- Vanderbilt picked up a commitment from Wisconsin defensive end Evan Herrmann yesterday. The 6-foot-6 and 210-pound defensive end decommitted from Wyoming and committed to Vanderbilt after an official visit. He talks about it in the interview that we did.
I could tell in my phone interview, Herrmann was bothered by decommitting from Wyoming. Wyoming had recruited him for a long time, and their head coach flew out to watch him play basketball a couple of weeks ago. It was a tough decision for him, but he made the best choice for himself. Herrmann doesn't want much press about his Vanderbilt commitment in respect to Wyoming. I know some will likely mock that decision, but I get it. These schools put in a ton of work on these prospects, and it hurts to lose them late in the process. My interview with Herrmann is below.
Herrmann talks Vanderbilt commitment and more
- We know of two early enrollees in this class. Ethan Crisp and Sedrick Alexander both let us know that they will early enroll at Vanderbilt. Kenric Lanier would have been an early enrollee, but it won't be at Vanderbilt.
- Vanderbilt defensive tackle commit De'Marion Thomas will sign with Vanderbilt tomorrow. He said that Stanford, SMU, and Houston all made late pushes to get him to visit, but he told them that he was firm in his Vanderbilt commitment.
- As for tomorrow, Vanderbilt fans should be looking for the announcements of Vanderbilt commitments of Ka'Morreun Pimpton and Junior Sherrill. As it has been talked about, Texas and LSU are pursuing Pimpton where he visited the past two weekends. UAB and Trent Dilfer are pursuing Junior Sherrill. We reached out to Sherrill on whether he visited UAB and got no response. That isn't cause for concern as Sherrill hasn't been a big talker on social media throughout his recruitment.
- With the loss of Lanier, Vanderbilt fans should be on the lookout for the announcement of Jaelen Smith. The Texas wide receiver had Vanderbilt in the top three among Michigan State and Minnesota. We've been told that Minnesota isn't an option for him now. Smith was supposed to visit Vanderbilt this past weekend, but we can't confirm that he made the trip.
- That's the update for this morning. That's not a lot and much of it repeated, but it gives an idea of where Vanderbilt is right now. As always, Vanderbilt could add some surprises tomorrow. If we get any updates today, we will put in this thread.
I could tell in my phone interview, Herrmann was bothered by decommitting from Wyoming. Wyoming had recruited him for a long time, and their head coach flew out to watch him play basketball a couple of weeks ago. It was a tough decision for him, but he made the best choice for himself. Herrmann doesn't want much press about his Vanderbilt commitment in respect to Wyoming. I know some will likely mock that decision, but I get it. These schools put in a ton of work on these prospects, and it hurts to lose them late in the process. My interview with Herrmann is below.
Herrmann talks Vanderbilt commitment and more
- We know of two early enrollees in this class. Ethan Crisp and Sedrick Alexander both let us know that they will early enroll at Vanderbilt. Kenric Lanier would have been an early enrollee, but it won't be at Vanderbilt.
- Vanderbilt defensive tackle commit De'Marion Thomas will sign with Vanderbilt tomorrow. He said that Stanford, SMU, and Houston all made late pushes to get him to visit, but he told them that he was firm in his Vanderbilt commitment.
- As for tomorrow, Vanderbilt fans should be looking for the announcements of Vanderbilt commitments of Ka'Morreun Pimpton and Junior Sherrill. As it has been talked about, Texas and LSU are pursuing Pimpton where he visited the past two weekends. UAB and Trent Dilfer are pursuing Junior Sherrill. We reached out to Sherrill on whether he visited UAB and got no response. That isn't cause for concern as Sherrill hasn't been a big talker on social media throughout his recruitment.
- With the loss of Lanier, Vanderbilt fans should be on the lookout for the announcement of Jaelen Smith. The Texas wide receiver had Vanderbilt in the top three among Michigan State and Minnesota. We've been told that Minnesota isn't an option for him now. Smith was supposed to visit Vanderbilt this past weekend, but we can't confirm that he made the trip.
- That's the update for this morning. That's not a lot and much of it repeated, but it gives an idea of where Vanderbilt is right now. As always, Vanderbilt could add some surprises tomorrow. If we get any updates today, we will put in this thread.
