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Nation's No. 1 QB for 2017 flips from Tennessee to Clemson

Published Dec. 15, 2015 10:18 a.m. ET

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Tennessee's recruiting efforts continue to take hits, as 2017 five-star quarterback prospect Hunter Johnson decommitted from the school Monday night and flipped his commitment to Clemson. 

Johnson originally committed to the Vols in August and had spent last weekend in Knoxville on a recruiting trip, making this abrupt decision all the more strange. With the Tigers now having Johnson committed to their 2017 class, expect Clemson to have one of the best overall recruiting hauls of 2017.

The five-star prospect had this to say on his commitment to Clemson, via 247Sports:

While the defection certainly hurts Tennessee at the moment, the Vols still have arguably the best dual-threat quarterback prospect in the nation for 2016 in Jarrett Guarantano committed and are among the favorites to land 2018 five-star quarterback Trevor Lawrence. 

Losing one five-star quarterback may just be the thing that lands Tennessee its next five-star prospect. 

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