re: Tennessee Football Recruiting

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The Top247 rising senior quarterback from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., said Tennessee is one of four teams currently standing out to him, along with Florida State, Oregon and Auburn, and he's planning to visit the Vols for the first time June 16 before announcing his decision next month.

"They're still coming hard," said Francois, who's ranked the nation's No. 152 overall prospect and No. 6 dual-threat quarterback in the 247Sports Composite for the 2015 class. "They've just been telling me the same stuff. They're saying they love my release, and they just want me to come on a visit, and if I come on a visit, then I'll love it.

"I talked to Preston (Williams) ? a 2015 receiver who's committed there ? and he loved it when he went up there, so he's been talking to me about that. They're still recruiting me the hardest."

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"(Jones tells me) just how he wants me to be at Tennessee a lot, and he thinks highly of me and he thinks that I'm the best quarterback for the program in the 2015 class. He just wants me there."

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Francois said he's still hoping to make his choice in time to announce it at Nike's The Opening, which will be held July 7-10 in Beaverton, Ore.

"I think I'm going to be ready (by then)," he said. "I think I'm ready now. I just want to take a couple visits to see what I feel when I'm on campus. I don't think I should push it back. If I do, it'd be because I'm just not ready to make the decision yet.

"I've got to take my visit to Tennessee, and (then) I should be ready to commit."

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