Where Tennessee's 2025 recruiting class is ranked after officially adding David Sanders
Josh Heupel made it clear in his many conversations with David Sanders. The Tennessee head coach want the Five-Star+ offensive tackle and top-ten prospect to be the headliner in the 2025 recruiting class for the Vols.
“Tennessee has been in it from the very beginning,” Sanders said Thursday during an appearance on The Paul Finebaum Show on SEC Network, where he announced his signing with Tennessee. “They offered me as a freshman in high school and they’ve been kind of on me every year.
“They’re just expressing to me that I was a priority in their class and a must get for the class of 2025. Coach Heupel has expressed to me many times that I’m the leader of this class, and he wants me to come in and really lead them, along with our quarterback and other recruits that we have as well.”
David Sanders ranked No. 6 overall, No. 1 offensive tackle
Sanders has long been at the top of Tennessee’s 2025 class. He’s the No. 6 overall in the On3 Industry Ranking and is ranked as the No. 1 offensive tackle in the class and the No. 1 overall player in the state of North Carolina, out of Providence Day School in Charlotte.
He’s the prize in a Tennessee class that is ranked No. 10 nationally, No. 7 in the SEC and has a class score of 91.84. Both the overall ranking and class score are the highest of the Heupel era to date.
The 2024 class, with 21 commitments and 10 transfers, was ranked No. 13 nationally and No. 8 in the SEC, with a 91.52 class score.
Tennessee’s 2023 signing class was ranked No. 12 nationally, No. 4 in the SEC and had a 91.63 class score, with 26 commitments and 10 transfers.
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The Vols in 2022 were ranked No. 15 nationally, No. 5 in the SEC and 89.67 with 23 commitments and nine transfers.
The 2021 class that Josh Heupel inherited was ranked No. 23 nationally, No. 8 in the SEC and an 86.77 class score with 16 commitments and seven transfers.
Vols have signed 14 4-star prospects in 2025 class
Behind Sanders, the class includes 14 four-star prospects and 10 3-star recruits.
Isaiah Campbell, the defensive lineman that Tennessee flipped from North Carolina, is the highest-ranked four-star prospect in the group. He’s the No. 37 overall prospect in the On3 ratings, is the No. 4 defensive lineman in the class and is the No. 2 player in the state of North Carolina.
Tennessee signed five top-100 prospects in the class, with Sanders and Campbell followed by edge rusher Mariyon Dye (No. 68 overall), receiver Travis Smith (No. 71) and DaSaahn Brame (No. 78).
Four-star quarterback George MacIntyre is ranked No. 100 in the On3 ratings. He’s the No. 12 quarterback in the class and the No. 2 in-state prospect, out of Nashville’s Brentwood Academy.
