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Tennessee is working hard on securing a top-10 recruiting class for the 2025 cycle. On Sunday, Josh Heupel’s staff pulled off a key flip that will help solidify the group.
The player is Da’Saahn Brame, a 4-star tight end out of Derby High School in Kansas. Listed at 6-foot-6 and 235 pounds, Brame was originally committed to Dan Lanning’s Oregon program in June. Now, he’s on the way to Knoxville with his commitment to the Vols.
BREAKING: Four-Star TE DaSaahn Brame has Flipped his Commitment from Oregon to Tennessee, he tells me for @on3recruits
The 6’6 230 TE from Derby, KS had been Committed to the Ducks since June
“Rocky Top was home all along, Go Vols ”https://t.co/tLw3v7JAph pic.twitter.com/36V8vGfJQj
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) July 28, 2024
During the 2023 season, Brame recorded 46 catches for 942 yards and 13 touchdowns as a junior. Brame comes from an athletic lineage with his father, Da’Von Brame, playing for Kansas State as a linebacker in the late 90s-early 00s. His mother, Nicky Ramage-Brame, played women’s basketball for Kansas State during the same time period.
According to the 247 Sports Composite, Brame is the No. 5 TE in the country and the 112th overall prospect for the class of 2025. The system also rates Brame as the No. 4 player out of the state of Kansas.
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Impact for Tennessee
With Brame’s commitment, Tennessee is now up to 20 hard commitments for the cycle. That group contains 12 commitments with a 4-star composite rating as one of the top groups in the country.
The 247 Sports Team Composite currently has the Vols with the No. 5 recruiting class in the country, a group that ranks 4th in the SEC behind Alabama, Georgia and LSU. The Vols currently have the best recruiting class in the country for any team without a 5-star player currently committed.
Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.
