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Tennessee football: 5 most underrated players in Vols 2019 recruiting class

By Caleb Calhoun

30 Oct 1999: The band leader of the Tennessee Volunteers marches on the field at halftime during the game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at the Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers defeated the Gamecocks 30-7. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel /Allsport
30 Oct 1999: The band leader of the Tennessee Volunteers marches on the field at halftime during the game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at the Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers defeated the Gamecocks 30-7. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel /Allsport /
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Elijah Simmons at least had his weight for being underrated as a three-star. Jerrod Means, however, is a three-star wide receiver who had no business being a three-star. Recruiting services should be ranking players on potential, and if you look at that, there’s no way Means isn’t at least a four-star.

Means already has good size at 6’2″ 200 pounds, and he is insanely fast. Initially committed to the North Carolina Tar Heels, Means is a straight-line speedster who also showed he’s physical by his willingness to tackle in playing safety. It’s hard to find where he comes up short.

Don’t take our word for it. New wide receivers coach and former Tennessee football national championship quarterback Tee Martin was high on Means. According to Patrick Brown of GoVols247, Martin said that the Vols found Means, who wasn’t being looked at heavily. He added that Means ran a 4.4 40-time last summer and had a 39-inch vertical.

These are insane athletic talents, and they should be enough to make Means a four-star. But it seems like schools just overlooked him, which is why his rating was only a three-star at the end of the day. In two years, though, after all the elite receivers from this current roster are gone, look for him to become a major playmaker.

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