re: Tennessee Football Recruiting

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I think Tennessee is definitely a legitimate contender, and Ole Miss and Texas A&M are pretty high on his list, too. Beyond that, it's hard to say. I certainly wouldn't say he's leaning toward any one particular school right now, but I think the Vols, Rebels and Aggies probably will remain three of the main teams to watch throughout his recruitment.

It's worth noting that he likes a handful of things about Tennessee, and one of them is that it's fairly close to home while also not being right in his backyard. He seems to like that UT is far enough away that he still would get to leave home to go to college there, but it's also close enough that he could get home pretty easily any time he wanted to visit his family or any time something came up. And he admitted it's a bit of a factor that Texas A&M is farther from home, although he pointed out that he has family in Texas that could make up for that, to some extent.

It's going to be interesting to see how this one plays out over the next few months.

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