{"id":317546,"date":"2023-07-20T16:48:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T16:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=317546"},"modified":"2023-07-20T16:58:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T16:58:27","slug":"watch-5-star-wr-mike-matthews-announces-commitment-to-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=317546","title":{"rendered":"Watch: 5-star WR Mike Matthews announces commitment to Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee got a massive recruiting win on Wednesday when Parkview (Ga.) five-star wide receiver Mike Matthews announced his commitment to the Volunteers. Watch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was a special moment when Mike Matthews anounced his decision<img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f34a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf4a\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f34a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf4a\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I talk w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustinPriceless?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AustinPriceless<\/a> about the Vols 2024 class and MORE potential 5-star commitments <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f633.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude33\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DniE8Dy2Nd\">https:\/\/t.co\/DniE8Dy2Nd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0pYifkDo8i\">pic.twitter.com\/0pYifkDo8i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Newberg (@josh_newberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josh_newberg\/status\/1682047191895117826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Going by the 247Sports composite rankings, Matthews (6-foot-1, 180 pounds) is\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Season\/2024-Football\/CompositeRecruitRankings\/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool&amp;Position=WR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the fourth-best receiver<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in his class, third-best overall in Georgia and No. 13 nationally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Matthews plays more than wide receiver, though. He&#8217;s a genuine two-way contributor, totaling 48 catches, 1,031 yards, 10 touchdowns, 23 tackles and two interceptions last season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/recruitment\/mike-matthews-148809\/recruitinterests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Thirty-two other programs<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0made Matthews offers, including contenders at Clemson, Georgia and USC. Tennessee&#8217;s class of 2024\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Season\/2024-Football\/CompositeTeamRankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">now ranks No. 15<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in the nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>More football stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/red-hot-alabama-nabs-another-4-star-recruit-rises-to-no-5-nationally\">Alabama nabs another 4-star recruit, rises into top 5 nationally<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/dolphins-qb-tua-tagovailoa-donates-equipment-to-miami-high-school\">Tua Tagovailoa donates equipment to Miami high school team<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>32 other programs made Matthews offers<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=317546"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317548,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317546\/revisions\/317548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=317546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=317546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=317546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}