Here's who Tennessee Vols football added on National Signing Day
Jeremy Pruitt handled his first National Signing Day as a head coach Wednesday, as he continues to build his first recruiting class at Tennessee.
The Vols signed 14 players during the December signing window.
Here's a look at the six players who signed with Tennessee on Wednesday.
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Trevon Flowers
S, 6-1, 185
Tucker (Tucker, Ga.)
247 composite: 3-star, No. 86 S
Commit date: Feb. 7
Twitter handle: @tresmoove1
The final word: Flowers signed to play baseball at Kentucky in November and was granted his release from his letter of intent after deciding he wanted to play college football. He plans to be a dual-sport athlete. Flowers played football as a senior for the first time since junior high. He picked the Vols over Clemson and Kentucky.
Kurott Garland
DE, 6-3, 250
Heritage (Conyers, Ga.)
247 composite: 3-star, No. 60 strongside DE
Commit date: Feb. 7
Twitter handle: @1Prime99
The final word: Garland made 125 tackles as a senior, according to MaxPreps, including 12.5 sacks. Tennessee was his lone Power 5 offer. He chose the Vols over Tulane. He's teammates with wide receiver Jordan Young, who flipped from Tennessee to Florida State on Wednesday. He can play on the edge or on the interior.
Emmit Gooden
DT, 6-5, 300
Independence Community College (Independence, Kan.)
247 composite: 4-star, No. 7 Juco DT
Commit date: Feb. 7
Twitter handle:@What_A_Star5
The final word: Gooden was committed to Tennessee for about 10 weeks in 2014, while at Haywood High School in Brownsville. He decommitted, later committed to Mississippi State and wound up requiring a junior college detour. Gooden racked up 81 tackles as a sophomore at Independence. Tennessee must replace both of its starting defensive tackles, and Gooden is the fourth tackle to join the signing class. He picked UT over West Virginia, Arkansas and Arizona State.
John Mincey
DE, 6-4, 255
Clinch County (Homerville, Ga.)
247 composite: 3-star, No. 38 strongside DE
Commit date: Feb. 7
Twitter handle: @JdcMincey
The final word: Tennessee beat out South Carolina at the finish line for Mincey, who decommitted from Arkansas last month. Mincey helped his high school win the Class A public school championship in 2017. He's comfortable lining up in a stand-up position or with his hand in the dirt and proved a disruptive force at the line of scrimmage for Clinch County.
JJ Peterson
OLB, 6-3, 231
Colquitt County (Norman Park, Ga.)
247 composite: 4-star, No. 3 OLB
Commit date: Jan. 6
Twitter handle: @kvnng_j47
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The final word: Peterson is the highest-rated player in this signing class by the 247Sports composite and a top-50 prospect. He was selected to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. The Vols held off Alabama for Peterson, whose size and speed make him a candidate to play early. Peterson had 121 tackles as a senior, according to MaxPreps, including 20 tackles for loss.
Cedric Tillman
WR, 6-3, 205
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)
247 composite: Unranked
Commit date: Feb. 7
Twitter handle:@Ctillman04
The final word: Tillman picked up an offer last weekend after it became apparent that another wide receiver who was committed to Tennessee, Jordan Young, might flip to Florida State. Tillman chose the Vols over Hawaii and UNLV. Tillman caught 37 passes for 774 yards and seven touchdowns, according to MaxPreps.
Players who signed in December:
* – Jordan Allen, City College of San Francisco, DE, 6-4, 230
Tanner Antonutti, Ensworth (Nashville), OT, 6-5, 260
Jeremy Banks, Cordova, RB, 6-2, 215
* – Paxton Brooks, Airport (West Columbia, S.C.), P, 6-5, 170
* – Jerome Carvin, Cordova, OT, 6-4, 330
* – Greg Emerson, North Side (Jackson), DT, 6-3, 280
Kingston Harris, IMG Academy (Orlando, Fla.), DT, 6-4, 272
Jahmir Johnson, Arizona Western College (Yuma, Ariz.), OL, 6-5, 290
* – Ollie Lane, Gibbs (Corryton), OG, 6-5, 285
Brant Lawless, Nashville Christian, DT, 6-3, 285
JT Shrout, Hart (Santa Clarita, Calif.), QB, 6-3, 190
* – Alontae Taylor, Coffee County (Manchester), WR, 6-0, 184
* – Jacob Warren, Farragut (Knoxville), TE, 6-6, 211
Dominick Wood-Anderson, Arizona Western College (Yuma, Ariz.), TE, 6-5, 245
* – Early enrollee