Nation’s No. 1 athlete includes Tennessee in top-11 schools

Tennessee is one of 11 schools for 5-star athlete Terry Bussey. Bussey is the No. 1 athlete in the class of 2024.

Five-star athlete Terry Bussey announced his top-11 schools on Wednesday.

Tennessee, Auburn, Texas, Florida, TCU, Oregon, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Nebraska, Alabama and LSU are Bussey’s top-11 schools.

The 5-foot-10.5, 180-pound athlete is from Timpson High School in Timpson, Texas.

Bussey is the No. 17 overall prospect in the class of 2024. He ranks as the No. 1 athlete and No. 4 player in Texas, according to 247Sports.

He was named the TSWA Class 2A Offensive Player of the Year and Mr. Texas Football by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football last season. The 2024 prospect is the first junior to be named Mr. Texas Football since Kyler Murray in 2013.

Bussey finished his junior season with 2,177 passing yards, 26 passing touchdowns, 2,596 rushing yards, 46 rushing touchdowns and averaged 14.1 yards per attempt.

He also played defensive back for Timpson and finished the season with 115 tackles, five interceptions and four defensive touchdowns.

Bussey also earned first-team MaxPreps High School Junior All-American honors last season. He earned three consecutive district MVP awards, including two overall MVP awards in 2021 and 2022.

Bussey spoke with Vols Wire about his recruitment and interest in the Vols in March.

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