Tennessee hosted three official visitors last weekend and a number of unofficial visitors. The official visitors were linebacker Khari Coleman from Baton Rouge; pass end end/outside linebacker Morven Joseph from Lakeland, Florida; and, Reginald Perry an offensive/defensive lineman from Fairfield, Alabama.
However, the bad weather somewhat muted what was expected to be one of the biggest recruiting weekends of the year. Many of the scheduled visitors have rescheduled their visits for one of the next two weekends. By the way the weekend of December 13, when Tennessee plays Memphis in basketball, is shaping up to be a big recruiting weekend for Tennessee.
2022 is a bit far out for me to pay attention to right now. I do know three, 2022 in state prospects who are sure to be recruited by all major college programs. They are: quarterback/athlete Kaden Martin from Knox Catholic; quarterback Ty Simpson from Martin; and Tevin Carter, quarterback West Memphis.
Right now, I have looked at film on a few 2021 in state prospects.
The 2021 class is better at the top than either the 2019 or the 2020 class. In 2020, there are a handful of in state prospects the major football programs were recruiting.
In 2021, I believe 10 to 12 in state prospects will be among the top prospects at their respective positions in the country.
As with 2020 in state class, the top 15 to 20 prospects 2021 prospects are talented enough that most likely all will be recruited by SEC schools.
One difference between the 2020 and 2021 in state classes of note.
It “looks” as if Tennessee has positioned itself far better with the top 2021 in-state prospects compared to the 2019 and 2020 in state classes. One other item. An additional benefit of signing 16 to 20 prospects in the early signing window is that it allows the staff to focus on a select few prospects to fill out the 2020 class but begin focusing on 2021 prospects early. All schools have started doing this
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