Where Tennessee Football’s 2027 Recruiting Class Ranks 15 Commitments In

Tennessee football now holds 15 commitments in the class of 2027 recruiting cycle. The Vols picked up a pair of pledges on Saturday, both bringing four-star prowess. The first was legacy linebacker Kenneth Simon II flipping his commitment from Alabama to the Vols. Then, later in the evening, Q’Mari Hudson, an offensive tackle, picked UT over Virginia Tech.

The addition of the duo of blue-chip commits helped push Tennessee back up the national and SEC recruiting ranking leaderboard after slipping. The Vols still have plenty of work to be done in the cycle, though, sitting outside the top 25 nationally on both 247 and Rivals and averaging at No. 10 in the SEC between the two sites.

Here’s an updated look at where Tennessee stands both as a team and as individual commits.

Team Ranking

• 247
  • Nationally: 37
  • SEC: 11
    • Behind Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Florida, Texas, Auburn, Kentucky, Georgia, Ole Miss, Missouri, Arkansas
• Rivals
  • Nationally: 26
  • SEC: 9
    • Behind Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, Auburn, Texas, Kentucky, Ole Miss

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Player Rankings

In order of most recent to commit to first to commit

OL – Q’Mari Hudson

• 247
  • 3-star
  • No. 46 OT
  • No. 10 VA
• Rivals
  • 4-star
  • No. 281 nationally
  • No. 22 OT
  • No. 7 VA

LB – Kenneth Simon II

• 247
  • 4-star
  • No. 144 nationally
  • No. 9 LB
  • No. 6 TN
• Rivals
  • 4-star
  • No. 189 nationally
  • No. 17 LB
  • No. 9 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. 183 nationally
  • No. 8 TE
  • No. 8 TN
• Rivals
  • 3-star
  • No. 27 TE
  • No. 20 TN

LS – Sam McKeown

• 247
  • Unranked
• Rivals
  • 3-star
  • No. 1 LS
  • No. 21 Oklahoma

DB – Brandon ‘Slim’ Leavell

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