On Friday afternoon, Halls junior safety Jarrell Chandler made the 20 minute trip over from the Halls Crossroads to Tennessee’s campus. He got to meet new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles and he left impressed.
“It was good to meet Coach Knowles today. He is a very smart guy with a good resume,” Chandler said of his impression of Knowles. “He obviously knows what he is doing. He has developed multiple guys and has won at every level in different conferences. He has brought in a pretty good set of guys to help build this defense back up. That is definitely something will help me make my decision to where I go, is the people coaching me up and around me, and Tennessee definitely has those people here.”
He watched film for over an hour with Knowles. He saw what Knowles wants out of his safety play and how his game would translate…