When Tennessee standout Thomas Harper committed to Oklahoma State in June, he was — and to some services, he still is — considered a mid-to-low-two-star recruit.
Three months later, it seems he may turn out to be the steal of the 2019 recruiting class.
Harper, a 5-foot-11 athlete who plays both sides of the ball for Karns High School in Knoxville (where his older brother Devin played a current OSU linebacker, once starred), is already outplaying his previous ranking. In the months since his commitment he’s been bumped up by 247Sports to be a low three-star recruit, but that’s got more to do with his production than his OSU pledge.