As Tennessee football looks to sift through a congested quarterback battle before the 2020 season, the process continues to bring future signal-callers to Knoxville.
The Vols extended an offer to highly-touted 2022 pro-style quarterback Quinn Ewers earlier in the week, and followed it up with an offer towards 2021 dual-threat prospect Lonnie White Jr.
Extremely blessed to receive an offer from the University of Tennessee!! @CoachOsovet @Vol_Football pic.twitter.com/gwiaNzJOVC
— Lonnie White Jr (@lonwhite10) April 2, 2020
White’s offer came after his conversation with tight ends coach Joe Osovet, who has been quite busy in recruiting the northeastern region of the country. Just this week, Tennessee has offered Pennsylvania tight end Mathias Barnwell and New York defensive end Jimmy Scott with Osovet leading the charge.
White is a 6-foot-2, 190-pound quarterback from Malvern, Pa. that is rated a 3-star and the No. 32 dual-threat signal-caller in his class on the 247Sports Composite.
White is also a highly rated baseball player and is currently committed to play at Clemson.
He has a lengthy offer list on the football side, with Boston College, Vanderbilt, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and several others.
Tennessee has shown it is willing to let players pursue multiple sports while on a football scholarship. In the 2020 recruiting class, wide receivers Dee Beckwith and Malachi Wideman signed to play football and basketball. Local dual-threat quarterback Kaden Martin – the son of Tennessee wide receivers coach Tee Martin – also received offers from UT to play both football and baseball.
Tennessee baseball has not offered White, and it is unclear whether he wants to pursue a collegiate career playing both sports. Tennessee does not yet have a quarterback committed to its 2021 recruiting class.