Justin Hunter committed to UT according to multiple media reports because of the departure of receivers coach D.J. McCarthy from LSU, according to Hunter’s high school coach, Chris Scott of Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Va.
Scott told Virginiapreps.com that Hunter, who had been committed to LSU since May, was interested in attending a college closer to home.
McCarthy resigned amid reports of potential NCAA recruiting violations last month.
The 6-foot-4, 180-pound receiver is considered one of the top receiver prospects in the nation. He was considering UT under former coach Lane Kiffin and visited Knoxville’s campus last year.
Kiffin’s staff, however, wasn’t able to lure Hunter away from LSU despite some persistent recruiting. Hunter is the first public commitment under newly hired UT coach Derek Dooley.
“Justin left impressed with the facilities, but more importantly he hit it off with a couple of the players,” Scott said of Hunter’s visit to UT. “He said that was the most impressive thing to him, the family-like bond that the Tennessee players have and wanted him to be a part of.”
The about-face seems quick to most, but Scott said Hunter had long been considering UT since his official visit to Knoxville.
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