After a quiet four week stretch, Tennessee football recruiting gained a pair of crucial commitments over the last two days.
Vols’ defensive backs coach Willie Martinez bolstered his group by adding a pair of cornerbacks: Rickey Gibson and Jordan Matthews.
Gibson committed to Tennessee over Georgia and Penn State on Sunday and becomes the Vols’ second defensive back commit from the “Yellow Hammer State”.
The 6-foot corner ranks as 461st best player and 43rd best corner in the country according to the 247sports composite rankings.
Matthews committed to Tennessee a day later, surprising the recruiting world by choosing the Vols over Texas and Michigan. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana native ranks as the No. 139 player in the country according to the 247sports composite rankings.
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The commitments moved Tennessee up the recruiting rankings with the season right around the corner. The Vols currently have 21 verbal commitments with 11 on the offensive side and 12 on the defensive side of the ball.
Let’s see where Tennessee’s 2023 recruiting class ranks according to different recruiting outlets
247sports
- No. 11 nationally
- No. 5 in the SEC
On3
- No. 13 nationally
- No. 5 in the SEC
Rivals
- No. 10 nationally
- No. 5 in the SEC
While there’s differing views of where Tennessee’s recruiting class stacks up nationally, they rank fifth in the Southeastern Conference across all three rankings.
Josh Heupel’s second full recruiting class comes in behind Alabama, Georgia, LSU and Florida in all three rankings. Arkansas and South Carolina boast the two highest ranked recruiting classes in the conference behind Tennessee.
