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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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Oct 9, 2021; Durham, North Carolina, Duke Blue Devils running back Jordan Waters (7) runs the ball through Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defensive back Wesley Walker (13) during the fourth quarter at Wallace Wade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: William Howard-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 9, 2021; Durham, North Carolina, Duke Blue Devils running back Jordan Waters (7) runs the ball through Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets defensive back Wesley Walker (13) during the fourth quarter at Wallace Wade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: William Howard-USA TODAY Sports /

Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. Wesley Walker. player. Defensive back. Redshirt sophomore. 5. 839

With openings at cornerback and nickel, Tennessee football added Wesley Walker as a transfer from the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

The first transfer on this list, Wesley Walker is headed back home. A graduate of Ensworth High School in Nashville, the Davidson County, Tenn., kid is back with Tennessee football and set to fill a huge void on the Vols. In fact, he could potentially fill one of two voids.

Rocky Top lost Alontae Taylor at cornerback and Theo Jackson at nickel this past year. Now, on paper, Kamal Hadden and Brandon Turnage are in line to replace both guys respectively, but that’s up in the air, especially Hadden’s role, and there is set to be open competition. Both players missing spring ball adds to it.

Walker already has experience playing nickel at this level, so that’s his more natural position. He had two tackles for a loss in 2020 and forced two fumbles this past year, starting in the secondary both seasons. That experience is hard to overlook, and it’s what puts the 6’1″ 204 pound talent so high on this list.

However, if he stays locked in at nickel, he’ll have some competition, as Turnage showed a ton of potential the one time he started last year in place of an injured Jackson. That was against the South Carolina Gamecocks, and all he did was earn SEC Defensive Player of the Week.

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