Joe Chaisson says he isn't ready to commit, but it appears he might be close.

The quarterback from Westbrook High School in Beaumont, Texas, said Tennessee leads LSU and Oklahoma for his services.

The 6-foot-3, 185-pound Chaisson arrived in Knoxville Monday night and visited UT on Tuesday. He said there were talks of committing to the Vols but that it's not the right time.

"I'm just going to let it play out and see," he said. "I still have a lot of time left."

The Vols have reason to feel good about their chances.

Chaisson has a personal profile on myspace.com with an orange background, a picture of Neyland Stadium and a video of UT highlights. A headline above a Power T football reads "My future home."

Chaisson said the profile, which he said a friend helped create, is not necessarily a sign that he will commit to UT.

"It shows that I'm very interested in the University of Tennessee," he said. "I really am. I'm just not going to make an early commitment too soon right now."

Chaisson said he spent much of his trip meeting with UT offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe. Chaisson said Cutcliffe is the main reason he's considering UT.

"We have a good relationship," Chaisson said. "Coming up I feel like I knew him through the recruiting process. It was real good to get a chance to meet him in person and shake hands with him and talk to him one on one."

Chaisson said UT has recruited him heavily because of his mobility. He said Cutcliffe has presented the possibility of a spread offense to get the quarterback more involved.

"It's one of those offenses they're looking at," Chaisson said. "It's an offense that can spread the field out. The quarterback can be another threat in the offense."

Chaisson said he has taken notice to Cutcliffe's past success with mobile quarterbacks at UT, most notably Heath Shuler and Tee Martin.

Shuler finished runner-up for the 1993 Heisman Trophy and was the No. 3 pick in the 1994 NFL draft. Martin quarterbacked the Vols' 1998 National Championship team.

"He (Cutcliffe) has that great history with quarterbacks," Chaisson said, "especially my type of quarterback. That's what I look at.

"When you sit down and talk to him he knows what he's talking about. He's straight forward and he's going to tell you what's what and how to do it."

Chaisson's strongest tie to Oklahoma is his cousin, Kelvin Chaisson. Kelvin Chaisson played for Oklahoma from 2001-05.

"I have a history with them," Joe Chaisson said.

With LSU, Chaisson said the Tigers are considered the hometown team. Beaumont is less than three hours from LSU's Baton Rouge campus, closer than the University of Texas and Texas A & M. Knoxville is about 12 hours from Beaumont.

Still, Chaisson said he hasn't felt pressure from family or friends to stay close to home.

"They're pretty much behind me with what I'm going to do," he said. "They're not really persuading me."

Chaisson said he plans to attend a camp at LSU this weekend with his Westbrook team. He said he plans to fly to Knoxville later this month for UT's senior camp.