“The Rock” on the Tennessee campus is one of the school’s iconic traditions. The words and images painted on it change regularly and it has become a message board for the community.
The message on “The Rock” on Saturday was directed at five football recruits who were visiting campus. Their faces were painted on there with the text that read “Are You the Next Great Face of the Vols?” The five faces belonged to three five-star recruits and a pair of four star prospects: five-star receiver Kyle Davis from Archer (Lawrenceville, Ga.), five-star athlete Mecole Hardman Jr. from Elbert County (Elberton, Ga.), five-star cornerback DeAngelo Gibbs from Peachtree Ridge (Suwannee, Ga.), four-star linebacker Breon Dixon also from Peachtree Ridge and four-star athlete Maleik Gray from La Vergne, Tenn.
Dixon told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that players s are not allowed the pose in front of “TheRock” but here is what it looked like.
#RockyTop showing love to me and my bros today 🔶⚪️🔶⚪️ #VolNation http://t.co/G9n3yXpd3e—
Breon (@Breondixon_4) August 15, 2015
