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Tennessee Basketball in-state target Trey Thompson commits to Iowa, reclassifies

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Trey Thompson / Photo by On3's Jamie Shaw

Tennessee Basketball target and 2026 four-star power forward Trey Thompson committed to Iowa on Saturday and reclassified to 2025. The in-state prospect picked the Hawkeyes over the Vols, Purdue and Vanderbilt, among others.

“I chose Iowa because there was a need for me now,” Thompson told Joe Tipton. “I wanted a significant role and I wanted to get better this year. They gave me both of those, so I decided to say yes.”

Thompson, the 6-foot-8, 220-pound prospect out of Greeneville, was ranked No. 55 overall player in the 2026 class. After the move to 2025, he’s a three-star prospect ranked No. 125 overall, including No. 28 at power forward and No. 1 overall in the state of Tennessee. 

“I wanted to reclass up to get better this year,” Thompson told Tipton. “I want to be the best basketball player I can possibly be and going to coach (Ben) McCollum and doing this now is the best way for that.”

Tennessee hosted Thompson on an official visit in early June. His list of offers included Purdue, Connecticut, Indiana, Providence, Villanova, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Stanford, among others. 

He was one of the biggest risers in the 2026 class when On3 updated its rankings earlier this year, jumping up 60 spots. Along with being ranked No. 55 overall in the class, he was the No. 8 power forward in the class and the No. 3 in-state prospect. 

Vols signed five players in the class of 2025

Tennessee does not yet have any commitments in the 2026 class. The Vols signed five prep prospects in 2025, headlined by five-star small forward Nate Ament, the No. 2 overall player in the class. 

The 6-foot-9 Ament is a consensus five-star prospect, ranked no lower than No. 4 in any of the ranking systems.

His commitment moved Tennessee’s 2025 class up to No. 14 nationally in the class rankings. The Vols are No. 4 in the SEC and have an average class score of 92.29.

Tennessee has added eight new players to 2025-26 roster

Amari Evans, the 6-foot-5, 204-pound shooting guard, is ranked No. 69 overall in the On3 Industry Rating. Dewayne Brown II, the 6-foot-9, 235-pound big man and the first commitment in the class, is ranked No. 96 overall.

The Vols this spring added three-star point guard Troy Henderson and three-star shooting guard Clarence Massamba, a French prospect from AS Monaco.

Tennessee’s offseason roster overhaul also included the addition of three players from the NCAA Transfer Portal: Point guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie, power forward Jaylen Carey and combo guard Amaree Abram. 

Gillespie, another Greeneville native, spent last season at Maryland after playing two seasons at Belmont. Carey transferred from Vanderbilt and Abram was the last transfer addition, coming to the Vols from Louisiana Tech.

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