2016 Recruiting Class

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2018 recruit:

 

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Marcel Southall - Yahoo! Sports

 

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Austin Pope - Yahoo! Sports

 

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5-star DT Derrick Brown will be visiting on Wednesday.

 

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http://sports.yahoo.com/tennessee/football/recruiting/player-Alexis-Johnson-173376

 

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Scout Recruiting - National Signing Day Coverage, Latest Commits, Top Prospects and More Front Page

Johnson didn't want to take the shine off his brother's birthday but was tired of waiting to make his college intentions known.

"I tried to hold off because it was my brother's birthday but today just felt like the perfect time," he said of his decision to commit to the Volunteers. "Tennessee is a great place with great coaches. It's a great place to play. I didn't have any reason to wait any longer. It's where I want to go."

The coaches in Knoxville already have a plan for the premiere lineman.

"They were extremely excited when I gave them the news," Johnson shared. "They were all as happy as I've ever heard them. They want me to come in and play the 3-technique right away. They'll play me all over the line but that sounds like it will be my primary spot."

The decision to play football in the SEC has been one that has been on his mind for quite a while.

"I had been thinking on it hard," Johnson discussed. "I have been talking to my parents, other family members, and my coaches about it to make sure they supported it. It was time to make the decision. I called up Coach Jones and Coach Stripling so I could make it official."

The elite junior college prospect's official visit to Tennessee cemented his choice to be a future Volunteer.

"A lot of the decision had to do with the visit," Johnson noted. "I've had my eyes on Tennessee a long time, though. Even out of high school it was the school I really wanted to hear from and receive an offer from. They were always one of my favorites."

"Everything stood out while I was there for the visit," he added. "The coaches were great to me. They have great players and great alumni. They have great programs in place to help with after football. Their facilities are everything you could ever want. It's a great football program with amazing fans and an amazing stadium."

The commitment to Tennessee from the Fort Scott Community College star is the final step of his process.

"The visits are over with," Johnson pointed out. "I'm done taking official visits. The only visits I will take the rest of the way will be to Tennessee."

 

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callaway’s visit couldn’t have gone much better for tennessee. The top-100 athlete has been one of the vols’ top wide-receiver targets in the 2016 class for months, and while he hadn’t visited tennessee since attending its home game against florida last season, he was accompanied by his parents during friday’s visit. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound callaway told govols247 after the visit that he likes the vols “a lot,” and he already is planning to return to tennessee for a game this season — and perhaps even sooner.

He said he has talked with one of his friends — georgia wide receiver commitment darion anderson of warner robins, ga. — about the vols, and anderson now is interested in joining him on his next trip to ut, which callaway said could come before the end of the summer. Georgia remains the heavy favorite to land callaway on the 247sports crystal ball, with auburn, florida, florida state and south carolina, among others, also in the mix. But tennessee undoubtedly is a contender for callaway after impressing him and his parents during friday’s visit.

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VolQuest.com - Considering legacy vs. new path

BALTIMORE -- Juggling dozens of offers can be very stressful on the top recruits in the country. That stress can be intensified for some, who have the option of continuing a legacy at a specific school. Four-star Nigel Warrior of Suwanee (Ga.) Peachtree Ridge and four-star linebacker Devin Bush of Pembroke Pines (Fla.) Flanagan have to deal with that when it comes time to make a final decision.

Warrior grew up around Tennessee football, after his father, Dale Carter, was an All-American in Knoxville in the early 1990's. Carter went on to become the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1992 and play in four Pro Bowls during his career with Kansas City, Denver, Minnesota, New Orleans and Baltimore.

With this type of legacy, Warrior realizes that there has always been some level of expectation that he will also end up at Tennessee.

"Everyone thinks I'm going to Tennessee," said Warrior. "It'll just come down to the moment when I sit down with my family and just think what school to choose. Wherever I can go play football and get a great education, that's where I'll decide where to go."

Warrior acknowledged that his father has been a very important part of his recruiting process.

"He'll just let me choose what I like best," he said. "He's not going to make me go anywhere. He helps me with the process. He doesn't push me to go to Tennessee and he doesn't push me to go to any other school. We just talk about it and my decision is my decision."

Warrior has not taken any recent visits and does not have any planned at this time, but he does hope to check out Ohio State and LSU this summer. He hopes to trim his list to 10 schools by the start of the season and then five by December. The plan is to take all five of his official visits and then make a final decision on National Signing Day.

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"Michigan State and Tennessee will make it for sure," Corley said. "They were just two of the early offers, and I have always loved both of those schools growing up. The coaches are laid back and they don't seem to be pressuring you to commit or anything like that."

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Donnie Corley - Yahoo! Sports

 

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the 6-foot-4, 314-pound brown said he spent most of wednesday morning and afternoon at tennessee after making the trip for the first time in april with his family, and he “definitely” wants to return to knoxville yet again in the coming months.

He’s already planning to take all five of his official visits before making his college decision, and he admitted the vols probably will get one of them.

“tennessee’s straight,” brown said. “they’re definitely up there on my list still."

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“i will take all five official visits,” said brown, who once called georgia his leader but recently has backed away from naming a favorite between the bulldogs, auburn, alabama and tennessee. “i don’t have a leader anymore. Keeping an open mind.”

brown said he’s still planning to announce his college choice on national signing day or in january at the u.s. Army all-american bowl.

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