Football Recruiting

The Tennessee-Memphis game is a chance for both teams to gain recruiting exposure.

Tennessee is expected to host two official visitors this weekend: Ahmad Dixon and Marques Pair.

Highly rated tailback Michael Dyer is expected to commit to Auburn during a press conference Friday at 10:30 a.m., according to a source close to his recruitment.

Ooltewah High School senior defensive end and University of Tennessee commitment Jacques Smith will have to sit out Friday night’s first-round playoff game between the fifth-ranked Owls and seventh-ranked Farragut.

What makes a prospect from three time zones away commit to play for a school without ever visiting its campus? Lane Kiffin.

Tennessee picked up its second junior college commitment of the weekend on Sunday when receiver Kenbrell Thompkins pledged to be a Vol.

Ken Adams from Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Wesson, Miss., has committed to Tennessee.

Teammates Michael Dyer and Dakota Mosley from Little Rock (Ark.) Christian Academy are taking official visits to Tennessee this weekend.

There's no perfect recruiting class. Yet it will be hard for Tennessee fans not to imagine one this weekend.

DeMarco Cobbs has switched his commitment from Tennessee to Texas, according to OrangeBloods.com.

Tennessee will host nine official visitors this weekend for the South Carolina game.

Ed Orgeron, Tennessee's assistant head coach/recruiting coordinator/defensive line, isn't short on titles. Nor was he short on one-liners at Monday's meeting of the Knoxville Quarterback Club.

Lane Kiffin has said he wants Tennessee's football program to emulate Alabama.

Tennessee’s recruitment of a junior college quarterback has zeroed in on Matt Simms from El Camino Community College in Torrance, Calif., a source close to his recruitment told the News Sentinel.

First-year Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin cited the Vols' victory over Georgia as a major boost to recruiting in state of Georgia. It apparently doesn't end there for the Vols.