The second year under head coach Clark Lea is underway for the Vanderbilt Commodores, a tenure now becoming filled with promise and hope for Vanderbilt faithful.
One could make the argument that this class is one of the best ever in Vanderbilt team history, despite it still ranking in the cellar of the SEC. The Commodores landed two of their top twenty prospects of all time, per 247Sports, in linebacker Daniel Martin (12th all-time) and safety Jadais Richards (18th all-time). The Commodores landed three four-star prospects, the most that Vanderbilt has recruited in a single season since 2018.
Year
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Head Coach
Lea
Lea
Mason
Mason
Mason
Mason
Mason
Mason
National Ranking
31
49
52
58
41
65
54
49
SEC Ranking
14
13
14
14
12
14
14
14
Average Recruit
86.34
84.78
84.75
84.51
86.19
83.40
83.41
84.47
4-star Recruits
3
1
0
0
3
0
1
2
3-star Recruits
25
22
18
21
16
18
18
15
Not only did Vanderbilt land a higher national ranking (31st) than they have in quite some time (since 2013), but their average player grade on 247 sports was the highest average in the last decade. Vanderbilt killed this recruiting class and it shows immense promise under Coach Lea.
Vanderbilt Commodores: Offensive Skill Positions
POS
Player
HT
WT
High School
Hometown
247 Rank
On3 Rank
QB
AJ Swann
6’2.5″
200
Cherokee
Canton, GA
3 (0.8883)
4 (88.550)
QB
Drew Dickey
6’1″
204
Regents
Austin, TX
3 (0.8569)
3 (85.000)
QB
Walter Taylor
6’5″
210
Jackson
Jackson, AL
3 (0.8344)
3 (84.236)
RB
Maurice Edwards
6’0″
198
Warren Township
Gurnee, IL
3 (0.8689)
3 (87.650)
RB
Chase Gillespie
5’9″
180
Amos P Godby
Tallahassee, FL
3 (0.8567)
3 (84.925)
WR
Jayden McGowan
5’8″
170
Laurens District 55
Laurens, SC
3 (0.8648)
3 (85.775)
WR
Daveon Walker
6’2″
180
Warner Robins
Warner Robins, GA
3 (0.8648)
3 (85.775)
WR
Andrew Paige
6’4″
205
Beech
Hendersonville, TN
3 (0.8269)
3 (81.182)
TE
Cole Spence
6’6″
220
Mount Pisgah
Alpharetta, GA
3 (0.8612)
3 (85.875)
Offensive Line
POS
Player
HT
WT
High School
Hometown
247 Rank
On3 Rank
OT
Layton Nelson
6’4″
275
Boone
Orlando, FL
3 (0.8763)
3 (87.525)
OT
Grayson Morgan
6’5″
270
Montgomery Bell
Nashville, TN
3 (0.8634)
3 (86.425)
OT
Levi Harber
6’5″
265
Montrose
Montrose, MI
3 (0.8390)
3 (83.761)
OT
Dave Siegel
6’6″
289
Hun School
Princeton, NJ
3 (0.8315)
3 (82.925)
Vanderbilt Commodores: Defensive Front Seven
POS
Player
HT
WT
High School
Hometown
247 Rank
On3 Rank
EDGE
Darren Agu
6’6″
225
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee
Rabun Gap, GA
3 (0.8796)
4 (89.775)
DL
Bradley Mann
6’6″
260
The Bowles School
Jacksonville, FL
3 (0.8714)
3 (86.700)
DL
Yilanan Ouattara
6’6.5″
274
Germany
Germany
3 (0.8619)
3 (84.600)
DL
Linus Zunk
6’6″
235
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee
Rabun Gap, GA
3 (0.8560)
3 (84.800)
LB
Daniel Martin
6’2.5″
187
Marietta
Marietta, GA
4 (0.9045)
4 (89.675)
LB
Langston Patterson
6’1″
220
CPA
Nashville, TN
3 (0.8796)
3 (87.775)
LB
Bryce Cowan
6’3.5″
205
Amos P Godby
Tallahassee, FL
3 (0.8544)
3 (84.900)
LB
Kane Patterson
6’1″
234
CPA
Nashville, TN
3 (0.8500)
4 (89.067)
Secondary
POS
Player
HT
WT
High School
Hometown
247 Rank
On3 Rank
CB
Jeremy Lucien
6’2″
192
Choate Rosemary Hall
Wallingford, CT
3 (0.8800)
3 (78.273)
CB
Quantaves Gaskins
6’1″
180
Hapeville Charter
Atlanta, GA
3 (0.8742)
3 (87.550)
CB
Jameson Wharton
6’0″
170
Hendersonville
Hendersonville, TN
3 (0.8702)
3 (88.500)
S
Jadais Richard
6’2″
205
West Monroe
West Monroe, LA
4 (0.8918)
3 (88.500)
S
Jeffrey Ugo
6’1″
180
George Ranch
Richmond, TX
3 (0.8607)
3 (84.075)
S
Steven Sannieniola
6’2″
180
Quince Orchard
Gaithersburg, MD
3 (0.8560)
3 (85.050)
Vanderbilt Commodores: Specialists and Special Teams
POS
Player
HT
WT
High School
Hometown
247 Rank
On3 Rank
ATH
Trudell Berry
6’0″
180
Lee
Bayton, TX
3 (0.8758)
3 (87.725)
ATH
BJ Diakite
6’3″
220
Pinson Valley
Pinson, AL
3 (0.8607)
3 (86.700)
ATH
Savion Riley
6’2″
190
Kennesaw Mountain
Acworth, GA
3 (0.8464)
3 (84.125)
P
Alex Smith
6’6″
220
ProKick Australia
Melbourne, VIC
2 (0.7892)
3 (79.500)
P
Matt Hayball
6’1″
188
ProKick Australia
Australia
N/A
N/A
Trudell Berry is projected by On3 as a cornerback.
