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Tennessee football: Jordan Mosley, Colby Smith decommit after Jeremy Pruitt firing

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 11: Detailed view of the checkered endzone at Neyland Stadium during a game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Chattanooga Mocs on October 11, 2014 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tennessee won the game 45-10. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 11: Detailed view of the checkered endzone at Neyland Stadium during a game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Chattanooga Mocs on October 11, 2014 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Tennessee won the game 45-10. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /
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This was bound to happen. Immediately upon the news of Tennessee football firing Jeremy Pruitt and nine other assistants, including outside linebackers coach Shelton Felton and inside linebackers head coach, along with Phillip Fulmer retiring, the 2021  recruiting class was going to take a hit.

Longtime commitments Jordan Mosley of Alabama and Colby Smith of North Carolina both announced their decommitments. Mosley, a 6’0″ 180-pound wide receiver out of McGill Toolen High School in Mobile, Ala., decommitted first.

A three-star on Rivals and four-star on 247Sports, ESPN and 247Sports Composite, Mosley was one of Tennessee football’s earliest commitments, announcing his decision on June 22, 2019. He announced his decision to decommit on Twitter.

Like Mosley, Smith is a three-star on Rivals and four-star on 247Sports. However, the 6’8″ 320-pound offensive lineman from Rockingham County High School in Wentworth, N.C. is just a three-star still on ESPN and 247Sports Composite. He had been committed to UT since May 4, 2020 and also announced his decommitment on Twitter.

The good news for the Vols is that Smith said UT is still in play. Mosley didn’t say anything about that, but at least Rocky Top could potentially get one of them back. That will likely depend on the new athletic director and head coach.

However, with National Signing Day just weeks away, the program is under lots of pressure to move fast. Losing both these guys continues to add to the fallout from the Pruitt debacle and is a reversal from all the recruiting momentum from this past summer.

Wanya Morris finds new destination

While the Vols were suffering a wave of decommitments amidst the firing of Pruitt, another key player who was a rising star confirmed his new school. Offensive lineman Wanya Morris, who entered the transfer portal last week, revealed on Twitter that he would be joining the Oklahoma Sooners in 2021.

Obviously, Morris is another huge loss for the Vols. He earned Freshman All-SEC and Freshman All-American honors in 2019, and despite setbacks in 2020, was clearly the future for the program up front at left tackle.

Combine Morris’ departure with these decommitments, and Tennessee football is clearly in trouble going forward. The Vols have a lot of things to address, but this isn’t anything they aren’t used to at this point.

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