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Remember this beauty? Well, as you know, aliens don’t give up that easy…

(Big top of the old hat to Memphis Tider)

Vols get huge talent in small package for third commitment

Manassas (Va.) Stonewall Jackson HS athlete Damien Thigpen committed to play for the Vols on Sunday, giving UT its third commitment and second in two days.

Thigpen is a 5-foot-8, 170-pound jitterbug who runs a 4.34 40-yard dash and is a four-star athlete. He is No. 250 on the Rivals.com’s Top 250 players. He joins New Jersey WR Je’Ron Stokes (a four-star, top-50 player) and Dominique Allen (who will rate to be a three-star FB most likely but could play linebacker or bulk up to be a DL at Tennessee, already being 5-11, 240) from Paris, Tenn.

This new Vols coaching staff is laying the foundation for a solid recruiting class during their first full season on the job. Of course, the rumbles in the Big Orange Nation are to get some offensive and defensive linemen on board, but those guys are coming. You never turn down a talent like Thigpen.

Thigpen had offers from Notre Dame, Auburn, Stanford, Boston College, UCONN, Stanford and West Virginia with plenty of interest from other schools. Either Latrell Scott (new WR coach) or DBs coach Larry Slade put in some work on this guy. This is completely out-of-the-blue.

Photo courtesy of Anna Pimsler’s Photo Blog