Where Tennessee Football’s 2027 Recruiting Class Ranks Nine Commitments In

On Friday, Tennessee football added its ninth commitment to its 2027 recruiting class. The Vols picked up the pledge of long snapper Sam McKeown out of Jenks, Oklahoma. McKeown ranks as a five-star and the No. 2 snapper in the country via Kohl’s.

McKeown joins a class that features a pair of consensus four-stars, another four-star on Rivals and a group of three-stars. The consensus four-stars are wide receiver Kesean Bowman and offensive lineman Princeton Uwaifo. Defensive lineman Kadin Fife also holds four-star status on Rivals.

While Tennessee’s start to the cycle isn’t scorching hot by any means, it is in strong positioning for multiple top recruits and has laid a nice foundation to add to. Here’s a look at where the team ranks and every individual commit.

Team Ranking

• 247
  • Nationally: 32
  • SEC: 10
    • Behind Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Florida, Kentucky, Texas, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Auburn and Missouri
• Rivals
  • Nationally: 29
  • SEC: 11
    • Behind Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Texas, Kentucky, Auburn, Ole Miss and Alabama

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Player Rankings

In order of most recent to commit to first to commit

LS – Sam McKeown

• 247
  • Unranked
• Rivals
  • Unranked
• Kohl’s
  • 5-star
  • No. 2 nationally

DB – Brandon ‘Slim’ Leavell

• 247
  • 3-star
  • No. 47 S
  • No. 28 TN
• Rivals
  • 3-star
  • No. 44 CB
  • No. 15 TN