Vanderbilt's recruiting momentum continues as Commodores land commitment from Georgia tight end Cole Spence
Clark Lea’s Commodore program continues to gain momentum on the recruiting trail as Vanderbilt just landed its fourth commitment over the last two weeks.
The latest pledge for the program comes from tight end Cole Spence of Alpharetta, Ga. Spence announced his commitment on Thursday.
The 6-foot-6, 220-pound Georgia tight end rates as a three-star prospect and the No. 59 tight end in the country for the 2022 recruiting cycle according to 247Sports Composite Rankings. Spence commits to Vanderbilt over scholarship offers from Indiana, Liberty, Appalachian State, Arkansas State, UCF, USF and several Ivy League schools.
“I am very excited to announce that I have committed to play football for Vanderbilt University! Thank you to my family, friends, teammates and coaches for helping me through this process and pushing me to be the best I can be,” Spence posted.
“I am truly blessed to be surrounded by such great people, and to be given such amazing gifts by God. I believe that this is where God plans to use me for the next stage of my life. I am so excited and looking forward to every minute of it!”
Following this news, Vanderbilt now has four commitments in the program’s 2022 recruiting class.
To get an idea of what Vanderbilt is getting in Spence, check out his junior season highlight reel:
Any time you win a recruiting battle with Arkansas State you know you are on the upswing!
Wrong, its recruiting against the Ivy League for football talent that shows an upswing.
Vanderbilt recruiting momentum — not a phrase you hear every day. Cheers to y’all, ‘Dores!
You build a house one brick at a time. Recruiting at Vandy is going to take some time if Lea is attempting to change the culture of the program. Franklin was able to to it quickly with some players who were questionable. I don’t think that’s Lea’s operandi. Is the Vanderbilt bought into what he’s pitched? Given how long Mason survived I’d say yes.
Hmm, that “brick” thing sounds like someone else.
Calling repeated commitments from 3-star talent to play in the SEC as an upswing is on par with a Major League team signing free agents that hit .240 with minimal power and calling that an upswing.
This school has a chance to finally do something right after making mistake after mistake. Stephanie White was a joke of a hire when it came down to Princeton’s Courtney Banghart, coming off multiple conference titles with an undefeated regular season, and a WNBA coach that wouldn’t even come to Vanderbilt until after the WNBA season concluded, three weeks into Fall practice.
If Vanderbilt finally wants to make a home run hire for the first time since Tim Corbin, then they need to throw all the money needed to hire Florida Gulf Coast head coach Karl Smesko, who will bring the program back to where it was under Jim Foster.
Do what??