Five-star Tennessee OL Announced Made Decision

A little over two weeks ago, one of the Vols’ top targets made an official visit to Tennessee and is prepared to declare his college choice.

It is now only a matter of days before one of Tennessee’s top targets announces his college choice. The Vols are one of the six teams still in the running for five-star Class of 2024 offensive tackle Jordan Seaton of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Seaton announced on Monday night via posts on his social media accounts that he will be making his commitment known on Thursday.

Six finalists will be considered by the 6-foot-5, 287-pound Seaton: Maryland, Ohio State, Oregon, Alabama, Florida, and Tennessee. He recently concluded an official visit to Ohio State on Monday.

In addition, he has made official trips to Tennessee, Alabama, Colorado, and Florida. The weekend of November 18, the Vols invited him to an official visit and to their home game against Georgia. The weekend of September 30, he traveled to Knoxville for the first time to see Tennessee defeat South Carolina.

More than thirty colleges have offered Seaton scholarships, including all six of the universities he is seriously considering. According to the industry-generated 247Sports Composite, he is rated as a five-star prospect and is the top offensive tackle prospect in the 2024 class, as well as the 15th overall player. Additionally, 247Sports, which ranks him as the No. 2 offensive tackle and No. 30 overall player in the 2024 class, has him pegged as a five-star prospect.

More than two weeks ago, after his formal visit to Tennessee, Seaton remained mum about the Vols’ precise ranking among his top teams. However, after his second visit to Knoxville in less than two months, he said they were “in a good spot” and that they had “a real shot” at getting him.

Having seen Tennessee defeat South Carolina 41–20 almost two months prior, he said he was excited to show his parents the whole Vols program on this official visit to Knoxville. The atmosphere of the game day inside Neyland Stadium, as well as the information he received from Tennessee coach Josh Heupel’s staff, left him impressed once more.

Seaton remarked, “I got to bring my whole family out with me, which is actually a very good deal.” “All you want is for them to go through everything that I have gone through.

“You don’t really do stuff for yourself. You do it for others, so just being able to share my experience with my family means a lot to me.”

Both of the Vols’ starting tackles sat out Tennessee’s game against Georgia because of injuries. That only underscored to Seaton that the Vols still need more depth at the position and that he could compete for early playing time on their offensive line.

“There’s definitely a need for help on the front five, on both sides of the ball,” he said last month. “D-line, they did a good job, but they’re losing guys in the secondary. A DB got hurt. A walk-on played, so I feel like once Coach Heup gets that depth that he’s talking about — and he’s doing a really good job with the ‘24 class — you guys will start to see turnarounds in the program and bring it back to what it used to be back when Peyton Manning was here.”

He stated that “just the consistency that they have — with the recruitment process, with me” is the reason the Vols continue to rank highly on his list.

Seaton stated last month that he intended to enroll as an early student at the college of his choice in January after making his college decision public on December 20, the first day of the Early Signing Period. However, following his visit to Ohio State, he has now accelerated his timeline for selecting a university.