Dwayne Brown committed to Tennessee basketball on Saturday as the first prospect in the Vols' 2025 class.
Brown held offers from Alabama, Ole Miss, LSU, Providence and others, but chose the Vols over Mississippi State. The 6-foot-9, 250-pound forward is a four-star prospect on the 247Sports Composite. The Hoover (Alabama) standout is ranked No. 143 in the nation.
Brown made an official visit to Knoxville in mid-February.
Dwayne Brown becomes the first Tennessee basketball player to participate in 2025.
Brown is coming off a big junior season in which he was named Mr. Basketball in Class 7A, Alabama's highest ranking. He helped lead Hoover to a 30-3 record and the 7A AHSAA state championship during his junior season.
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According to the 247Sports Composite, Tennessee signed four consecutive top-25 classes from 2019-2022, including three top-10 classes from 2020-2022. The Vols signed 13 top-100 players over those four years, including five five-star prospects.
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Josiah Jordan-James became the first five-star player signed by coach Rick Barnes at UT. He accomplished that in 2019, starting a five-star run with Julian Phillips that lasted into the 2022 class. UT signed two players in 2020, guards Keon Johnson and Jaden Springer. They signed two more players in 2021, guard Kennedy Chandler and forward Brandon Huntley-Hatfield.
Tennessee's 2023 class was ranked No. 21 in the nation.
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