After debuting with the No. 32-ranked recruiting class in the country in his first year, Vanderbilt football coach Clark Lea followed it up with an equally impressive class in his second season.
Although Vanderbilt's top commit, four-star tight end Ka'Morreun Pimpton, flipped to LSU, Lea still signed 21 members of Vandy’s 2023 recruiting class during Wednesday’s early signing day, headlined by a trio of Nashville-area prospects.
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