"They called me after my South Florida visit and they were saying they were going to keep on calling me and want me to come up there for a visit," Knox said. "But before, my cousin Marlin Lane was telling me that they liked my film and all of that."
On Mahoney:
"He told me he's going to keep calling me and that he's going to keep telling me about the program with the dead period starting," Knox said.
"I'm going to give them a chance because it's the SEC and I feel like I can go in there and play early," Knox explained. "They are an SEC program and they need players who can play up front because they are losing a lot."
Knox has talked to Lane about Tennessee several times and the Vol running back who has amassed 1,472 rushing yards has had nothing but good things to say about Rocky Top. "He's just told me that the coaches love me and that I should think about going up there," Knox said. "He told me I should go up there and play because he's going to be there for another year and he will be there to look out for me."
