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The Sam Leavitt saga heads south from Knoxville

Story byCraig SmithSat, January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM UTC·3 min readThe Tennessee Vols got an up close and personal look at Arizona State transfer quarterback Sam Leavitt this week, who ranks as the top quarterback in the portal. Leavitt arrived in Knoxville on Wednesday, and he ended up stretching it to a two-day meeting with Josh Heupel and his staff. Surely a good sign, right?Well, the Leavitt national tour did not end in Knoxville with a pledge to the Vols after all.

The Sam Leavitt saga heads south from Knoxville

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Key Highlights

  • Leavitt, who had already visited Kentucky and LSU, is now on to Coral Gables for a visit with the national-championship-game-bound Miami Hurricanes. The happenings this week with Leavitt have been enough to make your head spin.
  • He was with LSU on a visit when the news broke that Demond Williams was transferring from Washington and was being linked early to LSU by a number of internet sleuths.
  • After the Huskies reportedly flexed their muscles about enforcing a possible revenue-share contract violation, Williams ultimately stayed in Seattle. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAnd as it would be, Lane Kiffin posted pictures of himself in Knoxville on Friday on (X). That fueled speculation that he was there to try to woo Leavitt to sign with LSU while he was in Knoxville on a visit.
  • However, Kiffin also secured the pledge of OL William Satterwhite on Friday, so it’s tough to truly know for sure what was the primary purpose of his trip and what all went on. And that’s a big issue with all of this, knowing what’s real and what isn’t.
  • It feels like some of these portal things, especially this one with Leavitt, changes by the hour.
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