{"id":306608,"date":"2026-06-13T20:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/306608\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T20:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:31:11","slug":"florida-state-commits-outfit-during-official-visit-to-tennessee-is-causing-some-major-panic-in-tallahassee-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/306608\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State commit&#8217;s outfit during official visit to Tennessee is causing some major panic in Tallahassee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tennessee Volunteers are hoping to flip a 2027 recruit who is from the Chattanooga area from the Florida State Seminoles, and it looks like UT is pushing all of the right buttons.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1888\" height=\"1326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-13-at-8.05.16-AM.png\" class=\"attachment-1280 size-1280 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tennessee Vols\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  data-hero=\"atoz-hero\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSaul Young\/News Sentinel \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tennessee Vols are hoping to flip a three-star commit from the Florida State Seminoles. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it looks like the Vols are trending to do just that. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2027 three-star athlete Dayon Cooper \u2014 who can play wide receiver or cornerback \u2014 has been committed to Florida State since April (FSU is recruiting Cooper as a cornerback), but the Volunteers are hoping to change that. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cooper, 6-foot\/180 pounds from South Pittsburg, TN, is rated as the No. 22 player in the state of Tennessee. He\u2019s in Knoxville this weekend for his official visit with the Vols. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And his choice of attire has folks in Tallahassee feeling like a flip is imminent. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-13-at-8.17.44-AM-1024x1015.png\" alt=\"Tennessee Vols \" class=\"wp-image-464672\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simply wearing Vols gear on an official visit doesn\u2019t mean Cooper is guaranteed to flip to Tennessee. But given his status as an in-state recruit, it seems fair to assume the Vols are a legitimate threat to land him if they decide to push hard for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On3\u2019s Chad Simmons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/news\/tennessee-intel-flip-buzz-building-a-june-15-decision-in-play-and-fresh-momentum-with-elite-2027-targets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported this week<\/a> that Tennessee has been \u201caggressively\u201d recruiting Cooper despite his commitment to Florida State, so it certainly sounds like they\u2019re pushing hard. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tennessee is recruiting Cooper to play wide receiver, which is reportedly his preferred position. I wouldn\u2019t be shocked at all if Cooper is a Vol commit by the end of the month, if not sooner. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-12-at-10.46.48-AM-200x200.png\" alt=\"Tennessee Vols football\" loading=\"lazy\"   width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\"\/>\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"query-card-horizontal__category is-style-eyebrow\">Tennessee Volunteers News<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/nashville\/volunteers\/lane-kiffin-lsu-tennessee-vols-football-peyton-marshall-manning-recruiting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks to Lane Kiffin, the Tennessee Vols just got the cue they\u2019ve been waiting on in the Marshall Manning recruiting sweepstakes\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"is-style-body-small\">2030 quarterback Marshall Manning, the son of Tennessee Vols legend and Hall of Famer Peyton Manning, is expected to be one of the most coveted recruits in the nation over the next couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t19 hours ago\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tennessee Volunteers are hoping to flip a 2027 recruit who is from the Chattanooga area from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233,31476],"class_list":["post-306608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-tennessee-vols"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}