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Tennessee football: Top five 2021 signees who could play early

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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KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – OCTOBER 05: A Tennessee Volunteers megaphone sits on the sideline during the game against the Georgia Bulldogs at Neyland Stadium on October 05, 2019 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Silas Walker/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – OCTOBER 05: A Tennessee Volunteers megaphone sits on the sideline during the game against the Georgia Bulldogs at Neyland Stadium on October 05, 2019 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Silas Walker/Getty Images) /

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If there’s an opening for a guy who could play outside linebacker in a 3-4 system, there’s an opening for a guy who could play outside linebacker. Tennessee football also has some major openings at inside linebacker as well, though.

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Henry To’o To’o, J.J. Peterson and Quavaris Crouch have all entered the transfer portal. That leaves really only Jeremy Banks as returning impact players with any experience. When you add in the departures of Kivon Bennett and Deandre Johnson, which we already mentioned, any linebacker spot is wide open this year.

Well, the Vols only added one linebacker in this recruiting class. Aaron Willis, a member of the Washington, D.C.-Maryland-Virginia are, or DMV, transferred from St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, Md. to his current school in Chester, Va., outside of the District of Columbia region and less than half an our south of Richmond, Va.

A four-star across all boards, Willis stands between 5’11” and 6’0″ and weighs somewhere between 200 and 210 pounds. He is also listed as an inside linebacker on Rivals and 247Sports but an outside linebacker on ESPN, suggesting he has the ability to play both positions as need, a big deal given the transition.

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When you combine his rating, the fact that he is the only linebacker in the class, his versatility and the need at linebacker, Willis is well-positioned to play early. As a result, he’s Tennessee football’s 2021 freshman signee most likely to have a big early impact.

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