Jarek Campbell has known since the first time he visited Tennessees campus that he was going to give strong consideration to the Vols throughout the recruiting process.
His opinion of them only has improved since then.
The three-star junior athlete from Riverdale High School in Murfreesboro, Tenn., said he has continued to see plenty of Tennessee since getting his first scholarship offer from the Vols in March, and he keeps liking it more and more each time hes there.
The first time I went there, I knew it was going to be one of my schools that I want to go to most, Campbell said during a recent National Playmakers Academy open workout at Tennessee State University.
I went to a lot of Tennessee games (this season), actually. I went to Alabama. I went to Florida the big games, pretty much. It felt good. I really like it up there.
The 6-foot, 195-pound Campbell has received offers from Tennessee, Kentucky and Memphis, and he said UT and Memphis are really the ones talking to me regularly. He said Vols offensive quality control assistant Walt Wells stopped at Riverdale each of the past two weeks to check on him, along with teammate DAndre Litaker, a four-star junior defensive tackle.
Campbell said he also attended Auburns home opener against Clemson, Kentuckys home game against Auburn and Vanderbilts home win over Tennessee on Nov. 26 in the regular-season finale for both teams a game he left at halftime, he said, because it was freezing.
But Campbell hasnt been to any other school quite as often as he has been to Tennessee. He said he already has visited the Vols probably about six or seven times.
He was particularly impressed by his visit for Tennessees 38-28 win over Florida, the Vols first victory over the rival Gators since 2004.
It was the best game I went to this year, said Campbell, whos ranked the nations No. 680 overall prospect and No. 99 wide receiver in the 247Sports Composite for the 2018 class. (I liked) how they executed and came back on them after halftime.
