Kentucky defensive back Cristian Conyer committed to Tennessee over the home state Wildcats Sunday afternoon.
Conyer committed with an interesting twist. Choosing his future school on his mother’s birthday, the defensive back cut open an orange cake on a Periscope video.
Laser focused and locked!!!!!🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊 pic.twitter.com/oBjpEWSIyt
— Cristian Conyer (@ConyerC2) July 3, 2022
The three-star defensive back’s commitment to Josh Heupel and his staff ends a long battle between the SEC east rivals.
The two teams were in Conyer’s top two and the defensive back spent the vast majority of his recruitment deciding between the SEC east rivals. Experts predictions for Conyer’s decision went back-and-forth in the months before his commitment to Tennessee.
Conyer visited both Tennessee and Kentucky three times in 2022 including back-to-back official visits to Lexington and Knoxville in June before announcing his early July commitment date.
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Conyer ranks as a three-star and the No. 553 player and No. 56 cornerback in the country according to the 247sports composite rankings. The Bowling Green native ranks as the fourth best player in the state of Kentucky in the 2023 class.
The South Warren High School standout is the fourth defensive back commit in Tennessee’s class but just the first cornerback. Conyer’s commitment continues a hot streak for Tennessee’s recruiting class.
The Vols have landed four commitments in the last nine days— all four on the defensive side of the ball.
Conyer’s commitment gives Tennessee 14 verbal commits in the 2023 recruiting cycle and boost the Vols’ class into the top 10 of the 247sports team rankings.
Tennessee’s run of recruiting success may not be over as a handful of Volunteer targets will announce their college commitment in the next week. Next up is five-star offensive tackle Francis Mauigoa who is announcing his college decision on July 4.
