Dynamic Memphis RB commits to Tennessee

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🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

GoVols247’s Wes Rucker (from Fort Rucker Studio) and Ryan Callahan (from across town) convened via the magic of Al Gore’s Internets to discuss Tennessee’s Tuesday commitment from Jabari Small, a dynamic running back at Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis.

Small — the nation’s No. 11 all-purpose back prospect in the 2020 industry-generated 247Sports Composite — decommitted from Ole Miss less than two weeks ago and quickly switched his SEC allegiance to the in-state Vols, who on Monday added a commitment from his high school teammate, elite lineman Omari Thomas.

What kind of player is Small? What kind of impact could he have on Tennessee’s offense and special teams units? Why are the Vols so hot in Memphis this year, and is that a trend that can continue in future classes? Is there any concern that Ole Miss with new head coach Lane Kiffin will try to get Small back to Oxford? And why did Tennessee and junior-college cornerback Art Green part ways Monday night? Those are the main discussion points in this breaking-news podcast episode.

The next GoVols247 Podcast episode will be released Thursday morning, unless breaking news occurs before that point.

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0:00.0	Hi. What's y'all?
0:13.0	West Rucker coming to you from Fort Rucker studio, Ryan Callahan, coming to you from Parts Unknown,
0:18.0	out there in the wide world, and as you can tell by the truncated version of this intro,
0:22.0	it is a breaking news
0:24.3	podcast here on go-valls 24-7. We have a lot of the the breaking news ones when
0:29.6	breaking news is happening obviously and there is some breaking news today again for the second day in a row Tennessee has a commitment Ryan tell us while we're on this breaking news podcast
0:42.0	Yeah for the second consecutive day, Tennessee going to Briarcrest Christian School just outside Memphis
0:48.0	and landing one of its remaining in-state targets in the 2020 class.
0:52.0	This time it's three-star all-purpose back
0:54.3	Jabari small just decommitted from Ole Miss a little more than a week ago and
0:59.2	announcing today on just the day after his teammate and close friend Omari Thomas
1:06.2	announced his commitment to Tennessee.
1:08.0	Jabari Small follows suit and joins the Vols class.
1:11.5	So nice pick up for Tennessee in state
1:14.4	and again addressing a need with some additional running back
1:18.9	depth for Tennessee in this class.
1:20.5	And the guy Tennessee's been recruiting for a long time that certainly I think makes Tennessee feel even better about having
1:27.0	Omar Thomas committed and gives them another good player in his own right that they're very familiar with after recruiting him for a long time and
1:34.6	having him for multiple camps the past couple of years and solidifies a room where they've
1:41.3	obviously struggled to build depth and running back is obviously a position they were wanting to address again down the stretch.
1:47.0	So this addresses that in a big way in state and gives Tennessee now five total players from essentially
1:56.2	the city of Memphis but from the Memphis area in one class which is quite a
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