What elite QB recruit will be watching in Vols' opener

Phil Kaplan | Knoxville News Sentinel

Harrison Bailey, part of Tennessee's 2020 signing class, arrived on campus Tuesday with spring semester classes starting Wednesday.

He's already making a fashion statement.

Tennessee football's Twitter account tweeted a picture of the freshman quarterback unpacking a vehicle to take to his dorm room. The tweet said "New Beginnings" and "Welcome home @HBailey_05!"

Bailey, wearing sweatshirt and shorts, was sporting tie-dye Crocs on his feet.

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Bailey subtweeted the photo and wrote "Had To Rock The Crocs To My New Home"

Had To Rock The Crocs To My New Home ✌🏼😁 https://t.co/h8aRX57H7z — Harrison Bailey (@HBailey_05) January 7, 2020

The official Twitter account for Crocs Shoes even took notice and tweeted "& you are rockin' them for sure"

& you are rockin' them for sure😚♥️ — Crocs Shoes (@Crocs) January 7, 2020

Three other Vols - defensive linemen Cooper Mays and Dominic Bailey and quarterback/athlete Jimmy Holiday - moved in during the weekend. Bailey was in San Antonio, Texas for the All-American Bowl on Saturday. He did not play due a sore wrist.

Bailey led Marietta to the Georgia Class AAAAAAA state championship. For the season, Bailey completed 272 of 392 passes (69.4%) for 4,261 yards with 44 touchdowns and nine interceptions, according to MaxPreps.

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He is the first quarterback with a four-star rating that coach Jeremy Pruitt has signed.

And as for the Crocs, plenty of UT fans were happy with his choice of footwear.

I don't care what you wear. You can do what ever you like . #CHAMP #GOVOLS — Dirac Chappell (@coachchappell10) January 7, 2020

But seriously, welcome to Knoxville. pic.twitter.com/0UaIpbPud2 — Patrick C. Arbo (@In2ativ3) January 7, 2020

If you get Pruitt to wear the same pair you would be a legend for life before even seeing the field — Cody Cornett (@One_n_Only1856) January 7, 2020

@CoachG3131 @vols439 If you ain’t Crocin you ain’t rockin — Jacob Len Alexander (@JacobLen31) January 7, 2020