Tennessee added a terrific 2026 prospect to the class on Monday afternoon.

The Vols landed a commitment from Joel Wyatt, a four-star athlete from Oakland High School in Murfreesboro, TN, as their 22nd prospect in the 2026 class. The 6-foot-4 athlete ranks as the No. 48 player in the class according to 247Sports’ Composite Rankings.

Josh Heupel and his staff worked hard to bring Wyatt to East Tennessee, winning a recruiting battle over Vanderbilt for the blue-chip player.

Wyatt is a do-it-all type of player on the high school scene. He’s got experience on both sides of the ball, playing safety, EDGE rusher, linebacker, and wide receiver. The assumption is that Wyatt will land on the defensive side of the ball at Tennessee, but that’s a long way away and this is the type of prospect you don’t want to put in a box without seeing what the coaches want to do with him on the field.

All that to say, he’s a tremendous, versatile player for Tennessee and a standout piece of the Vols’ class.

“Although his collegiate position projection is still coming into focus, Wyatt unquestionably possesses the elite physical traits to play receiver or defensive back on Saturdays while his lack of lower body mass will more than likely prevent him from playing any closer to the line of scrimmage,” 247Sports’ Cooper Petanga wrote about Wyatt in a spring evaluation. “Either way, the Top247 standout projects as an all-conference prospect at the Power Four level with the potential to develop into an early day NFL Draft choice.”

For more on Wyatt’s addition to the Tennessee recruiting class, click here.

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Of all the thousands of pieces of equipment that Formula 1 hauls around the world, few are used less often than the full wet tire.

They stayed piled up in stacks, not on the cars, on Sunday as drivers sat out a rain delay of more than an hour to the start of the Belgian Grand Prix.

It wasn’t because F1 cars lack grip in heavy rain. Manufacturer Pirelli says the full wet tires can cope with that. The problem is that drivers behind can’t see through the spray, and the first attempt to start Sunday’s race on time illustrated the problem.

Even crawling around at formation lap pace with only Lando Norris and the safety car ahead, eventual winner Oscar Piastri said he “couldn’t see a thing,” adding, “you can only imagine what it’s like for the guys at the back.”

When the race started, it was behind the safety car at low speed before the all-clear to go racing. Like all of the drivers, Piastri was using the intermediate tires, which are recommended for light rain or a drying track, when he eventually passed Norris for the win.

“The past few years, particularly here, we’ve given the (governing body) FIA feedback that we would much rather be on the safe side than risk anything,” Piastri said. “If you were to be picky, maybe we could have done one less formation lap (behind the safety car), but in the grand scheme of things, if that’s one lap too early, is it worth it? No.”

Visibility is a particular concern at Spa, a fast track with a history of serious accidents. They include Anthoine Hubert’s death in a Formula 2 crash in dry conditions in 2019 and another fatal accident claiming the life of Dutch teenage driver Dilano van ’t Hoff in a junior series in the rain in 2023.

“I have to say that on a track like this, with what happened historically, I think you cannot forget about it. For that reason I would rather be safe than (start) too early,” said Charles Leclerc, who finished third Sunday and who was friends with Hubert since childhood.

Under the current F1 design regulations in place since 2022, cars have ground-effect aerodynamics which use the floor to generate grip but can also throw up more spray. If there’s enough rain for the full wet tires to be faster than the intermediates, it’s likely the race will be stopped because of poor visibility anyway.

There was a reminder of the importance of visibility this month at the British Grand Prix when Isack Hadjar collided with Kimi Antonelli’s car from behind while driving in the Italian’s trail of spray.

“I didn’t see him,” Hadjar said. “He just appeared out of nowhere, man. Oh my God.”

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