Four-star shooting guard Junior County is unofficially visiting Tennessee basketball on June 13, Sam Kayser first reported on Friday afternoon.
The Vols offered County last month, joining a group that includes BYU, Houston, Purdue, Texas, Connecticut and others. Cal, where new Tennessee assistant Amorrow Morgan was previously on staff, was one of the first schools to offer County last summer.
County ranks as a four-star recruit and the No. 51 player in the country according to the 247sports composite rankings. The 6-foot-4, 180-pound guard ranks as the No. 7 shooting guard and the No. 2 player in the state of Utah in the 2026 recruiting cycle.
Landing players from out west is a tough task, but County coming to Tennessee for a summer unofficial visit makes the Vols’ pursuit more doable. If County returns to Knoxville for an official visit in the fall then Tennessee will be a serious player for the blue-chip recruit.
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Tennessee has yet to land a commitment in its 2026 recruiting class though that is little surprise given the early stages of the recruiting calendar. It’s also unclear at this point how many scholarships Tennessee will have to work with in the cycle due to overwhelming roster turnover in the sport.
The Vols added five players in the 2025 recruiting cycle with most of those players projection as multi-year developmental pieces. Tennessee has just three seniors on its 2025-26 roster — Felix Okpara, Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Amaree Abram — though at this point though Nate Ament projects as a one-and-done, and there will almost inevitably be some departures to the transfer portal.
While it is still early in the 2026 recruiting calendar, some top targets are beginning to emerge for Tennessee. Four-star local product Trey Thompson is officially visiting Tennessee on June 7-June 9 while four-star wing Gage Mayfield is visiting Tennessee later in June.
The Vols also hosted four-star shooting guards Billy White and Dakari Spear on unofficial visits during the season. Spear is the younger brother of former Lady Vol guard Jewel Spear.
