Tennessee football recruiting: Five-star OT David Sanders Jr. pledges to Vols, boosting top-10 class

Josh Heupel and the Tennessee Volunteers secured a huge win before the 2024 season even started. David Sanders Jr., the No. 3 overall player and No. 1 offensive tackle in the 2025 recruiting class according to the 247Sports rankings, gave his commitment to the Vols. Sanders chose the Tennessee over other big-time programs like Georgia and Ohio State, boosting a Tennessee recruiting class that was already in the top 10, and has a top quarterback in four-star George MacIntyre.

You can watch his commitment in the video player below. 

There’s never a bad time to get a great player, but when it comes to high school recruiting, there are certain positions that are more valuable than others, and Sanders plays what might be the most valuable.

While there are plenty of changes in college football every year, one thing has been a constant in the transfer portal era. Every year, without fail, the top teams in the country are looking for help on the offensive line in the portal, and it’s rarely there.

If you want to build a great offensive line, you have to secure the players out of high school and develop them, and Tennessee is doing precisely that with Sanders.

247Sports Director of Scouting, Andrew Ivins, compares Sanders to former Mississippi State Bulldog and current Seattle Seahawk Charles Cross, who was the ninth overall pick of the 2022 NFL Draft. Here’s Ivins’ full scouting report:

Gifted athlete with a chance to emerge as a franchise corner protector given his foot quickness and reactionary skills. Two-way player as a junior that was named North Carolina’s Gatorade Player of the Year after he kept the jersey clean of heralded quarterback recruit Jadyn Davis while adding 32 pressures and seven sacks on defense. Could probably…

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Author : Tom Fornelli

Publish date : 2024-08-17 17:31:04

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