Evaluating Tennessee football’s 2021 secondary recruiting class at dead period
Final take
So far, Tennessee football’s 2021 secondary class has been about high numbers of players who are extremely fast cornerbacks rather than a lower number of highly rated players who are built to play safety. That was the case for last year’s class.
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Still, the combination of the two classes so far have the Vols set for the future in the secondary. With four players who are likely to play cornerback committed to UT’s 2021 recruiting class and another who could potentially play safety, the Vols appear to be in great shape. At least two of them are locked in to play cornerback.
As a result, by 2022, the Vols will have five players who are 100 percent certain to be cornerbacks and four players 100 percent certain to be safeties on the roster. They then will have another four athletes who can play defensive back, and that’s where three of them are likely to be.
This is all if they don’t add one more person to their class for 2021. However, they could still use more help. With the nickel spot becoming more prevalent, they could stand to add two to three more players and at least one more cornerback and one more safety. That would put Jeremy Pruitt in the perfect situation for the future.
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Prediction
Two in-state three-star prospects are still in play in Adrian Huey and Jaden Keller. One of them will commit to Tennessee football. Then, either Daquan Gonzales or MJ Daniels will commit. In terms of elite prospects, either Damarius McGhee or Isaiah Johnson will commit. As a result, UT will get three commitments, including one more elite pickup. That will complete the secondary class.