Where Tennessee Football’s 2027 Recruiting Class Ranks 17 Commits In

On Friday, Tennessee football landed its 17th commitment of the 2027 class. Coming from the NFL Academy in England, four-star offensive lineman Niko Kampas officially pledged to the Vols after taking official visits to the States over the summer.

While there is still a lot of work to be done for Tennessee in the class, the addition of the blue-chip prospect did help push the Vols up a bit in the recruiting rankings. What will really help is a big week on the trail this upcoming week. A pair of in-state running backs, five-star David Gabriel Georges and three-star Asa Barnes, are both set to announce their commitments.

Here’s where Tennessee stands as a team and as individual commits so far.

Team Ranking

• 247
  • Nationally: 38
  • SEC: 14
    • Behind Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, LSU, Auburn, Ole Miss, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Arkansas, Vanderbilt
• Rivals
  • Nationally: 32
  • SEC: 12
    • Behind Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Florida, Texas, Ole Miss, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Kentucky, South Carolina, Missouri

More From RTI: College Football Writer Phil Steele Has Tennessee Ranked Top 20 in Preseason Poll

Player Rankings

In order of most recent to commit to first to commit

OT – Niko Kampas

• 247
  • 4-star
  • No. 226 nationally
  • No. 27 OT
  • No. 1 England
• Rivals
  • 3-star
  • No. 38 OT

S – Marcus Jones

• 247
  • 3-star
  • No. 37 S
  • No. 14 PA
• Rivals
  • 4-star
  • No. 197 nationally
  • No. 18 S
  • No. 8 PA

WR – DaYon Cooper

• 247
  • 3-star
  • No. 54 ATH
  • No. 32 TN
• Rivals
  • 3-star
  • No. 58 WR
  • No. 17 TN

OL – Q’Mari Hudson

• 247
  • 3-star
  • No. 46 OT
  • No. 10 VA
• Rivals
  • 4-star
  • No. 274 nationally
  • No. 19 OT
  • No. 6 VA

LB – Kenneth Simon II

• 247
  • 4-star
  • No. 143 nationally
  • No. 9 LB
  • No. 6 TN
• Rivals
  • 4-star
  • No. 189 nationally
  • No. 16 LB
  • No. 10 TN

K – Ford Fehling

• 247
  • N/a
• Rivals
  • N/a

DB – Dylan Haley

• 247
  • 3-star
  • No. 55 ATH
  • No. 84 GA
• Rivals
  • 3-star
  • No. 45 CB
  • No. 37 GA

DL – Christian Mays (JUCO)

• 247:
  • N/a
• Rivals:
  • N/a

TE – Malik Howard

• 247
  • 4-star
  • No. 185 nationally
  • No. 8 TE
  • No. 9 TN
• Rivals
  • 3-star
  • No. 29 TE
  • No. 21 TN

LS – Sam McKeown

• 247
  • 3-star
  • No. 3 LS
  • No. 27 OK
• Rivals
  • 3-star
  • No. 2 LS
  • No. 27 OK

DB – Brandon ‘Slim’ Leavell

• 247
  • 3-star
  • No. 46 ATH
  • No. 28 TN
• Rivals
  • 3-star
  • No. 44 CB
  • No. 16 TN