2027 New Jersey defensive end names Tennessee football in top schools

TL;DR

2027 defensive end Jackson Vaughn has listed Tennessee among his top nine schools for recruitment. The 6-foot-4 prospect from New Jersey also includes Notre Dame, Miami, and Alabama in his selections.

Key points

Jackson Vaughn is a 2027 defensive end prospect
He is 6-foot-4 and weighs 225 pounds
Vaughn is from Bergen Catholic High School in New Jersey
Tennessee is among his top nine schools for recruitment
Other schools include Notre Dame, Miami, and Alabama

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Jackson Vaughn

2027 New Jersey defensive end names Tennessee football in top schools

Tennessee is recruiting toward its 2027 football signing class.

Four-star defensive end Jackson Vaughn named Tennessee in his top nine schools, along with Notre Dame, Miami, South Carolina, Auburn, Alabama, California, Texas A&M and Texas, according to Hayes Fawcett of On3.

The 6-foot-4, 225-pound prospect is from Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey. Former Vols’ quarterback Jarrett Guarantano is also from Bergen Catholic.

Vaughn reclassified from the 2028 class to 2027. 247Sports ranks him as the No. 15 defensive end in 2027 and No. 4 player in New Jersey.

Tennessee offered Vaughn a scholarship on Jan. 16, 2025 and he has not visited the Vols.

USC was the first school to offer Vaughn a scholarship on Sept. 26, 2024.

Other Power Four schools to offer him scholarships include Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech, Penn State, West Virginia, Syracuse, Boston College, Rutgers, Louisville, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Nebraska, Minnesota, Duke, Illinois, Vanderbilt, Michigan, UCF, Washington, Maryland, Virginia, , , , , , SMU, Florida State, North Carolina State, , , Virginia Tech and Missouri.