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Tennessee football’s 2022 recruiting class by the numbers

By Caleb Calhoun

Sep 1, 2018; Charlotte, NC, USA; A Tennessee Volunteers helmet is seen pregame before the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 1, 2018; Charlotte, NC, USA; A Tennessee Volunteers helmet is seen pregame before the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports /
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Tennessee mascot Smokey on the sidelines during the NCAA college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and Bowling Green Falcons in Knoxville, Tenn. on Thursday, September 2, 2021.Ut Bowling Green
Tennessee mascot Smokey on the sidelines during the NCAA college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and Bowling Green Falcons in Knoxville, Tenn. on Thursday, September 2, 2021.Ut Bowling Green /

Breakdown of players by home state

Georgia: 8 (1 attended JuCo elsewhere)

  • Maurice Clipper Jr. (Alpharetta, Ga.; Milton High School)
  • Christian Harrison (Atlanta, Ga.; Woodward Academy)
  • Joshua Josephs (Kennesaw, Ga.; North Cobb High School)
  • Addison Nichols (Norcross, Ga.; Greater Atlanta Christian School)
  • Justin Williams (Dallas, Ga.; East Paulding High School)
  • Kaleb Webb (Powder Springs, Ga.; McEachern High School)
  • Tyre West (Tifton, Ga.; Tift County High School)
  • Desmond Williams (Forsyth, Ga.; Mary Persons High School)

Alabama: 2

  • Jourdan Thomas (Montgomery, Ala.; Montgomery Catholic Prep)
  • Marquarius White (Pinson, Ala.; Clay-Chalkville High School)

Tennessee: 2

  • Elijah Herring (Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Riverdale High School)
  • Cameron Miller (Memphis, Tenn.; Memphis Academy of Health Sciences)

Florida: 2

  • Brian Grant (Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; Choctawhatchee High School)
  • Jordan Phillips (Ocoee, Fla.; Ocoee High School)

Arkansas: 1

  • Charles Nimrod (Bentonville, Ark.; Bentonville High School)

Indiana: 1

  • Tayven Jackson (Greenwood, Ind.; Center Grove High School)

Kentucky: 1

  • Kalib Perry (Georgetown, Ky.; Great Crossing High School)

Louisiana: 1

  • Dylan Sampson (Geismar, La.; Dutchtown High School)

Michigan: 1

  • Masai Reddick (Detroit, Mich.; Cass Technical High School)

New Jersey: 1

  • Jayson Jenkins (Trenton, N.J.; Notre Dame High School)

North Carolina: 1

  • James Pearce (Charlotte, N.C.; Julius L. Chambers High School)

Similar to the first recruiting class Jeremy Pruitt exclusively signed back in 2019, Tennessee football’s first class exclusively signed by Josh Heupel is loaded with Georgia prospects. Also, most of them are specifically from the Atlanta area.

Christian Harrison and Maurice Clipper Jr. actually come from Fulton County, although Harrison went to school in College Park, Ga., and Joshua Josephs and Kaleb Webb come out of Cobb County, right next to Atlanta. Addison Nichols of Gwinnett County and Justin Williams of Paulding County also come from that area.

Only Tyre West of Tift County and Desmond Williams, who is initially from Monroe County, are from places of Georgia not considered part of the Atlanta area. Other players connected to the largest cities in their state are Masai Reddick in Wayne County, James Pearce in Mecklenberg County and Tayven Jackson in Johnson County, which is just outside of Indianapolis.

Marquarius White comes from the Birmingham area in Jefferson County, so he is also from his home state’s largest area. Alabama, as one of four states with multiple UT commitments and also has a player from its capital in Jourdan Thomas, from Montgomery County.  Dylan Sampson comes from the region of his home state capital too. Ascension Parish is just outside of Baton Rouge.

Sampson is one of three players from the region of another SEC school. Kalib Perry comes from Scott County, which is just outside of Lexington, where obviously the Kentucky Wildcats are. Then there’s Charles Nimrod, who comes from Benton County, which is in the Ozarks and just outside of Fayetteville, where the Arkansas Razorbacks play.

Florida joins Alabama as states with multiple Tennessee football commitments. Brian Grant comes from the Panhandle in Okaloosa County, but Jordan Phillips comes from Orange County, where Orlando is and where Heupel used to coach with the UCF Knights.

In the state where many Florida residents originally came from, New Jersey, Jayson Jenkins is like Harrison in that he didn’t go to school in his hometown. He attended Lawrenceville, which is still in Mercer County but part of Lawrence Township.

Finally, there are the in-state players. Cameron Miller is from the second biggest metro area, coming out of Shelby County, and Elijah Herring comes from Middle Tennessee in Rutherford County. However, there are no Nashville prospects, and Georgia definitely dominates this recruiting class over in-state Tennessee football players.

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