Tennessee target Conner Harrell totals 468 yards, five touchdowns against Spain Park

The Thompson High School product has been putting up big numbers, and is starting to hear from SEC programs.

Tennessee target Conner Harrell, a 2022 dual-threat quarterback from Thomspon High School in Alabaster, Alabama, totaled 468 yards and five touchdowns in a 48-35 victory over Spain Park Friday.

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Harrell threw for 410 yards and three touchdowns, as well as scoring two rushing touchdowns.

Following the win over Spain Park, Tennessee became the first school to extend a scholarship offer to Harrell.

He does not yet hold a star rating and only has one offer, but Harrell’s recruiting profile could take a major jump if he continues to contribute significantly to Thompson’s success this season. Thompson is the same program that produced former 5-star quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa, the younger brother of Tua Tagovailoa that transferred from Alabama to Maryland in the offseason.

Tennessee ‘has done their research’ on 2022 quarterback Conner Harrell

“I have been friends with a lot of those guys at Tennessee a long time, and I just think it’s important Conner remembers Tennessee offered him first as far as SEC schools go because he will have a bunch of offers,” Freeman said. “He is a great person, comes from a great family and I think he is a can’t miss person.

“It’s his his first big offer and somebody up there has done their research. That says a lot about Tennessee, too, that they are doing their work on him. They can see what type of player he will be.” — Thompson head coach Mark Freeman