AMARI MCNEILL, 3-STAR OL / DL, PEACHTREE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, SUWANEE, GA.
Connection: August 31
247Sport Compound position: No. 792 overall outlook, no. 72 offensive approach
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 280 pound
Offers: 26 (Virginia Tech, Washington State, Minnesota, Memphis, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, East Carolina, FIU, Georgia State, South Alabama)
McNeill, a two-way lineman appointed by Tennessee’s former staff as a potential defensive lineman, selects the Vols in Minnesota and Memphis on Dec. 7 after receiving its first SEC offer on Nov. 19 from Tennessee. Most teams recruited him as an attacking linebacker, and he was still able to play on either side of the ball for the Vols, one of a handful of Power Five programs offered to him after watching film of his senior season. McNeill signed with Tennessee in December and will enroll in May.
JEREMIAH CRAWFORD, 3-STAR OL, BUTLER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, EL DORADO, KAN.
Connection: February 3
247Sport Compound position: No. 41 overall junior college prospect, number 3 juco offensive approach
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 315 pound
Offers: 22 (Baylor, Kansas State, UCF, Ole Miss, Iowa State, Maryland, UAB, USF, Coastal Carolina, Colorado State, Arkansas State, East Carolina, Houston, Louisiana)
Crawford was a long-standing target for Heupel’s staff at UCF, and Tennessee did not wait long to reach out to Crawford after the appointment of Heupel and landed him on National Signing Day after chasing him for less than a week. has. He planned to sign during or after his upcoming junior college season, which is being played this spring, before the Vols reached him. As an athletic suit who is expected to play in Butler this season, Crawford will arrive in Tennessee as a redshirt sophomore with three remaining seasons.