Every year Tennessee hosts what they call their "Big Orange Carpet" event. It's meant for rising juniors and seniors and it's a day for those recruits to get a tour of the campus. It's also an opportunity to meet the staff, check out the facilities and of course get a great view of Neyland Stadium.
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Here's a commitment from 6'6", 330-pound offensive tackle Jordan Tucker out of Roswell, Georgia:
#rockytop#vfl Im coming home Tennessee🤘🏽💯🔶🔸 pic.twitter.com/Suz7BpE0Uv
— 👑 JORDAN TUCKER 👑 (@JordanTucker74) June 18, 2016
This is 6'2", 176-pound safety Theo Jackson out of Nashville, Tennessee:
https://twitter.com/theo_jackson05/status/744266079459913728/photo/1
This is 6'2", 208-pound wideout Princeton Fant out of LaVergne, Tennessee:
I'm Officially Committed to the University Of Tennessee #VFL #GBO 🍊🍊🍊🍊 pic.twitter.com/1UCED2icqj
— princetonfant (@pfant12) June 18, 2016
And here's official word on 6'6", 247-pound Tre Lawson:
#Vols just picked up commitment from DE @LawsonTre of South Carolina, according to sources. First of what could be several today for UT.
— Ryan Callahan (@RyanCallahan247) June 18, 2016
That ended up making a total of seven commitments for the Volunteers on the day
https://twitter.com/Volquest_Paul/status/744274892749582336
And here's the full list of names so far:
Jordan Tucker
Alontae Taylor
Theo Jackson
LaTrell Bumphus
Princeton Fant
Tre Lawson
Trey ColemanAnd counting
— J-Man (@jerrydee24) June 18, 2016
Alontae Taylor is the only recruit in the class of 2018 and he's a 6'0", 180-pound athlete out of Manchester, Tennessee. Trey Coleman is a 5'11", 203-pound running back out of West Monroe, Louisiana. LaTrell Bumphus is a 6'4", 232-pound defensive end out of Savannah, Tennessee.
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All of these commits are currently rated as three star recruits except for Taylor who has no ranking yet. It looks like the Big Orange Carpet is going to have to get rolled out a little longer next year if this trend continues because this event might have been better than any satellite camp at getting recruits.
