Faizon Brandon, a four-star quarterback from Greensboro, North Carolina, is slated to visit the Tennessee Volunteers for the fourth time in an unofficial capacity in 2026.
Sam Spiegelman of On3 reported during an update from the Battle Miami 7-on-7 tournament that quarterback Faizon Brandon of Grimsley High School will be visiting Knoxville, Tennessee, this weekend to watch the Vols. This will be Brandon’s fourth visit to Tennessee, and the coaching staff is familiar with him.
This month, Brandon has traveled to North Carolina and Duke, and Tennessee has never ceased to make him feel important. He received an offer from Tennessee during a summer cap, and he went to the Georgia and Texas A&M games at Neyland Stadium this year. The 13-1 club that lost in the state playoff quarterfinals saw the gifted rising junior throw for 3,026 yards. In his second year, Brandon tallied 45 touchdowns against just three interceptions.
After witnessing the Vols fall to Georgia, Brandon said, “It was great; this is my third time at Tennessee, and every time I go, the coaches make me feel like a priority.” Many believed that the Vols’ four-touchdown loss to Georgia would harm their recruiting prospects.
That was not Brandon’s interpretation. “I would say how when they lost, the coaches still kept their composure and didn’t put the players down and just stayed positive after that.” A visit’s main activity should include a conversation with the staff. “I talked to Coach Mitch [Militello], and he was just telling me how there were some things they could work on and how he has seen Joe Milton grow a lot as a QB and mature to handle pressure,” said Brandon when discussing his experience speaking with the coaches.
Brandon is already aware of the importance of regular communication from Tennessee’s coaching staff. “Every time I am in Tennessee, the coaches come and talk to me and my family while we eat or are on the field about how everything is going and how my past games went, and also talk about how they can get me back up to visit again.” In response to a question about where Tennessee stands for him, the gifted quarterback of 2026 said, “Yes, sir, Tennessee is definitely in a top spot, and I want to get back down there; I just don’t know when yet.”