Tennessee football: Top 15 recruits for Vols to pursue in 2021

Sure, the exterior offensive line is what needs to be shored up the most, but Tennessee football should never let top-notch linemen leave the state anyway. It’s not like you don’t always have to build up the depth on your offensive line anyway, and when you have talented guys who can do it, you have to go for them all the time.

As a result, the Vols should do everything they can to keep Noah Josey from going anywhere else. A four-star guard out of Brentwood Academy, Jeremy Pruitt wants him in order to keep that Brentwood pipeline going in the Nashville area that Vol fans know so well about. Josey is the No. 7 ranked player at his position, the No. 6 ranked player in the state and a top 200 player nationally.

Standing at 6’5″ 285 pounds, Pruitt will obviously work with him to make him stronger if he can land the guy. That’s never a question, and his height is already great. The only major catch is going to be landing this guy.

While there are no 247Sports Crystal Ball or Rivals FutureCast predictions, the Ole Miss Rebels are a favorite by a plurality to land him on the Rivals FanFutureCast. Meanwhile, the Alabama Crimson Tide are listed as the only team trending for him on 247Sports. So UT has a major battle, and fighting off guys like Lane Kiffin and Nick Saban could be tough.