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Volquest Podcast: A busy day for Vols with three portal commits

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The Tennessee Vols added three commits via the transfer portal on Monday and saw their 10th player leave the roster in favor of the portal. It’s a busy time for Josh Heupel and staff as the month of January and recruiting is back into full swing.

rick Barnes and the Volunteer basketball team are also rolling, combining to beat Mississippi State and South Carolina by 77 points in last week’s slate. What’s in store for Tennessee this week with a air of home games against rivals Vanderbilt and Kentucky?

Brent Hubbs, Austin Price, Rob Lewis and Eric Cain detail it all on this week’s Volquest Podcast.

Monday Vols transfer portal commitments

WIDE RECEIVER DONT’E THORNTON — OREGON

Dont’e Thornton, the 6-foot-5, 185-pound sophomore out of Oregon, caught 17 passes for 366 yards and a touchdown in 11 games with the Ducks this season. He had nine receptions for 175 yards and two touchdowns in four games at Oregon as a freshman in 2021. Thornton, out of Mount Saint Joseph in Baltimore, Md., was a four-star prospect in the 2021 recruiting cycle, ranked No. 71 overall, No. 10 at wide receiver and No. 3 in the state of Maryland. 

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OMAR NORMAN-LOTT — ARIZONA STATE

Omar Norman-Lott, the 6-foot-3, 295-pound defensive lineman from Arizona Sate, entered the transfer portal on December 5. He was a four-star prospect in the 2020 recruiting cycle, ranked No. 347 overall, No. 39 among defensive limens and No. 33 overall in the state of California, where he attended Grant Union High School in North Highlands, Calif. Norman-Lott spent three seasons at Arizona State, using a redshirt year in 2020, then recording 45 total tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sack over the last two seasons. He had 14 tackles in nine games this year, with 3.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks.

OFFENSIVE TACKLE JOHN CAMPBELL — MIAMI

John Campbell, the 6-foot-5, 320-pound offensive tackle out of Miami, started 11 times in 12 games for the Hurricanes this season. He made 17 starts in 33 career games at Miami over the previous four seasons. He was a three-star prospect in the 2018 recruiting cycle, ranked by the On3 Consensus as the No. 39 offensive tackle in the class and the No. 82 overall prospect in the state of Florida, out of Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando. Out of high school he had offers from Miami, Georgia, Ohio State, USC and Alabama, among others.

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