"I had a really good trip up there. I already liked Tennessee, but that visit really made them stand out more," Carson said of his stop in Knoxville. "I had a chance to see them in the meetings and watch them practice. We got to see some of the facilities and stuff, it was all really nice."
"Coach (Lance) Thompson is the main guy recruiting me and he's real cool, but I also talk to Coach (Chuck) Smith a lot," Carson said of the former Vol player who is now his alma mater's defensive line coach. "Coach Smith is great. He really relates well to his players because it really wasn't all that long ago when he was playing himself in the NFL."
"They're on top right now. Tennessee has been growing on me for awhile and right now they're up there," Carson said.