Taylor Brown is down to the final stretch in her recruiting process, and Tennessee is still in the mix.
The five-star point guard announced on her Instagram story that she will make her college commitment on Saturday, October 3, at 2 p.m. ET. Brown had already listed Tennessee among her finalists, along with South Carolina and North Carolina.
Brown’s offer sheet shows just how wide her recruitment has reached. Schools that previously extended offers include Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, Baylor, Florida, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Louisville, Maryland, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina, Penn State, Rutgers, Syracuse, UCF, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, West Virginia and more.
The 247 Composite has Brown ranked as a five-star prospect, the No. 20 player in the class, the No. 2 point guard and the top recruit from New York. She is from Glen Head, New York, and attends Long Island Lutheran.
Brown also drew attention this summer after RareFootage posted on X about her EYBL Session III performance in Las Vegas, where the outlet highlighted the way she stood out on both ends of the floor.
Tennessee first offered Brown in April, when Caldwell and new assistant coach Bill Ferrara got involved. Ferrara later explained how Tennessee has approached recruiting under the current staff.
“You know how valuable it is that I sat in there and watched Kim just tell everybody the truth about every single thing, every single question,” Ferrara said. “So yeah, that’s what we did on all the visits.
We just told them how it’s going to be said. It’s going to be hard.
We said we’re going to be waking you up at six in the morning on Fridays, and we’re going to be running you on the track. We said that we’re going to be pressing everybody.
“And that’s the best way to attract what you want. You want hard-working kids with a chip on their shoulder?
You have to tell them what it’s going to be like, you can’t roll out Lamborghinis and lie to them. So, it’s been fun for me to watch Kim do that.”
Tennessee does not yet have a commitment in the 2027 class, but it continues to work on several of its top targets. With football season underway, the program also has a chance to keep bringing recruits in on official visits.
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