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Top available college football transfer portal offensive tackles

Top available college football transfer portal offensive tackles #GoBucks

With national signing day in the books, we move on to the buildup and excitement of the annual spring game at Ohio State.

It was a fairly uninteresting week in Columbus, Ohio, as national signing day has lost most of its luster due to the early signing period. The other thing taking our attention was all the drama up north in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Those storylines are not being evaluated here, though, as we are continuing our focus on the transfer portal and the available talent that could potentially help the Buckeye football squad.

The offensive line was not a weakness, but it certainly had issues that were larger than normal, and it would not be surprising for Ohio State to add depth to the bookends of the offensive line. The following are the top five available offensive tackles in the transfer portal.

Former Vols’ signee disqualified to play at Missouri

Former Vols’ signee disqualified to play at Missouri.

A former Tennessee football signee will not be permitted to play at Missouri.

Offensive lineman J’Marion Gooch has been disqualified to play at Missouri for medical reasons.

Gooch was released from his National Letter of Intent to play for the Vols after Jeremy Pruitt was dismissed as head coach.

He played at King’s Academy in Seymour, Tennessee before transferring in-state to Gallatin High School in November.

The 6-foot-7, 340-pound offensive lineman originally committed to Auburn before signing with the Vols.

Gooch received scholarship offers from Georgia, Florida State, Miami, Mississippi State, South Carolina and USC.

Tennessee’s 2022 football commitment tracker

Big board: Tennessee’s 2022 football recruiting class by position

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Former Tennessee 2021 signee set to play for SEC East school

Former Tennessee 2021 signee set to play for SEC East school.

J’Marion Gooch signed with Tennessee during the early signing period on Dec. 16.

He signed with Tennessee when Jeremy Pruitt served as the Vols’ head coach. Pruitt was relieved of his duties on Jan. 18 and Josh Heupel was hired as the Vols’ head coach on Jan. 27.

Tennessee released Gooch from his national letter of intent on Feb. 22.

Gooch announced Wednesday that he has signed to play for Missouri.

The 6-foot-8, 358-pound offensive lineman is from Gallatin Senior High School in Gallatin, Tennessee.

Gooch was previously committed to Auburn. He committed to the Tigers on April 16.

He committed to Tennessee on Aug. 31 ahead of the 2020 season.

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Tennessee releases in-state offensive lineman from national letter of intent

Tennessee releases in-state offensive lineman from national letter of intent.

J’Marion Gooch signed with Tennessee during the early signing period on Dec. 16.

He signed with Tennessee when Jeremy Pruitt served as the Vols’ head coach. Pruitt was relieved of his duties on Jan. 18. Josh Heupel was hired as the Vols’ head coach on Jan. 27.

The 6-foot-8, 358-pound offensive lineman is from Gallatin Senior High School in Gallatin, Tennessee.

Gooch was previously committed to Auburn. He committed to the Tigers on April 16.

He committed to Tennessee on Aug. 31 ahead of the 2020 season.

Dec 5, 2020; Knoxville, Tennessee; Tennessee Volunteers head coach Jeremy Pruitt walks down the sideline during the first half against the Florida Gators at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports

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In-state offensive lineman signs with the Vols

Tennessee Vols’ football recruiting news.

The early signing period has kicked off and goes through Dec. 18.

Tennessee secured another signee on the first day of the early signing period Wednesday.

J’Marion Gooch has signed with the Vols. The 6-foot-8, 358-pound offensive lineman is from Gallatin Senior High School in Gallatin, Tennessee.

He committed to the Vols on Aug. 31.

Gooch was previously committed to Auburn. He committed to the Tigers on April 16.

The early signing period takes place Dec. 16-18 for the 2021 recruiting class. National signing day is slated for Feb. 3.

University of Tennessee’s early signing period tracker

University of Tennessee’s 2021 commitment tracker

University of Tennessee’s 2022 commitment tracker

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J’Marion Gooch commits to Tennessee

J’Marion Gooch commits to Tennessee.

KNOXVILLE — 2021 prospect J’Marion Gooch announced his commitment to the Vols on Monday.

The 6-foot-8, 358-pound offensive lineman made his announcement on Twitter.

Gooch was previously committed to Auburn. He committed to the Tigers on April 16.

The 2021 prospect holds SEC offers from Tennessee, Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi State, Ole Miss and South Carolina.

Gooch was initially offered by Jeremy Pruitt and Tennessee on May 23, 2019.

He has visited UT unofficially three times since Pruitt has been UT’s head coach: Sept. 22, 2018 for the Vols-Florida contest, Sept. 7, 2019 for the Tennessee-BYU game and on March 1 before the coronavirus pandemic canceled spring collegiate athletics.

Vols’ 2021 commitment tracker

3-star offensive tackle flips from Auburn to Tennessee

The offensive tackle first committed to Auburn back in April.

Auburn lost one of its big commitments on Monday.

Three-star offensive tackle J’Marion Gooch announced that he has flipped from the Tigers to his home state Tennessee Volunteers.

The 6-foot-7.5, 358-pound Gooch originally committed to Auburn back in April.

J’Marion Gooch to announce college plans in July

J’Marion Gooch to announce college plans in July.

KNOXVILLE — A local high school football player has announced when he will announce his college plans.

J’Marion Gooch, an offensive lineman for The King’s Academy in Seymour, Tenn. took to social media recently and said that he will announce where he intends to play his college football.

“I will be announcing my commitment on July 23rd,” Gooch said.

Gooch, a 6-foot-7, 358-pound junior offensive lineman for the Lions, was named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association’s Division II-A All-State Team.

He began his high school football career at Gallatin before coming to East Tennessee.

The three-star prospect has been offered by 21 NCAA Division I schools and Tennessee is one of five schools in the Southeastern Conference to offer Gooch.