Son of Former Vol Tee Martin Commits to USC Trojans

The son of Tennessee Vols National Championship Winning Quarterback Tee Martin has committed to play for the USC Trojans.

The pain caused by Tee Martin’s rejection of the University of Tennessee when Butch Jones offered him a job two and a half years ago continues.

Martin’s son, Amari Rodgers, who is listed as a three-star athlete on Rivals, has officially committed to the USC Trojans, Martin is the wide receivers coach, as part of their 2017 recruiting class.

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Rodgers played high school football at Catholic in Knoxville, where his father has a street named after him and etched his name among Tennessee legends by winning a national championship as Peyton Manning’s successor at quarterback in 1998. He will likely line up at receiver at 5’9″ 197 pounds.

Tennessee was on the list of Rodgers’s choices, but how serious either party was in the recruiting remains unclear.

We obviously can’t blame Rodgers for choosing to go to USC since his father is there. But it still would be nice to see Martin back in orange in Knoxville on the sidelines.

Martin has demonstrated a strong ability to recruit and relates very well to players, and he will probably be moving further up the coaching latter pretty quickly.

While Rivals has listed Rodgers as a three-star, he is listed as a four-star recruit on 247, which also has reported that he clocked in a 4.49 40-time.

Now, a lot can change in a year regarding Rodgers’s athletic ability, for the better or for the worse, so he may not be a finished product yet.

But this is just another sign that the desperate hope for Martin to come home seems like it is further and further away.

Either way, he will always be a Tennessee legend, and as an institution of higher learning, even in football, Martin should always be remembered for what he did in his college days there. If he comes home, great.

If not, he is still a legend.

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