RECRUITING: Tennessee Football Eyes FIVE-STAR Eric McFarland to Pair with EXPLOSIVE Kesean Bowman

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🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Tennessee football surges in recruiting as five-star wide receiver Eric McFarland from IMG Academy headlines a standout weekend of official visits. Can Coach Josh Heupel and receivers coach Kelsey Pope continue Tennessee’s streak of elite five-star wideout commitments? Highly touted prospects like Caden Moss, Marvin Nguetsop, and Darrius White add to the excitement, while peer recruitment efforts intensify with in-state talent Slim Leavell already locked in. Lady Vols softball clinches their 10th trip to the Women’s College World Series under Karen Weekly, defeating Georgia behind Sophia Knight’s power and Sage Mardjetko’s relief heroics. Meanwhile, Josh Elander’s Tennessee baseball team awaits its NCAA Tournament regional destination, with projections eyeing Hattiesburg or Chapel Hill as possible hosts. Recruiting buzz grows around local stars Malik Howard and rising 2028 running back Kevin Hartsfield. Can Tennessee maintain recruiting momentum and carry spring sports success into the postseason spotlight?

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0:00.0	Mike Matthews, TK. Keyes, Eric McFarland.
0:05.5	The Blitz for Tennessee's next five-star wide receiver was on full display this weekend.
0:15.5	You are Locked-on Balls, your daily podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers.
0:41.3	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. Good Monday morning, everybody. Welcome into it. This is Locked on Vols. I am your host, Eric Kane. Today's episode is presented by the great people for Fandul. Right now, new customers can bet just $5. Get $150 in bonus bets. If your first team wins, head on over to fandal.com today to get started. The Lady Balls, Lady Ball softball, Karen Weekly, back in OKC for the Women's College World Series.
0:47.3	How did that happen?
0:48.6	How many times in program history is this?
0:50.5	Tennessee baseball in the latest field of 64 projections ahead of selection Monday,
0:54.5	which is today at noon Eastern. It's coming up in segment number three. Is Tennessee in play
0:59.1	for a top running back in the 2028 cycle? What about Malik Howard, one of the top tight-in
1:03.8	prospects for Tennessee locally here in this area? A lot of guys in terms of Tennessee was after the A65 Live, who are here for unofficial visits,
1:14.3	but also Tennessee hosted six official visitors this past weekend,
1:18.5	and the headliner, in my opinion, was Eric McFarland, five-star wide receiver from IMG Academy.
1:24.7	So I kind of said in the cold open right there.
1:26.8	You know, I think Kelsey Pope is one of the most underrated position coaches, not just for Tennessee, but really, when you think about what the wide receivers have done for Tennessee over the years for Josh Hepple, specifically this past year, and then of course the recruiting run that he's been on for Tennessee here lately.
1:42.3	You know, Mike Matthews, a five-star wide receiver in the 2024 class for Tennessee.
1:47.5	You've got, you had last year with the five-star wide receiver of TK. Keyes, Tristan Keys, who's on campus right now.
1:56.7	And will that five-star lineage hold up?
2:00.4	Will there be a five star wide receiver commit
2:03.0	in this cycle for the University of Tennessee
2:05.0	for the class of 2027?
2:06.8	We'll find out.
2:07.4	We already know that the Keishon Bowman's in this class,
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