Tennessee FLIPS legacy linebacker Kenneth Simon II from Alabama

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🗓️ 13 June 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Tennessee football legacy linebacker Kenneth Simon II has flipped his commitment from Alabama to the Vols! GoVols247's Ryan Callahan and Ben McKee react to the news and share insight into how it happened.

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0:00.0	Welcome in to the Go Balls 24-7 podcast.
0:03.0	I am Ben McKean.
0:04.0	I'm joined by Ryan Callahan on this breaking news edition here on Saturday, June 13th, because
0:10.0	Ryan, Tennessee has picked up a significant commitment and they've done so in a significant manner.
0:17.0	You said it.
0:19.0	This is a significant one.
0:20.0	Tennessee has flipped top 247 linebacker Kenneth Simon
0:24.5	the second from Brentwood Academy from Alabama and he is now headed to play at Tennessee
0:30.7	where his father of course Kevin Simon, the former Vols linebacker was a standout back in
0:35.7	2002 through 05.
0:38.2	Just a huge recruiting win here for Tennessee, and obviously Tennessee is showing some
0:43.3	impressive persistence in going after a guy who committed to a conference rival just a little
0:49.5	more than a month ago.
0:51.3	And Tennessee, you know, obviously in the midst of a busy stretch of official visits
0:55.2	here this month and a lot of other irons in the fire. But Tennessee stays on Kenny Simon
1:02.2	and doesn't take no for an answer and makes it happen here with a big time in-state target. A guy
1:08.9	Tennessee wanted for months and just wasn't able to win that battle the first time around.
1:13.6	Just shows you how quickly things can change in this era and shows you how quickly, too, a battle that seems to be, you know, really that's one that felt like, you know, for weeks down the stretch just wasn't going Tennessee's way.
1:27.6	Just didn't feel like it was going to end up working out for the Vols.
1:31.9	And then, you know, here you are finding a way to make it happen.
1:36.3	So, yeah, impressive win here for Tennessee coach Josh Heppel's staff and for linebackers,
1:41.7	Coach William Inge and the rest of the staff, you know,
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