Will Faison brand and help Tennessee have a top five class?

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Valls, how important recruit Faison Brandon is, who's the number one recruit by some services.

This is a big time player and he has a lot of pull. What can he do for the balls? And to help me do

that, Mr. Eric Kane, locked on balls. Look at that. What can he do for the balls? And to help me do that, Mr. Eric Kane,

locked on balls. Look at that. What a fit. Thank you for joining the show. Eric, I appreciate it.

First off, man, when they got Faison Brandon, were you shocked or did you know going in? And what were

your thoughts about him and how important was it?

Yeah, new going in. I mean, you know, like the, you know, week or, you know, two weeks before or

whatever, you know, leading, I can't specifically remember the announcement. I know it was in early

August. So it was an exciting time. I knew he was going to commit to Tennessee, you know,

whenever the decision day came out. And it was just big. And it was exciting for everybody.

I mean, that's kind of at the time.

It was when Fall Camp was getting going.

And he was an early commit, obviously.

So there was still another cycle ongoing.

So maybe that kind of dampened it a smidge.

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