Several Tennessee signees make a big jump in 247's final rankings release

247 Sports released their final rankings of the year, and several Tennessee signees made big jumps in the Industry's rating systems. We have a recap of what happened with several of the top players in Tennessee's signing class today.

Harrison Bailey- Bailey was ranked 176th coming into the release and moved to number 100. Bailey was recently rated as a five-star per Rivals.com and his jump is not a surprise. He is coming off of a season that saw him throw for nearly 5,000 yards and 50 TDS.

Morven Joseph- Joseph was one of the last prospects to sign during the December early signing period. At the time, Joseph was talked about as being one of the most criminally underrated prospects in the country. Well, Joseph was rewarded in this rankings release. Joseph moved 250 spots from 390 to 140.

Jalin Hyatt- Hyatt has flirted around four-star status at times on different sites, but he never reached heights that he did in this final rankings. Hyatt moved up over 180 spots in the rankings to 114th overall. Hyatt is coming off of a season where he helped Dutch Fork (SC) win another state championship, and he only played in the second half of games on a handful of occasions. Hyatt ended his career with a walk-off game-winning touchdown in the State Championship.
Hyatt 182 spots up to 111.

Omari Thomas- Thomas was a big win for the Vols when he committed during the days leading up to the Early Signing Period. Thomas is coming off a season where he won Mr.Football in the Division II-AAA classification in Tennessee. Thomas moved up 22 spots to number 96.

Jimmy Calloway- Calloway was one of the most intriguing prospects to follow for Tennessee during the 2020 class. He was committed to the Vols for months, but other teams continued to battle for him. Kentucky made a strong run at him, and Florida entered the mix late, but Calloway signed with the Vols during the early signing period and ended all of the drama. Calloway moved more than spots and landed at number 145 in the rankings.

Other notables- Tyler Baron only moved 1 spot to number 129, Lenneth Whitehead moved down 54 spots to number 142, and Keshawn Lawrence dropped from 60 to 83.

The Vols now have 8 players in the class ranked in the top 150 players according to 247 Sports.