Tennessee quarterback and early-enrollee Harrison Bailey has just received his fifth star on Rivals, where he ranks as the No. 2 pro-style quarterback in the 2020 class.
Bailey is still rated a four-star prospect on the industry-generated 247 Sports Composite, and as the No. 4 pro-style prospect.
Although he has held an offer from Tennessee since before his high school career even officially started, Bailey’s stock has risen in recent months. The 6-foot-5, 211-pound signal-caller completed 70 percent of his passes, totaled 4,674 passing yards and 50 touchdowns with 10 interceptions on his way to leading Marietta High School to the 7A Georgia state championship.
Bailey was also named to the All-America Bowl in early January, but did not play due to an injury.
Coming onto Tennessee’s campus as one of four early enrollees, Bailey will get a jumpstart on Jim Chaney’s offense in the upcoming spring.
While many Tennessee fans assume Bailey is the future of the quarterback position for the Vols, he will have to compete against four other scholarship quarterbacks in spring practices after Jarrett Guarantano’s announcement of his return for his senior season. This is not including speedy dual-threat quarterback Jimmy Holiday, who also comes to Tennessee as an early enrollee, but is not a guaranteed to stay in that position with the depth the Vols currently have.