SEC Recruiting from a Tennessee High School Perspective
Many players and coaches in Tennessee consider SEC the pinnacle of college sports. Basketball took a bump when Alabama and Auburn began committing to the sport about 8 years ago. Kentucky, Florida, sometimes Arkansas, and now Tennessee and South Carolina…
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Continue ReadingMany players and coaches in Tennessee consider SEC the pinnacle of college sports. Basketball took a bump when Alabama and Auburn began committing to the sport about 8 years ago. Kentucky, Florida, sometimes Arkansas, and now Tennessee and South Carolina are very, very strong.
These players are hearing from SEC programs right now.
Alabama
The Crimson Tide are working on Chandler Jackson Chandler Jackson 6'5" | CG Christian Brothers | 2022 State #87 Nation TN , the #2 prospect in Tennessee. He has an offer. Brandon Miller Brandon Miller 6'8" | SF Cane Ridge | 2022 State #18 Nation TN listed his Top 4 and Bama made the list along with Tennessee State. The other two choices are professional options.
Current TN-grown players:
Keon Ambrose-Hylton played briefly for HHCA.
Auburn
The Tigers are doing well with Chandler Jackson Chandler Jackson 6'5" | CG Christian Brothers | 2022 State #87 Nation TN even though they currently have a commitment at the point guard position.
Current TN-grown players:
Devan Cambridge
Arkansas
Oddly, Arkansas is putting in almost no effort in Tennessee right now.
Current TN-grown players:
None.
Ole Miss
Only Tennessee recruits Tennessee better than Ole Miss. Both Grant Slatten Grant Slatten 6'5" | SG White County | 2021 State TN and Matthew Murrell don the red and navy blue.
Right now Ole Miss has offers out to Chandler Jackson Chandler Jackson 6'5" | CG Christian Brothers | 2022 State #87 Nation TN , Jarred Hall Jarred Hall 6'8" | SF Lebanon | 2023 State #65 Nation TN , and Isaiah West Isaiah West 6'3" | SG Goodpasture | 2023 State #216 Nation TN .
Jasen Brooks Jasen Brooks 6'1" | PG Cleveland | 2023 State TN continues to maintain contact with Ole Miss. He does not have an Ole Miss offer yet.
Antavion Collum was on Ole Miss, but now finds himself with Cal State-Bakersfield.
Current TN-grown players:
Grant Slatten
Grant
Slatten
6'5" | SG
White County | 2021
State
TN
Matthew Murrell
Florida
Florida is fond of Jarred Hall Jarred Hall 6'8" | SF Lebanon | 2023 State #65 Nation TN and they offered him in July.
Current TN-grown players:
Jason Jitoboh
Tennessee
B.J. Edwards verbally committed to Tennessee. Originally a member of ’22, Handje Tamba committed to Tennessee and reclassed up to 2021. He is now a freshman at UT. Blue Cain Blue Cain 6'4" | SG IMG Academy | 2023 State #102 Nation FL is the only member of the ’23 class with a Tennessee offer currently.
Current TN-grown players:
Uros Plavsic
Brock Jancek
John Fulkerson
Isaiah Sulack
Handje Tamba
Kennedy Chandler
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield
Georgia
The staff under Tom Crean has spent almost no energy recruiting Tennessee. They did offer B.J. Edwards before he ultimately selected Tennessee.
Current TN-grown players:
None.
Vanderbilt
Presley Patterson Presley Patterson 6'0" | PG Knoxville Catholic | 2022 State TN verbally committed to Vanderbilt long ago. He remains ready to sign this fall. Malik Dia Malik Dia 6'9" | PF Ensworth | 2022 State #210 Nation TN , a player who earned a climb in our rankings, several D1 offers, and placement upon the prestigious and perennially tough Team Thad 17u squad picked Vanderbilt over his other current offers. Expect there to be a nice piece or two in the frontcourt welcoming him when Malik starts his freshman year. Lee Dort is ready to start in fall 2022 and his reputation is sound. Terren Frank arrives now after transferring out of TCU. Expect Frank and Dort to be wonderful in the SEC if that materializes. Who even knows where a current college player will be in 2 years at this point?
Jarred Hall Jarred Hall 6'8" | SF Lebanon | 2023 State #65 Nation TN took a visit to Vanderbilt in September.
Current TN-grown players:
Max Adelman (Lausanne/The Hun School)
Drew Weikert (M.B.A.)
South Carolina
Blue Cain Blue Cain 6'4" | SG IMG Academy | 2023 State #102 Nation FL holds a South Carolina offer.
Current TN-grown players:
Nathan Nelson
Texas A&M
Maybe it is the distance between the two, but TAMU is not in the business of recruiting Tennessee for basketball players.
Current TN-grown players:
None.
Missouri
No murmurs out of Missouri.
Current TN-grown players:
Jordan Wilmore
Kentucky
The powerhouse recruiting cabal pursued and failed with Brandon Miller Brandon Miller 6'8" | SF Cane Ridge | 2022 State #18 Nation TN . Chandler Jackson Chandler Jackson 6'5" | CG Christian Brothers | 2022 State #87 Nation TN does not have a Kentucky offer, but does label the Wildcats a dream school. He likes his choices currently and does not even consider Kentucky an automatic commitment should they offer. Skyy Clark played in Tennessee briefly. He is verbally committed to Kentucky.
Current TN-grown players:
None.
LSU
LSU sent a coach to scout and banter with Eli Rice Eli Rice 6'7" | SG Beech | 2022 State TN the final week of September.
Current TN-grown players:
Jerrell Colbert
Jerrell
Colbert
6'10" | C
Houston | 2021
State
#56
Nation
TN
Mississippi State
Felix Okpara Felix Okpara 6'11" | C Hamilton Heights | 2022 #51 Nation MO was a target. He verbally committed to Ohio State.
Current TN-grown players:
Alden Applewhite
Andersson Garcia
Andersson
Garcia
6'7" | PF
Hamilton Heights | 2020
State
#294
Nation
TN
D.J. Jeffries