rashad torrence has seen plenty of tennessee since getting a scholarship offer from the vols nearly two months ago, and he's planning to visit them yet again this weekend. They're already one of the teams standing out most to him. The three-star class of 2020 defensive back from marietta (ga.) high school told govols247 on tuesday that he's scheduled to visit tennessee on saturday for the third time in less than two months, and the vols are "definitely a favorite" among the 10 teams pursuing him.
The 6-foot, 195-pound torrence attended tennessee's junior day on march 3 after the vols extended an offer to him on feb. 20, and he returned april 3 to attend one of their spring practice. He's now set to return to knoxville again, this time for tennessee's spring-ending orange and white game on saturday afternoon at neyland stadium.
"it's a cool place to be," said torrence, who's ranked by 247sports as the no. 294 overall prospect and no. 12 safety in the 2020 class. "i see big things in the future for ut." he stopped short of calling the vols his early leader, but he admitted first-year tennessee coach jeremy pruitt's staff has made a strong impression on him over the past couple of months. "i'll just say they are definitely a favorite," torrence said. "i've built some good relationships with a lot of the staff, and that definitely helps."
torrence said he remembers visiting tennessee when he was in eighth grade. He told govols247 last month after attending the vols' junior day that he could see "a lot of change" there under pruitt's staff. "a new mentality was in the building," torrence said last month. "the different coaches had a different state of mind. They had a different goal, and they seemed focused and had a task at hand. The personality was better than what it was in eighth grade, two years ago. (i liked) just the atmosphere as a whole just being up there, that family atmosphere, hospitality. All the coaches welcomed me and stuff like that. It felt like a second home.
he has picked up offers from alabama, florida, miami, penn state, kentucky, mississippi state, duke, louisville and syracuse in addition to tennessee.