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Tennessee football makes another cut for top 2022 DL Walter Nolen

Powell's Walter Nolen (99) during the KOC Kick-Off Classic football jamboree held at the University of Tennessee's Neyland Stadium on Friday, August 13, 2021. Kns Knox Football Jamboree Bp

There have been nothing but good signs for Tennessee football when it comes to Walter Nolen ever since Josh Heupel began recruiting him. The Vols made the elite 2022 in-state defensive lineman’s top 10 in February and his top five in July.

Then, two weeks after naming his top five, the Memphis-area prospect moved to Powell High School in Knox County, 10 miles northwest of the UT campus, where he will finish out his senior year.