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Tennessee football makes cut for five-star 2022 Memphis area DT Walter Nolen

St. Benedict at Auburndale junior Walter Nolen, 16, on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at the school in Cordova. 091520 Walternolen 05 Msg

Quarterbacks and skill players would naturally be the focus of Tennessee football recruiting now that Josh Heupel has taken over the program. Winning the line of scrimmage on defense would seem like something that takes a back seat.

However, as Heupel begins to focus on 2022, one of his top potential prospects deals with just that. The Vols made the cut for in-state defensive lineman Walter Nolen on Friday. A five-star across all services out of St.