Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney is joined by national recruiting analyst Marshall Levenson along with Dale Dowden of VolReport.com and Jed May of UGASports.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION.
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1.Tennessee should start feeling really comfortable that it leads for five-star OL David Sanders.
Gorney’s take: FACT. A couple weeks ago, the feeling was that David Sanders’ recruitment could come down to a coin flip between Ohio State and Tennessee and even still the Buckeyes’ coaching staff might feel like they have a pretty decent shot. But this looks to be trending heavily in Tennessee’s direction in the final days before a decision. Nebraska impressed him but seems like a real long shot. Georgia has slipped in this one. Ohio State and Tennessee seem like the real contenders but there has been a ton of Vols smoke here and I believe it.
Dowden’s take: FACT. Tennessee has been in hot pursuit for the nation’s No. 1 offensive tackle trying to close the gap between themselves and the believed leader at one time, Ohio State. Sanders has visited Tennessee this calendar year more than any other program, including two visits in the spring, and a late July visit that followed his official visit.
Sanders told Rivals national recruiting analyst Adam Friedman earlier this year that it was accurate that the Vols were the team he was most excited about coming out of January. I believe that to be the truth, and following that began a stretch of many visits to Rocky Top. Will the Vols…
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Publish date : 2024-08-11 14:10:56
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