Tennessee earned the top win of the young Josh Heupel tenure Saturday afternoon, knocking off then-No. 20 Florida inside of a sold out crowd at Neyland Stadium.
The win was Tennessee’s first over rival Florida since 2016 and was just the second win over the Vols’ big three rivals since that game.
Earning the rivalry win was sweet enough on its own. Even better for Tennessee was the number of highly touted recruits that were inside of Neyland Stadium for the win.
Here’s the best recruiting reactions to Tennessee’s win over the Gators.
Four-Star Cornerback Commit Jordan Matthews
Had a great time for my first game day experience at Rocky Top!๐#GBO #GoVols #VFL #RockyTop23 pic.twitter.com/AV0pI5CRI0
— Jordan Matthews (@JMatthews_07) September 25, 2022
Four-Star Tight End Commit Ethan Davis
who wouldnโt want to play for the best fans in the country? pic.twitter.com/UACkU4kKAY
— ethan davis (@davis1ethan) September 25, 2022
Four-Star Offensive Tackle Commit Sham Umarov
Insaneโฆ #GBO pic.twitter.com/oBsqRI0Co2
— Sham Umarov (@ShamXXl) September 25, 2022
Class of 2023 Four-Star Defensive Lineman Daevin Hobbs
Had a great time with VOL NATION this weekend ๐งก #VolNation #GBO #tennesseefootball pic.twitter.com/KX3RIIfdvX
— Daevin Hobbs (@DaevinH) September 25, 2022
Three-Star Class of 2023 Offensive Lineman Vysen Lang
Tennessee earned three crystal ball projections on 247sports to land Lang following his weekend visit.
Loved hanging with my Vols family this weekend๐งก Best game and crowd Iโve ever been in๐ฅ pic.twitter.com/3UB9bmFIFT
— SM00TH๐ (@VysenL) September 25, 2022
Orange might be my new favorite color๐ #GBO ๐ #GoVols pic.twitter.com/bm6fIjXTxP
— SM00TH๐ (@VysenL) September 25, 2022
Class of 2024 Four-Star Tight End KingJoseph Edwards
๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ! ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ u! ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ป & ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป!! #GB๐#GoVols @coachjoshheupel @CoachTimBanks @CoachEkelerUT @CoachGolesh @coachg76 @RyanCallahan247 @VSNtweets_ @VolNetwork @AllVolReport pic.twitter.com/JhjxmYdASK
— KingJoseph Edwards (@KingjosephE) September 25, 2022
Class of 2024 Four-Star Safety Ricardo Jones
UT was Lit ๐ฅ๐@CoachTimBanks @Coach_Kee_ @Vol_Football pic.twitter.com/B4o9bSyo60
— ricardo jones (@ricardojones05) September 25, 2022
My dawgs @coachjoshheupel @Coach_Kee_ pic.twitter.com/4ixuo2uO8W
— ricardo jones (@ricardojones05) September 25, 2022
Class of 2024 Four-Star Running Back Brian Robinson
Great Game day visit @Vol_Football @coachjoshheupel @coachg76 @ChadCreamer21 @CoachGolesh thanks. @CoachTJ_Parker @FitchFootball @FeetHipsHands @rawtalentsport1 @CAT_TAKEOVER @Training_A1 @BCollierPPI @AllenTrieu @SWiltfong247 @CraigHaubert @Rivals_Clint pic.twitter.com/xJk8M65nvn
— Brian Robinson AKA B Rob (@BRob_2323) September 26, 2022
Class of 2024 Four-Star Receiver Mazeo Bennett
Wow. Video does it no Justice. pic.twitter.com/FUS7sdENur
— JEFE (@TheMazeoBennett) September 25, 2022
Class of 2024 Four-Star Receiver Boo Carter
Me and my family had an amazing time at tennessee watching them come out with the win and the fanbase is crazy๐ @Coach_Nez_ @coachjoshheupel @Vol_Football . nexts stop?@athletics_ccs @CSmithscout @NatlPlaymkrsAca@Wolfpack7on7@scoop1914@ChadSimmons_ @SWiltfong247 pic.twitter.com/tL50nmUSuG
— Boo Carter (@boo_Carter6) September 25, 2022
Class of 2024 Four-Star Defensive Back Travaris Banks
#GBO ๐๐๐ pic.twitter.com/Tf2R9I5S2T
— Travaris Banks (@BanksTravaris) September 24, 2022
Neyland Stadium was Definitely a BIG vibe.. I enjoyed myself @Vol_Football @Coach_Nez_ @CoachTimBanks @CoachKelseyPope @NHSJagFootball #GBO๐๐๐ pic.twitter.com/GQlAZyn6cf
— Travaris Banks (@BanksTravaris) September 24, 2022
Enjoyed our game day visit @Vol_Football everything was nice from the Game,Coaches, Fans, Host, and food..@BanksTravaris #GBO pic.twitter.com/iT9aeqrsJc
— Shaquanda Peay (@PeayShaquanda3) September 26, 2022
Class of 2024 Four-Star Offensive tackle Fletcher Westphal
#RockyTop was electric last night! Thank you to @Gelarbee, @CoachHoodie, @coachjoshheupel, and @maxwellthurmond. pic.twitter.com/MM08YbOW45
— Fletcher Westphal (@FletcherWestph1) September 25, 2022
