Tennessee Loses a Football Commitment to an SEC Rival

Tennessee's recruiting class has taken a hit. A player who had been committed to the Volunteers has flipped his commitment to an SEC rival, a late change of heart that stings a little more given where he is headed.

Flips are a fact of life in modern recruiting, but losing a pledge to another school in the same conference means Tennessee will now have to face the player it once expected to sign. It also reopens a spot in the class that the coaching staff will have to work to fill.

For Josh Heupel and his coaches, the task is twofold: hold the rest of the class together and find a replacement before signing day. Recruiting momentum can swing quickly, and Tennessee will want to swing it back.