Tennessee football team climbs recruiting rankings after landing Top247 receiver

After a series of engagements in June, Tennessee Football is on the agenda this month. The Vols landed another big addition to their 2025 recruiting class when Top247 receiver Travis Smith Jr. from Westlake High School in Atlanta has announced his commitment to Tennessee over its SEC rivals Georgia, Auburn And Alabama after taking official visits to all four schools last month. Smith’s arrival has helped Tennessee climb several spots in the ever-changing 247Sports recruiting rankings and the Vols are just outside the top 10 with a few elite targets still to be announced in the coming weeks.

Smith, who is 6-foot-3.5 and 199 pounds, is the No. 149 overall player, No. 15 receiver and No. 20 prospect in Georgia for the 2025 cycle according to 247Sports, and he is the No. 113 overall player and No. 16 receiver in the class in the 247Sports Composite.

Smith, who is coming off a junior season in which he caught 53 passes for 843 yards and 11 touchdowns, is the Vols’ third wide receiver commitment this cycle, joining a pair of in-state prospects in the four-star class. Jackson Radarist and three stars Joakim Dodson.

Among Tennessee’s 17 commitments, Smith is the seventh player ranked in the Top247, and 247Sports has two other four-star commits.

Smith’s commitment brought Tennessee’s total to 245.39 points, which moved the Vols from 15th to 11th, overtaking Clemson, Auburn, Missouri And Michigan. Tennessee now has the seventh-best class in the expanded 16-team SEC. The Vols’ average player rating is 90.93, which ranks 12th nationally.

Tennessee is slightly behind Pennsylvania State University (245.44 points/22 engagements) at n°10 and just ahead of n°12 Michigan (245.21/16). The Vols also exceeded Missouri (242.27/17), Auburn (239.23/16) and Clemson (236.28/13).

The top five classes currently are Ohio State (309.94/23), Alabama (299.32/21), Georgia (281.43/19), Oregon (270.39/16) and our Lady (265.26/21).

The rest of the top 10 is #6 Louisiana State University (265.01/16) followed by Texas A&M University (257.70/18), Oklahoma (256.86/21) and Miami (248.24/18) in front Pennsylvania State University.

Tennessee football team tries to put together another strong recruiting class after landing the class ranked #10 in 2023 And the class ranked #14 in 2024 – Those two classes included three five-star prospects and 24 four-star prospects according to 247Sports’ composite ratings.

Here are the commitments from Tennessee’s 2025 recruiting class:

• Top247 QB George MacIntyre (Brentwood Academy/Brentwood, Tennessee)
• Top247 IOL Douglas Utu (Bishop Gorman High School/Las Vegas)
• Top247 DL Mariyon dye (Elkhart High School/Elkhart, Indiana)
• Top247 DL Ethan Utley (Ensworth School/Nashville, Tennessee)
• Best WR 247 Travis Smith Jr. (Westlake High School/Atlanta)
• Top247 EDGE Jayden Loftin (Somerville High School/Somerville, New Jersey)
• Top247 IOL Nic Moore (Jefferson County High School/Dandridge, Tennessee)
• TE four stars Jack Van Dorselaer (Southlake Carroll High School/Southlake, Texas)
• WR four stars Jackson Radarist (Sheffield High School/Memphis, Tennessee)
• SAF three stars Sidney Walton (Moody High School/Moody, Alabama)
• CB three stars Three Poteat (Verona Area High School/Verona, Wisconsin)
• CB three stars Tyler Redmond (Milton HS/Alpharetta, GA)
• IOL three stars Antoni Kade Ogumoro (Elgin High School/Elgin, Oklahoma)
• WR three stars Joakim Dodson (Collierville High School/Collierville, Tennessee)
• RB three stars Justin Baker (Buford HS/Buford, Georgia)
• CB three stars Dylan Lewis (Milton HS/Alpharetta, GA)
• DL three stars Charles House (North Mecklenburg High School/Huntersville, North Carolina)