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Tiers are based on realistic chance of being in the class, considering ranking, proximity, visit history, and who I think we should prioritize. Prob left some obvious ones out. Someone feel free to reformat and take over, add to/take away.

QB

Tier 1

Andre Adams
Derrick Baker
Blake Roskopf

Tier 2

Israel Abrams
Malachi Zeigler

RB

Tier 1

David Gabriel Georges
Ty Robinson
Asa Barnes
Jerry Beard

Tier 2

Quinterrius Gipson
Khamoni Williams
Aiden Gibson
Noah Parker
David Segarra

WR

Tier 1

Kesean Bowman
Xavier Sabb
Lawrence Britt
Jaiden Upshaw
Keland Shelton Jr
Cam Wade
Eli Ferguson
Velon Henderson
Tae Walden Jr.

Tier 2

Ethan Hauser
Dakota Guerrant
Brylan Oduor

TE

Tier 1

Malik Howard
Jaxon Dollar
Seneca Driver
Colt Lumpris

Tier 2

Grant Haviland
Ben Kolar

OT

Tier 1

Princeton Uwaifo (Tennessee commit)
Elijah Hutcheson
Junior Saunders
Caden Moss
Carter Jones
Max Hiller
Layton Von Brandt

Tier 2

Kennedy Brown
Kelsey Adams (UGA commit)
Jacob Burns

IOL

Tier 1

Ian Walker
Kaden Buchanan
Sean Tatum
Antonio Keefer
Jordan Agbanoma

Tier 2

Zyion Wesley
Lil’Marcus Jones
Jaiden Thompson
Nate Carson
Brody McNeel

DL

Tier 1

Jamarkus Pittman (Ole Miss commit)
Benjarvius Shumaker
Malachi Brown
Elijah Patmon (Texas A&M commit)
Kadin Fife (Tennessee commit)
Karlos May

Tier 2

Elijah Brown
Donivan Moore
Jayden Travers
Seth Tillman

EDGE

Tier 1

Andrew Rogers
Rashad Streets
Chris Whitehead
Justin Weeks
DJ Jacobs
KJ Green
Jayce Brewer
Anthony Sweeney

Tier 2

Antwan Jackson
Antwoine Higgins
Rion Jackson
Jaylen Mercer
Griff Galloway
Frederick Ards
Ba’Roc Willis
Success Nwabude
Alex Taylor

LB

Tier 1

Omarii Sanders (Vanderbilt commit)
Cooper Witten
JP Peace (Tennessee commit)
Cole Crawford
Kaden Henderson
Tate Wallace
Ja’Bios Smith

Tier 2

Quinton Cypher (Ohio St commit)
Jake Godfree

CB

Tier 1

Bam Whitfield (Tennessee commit)
Josh Dobson
Allen Evans
Miles Brown
Hayden Stepp
Dylan Haley


Tier 2

Bryce Woods
Raylaun Henry
Aamaury Fountain (S. Carolina commit)
Nash Johnson (Alabama commit)
Dre Otey
Chase Johnson
Duvay Williams
Ace Alston (Notre Dame commit)
Xavier Hasan (Notre Dame commit)

S

Tier 1

Kenny Simon
Jarrell Chandler
Jaden Butler
Davion Jones
Jayden Aparicio-Bailey
Larry Moon III

Tier 2

KJ Caldwell
Trenton McCorvey
Robert Geathers
Tashawn Poole
Corey Hadley
Marquis Bryant (UNC commit)
 
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I agree, way too early, but I’ll play ball. Commend you for going the length to get this started.

I think what you’ve come up with is incredibly subjective. And of what you considered as far as factoring in to assume tiers, what carries the most weight in your mind?

I’d make a few changes off the bat, personally.

To start, I’d switch Israel Abrams and Derrick baker, or at least include Israel in tier 1.

Asa Barnes tier 2 imo.

Guerrant id put tier 1. Keland Shelton Jr (are we recruiting at wr, 247 shows him a safety), Cam Wade, Jaden Butler, Eli Ferguson, Velon Henderson, all would be tier 2 currently imo. I don’t think some of them being from Tennessee auto make a them tier 1.

Kennedy brown id put tier 1.

Dj Jacobs and kj green I’d put in tier 1. Adds and Willis in tier 2.

Hasan I’d put tier 1.


Fyi I’m editing this comment as I go as VN has been randomly refreshing and deleting what I had posts as I was typing them.

As a rule of thumb I’d always have more players in tier 2 than tier 1. It just makes sense to me that way.

Put commit next to Jp peace name.

Curious what @jvols1999 (been doing this for us recently) and @allvolrecruiting or some of our “insiders” would say. @Stoerner Fumbles
 
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Adam Sandler said:
I agree, way too early, but I’ll play ball. Commend you for going the length to get this started.

I think what you’ve come up with is incredibly subjective. And of what you considered as far as factoring in to assume tiers, what carries the most weight in your mind?

I’d make a few changes off the bat, personally.

To start, I’d switch Israel Abrams and Derrick baker.

Asa Barnes tier 2 imo.

Guerrant id put tier 1.

Kennedy brown id put tier 1.

Dj Jacobs and kj green I’d put in tier 1.

Hasan I’d put tier 1.


Fyi I’m editing this comment as I go as VN has been randomly refreshing and deleting what I had posts as I was typing them.

As a rule of thumb I’d always have more players in tier 2 than tier 1.

Put commit next to Jp peace name.

Curious what @jvols1999 (been doing this for us recently) and @allvolrecruiting or some of our “insiders” would say. @Stoerner Fumbles
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It’s all subjective right now, since there‘s very little to go on, but it’s not that I think Tier 1 players are better than Tier 2, it’s that I think they’re either more realistic, a better fit, or a combo of both.

Edit: Gonna change Hasan, bc I agree. he’s been here 3x this year. Abrams I feel will be too steep in price and I think Barnes is a priority.
 
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benholt06 said:
It’s all subjective right now, since there‘s very little to go on, but it’s not that I think Tier 1 players are better than Tier 2, it’s that I think they’re either more realistic, a better fit, or a combo of both.

Edit: Gonna change Hasan, bc I agree. he’s been here 3x this year. Abrams I feel will be too steep in price and I think Barnes is a priority.
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I feel there should be a little consensus in this, at least if you want it to get pinned and viewed/maintained as much as possible. Less subjectivity the better. I personally would think position ranking and number of visits taken would be best barometers for determining who we likely have in our tier 1s.

Have you screened our visit lists this season for visits by these guys? That would be a good place to start.
 
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Adam Sandler said:
I agree, way too early, but I’ll play ball. Commend you for going the length to get this started.

I think what you’ve come up with is incredibly subjective. And of what you considered as far as factoring in to assume tiers, what carries the most weight in your mind?

I’d make a few changes off the bat, personally.

To start, I’d switch Israel Abrams and Derrick baker, or at least include Israel in tier 1.

Asa Barnes tier 2 imo.

Guerrant id put tier 1. Keland Shelton Jr (are we recruiting at wr, 247 shows him a safety), Cam Wade, Jaden Butler, Eli Ferguson, Velon Henderson, all would be tier 2 currently imo. I don’t think some of them being from Tennessee auto make a them tier 1.

Kennedy brown id put tier 1.

Dj Jacobs and kj green I’d put in tier 1. Adds and Willis in tier 2.

Hasan I’d put tier 1.


Fyi I’m editing this comment as I go as VN has been randomly refreshing and deleting what I had posts as I was typing them.

As a rule of thumb I’d always have more players in tier 2 than tier 1. It just makes sense to me that way.

Put commit next to Jp peace name.

Curious what @jvols1999 (been doing this for us recently) and @allvolrecruiting or some of our “insiders” would say. @Stoerner Fumbles
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Great stuff! Have to dig in a little more to opine but all I would do is cross reference the 2024 and 2025 game visitor lists as well as 2025 spring practice and 865 Live lists.
 
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Adam Sandler said:
I feel there should be a little consensus in this, at least if you want it to get pinned and viewed/maintained as much as possible. Less subjectivity the better. I personally would think position ranking and number of visits taken would be best barometers for determining who we likely have in our tier 1s.

Have you screened our visit lists this season for visits by these guys? That would be a good place to start.
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Totally. Just wanted a starting point. Someone can reformat and pin that one, I really dc. But there’d been a couple of times recently I wanted a little bit of a quick reference guide for the 27 guys we‘re targeting. I did carefully look over the visits and obviously repeat visitors I tried to list in T1. But there will def be a few I missed.

Anyway, I will try to keep up with it, at least until a better one comes along.
 
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AresTheVol said:
DJ Jacobs is tier 1
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Agreed as far as talent. it’s just that he hasn’t been on campus since Bama game last year, afaik. A little pipedreamy for me to put him T1 but if there‘s a position we could land a guy like him, it’s Edge.
 
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@benholt06 was thinking about this thread of yours and thought the thread below would also be helpful:

2027 Instate Class

While we're waiting for the imminent Hezekiah Harris and Tristian Keys flips to complete a Top 7 2026 class that further improves the talent on the roster, thought it would be interesting to start taking a look at the instate 2027 class. Good news is that it appears to be loaded, we appear to...
www.volnation.com www.volnation.com
 
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Update: Moved Lil’Marcus Jones into T1 as a repeat visitor.
Moved Caden Moss into T1. Can’t confirm a previous visit but he’s a teammate of current commits White and Albert.
 
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benholt06 said:
Tiers are based on realistic chance of being in the class, considering ranking, proximity, visit history, and who I think we should prioritize. Prob left some obvious ones out. Someone feel free to reformat and take over, add to/take away.

QB

Tier 1

Andre Adams
Derrick Baker
Blake Roskopf

Tier 2

Israel Abrams
Malachi Zeigler

RB

Tier 1

David Gabriel Georges
Ty Robinson
Asa Barnes
David Segarra

Tier 2

Quinterrius Gipson
Khamoni Williams
Aiden Gibson
Noah Parker
Jerry Beard

WR

Tier 1

Kesean Bowman
Lawrence Britt
Jaiden Upshaw
Keland Shelton Jr
Cam Wade
Jaden Butler
Eli Ferguson
Velon Henderson
Tae Walden Jr.

Tier 2

Ethan Hauser (pos?)
Dakota Guerrant
Brylan Oduor

TE

Tier 1

Malik Howard
Jaxon Dollar
Seneca Driver
Colt Lumpris

Tier 2

Grant Haviland
Ben Kolar

OT

Tier 1

Princeton Uwaifo (Tennessee commit)
Elijah Hutcheson
Junior Saunders
Caden Moss
Carter Jones

Tier 2

Kennedy Brown
Max Hiller
Kelsey Adams
Jacob Burns

IOL

Tier 1

Ian Walker
Kaden Buchanan
Lil’Marcus Jones
Antonio Keefer
Jordan Agbanoma

Tier 2

Zyion Wesley
Jatori Williams (Alabama commit)
Jaiden Thompson
Nate Carson
Brody McNeel

DL

Tier 1

Jamarkus Pittman (Ole Miss commit)
Benjarvius Shumaker
Malachi Brown
Elijah Patmon
Kadin Fife (Tennessee commit)
Karlos May

Tier 2

Elijah Brown
Donivan Moore
Jayden Travers
Seth Tillman

EDGE

Tier 1

Andrew Rogers (Va Tech commit)
Rashad Streets
Chris Whitehead
Justin Weeks
DJ Jacobs
KJ Green
Jayce Brewer
Ba’Roc Willis

Tier 2

Antwan Jackson
Antwoine Higgins
Rion Jackson
Jaylen Mercer
Griff Galloway
Frederick Ards
Success Nwabude
Alex Taylor

LB

Tier 1

Omarii Sanders
Cooper Witten
JP Peace (Tennessee commit)
Cole Crawford
Kaden Henderson
Tate Wallace
Ja’Bios Smith

Tier 2

Quinton Cypher
Jake Godfree

CB

Tier 1

Bam Whitfield (Tennessee commit)
Josh Dobson
Xavier Hasan
Jarrell Chandler
Ace Alston
Miles Brown
Chase Johnson

Tier 2

Allen Evans
Bryce Woods
Raylaun Henry
Aamaury Fountain
Nash Johnson (Alabama commit)
Dre Otey

S

Tier 1

Kenny Simon
Marquis Bryant
Jayden Aparicio-Bailey
Larry Moon III

Tier 2

KJ Caldwell
Trenton McCorvey
Davion Jones
Robert Geathers
Tashawn Poole
Corey Hadley
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I think I’d have Adams as Tier 2 QB and Abrams as Tier 1. Price said Adams doesn’t even have an offer yet. I can’t remember him visiting, but maybe I’m wrong. I know Abrams has visited for one of the big games, if not more.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
I think I’d have Adams as Tier 2 QB and Abrams as Tier 1. Price said Adams doesn’t even have an offer yet. I can’t remember him visiting, but maybe I’m wrong. I know Abrams has visited for one of the big games, if not more.
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I do agree that I prob could take Adams off T1. Because we just haven’t shown interest. I‘m watching his playoff run. I think he’s intriguing and as a developmental guy could end up making sense for us.

I just feel Abrams will cost more than we will want to pay. Unless there’s a major shakeup. We took our big money QB in Faizon and I feel the focus in 27 will be more defense and building around him.
 
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benholt06 said:
I do agree that I prob could take Adams off T1. Because we just haven’t shown interest. I‘m watching his playoff run. I think he’s intriguing and as a developmental guy could end up making sense for us.

I just feel Abrams will cost more than we will want to pay. Unless there’s a major shakeup. We took our big money QB in Faizon and I feel the focus in 27 will be more defense and building around him.
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I would love to land Adams as our 2027 QB for that reason. Just doesn’t seem like the staff is all in on him, even as a cheap option. The kid looks really good to me and a guy who would likely be willing to wait his turn.
 
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Add Anthony Sweeney to tier 1 Edge, he is very high on us.

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I would also move 5* Max Hiller into tier 1, we are in his top two trailing Alabama.
 
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