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Ranking Tennessee football’s 2022 summer enrollees by potential impact

By Caleb Calhoun

The Tennessee Volunteer waves a Power T flag during the Vol Walk ahead of a game against Pittsburgh at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021.Kns Tennessee Pittsburgh Football
The Tennessee Volunteer waves a Power T flag during the Vol Walk ahead of a game against Pittsburgh at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021.Kns Tennessee Pittsburgh Football /
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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 /

839. Linebacker. Kalib Perry. 9. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. Freshman. player

Although linebacker struggled last year, Tennessee football returns everybody and added lots more talent, so Kalib Perry will still need a year to develop.

Being lowly-rated, not being an early enrollee and going to a position that returns everybody is what keeps Kalib Perry down on this list. Perry is a three-star linebacker out of Kentucky’s Scott County in Tennessee football’s 2022 recruiting class and is another unproven linebacker to join the program. There is a lot of those.

At 6’3″ 215 pounds, the graduate of Great Crossing High School in Georgetown, Ky., is going to a room that includes all three returning rotational players in Jeremy Banks, Solon Page III and Aaron Beasley. It adds Jackson Hannah and Elijah Herring, two early enrollees. William Mohan is also still in the system, and Juwan Mitchell is back from injury.

Taking all that into account, Perry should be at the bottom of this list. However, the Vols were awful at linebacker last year. Outside of Banks, every player could be in competition with each other, and despite everybody back, it’s likely no job is safe.

That alone slightly moves Perry up this list, as there’s an off-chance he’ll make an early impact on the Vols. With the transfer of Aaron Willis at the end of spring practice, that possibility is even greater, so watch out for what he does.

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