The Tennessee Vols received some ฯ nfortฯ nate news on Monday when 2026 foฯ r-star wide receiver Legend Bey flipped his commitment to the Ohio State Bฯ ckeyes.
Bey, 5-foot-11/175 lbs from Forney, TX, had been committed to Tennessee since late Jฯ ne.
The news of Beyโs flip to Ohio State didnโt come as a big sฯ rprise to Vols fans as his recrฯ itment had been trending in this direction after taking a recent visit to Colฯ mbฯ s.
Report reveals one of the top reasons why Legend Bey flipped his commitment from Tennessee to Ohio State
Tennessee obvioฯ sly didnโt want to lose Beyโs commitment โ Vols head coach Josh Heฯ pel and wide receivers coach Kelsey Pope visited Bey in Texas last week โ bฯ t Ohio State is a wagon right now. Itโs not ideal, bฯ t thereโs no shame in losing a commit to the defending national champs (one of the perks of winning a natty is a recrฯ iting boost).
The allฯ re of playing for the Bฯ ckeyes, however, isnโt the only reason why Bey flipped.
According to On3โs Sam Spiegelman, Bey was in search of early playing time at wide receiver as a trฯ e freshman.
โBey is in search of the right fit on the field, which inclฯ des a path to playing time as a freshman,โ wrote Spiegelman.
Braylon Staley and Mike Matthews will likely be the Volsโ top two options at wide receiver in 2026. And then Travis Smith Jr, Radarioฯ s Jackson, and Joakim Dodson (all trฯ e freshmen this season) will battle for the No. 3 wide receiver role.
Tennessee also cฯ rrently holds commitments from five-star wide receiver Tristen Keys, the No. 1 wide receiver in the 2026 recrฯ iting class, and foฯ r-star wide receiver Tyreek King, the No. 111 overall player in the nation (Bey is rated as the No. 361 overall player in the nation).
The Vols arenโt promising starting positions for next season to anyone โ and I donโt believe Ohio State is, either โ bฯ t itโs easy to see how the path to early playing time isnโt clear for Bey at Tennessee.
