BREAKING: Tennessee Lands Ohio State Transfer | Rocky Top Insider

Ohio State defensive again Andre Turrentine introduced he’s transferring to Tennessee on Monday morning.

The dedication comes only one week after Turrentine entered the switch portal and fills a serious want for the Vols’ protection.

Tennessee’s secondary is seeking to substitute the manufacturing of 2022 NFL Draft alternatives Alontae Taylor and Theo Jackson. The pair of Tennessee natives bolstered a skinny Vols’ secondary final season and with the duo off to skilled soccer, Tennessee wants gamers to step up.

Tennessee secondary coach Wille Martinez was with out his full group this spring as a lot of defensive backs lacking all 14 practices as a consequence of damage.

Turrentine didn’t play in his freshman season in Columbus and may have 4 years of eligibility remaining after redshirting final fall.

The Nashville native was a standout recruit within the class of 2021, rating because the 169th greatest participant within the nation and fourth greatest participant within the state of Tennessee based on the 247sports composite rankings.

Turrentine performed at Nashville’s Ensworth Faculty and dedicated to Ohio State early within the 2021 cycle as talks by no means heated up between the protection after which Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt.

The 6-foot defensive again ranked because the nation’s ninth greatest security popping out of highschool, however has the flexibility to play each nook and security. Tennessee returns each beginning safeties from final season’s crew.

Tennessee is seeking to substitute Theo Jackson’s manufacturing on the STAR place final season and Turrentine has the skillset to fill the position.

Josh Heupel and his employees haven’t been overly lively so far within the switch portal, touchdown Florida offensive lineman Gerald Mincey, Georgie Tech defensive again Wesley Walker and UCF tight finish Charlier Browder.

The switch portal is anticipated to settle down with the April 30 deadline to enter the portal and obtain instant eligibility previous. Nonetheless, there’s loads of gamers within the portal and Tennessee might look to bolster its roster at a lot of place.