Four-star TE picks Vols over Ohio State

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🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

GoVols247’s Wes Rucker, Grant Ramey and Ryan Callahan (from his house) convened via the magic of Al Gore’s Internets to discuss four-star tight end Hudson Wolfe’s commitment to Tennessee.

Wolfe, the nation’s No. 225 overall prospect and No. 9 tight end prospect in the 2021 industry-generated 247Sports Composite, chose Tennessee over Ohio State despite the Buckeyes arguably being his leader for much of the process.

The Buckeyes, who have the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class, and the Vols, who have the nation’s No. 3 recruiting class, fought to add Wolfe into the mix, but the 6-foot-6, 240-pound West Tennessee native ultimately chose the in in-state Vols.

What kind of prospect is Wolfe? How does he fit into the Vols’ plans? Will be able to stay at the tight end spot as a big, in-line tight end? How did Tennessee rally and close the deal? What does this commitment mean for the numbers in Tennessee’s crowded class? Since Wolfe is just the third in-state commitment to this class, how have the Vols built such a strong class without a strong in-state base? Those are the main questions discussed in this episode.

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0:00.0	All right.
0:02.0	Sup y'all?
0:18.8	Sup y'all welcome on into the Go Balls 24-7 podcast Westrucker Ryan Callahan
0:23.7	Grant Ramey coming to you here with a breaking news edition of the GoValls 24-7 podcast these are not always good news but usually good news and in this case it is
0:28.6	very very much good news
0:35.0	good news podcast.
0:37.0	Yeah, you know, things slowed down for a few weeks.
0:39.0	Tennessee gave us a little bit of a break,
0:41.0	but you know, right back into the swing of things here with
0:43.6	the the commitment train picking up some steam again Tennessee getting one of its top
0:47.8	in state targets four-star tight-end Hudson Wolf of Hardin County High School in Savannah, Tennessee, picking the balls really over Ohio State.
0:56.2	It kind of came down to those two teams in the end, I think, with Old Miss kind of being the third main contender, believe but Alabama and Georgia also were among his five
1:05.9	finalists and in Tennessee did not definitely did not always lead in this recruitment this is one where I think they kind of made
1:14.9	sort of a late comeback to be able to beat out of Ohio State down the stretch and add another of its top tight end targets to the 2021 class.
1:21.2	So really impressive win for Tennessee and a much needed pickup I think
1:25.3	in state and a year where this is not you know obviously not going to be a huge in state
1:29.4	class for Tennessee it looks like this year but but certainly this is one of the guys they really
1:33.4	wanted to get in state so to be able to go over to West Tennessee and and sort of
1:38.6	come from behind to win this battle a pretty big deal for Tennessee.
1:41.6	Yeah and I'll tell you what, Grant, when you look at this, this kid, you know, different
1:46.7	analysts have different projections of him.
1:48.8	I mean, I'm not even sure there's 100% certainty that everyone believes he'll be tied in and maybe not an offensive tackle at some point.
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