Tennessee’s work on the 2027 recruiting trail picked up another important piece with the addition of Preston Glasco, a defensive back from Grayson High School.
The Vols have spent plenty of energy building out that class, which now sits at 19 commitments and already includes one of the country’s top offensive prospects in David Gabriel-Georges, a running back in the 2027 group. Glasco gives Tennessee another win in a class that continues to take shape as signing day gets closer, with the 2027 cycle set to sign in December.
Glasco enters as a developmental cornerback with obvious upside. He measured around 6-foot-2 ½ and 190 pounds in the spring after his junior season, and the tools jump off the page.
He plays with a higher center of gravity, but he has quick, efficient feet for a longer defender. He works to keep cushion in off-man coverage, will try to jam receivers and disrupt timing, and shows promising physicality when helping in run support on the perimeter.
There’s also real value at the catch point, where his length gives him an advantage. Even so, he still needs to improve at finding the football and keep developing his deep speed. The report on him makes clear that he still has more growth ahead, though he took a major step forward early in his senior season.
Tennessee isn’t done chasing the rest of its 2027 board, either. One of the biggest names still in play is in-state defensive lineman Joshua Lane, who is expected to eventually choose between the Vols and Alabama.
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