“The visit, really, I liked everything about it, especially on the football end,”
“Coach Heup took me bowling. They really pour into you over there, so Tennessee for sure is going up in the ranks, one of my top schools, for sure.
“We’re just going to see how my decision’s going to go after my last visit. That’s when I’m going to make my decision. I like everything about it.”
“I ain’t going to say the schools right now, but it’s kind of, like, back-and-forth. But Tennessee’s got a good chance of getting me, for sure.”
Taylor said Tennessee defensive line coach
Rodney Garner is “the best in the business,”
“He’s got, like, 34 years of SEC experience, so he’s got exactly what I’m looking for and what I need,” Taylor said. “I’m a direct-impact guy, so I come in, make a direct impact, get to work. They’ve got everything I need. I just like everything about Tennessee.
“What I like about (Garner): He’s going to tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. I don’t want to hear what I want to hear. I need the criticism to really elevate my game.
“I need to hear what people don’t want to hear. That’s how you really elevate.”
“I’d never even been to Tennessee. I didn’t know what it was going to be like,” he said. “I thought Knoxville, it sounded like a college town to me, for real. But it’s, like, an actual city. But the city, they pour it all into Tennessee, Tennessee athletics, the tailgating.
“The stadium, they broke the decibel record, so it was rocking. It was most definitely a place I can play at, for sure.”