Vols make top five for No. 1 2025 prospect in Iowa

Tennessee is one of five schools for the No. 1 2025 prospect in Iowa.

2025 four-star offensive tackle Nicolai Brooks announced his top five schools on Monday.

Tennessee, Georgia, Florida State, Alabama and Iowa are Brooks’ top five schools.

The 6-foot-7, 345-pound offensive tackle is from John F. Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Brooks is the No. 149 overall prospect in the class of 2025. He ranks as the No. 14 offensive tackle and No. 1 player in Iowa, according to On3 industry rankings.

Brooks earned 2023 Bound Iowa Preseason All-Class Elite Team honors. He was a finalist for the 2025 Offensive Lineman of the Year last season as a sophomore.

The 2025 offensive tackle was offered a scholarship from the Vols on March 30.