Late on Saturday night, Tennessee lost a key member of its 2023 group. Sylvester Smith, a four-star safety out of Alabama, decommitted from the Volunteers. Smith made the announcement with an Instagram post.
The early signing period opens in just four days. Smith is coming off of a visit to Auburn today, where he got to know Hugh Freeze and the new staff. That was apparently enough for Smith to back off of his long time Tennessee pledge.
Smith committed to Tennessee back in April, but other teams remained in contact with him.