Tennessee Basketball schedules official visit with four-star small forward Manny Green

Tennessee Basketball has scheduled an official visit with four-star small forward Manny Green, set for October 11-13 in Knoxville. The 6-foot-6, 185-prospect out of Ellenwood, Ga., is the No. 91 overall player in the Rivals Industry Ranking for the 2026 class. 

The Vols offered Green last July and hosted him on unofficial visits in October and again on February 1, when Tennessee beat Florida 66-46 at Food City Center. 

Green is the No. 31 small forward in the class of 2026 and the No. 6 overall prospect in the state of Georgia, out of Cedar Grove High School. He has other official visits scheduled at South Florida (August 28), Cal (September 9) and Virginia Tech (September 20). 

Vols looking for first commitment in 2026 class

Tennessee does not currently have a commitment in the 2026 class, but the Vols are building a crowded list of visitors for this fall and are among the final programs in the recruitment of multiple prospects. 

Four-star point guard Miles Sadler is scheduled to visit August 29-31, four-star point guard Deron Rippey Jr. is scheduled to visit October 25-26 and four-star small forward Bryson Howard is scheduled to visit October 24-26.

Four-star small forward Bo Ogden is also planning an official visit to Tennessee this fall. The Vols also hosted four-star small forward Gage Mayfield on an official visit in June. 

Rippey, out of Brooklyn, N.Y., is the No. 17 overall recruit in the country, Howard is ranked No. 26 and Sadler is No. 28. Ogden is ranked No. 45 overall and Mayfield is ranked No. 72.

Where Tennessee stands with 2026 prospects

Tennessee is in the top five for Mayfield along with Vanderbilt, Florida State, Michigan and Oklahoma. The Vols are in the top six for Ogden (Tennessee, Texas, Purdue, Gonzaga, Kansas, Virginia), the top seven for four-star small forward Chris Washington Jr. (Alabama, Cincinnati, Auburn, Ole Miss, Villanova, Florida A&M and the top nine for four-star power forward Latrell Allmond (Tennessee, Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Miami, Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Virginia). 

Allmond, a 6-foot-8, 225-pound prospect out of Richmond, Va.), is ranked No. 31 nationally and is the No. 4 power forward in the 2026 class. 

Washington, a 6-foot-8, 185-pound small forward, is ranked No. 24 nationally and No. 8 at small forward. 

Tennessee’s 2025 signing class was ranked No. 14 nationally and No. 4 in the SEC with a class score of 92.29. The Vols signed five-star small forward Nate Ament (No. 2 overall), four-star guard Amari Evans (No. 68), four-star center Dewayne Brown (No. 96), three-star point guard Troy Henderson (No. 261) and three-star guard Clarence Massamba (No. 262).