Tennessee football: Ranking Vols 12 summer enrollees by potential impact for 2019

The principles that we applied to Kenney Solomon also apply to Aaron Beasley. Again, Tennessee football is stacked at defensive back this year, and Beasley is another three-star recruit who wasn’t an early enrollee. Not only is he behind the projected starters and rotational guys, but he’s also behind the three four-stars who were early enrollees.

We only have him ahead of Solomon because he mostly plays safety, which is a little more open than cornerback, and he is listed technically as an athlete on Rivals. That allows for a bit of versatility that makes it more likely for him to see the field than Solomon.

But again, that’s very unlikely. Even at safety, Jaylen McCullough was the splash freshman in the spring, as he had two interceptions in the Orange and White game. So Beasley has very little chance of getting onto the field this year.

That’s not the case long-term, though. The 6’1″ 200-pound athlete can move around to work his way into the rotation, and he’s certainly a guy who provides valuable depth. As a result, the Vols will be able to use him in the future, but he’ll provide very little value for this season. So he joins Solomon and Jerrod Means as guys in the bottom tier of this list.