Recruiting analyst says current Tennessee Vols commit reminds him of a 2025 first round draft pick
2026 four-star wide receiver Tyreek King, who has been committed to the Tennessee Vols since last October, may be a budding superstar. King, 5-foot-11/170 lbs from Knoxville, TN, is rated in 247Sports' composite rankings as the No. 11 wide receiver in the nation and the No. 8 player in the state of Tennessee. He's also […]
2026 four-star wide receiver Tyreek King, who has been committed to the Tennessee Vols since last October, may be a budding superstar.
King, 5-foot-11/170 lbs from Knoxville, TN, is rated in 247Sports' composite rankings as the No. 11 wide receiver in the nation and the No. 8 player in the state of Tennessee. He's also rated as the No. 88 overall player in the 2026 recruiting class.
Rivals.com national recruiting director Adam Gorney thinks King could be a five-star wide receiver by the time he officially signs with the Volunteers later this year. And that's in part because King reminds Gorney of former Texas Longhorns wide receiver Matthew Golden, a first round selection by the Green Bay Packers in the 2025 NFL Draft.
"The Tennessee commit has such great hands, is an excellent route runner and has so much dynamic speed that he’s going to be in five-star consideration until the end," wrote Gorney of King this week. "There are already four five-star receivers and we don’t want to over-subscribe the position but there could be a lot of movement to still come. A lot of the high NFL Draft picks at the receiver – Matthew Golden especially – remind us a lot of King and that could be a great comp moving forward, especially as he stays in the five-star discussion."
Golden, who started his career at Houston, was a key player for a Texas team that reached the College Football Playoff semifinals last season. The 6-foot wide receiver caught 58 passes for 987 yards and nine touchdowns for the Longhorns in 2024.
Tennessee would certainly love to receive that level of production (or more) from King in the next couple of years.
Keeping King in Knoxville is one of the more underrated recruiting wins of Josh Heupel's Tennessee tenure. Vols fans have seen far too many talented wide receivers from the Knoxville area play elsewhere in recent years (such as Tee Higgins and Amari Rodgers, who both played at Clemson). It's gotta be refreshing for UT fans to know that King will be a Vol.
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