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David Sanders Jr. Officially Signs with Tennessee Despite Ohio State’s Late Efforts to Flip Five-Star Offensive Tackle

David Sanders Jr. is officially headed to Tennessee.

After delaying his signing by one day, the five-star offensive tackle officially signed with the Volunteers on Thursday, ending Ohio State’s hopes of flipping the top-ranked OT into its 2025 recruiting class.

Oh, you thought we were done?

Home sweet home!

a BIG addition to the OL@DavidLSandersJr | #RockyTop25 pic.twitter.com/DmaQVTjUkV — Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) December 5, 2024

While Sanders committed to Tennessee in August, the Buckeyes never gave up on recruiting him, and felt they had a chance to flip Sanders when he visited Ohio State two weekends ago for the Buckeyes’ penultimate game of the regular season vs.