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Former Tennessee quarterback Harrison Bailey announces transfer commitment

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Former Tennessee quarterback Harrison Bailey has found a new home, announcing Tuesday that he’s transferring to UNLV. He made the news public with a commitment graphic posted to his Twitter account.

Bailey, a former On3 Consensus four-star recruit out of the Class of 2020, played in just one game for Tennessee this past season – completing 3-of-7 passes for 16 yards. Over two seasons in Knoxville, Bailey went 51-for-75 passing for 594 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions. He entered the NCAA Transfer Portal on Oct. 27.

A native of Marietta, Georgia who prepped at Marietta High School, Bailey committed to Tennessee over offers from Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Florida, Auburn, Michigan and Oklahoma, among many others.

Tennessee hires away UNC operations staffer for personnel department

North Carolina general manager Billy High is headed back to his alma mater to join the recruiting staff at Tennessee. Pete Thamel of ESPN first reported the news on Saturday.

High was an assistant athletic director for the Tar Heels and recruiting evaluations, operations and on-campus recruiting fell under his portfolio. He has been in Chapel Hill since 2019, and he has also spent time at Auburn and Eastern Kentucky at the collegiate level.

His new role in Knoxville will be similar, but he does not yet have a formal title. He will deal with personnel and the ever-changing transfer portal for Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel, who has been very active in the portal in his first year on the job. Additionally, High’s brother, Charlie, currently serves as the offensive scouting coordinator for the Vols.

High graduated from Tennessee in 2012 and went back for a master’s degree in 2015. While he was an undergraduate student in Knoxville, High was a recruiting intern in 2009. He is a Knoxville native, so this is a homecoming in several ways for the staffer.

On3’s Ashton Pollard contributed to this report.