Tennessee flips Legend Bey back into class on signing day

Tennessee has flipped Texas speedster Legend Bey back into the class on signing day. The Vols did not give up on him despite a late commitment to Ohio State.

“Coach Heup and him being an offensive head coach,” Bey said in his original commitment in July about what put the Vols over the top. “I feel like if he had a coach leave and be brought in a new one they would have to follow his rules and run what he wants to run. I trust coach Heup and what he has going on.”

Kelsey Pope has always been crucial in Bey’s process as well.

“Coach (Kelsey) Pope and I have been building a relationship since about December last year,” Bey said. “Also with coach Heup building a relationship during that same time. Building a relationship before they even offered me.”

The Scout on Bey

“Legend is the best football player I believe in the state of Texas with the ball in his hands,” North Forney head coach Marcus Shavers said. “I think he’s really good at getting the football down the field and I say that knowing that is a real general statement but I think he’s the best football player with the ball in his hands anywhere on the football field.”

North Forney plays him at quarterback and all over the field but it’s because he competes like nobody else.

“I think for him it starts off with the God given uncanny athletic ability,” Shavers said. “I mean he’s a guy that is 180-190 pounds that can run 10.2 in the 100 meter dash and squats over 550 pounds. He is a gifted athlete and then he’s a fierce competitor. He competes like a player that plays in the box like a O-Lineman or D-Lineman, linebacker type of grit he has to him when he’s carrying football. So when you add all those things together, he can run the football in between the tackles, he can get out on the perimeter. He has the ability to make people miss in space and he is just one of the best football players I’ve ever seen on this level with the football in his hands.”