the top 5 recruiting classes look like this:
| 1 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Florida Gators | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | USC Trojans | 15 |
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