Tennessee makes top five for junior-college defensive lineman

Tennessee is first in line of competitors for a lesser school cautious lineman who’s wanting to visit the Vols one week from now. Class of 2024 guarded lineman Jamal Wallace of Sierra School in Rocklin, Calif., declared his main five school decisions in a post on his X record, and Tennessee is the solitary SEC school among his ongoing top picks.

Houston, Memphis, Utah State and USF joined the Vols in the gathering of leaders for the 6-foot-4, 269-pound Wallace, who’s wanting to take an authority visit to Tennessee the few days of Dec. 15. He told GoVols247 in October that Tennessee was at the top of his list because, even before Tennessee started recruiting him, “Tennessee was actually my dream school.”
Before heading to Tennessee the weekend before Early Signing Day, Wallace is scheduled to travel to USF this weekend for an official visit with the Bulls. He has proactively taken official visits to North Texas, Houston and Utah State.

Wallace, who went to Ruskin Secondary School in Kansas City, Mo., prior to going the lesser school course, said Tennessee grabbed his eye on account of previous Vols star wellbeing Eric Berry. Wallace, a previous secondary school security, normally was attracted to Berry, who played for the NFL’s Kansas City Bosses. Wallace loved Berry considerably more subsequent to hearing previous Tennessee cornerback Inky Johnson discuss Berry.

According to Wallace, “I became a fan of (Berry), after I heard a story that was told about him.” Johnson) recounted Tennessee, and afterward about Eric Berry, and that all got sorted out. However, I had hardly any familiarity with Eric Berry until he got to the Bosses, and afterward his entire foundation. Then, I found out.”

Wallace said he appreciates that the Vols were “one game away” from making the School Football Season finisher last year.
“Presently there are 12 groups that can go to the end of the season games one year from now, so I feel like that’d be energizing for me to have the option to go to the end of the season games with them assuming I pick Tennessee,” he said.
Wallace said he has been hearing from “the entire instructing staff” at Tennessee since getting a proposal from the Vols on Sept. 23. Tennessee protective facilitator Tim Banks ventured out to California to visit his school in October paving the way to the Vols’ open date, and Tennessee selecting expert Aaron Amaama reached Wallace on Sept. 23 to educate him regarding his proposal from the Vols.

From that point forward, Tennessee cautious line mentor Rodney Accumulate, senior protective expert Levorn Harbin and cool demeanor mentor Josh Heupel have kept in contact with Wallace. Collect went to Sierra on Friday to see Wallace and his group take on School of the Sequoias of Visalia, Calif., in their customary season finale.

Wallace, who principally plays outside linebacker at Sierra, said the Vols have let him know they like “that I’m very jittery, and they need someone playing (inverse) James Pearce.” A sophomore cautious end, Pearce is tied for seventh broadly with seven sacks through Tennessee’s initial seven games this season.

“They believe someone should play on the opposite side alongside him, so that is truly been the best pitch for them,” Wallace said, “and they feel like I can be that individual.”

Wallace added that the Vols imagine involving him as a “five-and a three-tech,” playing him at both cautious end and protective tackle.