Butch Jones definitely has it rolling. Their recruiting class has been # 1 on rivals for some time. It's more of a sheer numbers game right now that that has them at top of the heap. They have raked in some highly touted prospects but several teams are hovering in the top ten (namely Alabama) who have 8 -10 less signed players. Interesting to see what happens between now and Signing day. How this season plays out may have a huge role in how many of these players actually put pen to paper in Tennessee's favor. Finishing anywhere in the top 5 would be an amazing get for a program trying to return to prominence.
Berry brothers / Evan Berry is the better prospect of the 2 brothers. Neither brother has signed but many believe it's a virtual lock that both will sign especially Evan.
On a side note Bill Bates son Dillon signed earlier this month. Highly recruited LB from Florida.
Monday, July 22nd, 2013
Vols' recruiting haul rolls on
HOOVER, Ala. — Tennessee added its fourth football commitment in as many days on Sunday, and for the third day in a row, it was a four-star prospect joining the Volunteers' 2014 class.
Norcross (Ga.) High School linebacker Kevin Mouhon continued Tennessee's July recruiting roll when he announced his pledge. The 6-foot-2, 225-pound prospect long favored the Vols and decided to end his recruitment while on campus this weekend. Rivals.com ranks Mouhon as the No. 15 outside linebacker prospect and the No. 21 player in Georgia.
His older brother, Silverberry, plays defensive end at Cincinnati and signed for the Bearcats and Butch Jones in 2011, which gave Kevin a previous connection with Tennessee's first-year coach, and the Vols have one other Norcross product (redshirt freshman receiver Jason Croom) on the roster.
Kevin Mouhon compiled scholarship offers from a number of big-time programs, including Ohio State, Oregon, Florida, Florida State, Louisville, Auburn, Notre Dame, Penn State, Miami, Wisconsin and Oklahoma State, among others.
He adds to an impressive linebacker class. The Vols could lose five players at the position and need depth behind Curt Maggitt and A.J. Johnson, the SEC's leading tackler last season as a sophomore who's a candidate to depart for the NFL after this season. Tennessee signed just one linebacker in 2012 (Kenny Bynum) and none last year after early enrollee Corey Vereen showed promise as a defensive end in spring practice.
Of the five linebackers committed in Tennessee's 2014 class, five are rated as four-star prospects by 247sports.com
Dillon Bates (Ponte Vedra, Fla.) and Gavin Bryant (Jackson, Ala.) are top-250 prospects according to 247sports.com. Chris Weatherd, the 6-foot-4, 225-pounder from Trinity Valley Community College in Texas, gives the Vols' a junior-college option. Jerome Dews, a two-star prospect from the Washington D.C. area, is a grayshirt candidate.
The Vols, who signed 23 players in last year's class, now have 24 commitments and have added six since Monday during what they've dubbed "Foundation Week."
