Four-star edge rusher Anthony Jones released his top three including Tennessee football on Monday night. Jones is down to a top group that includes Tennessee, UCLA and Washington.
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Jones ranks as a four-star recruit and the No. 291 player in the country according to the 247sports composite rankings. An Irvine native, Jones ranks as the No. 31 player in the state of California and the No. 22 edge rusher in the entire 2026 recruiting cycle.
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The 6-foot-4, 240-pound pass rusher has already taken a pair of visits to Tennessee throughout the recruiting process. He visited Knoxville for the Vols win over Alabama in October and made the trip across the country last month for one of Tennessee’s Junior Days.
Jones has already scheduled an official visit to Tennessee in June. He plans on visiting Tennessee two weeks after taking an official visit to UCLA. He has yet to schedule an official visit to Washington. The blue-chip recruit visited both the west coast schools last summer but did not return to either campus for games this fall.
Despite living significantly further away from Knoxville, Jones has taken more visits to Tennessee than he has UCLA or Washington.
Tennessee football’s 2026 recruiting class already contains seven commitments but just one from a defensive lineman in Alabama three-star Tyson Bacon. The Vols’ seven-commit 2026 recruiting class ranks No. 6 nationally according to the 247sports team rankings.
