Tennessee has spent the whole of summer camp without its most highly-touted true freshman, but that could change in the not-too-distant future.
While JJ Peterson signed with the Vols this recruiting cycle, he has yet to enroll in classes at UT as he still has some academic requirements to clear. After Saturday’s scrimmage, Jeremy Pruitt seemed confident that the linebacker will join the team on the field sooner rather than later.
“He’s finishing up a class, and when he gets the class finished up, he’ll be here,” the head coach said by the Knoxville News Sentinel. “Would we have liked it... been last week? Absolutely. But that’s part of it. You’ve got to do it, and he’s working hard to do that.”
According to the News Sentinel, UT starts its fall semester this coming Wednesday.
A four-star member of the Volunteers’ 2018 recruiting class, Peterson was rated as the No. 3 outside linebacker in the country; the No. 7 player at any position in the state of Georgia; and the No. 48 player overall on 247Sports.com‘s composite board. The 6-3, 231-pound signee was the highest-rated prospect in Pruitt’s first class with the Vols, one that was 22nd nationally and eighth in the SEC.
Tennessee kicks off the 2018 season Sept. 1 against West Virginia in Charlotte.