Evaluating Tennessee football’s 2021 edge rusher class at dead period

ATLANTA - DECEMBER 31: Tennessee Volunteers mascot Smokey IX howls during pre-game introductions before the Chick-Fil-A Bowl against the Virginia Tech Hokies at the Georgia Dome on December 31, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. Virginia Tech beat Tennessee 37-14. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)
ATLANTA - DECEMBER 31: Tennessee Volunteers mascot Smokey IX howls during pre-game introductions before the Chick-Fil-A Bowl against the Virginia Tech Hokies at the Georgia Dome on December 31, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. Virginia Tech beat Tennessee 37-14. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images) /
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Other potential prospects

Note: These are prospects who have trimmed their lists and left Tennessee football off of them. However, they have not yet committed to any program yet, so there is no reason to fully eliminate them from the group.

Korey Foreman

  • Ratings: Five-star (Unanimous)
  • Size: 6’5″ 263 pounds
  • Hometown: Corona, Calif.
  • High School: Centennial

Aaron Armitage

  • Ratings: Four-star (Unanimous)
  • Size: 6’5″ 250 pounds
  • Hometown: Blairstown, N.J.
  • High School: Blair Academy

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Monkell Goodwine

  • Ratings: Four-star (Unanimous)
  • Size: 6’4″ 264 pounds
  • Hometown: Fort Washington, Md.
  • High School: National Christian Academy

Shambre Jackson

  • Ratings: Four-star (Unanimous)
  • Size: 6’4″ 235 pounds
  • Hometown: Orlando, Fla.
  • High School: Boone

Bryce Langston

  • Ratings: Four-star (Unanimous)
  • Size: 6’3″ 241 pounds
  • Hometown: Ocala, Fla.
  • High School: Vanguard

Byron Turner Jr.

  • Ratings: Four-star (ESPN); Three-star (Rivals, 247Sports)
  • Size: 6’4″ 230 pounds
  • Hometown: New Orleans, La.
  • High School: St. Augustine

Georgia Wilson

  • Ratings: Four-star (247Sports); Three-star (Rivals)
  • Size: 6’5″ 215 pounds
  • Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va.
  • High School: Green Run

Christian Burkhalter (Athlete on Rivals, TE on ESPN)

  • Ratings: Three-star (Unanimous)
  • Size: 6’5″ 225 pounds
  • Hometown: Spanish Fort, Ala.
  • High School: Spanish Fort

Tyvoris Cooper

  • Ratings: Three-star (Unanimous)
  • Size: 6’4″ 235 pounds
  • Hometown: Louisville, Miss.
  • High School: Louisville

Nick Dimitris

  • Ratings: Three-star (Unanimous)
  • Size: 6’4″ 240 pounds
  • Hometown: Baldwin Park, Calif.
  • High School: Sierra Vista

Tobechi Okoli 

  • Ratings: Three-star (Unanimous)
  • Size: 6’5″ 250 pounds
  • Hometown: Kansas City, Mo.
  • High School: Lincoln College Prep

Not yet offered

Note: These are prospects have not yet been offered by the Vols but have the Vols on their radar, and in some cases they are on the Vols’ radar. Anyway, they are worth paying attention to, as they could provide some future value to Tennessee football.

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Devin Lee

  • Ratings: Three-star (Rivals); NR (247Sports)
  • Size: 6’3″ 274 pounds
  • Hometown: McDonough, Ga.
  • High School: Ola

Darion Dearinger (Tight End on Rivals)

  • Ratings: NR
  • Size: 6’3″ 260 pounds
  • Hometown: Lawrenceburg, Ky.
  • High School: Anderson County

Nick Evans (JuCo; Monroe College; New Rochelle, N.Y.)

  • Ratings: NR
  • Size: 6’4″ 271 pounds
  • Hometown: Boston, Mass.
  • High School: Attleboro

CJ Hardy

  • Ratings: NR
  • Size: 6’1″ 240 pounds
  • Hometown: Cleveland, Tenn.
  • High School: Bradley Central