St. Benedict at Auburndale junior Walter Nolen, 16, on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at the school in Cordova. 091520 Walternolen 07 Msg
Back in April, Tennessee football didn’t even make the top eight for five-star defensive lineman Walter Nolen out of St. Benedict High School in Cordova, Tenn., just outside of Memphis. Given the 3-7 record, the firing of Jeremy Pruitt and the NCAA investigation, that made sense.
However, in less than four months, Josh Heupel has been working his magic and now has the Vols as the favorite to pull off a miracle. UT made its way into the top five for Nolen, who is listed as a five-star across all services, two weeks ago, on the heels of multiple official visits with Heupel.