Four-star class of 2025 prospect EJ Walker is visiting Tennessee for its rivalry showdown with Alabama next month, Stockriser’s Jake Weingarten first reported and a source confirmed to RTI on Wednesday.
Walker is a low four-star recruit and ranks as the No. 129 player in the class of 2025 according to the 247sports composite rankings. The 6-foot-8, 220-pound prospect ranks as the No. 26 power forward and the No. 2 player in the state of Kentucky in his recruiting class.
The blue-chip recruit’s January visit to Tennessee will be his first trip to Knoxville during his recruitment but not his first overall recruiting trip.
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Walker’s taken two visits to both Purdue and Minnesota in addition to visits to Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan State and West Virginia.
The power forward is an Erlanger, Kentucky native— a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. That, in part, explains why Walker’s recruitment has predominantly featured Big 10 schools as Tennessee is looking to become the first major SEC power to become a factor for the power forward.
Tennessee doesn’t have a commit in its 2025 recruiting class but it is still very early in the recruiting cycle. The Vols hosted a number of blue-chip class of 2025 recruits on campus this fall including five-star Caleb Wilson and four-stars Aleks Alston, Jeremiah Fears, Tylis Jordan and Jermaine O’Neal Jr.
