While they were at UCF, former Knights football coach Josh Heupel and his staff started building a relationship with Winter Park defensive end Venson Sneed. That relationship has paid big dividends for Heupel and company, now running the show at Tennessee.
The 6-foot-6, 246-pound Sneed committed to Tennessee on Thursday, following the new Vols staff to Knoxville.
“It just kind of shifted. The same love I was getting at UCF I started getting when they went to Tennessee, but it was just different and more outgoing,” said Sneed, who picked the Vols over his other two finalists Iowa State and USF.