State Recruiting
2008 Tennessee High School Football Recruits
Follow the strongest Tennessee prospects, the programs winning the most commitments, and the position groups carrying this year's state pipeline.
- Ranked Recruits
- 52
- Committed Programs
- 23
- Blue-Chips
- 6
Destination programs
- 6 recruits
- Middle Tennessee5 recruits
- Kentucky4 recruits
- Memphis4 recruits
- Tennessee4 recruits
Tennessee recruit board
Ordered by rating, then stars, then school and player name for a stable board.
| Rank | Recruit | Position | Team | Stars | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barrett Jones Evangelical Christian | OG | Alabama | 4★ | 0.931 |
| 2 | Aaron Douglas Maryville | TE | Tennessee | 4★ | 0.911 |
| 3 | Chris Jordan Brentwood Academy | ILB | Alabama | 4★ | 0.906 |
| 4 | Dont'a Hightower Marshall County | OLB | Alabama | 4★ | 0.898 |
| 5 | Curt Phillips Sullivan South | PRO | Wisconsin | 4★ | 0.897 |
| 6 | Rod Wilks Smyrna | S | Tennessee | 4★ | 0.894 |
| 7 | Preston Bailey Montgomery Bell Academy | OT | Tennessee | 3★ | 0.879 |
| 8 | Mikel LeShoure Unknown | RB | Illinois | 3★ | 0.878 |
| 9 | Brian Baucham Unknown | CB | USC | 3★ | 0.874 |
| 10 | Gavin Hardin Jackson Central Merry | ILB | Miami | 3★ | 0.873 |
| 11 | Michael McAdoo Antioch | WDE | 3★ | 0.871 | |
| 12 | DeAndre Jones Memphis University School | OLB | 3★ | 0.871 | |
| 13 | Supo Sanni Unknown | CB | 3★ | 0.861 | |
| 14 | Tavon Wilson Unknown | CB | 3★ | 0.860 | |
| 15 | David Spurlock Riverdale | OG | 3★ | 0.859 | |
| 16 | Fred Sykes Unknown | WR | Illinois | 3★ | 0.857 |
| 17 | Alex Hurst Arlington | OT | 3★ | 0.856 | |
| 18 | Jamal Mosley Kingsbury | TE | Oklahoma State | 3★ | 0.849 |
| 19 | Randall Cobb Alcoa | ATH | Kentucky | 3★ | 0.847 |
| 20 | Deaunte Mason Pearl-Cohn | ATH | Kentucky | 3★ | 0.846 |
| 21 | Antonio Harper Melrose | OLB | Miami | 3★ | 0.844 |
| 22 | Marcus Rucker Whitehaven | WR | Memphis | 3★ | 0.843 |
| 23 | Montori Hughes Siegel | DT | Tennessee | 3★ | 0.837 |
| 24 | Dontari Poe Wooddale | DT | Memphis | 3★ | 0.836 |
| 25 | Tenarius Wright Whitehaven | WDE | Arkansas | 3★ | 0.833 |
| 26 | Brent Burnette Maryville | PRO | Middle Tennessee | 3★ | 0.831 |
| 27 | Cannon Smith Hargrave Military Academy | PRO | Miami | 3★ | 0.829 |
| 28 | Michael Bryant LaVergne | OT | Vanderbilt | 3★ | 0.824 |
| 29 | Kendall Dangerfield Giles County | DT | Middle Tennessee | 3★ | 0.823 |
| 30 | Russell Ellington Unknown | TE | Illinois | 3★ | 0.812 |
| 31 | E.J. Epperson Humboldt | TE | Ole Miss | 3★ | 0.811 |
| 32 | Travis Lilienthal Riverdale | OG | Middle Tennessee | 3★ | 0.808 |
| 33 | William Johnson Pearl-Cohn | ATH | Kentucky | 3★ | 0.802 |
| 34 | Alex Stuart Oak Ridge | OG | Middle Tennessee | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 35 | Darius Barnes Westwood | WDE | Southern Miss | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 36 | Collins Ukwu LaVergne | SDE | Kentucky | 2★ | 0.789 |
| 37 | Dustin Tait Knoxville Catholic | ILB | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.781 |
| 38 | Sam Shutt Hardin County | ATH | TCU | 2★ | 0.776 |
| 39 | Scott Pettigrew Independence | RB | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.764 |
| 40 | Andre Sterling Farragut | RB | Ole Miss | 2★ | 0.757 |
| 41 | Conor Irwin Knoxville Central | OT | Duke | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 42 | Marcus Hightower Whitehaven | WR | Memphis | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 43 | Brandon McLeroy Rhea County | OG | Middle Tennessee | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 44 | Demetrous Garrett Hillsboro | WR | Navy | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 45 | David Sumrall Riverdale | OG | Navy | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 46 | Matt Arent Hillsboro | PRO | Army | 2★ | 0.744 |
| 47 | Issac Baugh Independence | S | Buffalo | 2★ | 0.733 |
| 48 | Jabaree Tuani-Mckissack Brentwood Academy | OLB | Navy | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 49 | Kase Whitehead William Blount | K | Marshall | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 50 | Caleb Harper Siegel | CB | Northwestern | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 51 | Charles Love III Trezevant | TE | Indiana | 2★ | 0.722 |
| 52 | Donald Law Hamilton | TE | Memphis | 2★ | 0.700 |