It’s hard to say what the record for total stars gained in one day of recruiting -- especially outside of National Signing Day -- but the guess here is that Tennessee just approached it.
On Saturday, Butch Jones and his Vols boosted their future rosters by landing commitments from eight three-star recruits -- a total of 21 stars added to the club’s 2017 recruiting haul, and three to the 2018 class.
The commitments came as part of Tennessee’s Orange Carpet Weekend.
They are:
- Safety Theo Jackson (Nashville, Tenn.)
- Defensive end LaTrell Bumphus (Savannah, Tenn.)
- Wide receiver Princeton Fant (LaVergne, Tenn.)
- Defensive end Tre Jackson (North Augusta, S.C.)
- Offensive tackle Jordan Tucker (Roswell, Ga.)
- Athlete Trey Coleman (West Monroe, La.)
- Safety Jaquan Henderson (Covington, Ga.)
- 2018 athlete Alontae Taylor (Manchester, Tenn.)
With eight-and-a-half months until Signing Day, Rivals lists the Vols with 17 commits for their ’17 class (plus two more for ’18). Tennessee’s upcoming signing class is listed seventh nationally according to 247Sports’ composite rankings.
Of course, recruiting has never been Jones’s problem. The task now is to turn those victories on the recruiting trail into meaningful wins in the fall.