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Tennessee Vols morning report: Four-star signee update, early bracketology

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 09: Tennessee Volunteers fans cheer during the first half of the game against the Indiana State Sycamores at Neyland Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 09: Tennessee Volunteers fans cheer during the first half of the game against the Indiana State Sycamores at Neyland Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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The status of a four-star commitment to the Tennessee Vols and early bracketology rankings lead the Volunteers news for Wednesday, June 6, 2018.

The Tennessee Vols are recruiting heavily for basketball and football talent here in the midst of June with the academic calendar almost coming to an end. And the program is still in the midst of dealing with personnel issues in numerous ways.

As we get set to bring you our morning update on Rocky Top, those issues in the football realm lead the headlines. The saga of one key commitment has been a major story for a while, and we’ll discuss it here.

On top of that, there’s another early basketball prediction story to bring you, which is pretty intriguing. And finally, there is some baseball news to discuss. So we still have plenty of news. Let’s start with the football signee.

JJ Peterson should enroll this summer – Blake Toppmeyer, Knoxville News Sentinel

Tennessee Vols football linebacker is finishing academic work and should enroll later this summer with the university. A four-star commitment in Jeremy Pruitt’s first class, Peterson and four-star defensive tackle Brant Lawless are two signees who still haven’t enrolled.

"Rush Propst, who was Peterson’s coach at Colquitt County High School, said Peterson has a qualifying ACT score and just needs to finish some coursework so he can get enrolled.“He’s eager to get there,” Propst said."

Tennessee basketball a No. 1 seed in early bracketology – Jerry Palm, CBS Sports

The Tennessee Vols men’s basketball team continues to get early season praise. Jerry Palm of CBS Sports listed Rick Barnes’s team as a No. 1 seed in his way-too-early bracketology rankings and as the No. 3 seed overall. The other top seeds were the Gonzaga Bulldogs, the Duke Blue Devils and the Kansas Jayhawks.

"It is too early to start talking about a bracket for the 2019 NCAA Tournament?  Yes, it is, but we don’t let little things like a calendar stop us. At least we now know who has decided to stay in the NBA Draft and who is returning to school."

Three Tennessee baseball signees go early in MLB Draft – Wes Rucker, GoVols247

The Tennessee Vols were well-represented in Tuesday’s MLB Draft with three of their current signees taken early. Jonathan Ornales, Aaron ashby and Williams English all came off the board. Prospects will have until July 6 before deciding whether or not they want to go pro or go to college.

"Now the process of re-recruiting will begin with first-year Tennessee coach Tony Vitello, whose first Vols signing class was ranked No. 8 nationally by Perfect Game USA."

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