Today was great, the 6-3, 229-pound Wooten offered. It was great to finally get on campus see the facilities and meet with the coaches. My family really enjoyed ourselves.
It exceeded all my expectations. It was great to finally see everything in person that I have seen online. It was great to see it in person and to visit with the coaches.
Even though Tennessee had a lot of prospects on campus, Wooten said he got to spend a lot of time with the coaching staff, including starting his day off with the head coach.
I definitely got to spend a lot of time with the coaches," Wooten said. "As soon as I got here I went straight up to coach (Butch) Jones' office along with my family. I definitely got to spend time with the coaches I wanted to talk to.
We talked a lot about academics because that is very important to me. We talked a lot about what they offer academically. And of course after this year, they will need a couple of linebackers come to come in. They were just expressing their need for linebackers.
Wooten, who will be a mid-term enrollee, has interest in being a broadcaster, a program he was impressed with on Saturday.
Wooten currently has plenty of options with 29 offers. Tennessee offered a year ago, but Saturday was Wooten's first chance to be on campus and it was a trip he was looking forward to.
They offered me last April. I was supposed to come last November but something came up so I have been eyeing making this trip for a while," Wooten explained. It was more than what I expected. It definitely opened my eyes a little bit.
As for the football part, Wooten liked what he heard from defensive coordinator Bob Shoop in terms of how he would be used if he wore the orange and white.
Basically his message to me was they don't really have a particular scheme," Wooten said. "Their scheme fits around the players they recruit. They feel like I can play inside and outside so they definitely see me coming in and being very active in their defense.
