No big deal. ESPN always uses their own rankings in these recruiting articles.Of course they had to call a composite 5-star a 4-star. But it’s a solid write-up, and the clip of Heupel speaking is very good.![]()
Tennessee adds four-star two-way recruit Moa
Tennessee added its second top-100 pledge of the week in four-star two-way prospect Salesi Moa, No. 35 in the 2026 ESPN 300.www.espn.com
What is amazing is that the Sneed(#512 by 247 ranking) story is the top story on 247 sports today, and yet they barely mention the fact that UT landed 2 much more highly rated recruits (Moa #45 and Wyatt#48) this week. Sneed leaving UT has been anticipated for the last 6 months, not really significant news. No big deal! Moa was the big surprise, but good UT news is no news on some of these sports sites!Hate to lose a good player but honestly glad hes gone ahead and finally done it. I was really sick of his constant flirting with other schools. Be gone.
They are desperately trying to push the Bill Belichick narrative like all the media is. Even On3 is raving about how he has a top 20 class but they have 35 commits (most of any FBS program) with a blue chip ratio of 23% which is awful.What is amazing is that the Sneed(#512 by 247 ranking) story is the top story on 247 sports today, and yet they barely mention the fact that UT landed 2 much more highly rated recruits (Moa #45 and Wyatt#48) this week. Sneed leaving UT has been anticipated for the last 6 months, not really significant news. No big deal! Moa was the big surprise, but good UT news is no news on some of these sports sites!![]()
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ESPN’s rankings are absolutely terrible, I mean they are all over the place on guys, could be like a 5 star everywhere else and they got him a high 3 lol. I don’t care where they have our players ranked(high or low) because they are fools that are a waste of space in recruiting rankings!No big deal. ESPN always uses their own rankings in these recruiting articles.
Hate to lose a good player but honestly glad hes gone ahead and finally done it. I was really sick of his constant flirting with other schools. Be gone.
Other than Luginbill maybe. No one really cares anything about their ratings. Tom isn’t great either but he’s been doing it so damn long and has a lot of experience around several different levels of football. Kind of just an add on service that they make money off of.ESPN’s rankings are absolutely terrible, I mean they are all over the place on guys, could be like a 5 star everywhere else and they got him a high 3 lol. I don’t care where they have our players ranked(high or low) because they are fools that are a waste of space in recruiting rankings!
Even Lug now doesn’t get around or see much. He does less a job doing recruiting than most of us do. They never were really good, but last few years they just fell off a cliff and like you said it’s just another way for them to try and make some money.Other than Luginbill maybe. No one really cares anything about their ratings. Tom isn’t great either but he’s been doing it so damn long and has a lot of experience around several different levels of football. Kind of just an add on service that they make money off of.