Tennessee Vols: Five Most Underrated Players In 2017 Recruiting Class

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Sep 24, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; General view of Fort Loudon Lake before the game between the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /

Shanon Reid

Fort Myers, FL (Dunbar)

Position: Linebacker

247Sports Rating: Three-star

247Sports Position Rating: 40

247Sports Overall Rating:

602

Shanon Reid is an early enrollee at Tennessee, which means he will go through spring practice with the team.

But that’s not why we believe he’s an underrated player for the Vols.

Reid is extremely athletic. In addition to playing linebacker in high school, the Florida native also played fullback, wide receiver and tight end.

Linebacker, however, is where Reid truly excelled.

Reid had over 100 tackles during his final two seasons at Dunbar. This is a guy that could eventually find himself in the Jalen Reeves-Maybin role at Tennessee.

I would expect to see Reid get significant playing time as a freshman on special teams (much like JRM did), and perhaps some late game action at linebacker.

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