As the calendar approaches Feburary, classes start and new players enroll and begin off-season workouts, college football coaches across the country are paying visits to some of their top recruiting targets. For Tennessee football, it sent three key coaches up north to check on a priority offensive lineman.
Vols head coach Josh Heupel, offensive coordinator Joey Halzle and offensive line coach Glen Elarbee all made their way to Coatesville, Pennsylvania, to check in on five-star interior offensive lineman Maxwell Hiller at Coatesville Area High School.
Hiller is considered the No. 4 recruit in the 2027 class by 247. The site also considers him the top-ranked interior offensive lineman and player from Pennsylvania.
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247 lists Hiller at 6-foot-5, 300 pounds. He was named to the Polynesian Bowl roster, as well, which hosts some of the top recruits across the country.
This month, Hiller has also been visited by coaches from Florida, Georgia and Clemson. South Carolina has been another school consistently recruiting him, as well.
“Elite offensive line prospect who could probably go pro as an interior defensive lineman as well,” 247 analyst Gabe Brooks wrote. “Big-framed but finds leverage consistently. Initiates POA engagement as if working the one-man sled. Pancake machine. Displays impressive sudden agility that shines on both sides of the ball. May ultimately wind up an elite guard, but don’t be surprised by a tackle role, at least in college, if not beyond…”
Tennessee already holds four commitments in the 2027 class. This includes four-star tackle Princeton Uwaifo, four-star defensive lineman Kadin Fife, three-star linebacker JP Peace and three-star cornerback Kamauri Whitfield. The class is still young, though, and plenty more commitments are expected to trickle in over the next year.
