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Tennessee football makes cut for five-star 2022 in-state DL Walter Nolen

Walter Nolen listens to instruction from a coach Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, during a practice at St. Benedict at Auburndale High School in Cordova. 091520 Walternolen 04 Msg

When you’re a new head coach and you’ve got a questionable future at a certain position, it’s crucial that you secure any elite player at that position on the recruiting trail. Josh Heupel has Tennessee football one step closer to doing just that.

The Vols made the top five for Memphis-area defensive lineman Walter Nolen. Listed as a five-star defensive tackle ranked in the top five nationally among all players and No.