Tennessee Vols hold off late charge from Texas Longhorns to land potential impact four-star 2026 recruit from the Peach State on Tuesday
Josh Heupel has been building up his 2026 recruiting class quickly over the last few weeks, and the good times kept on rolling on Tuesday night in a big way for the Tennessee Vols. Marietta, GA (Kell) LB Brayden Rouse committed to Tennessee over the Texas Longhorns. Rouse has a long frame to work into […]
Josh Heupel has been building up his 2026 recruiting class quickly over the last few weeks, and the good times kept on rolling on Tuesday night in a big way for the Tennessee Vols.
Marietta, GA (Kell) LB Brayden Rouse committed to Tennessee over the Texas Longhorns.
Rouse has a long frame to work into at 6'3", 205 pounds. He checks in as the #100 overall recruit in the On3/Rivals industry rankings, the #7 linebacker, and the #10 player in the state of Georgia for the 2026 cycle. He held offers from several notable schools, including Alabama, Michigan, Georgia, Oklahoma, Florida, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Auburn, Florida State, South Carolina, Arizona State, and several others.
Rouse becomes the second notable linebacker recruit inside the last week for Josh Heupel for the 2026 class, for which LB coach William Inge deserves a lot of credit. Heupel secured the commitment last week from Jackson, MS linebacker TJ White, the #80 overall player, #5 linebacker, and #5 player in the state of Mississippi. As such, Tennessee has a couple of young and promising linebackers to develop in the years to come.
The commitment of Rouse gave Tennessee's 2026 class a nice boost up from #15 to #13 in the On3/Rivals ream recruiting rankings, leaping past Penn State and Florida.
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