Tennessee Football at Neyland Stadium. Photo By Kate Luffman/Tennessee Athletics.
Tennessee landed their fourth in-state commitment to the 2025 class of Monday afternoon, hauling in wide receiver Radarious Jackson from Sheffield High School in Memphis, TN.
Jackson, a lengthy receiver at 6-foot-2, 180 pounds, is ranked as a four-star prospect according to On3 Sports and ESPN’s recruiting services while 247 Sports and Rivals have him as a three-star prospect. According to 247 Composite rankings, Jackson lands as a Top 300 player overall, the 29th receiver in the class, and the 6th ranked player from the state of Tennessee.
Jackson’s basketball background also strengthens his play on the gridiron.
“Two-way prospect that flashes excellent athleticism in all three phases of the game,” 247 national recruiting analyst Cooper Petagna wrote about Jackson in April. “Long strider that exhibits good initial quickness and short-area change of direction ability off the line of scrimmage and in and out of breaks at the top of the route.”
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Jackon’s commitment to Tennessee puts him as the fourth highest-ranked player in the Vols’ class behind QB George MacIntyre, DL Ethan Utley, and TE Jack Van Dorselaer. That also means that Tennessee’s recruiting ranking received a bump up on Monday.
With Jackson added into the mix, Tennessee lands as a Top 15 team across Rivals, 247, and On3.
On3 has Tennessee with the highest ranking at No. 12 overall and No. 7 in the SEC behind LSU, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Auburn, and Oklahoma. Rivals and 247 both have Tennessee at No. 14 overall and No. 7 in the SEC, though the conference teams are different between the two.
Tennessee currently has one five-star prospect, three four-star prospects, and five three-star prospects for a total of nine commitments.
Here’s a look at where Tennessee’s class stands following Radarious Jackson’s commitment to Tennessee on Monday afternoon:
FRANKLIN, Tennessee (AP) — Three people are dead after a small plane crashed on Wednesday in Williamson County, local officials confirmed.
Williamson County Chief Deputy Mark Elrod told reporters that the plane had left Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and was headed to Louisville, Kentucky, but crashed in Tennessee near Leiper’s Fork, about 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) south of Nashville, around noon local time.
“It does appear that the plane did break up in the air,” Elrod said.
Elrod added that the debris field is more than a mile long, but no structures have been reported damaged.
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The names of the victims have not been released.
Jill Burgin, spokesperson for the Williamson County Emergency Management Agency, said they received a 911 call at about 12:05 p.m.
“He just said a possible plane crash, but he didn’t have a lot of details,” Burgin told reporters during Wednesday’s news conference “He just heard a sound and saw debris so that’s all the information he gave.”
Running Back Redshirt Senior Jordan Waters Redshirt Senior Running Back Demarcus Jones Redshirt Junior Jordan Poole Sophomore Kendrick Raphael Redshirt Freshman Daylan Smothers 3-Star Freshman Jayden Scott 3-Star Freshman Isiah Jones
Transferred Out: Jordan Houston, Michael Allen, & Delbert Mimms III Transferred In: Jordan Waters & Daylan Smothers
Wide Receiver Redshirt Junior Jalen Coit Redshirt Junior Jakolbe Baldwin Redshirt Junior Dacari Collins Junior Wesley Grimes Sophomore Kevin Concepcion Redshirt Freshman Noah Rogers 4-Star Freshman Jonathan Paylor 4-Star Freshman Terrell Anderson 4-Star Freshman Keenan Jackson 4-Star Wide Receiver Jimmar Boston 3-Star Freshman Christian Zachary
Transferred Out – Porter Rooks, Anthony Smith, Terrell Timmons, Josh Crabtree, Christopher Scott & Julian Gray Transferred In – Wesley Grimes
Tight End Junior Justin Joly Junior Dante Daniels (JUCO Addition) Sophomore Juice Vereen
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Transferred Out – Christopher Toudle, Cedd Seabrough & Fred Seabrough Transferred In – Justin Joly
Offensive Line Redshirt Senior Dawson Jaramillo Redshirt Senior Timothy McKay Redshirt Senior Anthony Belton Redshirt Senior Zeke Correll Redshirt Junior Sean Hill Redshirt Junior Anthony Carter Jr. Redshirt Junior Matt McCabe Redshirt Junior Patrick Matan Redshirt Sophomore Rylan Vann Redshirt Sophomore Jacarrius Peak Redshirt Sophomore Valen Erickson Redshirt Freshman Obadiah Obasayui Redshirt Freshman Kamen Smith Redshirt Freshman Darion Rivers Redshirt Freshman Rico Jackson 4-Star Freshman Tyler West 3-Star Freshman Robby Martin 3-Star Freshman Trent Mitchell
Transferred out: Lyndon Cooper & Jaleel Davis Transferred In: Zeke Correll & Valen Erickson
Defense
Defensive Line Senior Defensive End Davin Vann Senior Nose Tackle Chazz Wallace Redshirt Senior Defensive End Noah Potter Redshirt Senior Defensive End Red Hibbler Redshirt Junior Defensive End Travali Price Junior Nose Tackle Brandon Cleveland Redshirt Sophomore Nose Tackle DJ Jackson Redshirt Freshman Defensive End Isaiah Shirley 3-Star Freshman Defensive Lineman Chase Bond 3-Star Freshman Defensive Lineman Justin Terrell 3-Star Freshman Defensive Lineman Joshua Alexander-Felton
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Transferred Out: Nose Tackles C.J. Clark & Nick Campbell Transferred In: Nose Tackle Chazz Wallace
Linebackers
Redshirt Senior Devon Betty Redshirt Junior Sean Brown Redshirt Junior Caden Fordham Redshirt Junior Jayland Parker Junior Wyatt Wright (JUCO Addition) Redshirt Freshman Kelvon McBride Redshirt Freshman Kamal Bonner 4-Star Freshman Elijah Groves 3-Star Freshman Cannon Lewis 3-Star Freshman Zane Williams 3-Star Freshman Joshua Ofor
Tennessee’s recruiting letter to Christian McCaffrey. Photo via McCaffrey on Instagram.
San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey posted a picture of a recruiting blunder dating back to his high school days with Tennessee as the culprit.
McCaffrey, a four-star recruit in the 2014 class according to 247 Sports, stacked up offers as a prospect at Valor Christian in Littleton, Colorado. While Tennessee’s recruiting staff did not offer McCaffrey a scholarship according to 247, the Vols were in contact with the future superstar through the mail.
McCaffrey posted a picture of a letter addressed to “Chrsilo McCaffrey” from Tennessee.
“Throwback to a letter I got in High School lol,” McCaffrey captioned the post.
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McCaffrey posted the picture to an Instagram story on Tuesday morning.
Christian McCaffrey recruiting letter. Photo via Christian McCaffrey on Instagram.
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McCaffrey wound up taking his talents to Stanford, where he would become the program’s third-leading all-time rusher with 3,922 total rushing yards en route to becoming a Top 10 draft pick in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Tennessee had their eyes set on five-star running back Jalen Hurd in the 2014 class instead, an in-state prospect from Hendersonville, TN. Hurd was ranked as the No. 2 athlete in a class full of elite running back prospects including Bo Scarbrough, Leonard Fournette, Dallvin Cook, Royce Freeman, Nick Chubb, Joe Mixon, and Sony Michel.
Ironically, enough, Hurd’s first stop in the NFL was with the San Francisco 49ers.
The Tennessee-San Francisco connection has been quite active over the last few months. Not only did VFL Jauan Jennings have a phenomenal game in the Niners’ Super Bowl loss, but the team also signed VFL Josh Dobbs in the offseason.
After Tennessee’s bowl win over Iowa on New Year’s Day, San Francisco tight end George Kittle (an Iowa alum) paid up a bet to Peyton Manning by wearing a Tennessee shirt on social media.
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@PeytonManning and @GKittle on Instagram. Screenshot via RTI.
