Highest-rated Class of 2022 football recruits from Tennessee
Every year college football teams and fans wait for high school recruits to reveal which school they will attend and which team they will play for in the following academic year.
In the Class of 2021, Alabama and Ohio State both signed three of the top 10 recruits while USC signed the #1 overall recruit, defensive lineman Korey Foreman. Alabama has signed the highest-rated class in three of the last four years. Only two teams ranked within the top 50 recruiting classes in 2021 were not in Power 5 conferences: Cincinnati (#44) and Memphis (#47) of the American Athletic Conference.
Stacker compiled a list of the highest-rated Class of 2022 football recruits from Tennessee using data from 247sports.
Keep reading to find out who you will likely be watching play college football in 2022.
#50: Jake McNamara (QB)
- High school: Fred J Page (Franklin, TN)
- National ranking: 1,442 (3 stars, 0.8104 rating)
- Position ranking: #97 (QB)
- Offers: Colorado State, Eastern Kentucky, Utah State
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#49: Isaac Rollins (ATH)
- High school: Ravenwood (Brentwood, TN)
- National ranking: 1,407 (3 stars, 0.8165 rating)
- Position ranking: #133 (ATH)
- Offers: Austin Peay, Duke, Tulane
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#48: Charles Ingram V (ATH)
- High school: Ensworth (Nashville, TN)
- National ranking: 1,387 (3 stars, 0.8215 rating)
- Position ranking: #130 (ATH)
- Offers: Eastern Kentucky, Kansas, Syracuse
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#47: Derek Taylor (ATH)
- High school: Greenbrier (Greenbrier, TN)
- National ranking: 1,350 (3 stars, 0.8265 rating)
- Position ranking: #127 (ATH)
- Offers: Marshall, Michigan State
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#46: Camron Douglas (DL)
- High school: Haywood (Brownsville, TN)
- National ranking: 1,311 (3 stars, 0.8315 rating)
- Position ranking: #166 (DL)
- Offers: Akron, Eastern Kentucky, Illinois, Liberty, Memphis
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#45: Nakelin McAfee (RB)
- High school: The King's Academy (Seymour, TN)
- National ranking: 1,306 (3 stars, 0.8315 rating)
- Position ranking: #103 (RB)
- Offers: Arizona State, Arkansas State, Duke, Kansas, Liberty
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#44: Kendall Jackson (RB)
- High school: Oak Ridge ()
- National ranking: 1,305 (3 stars, 0.8315 rating)
- Position ranking: #102 (RB)
- Offers: Appalachian State, Arizona State, Arkansas State, Ball State, Cincinnati
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#43: Brandon Connard (RB)
- High school: Riverdale (Murfreesboro, TN)
- National ranking: 1,251 (3 stars, 0.8366 rating)
- Position ranking: #97 (RB)
- Offers: Arkansas, Middle Tennessee State, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Missouri
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#42: Antwain Barham (LB)
- High school: Milan (Milan, TN)
- National ranking: 1,230 (3 stars, 0.8366 rating)
- Position ranking: #127 (LB)
- Offers: Memphis, Austin Peay, Ball State, Coastal Carolina, Eastern Kentucky
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#41: Trey McDonald (LB)
- High school: Baylor School (Chattanooga, TN)
- National ranking: 1,200 (3 stars, 0.8366 rating)
- Position ranking: #123 (LB)
- Offers: Virginia, Dartmouth, Harvard, Navy, Pennsylvania
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#40: Alex Broome (RB)
- High school: Lipscomb Academy (Nashville, TN)
- National ranking: 1,177 (3 stars, 0.8416 rating)
- Position ranking: #89 (RB)
- Offers: Boston College, Appalachian State, Dartmouth, Eastern Kentucky, Harvard
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#39: Quincy Briggs (ATH)
- High school: Memphis Central (Memphis, TN)
- National ranking: 1,149 (3 stars, 0.8416 rating)
- Position ranking: #104 (ATH)
- Offers: Yale, Arkansas, Austin Peay, Eastern Kentucky, Grambling State
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#38: Tahj Shabazz (WR)
- High school: Houston (Germantown, TN)
- National ranking: 1,092 (3 stars, 0.8427 rating)
- Position ranking: #145 (WR)
- Offers: Baylor, Kansas
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#37: Kyle Lowe (QB)
- High school: Fayette Ware Comprehensive (Memphis, TN)
- National ranking: 1,081 (3 stars, 0.8435 rating)
- Position ranking: #73 (QB)
- Offers: Air Force, Arkansas State, Army, Ball State, Columbia
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#36: Luther Richesson (QB)
- High school: Lipscomb Academy (Nashville, TN)
- National ranking: 1,066 (3 stars, 0.8466 rating)
- Position ranking: #71 (QB)
- Offers: Appalachian State, Central Michigan, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Michigan State
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#35: Jackson Long (TE)
- High school: Beech (Hendersonville, TN)
- National ranking: 1,057 (3 stars, 0.8466 rating)
- Position ranking: #58 (TE)
- Offers: Akron, Army, Coastal Carolina, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky
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#34: Mikeece Jones (ATH)
- High school: Hillsboro (Nashville, TN)
- National ranking: 905 (3 stars, 0.8527 rating)
- Position ranking: #76 (ATH)
- Offers: Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Indiana, Kentucky, Memphis
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#33: Eric Gaston (DL)
- High school: Cane Ridge (Antioch, TN)
- National ranking: 904 (3 stars, 0.8527 rating)
- Position ranking: #125 (DL)
- Offers: Memphis, Indiana, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee
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#32: Shannon Blair (ATH)
- High school: Knoxville West (Knoxville, TN)
- National ranking: 903 (3 stars, 0.8527 rating)
- Position ranking: #75 (ATH)
- Offers: Michigan State, Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Duke, Eastern Kentucky
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#31: Kenzy Paul (ATH)
- High school: McCallie School (Chattanooga, TN)
- National ranking: 878 (3 stars, 0.8527 rating)
- Position ranking: #72 (ATH)
- Offers: Vanderbilt, Duke, Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Indiana
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#30: Grayson Morgan (OT)
- High school: Montgomery Bell Academy (Nashville, TN)
- National ranking: 805 (3 stars, 0.8577 rating)
- Position ranking: #74 (OT)
- Offers: Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech
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#29: Reco Trimble (RB)
- High school: Red Bank (Chattanooga, TN)
- National ranking: 804 (3 stars, 0.8577 rating)
- Position ranking: #62 (RB)
- Offers: Arkansas, Boston College, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Duke
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#28: Elijah Herring (LB)
- High school: Riverdale (Murfreesboro, TN)
- National ranking: 764 (3 stars, 0.8593 rating)
- Position ranking: #75 (LB)
- Offers: Tennessee, Arizona State, Arkansas, Coastal Carolina, Duke
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#27: Karson Gay (TE)
- High school: Boyd-Buchanan School (Chattanooga, TN)
- National ranking: 736 (3 stars, 0.8626 rating)
- Position ranking: #39 (TE)
- Offers: Virginia, Arkansas, BYU, Eastern Kentucky, Florida Atlantic
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#26: Izaiah Reed (OT)
- High school: Jackson North Side (Jackson, TN)
- National ranking: 733 (3 stars, 0.8627 rating)
- Position ranking: #64 (OT)
- Offers: Louisville, Memphis, Army, Austin Peay, Boston College
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#25: Giovanni Davis (DL)
- High school: South Pittsburg (South Pittsburg, TN)
- National ranking: 704 (3 stars, 0.8638 rating)
- Position ranking: #102 (DL)
- Offers: Tennessee, Arizona State, Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Ole Miss
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#24: Tyler Woodard (CB)
- High school: Freedom Prep Academy (Memphis, TN)
- National ranking: 698 (3 stars, 0.8638 rating)
- Position ranking: #68 (CB)
- Offers: Mississippi State, Alabama, Arkansas, Baylor, Florida State
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#23: Tommy Winton (ATH)
- High school: Knoxville Catholic (Knoxville, TN)
- National ranking: 621 (3 stars, 0.8688 rating)
- Position ranking: #53 (ATH)
- Offers: West Virginia, Ball State, Duke, Kentucky, Mississippi State
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#22: Kaydin Pope (WR)
- High school: Hardin County (Savannah, TN)
- National ranking: 620 (3 stars, 0.8688 rating)
- Position ranking: #83 (WR)
- Offers: Tennessee, Auburn, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Memphis
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#21: Patrick Kutas (DL)
- High school: Christian Brothers (Memphis, TN)
- National ranking: 618 (3 stars, 0.8688 rating)
- Position ranking: #90 (DL)
- Offers: Arkansas, Illinois, Oregon, Florida State, Arizona State
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#20: Tevin Carter (QB)
- High school: PURE Youth (Memphis, TN)
- National ranking: 585 (3 stars, 0.8721 rating)
- Position ranking: #38 (QB)
- Offers: Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Georgia Tech, Louisiana-Monroe
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#19: Jaylen Lewis (CB)
- High school: Haywood (Brownsville, TN)
- National ranking: 556 (3 stars, 0.8739 rating)
- Position ranking: #57 (CB)
- Offers: Arkansas, Auburn, Memphis, Michigan State, Oregon State
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#18: Anthony Brown (ATH)
- High school: Milan (Milan, TN)
- National ranking: 499 (3 stars, 0.8789 rating)
- Position ranking: #44 (ATH)
- Offers: Arkansas, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Tennessee
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#17: Langston Patterson (LB)
- High school: CPA (Nashville, TN)
- National ranking: 484 (3 stars, 0.8797 rating)
- Position ranking: #49 (LB)
- Offers: Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Coastal Carolina, Colorado, Duke
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#16: Myles Pollard (CB)
- High school: Ravenwood (Brentwood, TN)
- National ranking: 466 (3 stars, 0.885 rating)
- Position ranking: #39 (CB)
- Offers: Michigan, Auburn, Oklahoma, Alabama, Arkansas
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#15: Jacob Hood (OT)
- High school: Hillsboro (Nashville, TN)
- National ranking: 429 (3 stars, 0.885 rating)
- Position ranking: #42 (OT)
- Offers: Auburn, Georgia, Miami, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
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#14: Cameron Miller (WR)
- High school: Memphis Academy of Health Sciences (Memphis, TN)
- National ranking: 355 (4 stars, 0.8916 rating)
- Position ranking: #52 (WR)
- Offers: Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida
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#13: Destin Wade (ATH)
- High school: Summit (Spring Hill, TN)
- National ranking: 354 (4 stars, 0.8922 rating)
- Position ranking: #25 (ATH)
- Offers: Kentucky, Arizona State, Baylor, Cincinnati, Eastern Kentucky
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#12: Kody Jones (ATH)
- High school: Germantown (Germantown, TN)
- National ranking: 318 (4 stars, 0.8958 rating)
- Position ranking: #20 (ATH)
- Offers: Michigan, Illinois, Arkansas, Arkansas State, Auburn
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#11: D'Arco Perkins-McAllister (S)
- High school: Stratford Comprehensive (Nashville, TN)
- National ranking: 294 (4 stars, 0.9 rating)
- Position ranking: #20 (S)
- Offers: Michigan, TCU, Florida State, Kentucky, LSU
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#10: Taylor Groves (S)
- High school: East Robertson (Cross Plains, TN)
- National ranking: 260 (4 stars, 0.9056 rating)
- Position ranking: #17 (S)
- Offers: Ole Miss, Michigan, Arkansas, Baylor, Cincinnati
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#9: Isaiah Horton (WR)
- High school: Oakland (Murfreesboro, TN)
- National ranking: 244 (4 stars, 0.9089 rating)
- Position ranking: #39 (WR)
- Offers: Miami, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas
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#8: Sam Roush (TE)
- High school: Lipscomb Academy (Nashville, TN)
- National ranking: 241 (4 stars, 0.9094 rating)
- Position ranking: #9 (TE)
- Offers: Stanford, Arizona State, Arkansas, California, Colorado State
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#7: Dallan Hayden (RB)
- High school: Christian Brothers (Memphis, TN)
- National ranking: 234 (4 stars, 0.9122 rating)
- Position ranking: #24 (RB)
- Offers: Ohio State, Illinois, Notre Dame, Arkansas, Auburn
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#6: Fisher Anderson (OT)
- High school: Franklin (Franklin, TN)
- National ranking: 230 (4 stars, 0.9128 rating)
- Position ranking: #23 (OT)
- Offers: North Carolina, Northwestern, Stanford, Virginia, Arizona State
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#5: Barion Brown (ATH)
- High school: Pearl-Cohn (Nashville, TN)
- National ranking: 212 (4 stars, 0.917 rating)
- Position ranking: #12 (ATH)
- Offers: Alabama, TCU, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn
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#4: Keaten Wade (LB)
- High school: Summit (Spring Hill, TN)
- National ranking: 193 (4 stars, 0.924 rating)
- Position ranking: #22 (LB)
- Offers: Kentucky, Akron, Arizona State, Baylor, Cincinnati
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#3: Jordan James (RB)
- High school: Oakland (Murfreesboro, TN)
- National ranking: 183 (4 stars, 0.927 rating)
- Position ranking: #16 (RB)
- Offers: Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Louisville
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#2: Ty Simpson (QB)
- High school: Westview (Martin, TN)
- National ranking: 25 (5 stars, 0.9859 rating)
- Position ranking: #3 (QB)
- Offers: Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor
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#1: Walter Nolen (DL)
- High school: St. Benedict at Auburndale (Cordova, TN)
- National ranking: 3 (5 stars, 0.9991 rating)
- Position ranking: #1 (DL)
- Offers: Florida, Michigan, Alabama, LSU, Ohio State
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