WATCH: Five-star OT discusses commitment to Vols, visit plans
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Date: 2018-08-11

LOGANVILLE, Ga. — Wanya Morris has been committed to Tennessee for more than three months, and he remains the star of the Vols' 2018 recruiting class.

But at least a couple of other teams haven't given up on him.

The five-star senior offensive tackle from Loganville's Grayson High School told 247Sports’ Keith Niebuhr this week that he’s “still pretty solid” in his commitment to Tennessee, but he's planning to take an official visit to at least one other school this season.
The 6-foot-6, 308-pound Morris said the team that is the Vols’ closest competition is “probably still Auburn,” the other finalist he considered before choosing Tennessee on May 1 during a televised ceremony in Atlanta.

At this point, though, he said he's not wavering on his commitment to Tennessee.

“I’m still pretty solid, because Tennessee is my school,” said Morris, who’s ranked the No. 7 overall prospect and No. 1 offensive tackle in the industry-generated 247Sports Composite for the 2019 class. “I made that final choice.”

Morris, who returned to Knoxville the weekend of July 28 to attend Tennessee’s “Rocky Top Cookout,” said he still likes “the family feel, the atmosphere, the fans” in Knoxville.


“It just feels like family when I’m up there,” he said.

An Under Armour All-American, Morris was rated a five-star prospect by 247Sports last month coming off a strong showing at Nike's The Opening Finals in Frisco, Texas. He's now ranked by 247Sports as the No. 14 overall player and No. 2 offensive tackle in the 2019 class.

During an interview last month on Knoxville's Sports Radio WNML, 247Sports director of scouting Barton Simmons said Morris had a "top-five type of week" among the offensive linemen who participated in Nike's annual all-star event.

“I think one of the things that is unique about Wanya: He’s got maybe the most impressive sort of offensive-tackle frame — one of the most impressive in the country — just because he’s got really good length,” Simmons told the radio station. "He’s got a powerful, thick but athletic lower half. And he’s really athletic, and he showed that (at The Opening Finals).

“His best reps in those pass-set one-on-ones are some of the best reps you’ll see, just in terms of just sort of a guy that looks fluid and athletic and his movement. He’s a guy that can handle any sort of skill set that’s coming at him on the defensive line.

“I think that’s a big-time get for Tennessee as someone that, if he develops the right way under that coaching staff and in that strength and conditioning program, that’s the type of kid you see potentially as a first-round draft pick.”


With Morris now preparing for the start of his senior season, find out the latest on the status of his commitment to Tennessee and his plans for exploring other options this fall in the video interview above.

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