Eric Berry is an All-American junior safety at Tennessee.

His brothers, twins Evan and Elliot, are 13-year-old, soon-to-be high school freshmen at Creekside High School in Fairburn, Ga. (not sure how being 13 makes them freshmen, but anyway).

Well, Tennessee fans can breathe easy. Evan Berry has given his verbal commitment to Tennessee.

Wait, what?

I guess that means Tennessee currently has the nation's No. 1 recruiting class for 2013 (in the article, Newberg says Class of 2014 if you do the math... but if you actually do the math, freshmen would be graduating in 2013).

And Lane Kiffin didn't even have to commit an NCAA violation! (That we know of).

From the Yahoo! article:

"Yes, I committed to Tennessee," Evan said. "It's the only college I know right now and it seems the best for me. My dad went there and my brother is there now. I know I can do the same things there. I have a real friendly relationship with the coaches there. I know I don't know them too well but I know I will have plenty of time to get to know them.

I really wish the attribution said something like, "Evan said, his voice cracking," instead.

"Evan plays on a different level than everyone else," James said. "He's a technician with the ball in his hands. He just fits at quarterback and at safety. He's quick and fast and has a natural instinct for handling the ball."

In an audition to take over for Mel Kiper, Evan's father somehow forgot to use the words "tremendous upside."

Oh, and what about the other twin brother?

"Right now [Elliot] favors LSU. He really likes their track program."

Besides the fact that it appears they got that quote wrong (the article says Evan instead of Elliot), somewhere, Dennis Shaver may or may not be excited.

Of course, this is all four years from happening. Evan Berry says he wants to play in the secondary for new Tennessee defensive coordinator and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers DC Monte Kiffin -- who is 69 years old and may not still be coaching in four years. Not everyone is Joe Paterno.

And in four years, would it be that surprsiing to anyone if Tennessee was on the verge of the NCAA death penalty under Lane Kiffin?

But this is all just pretty absurd. Everything. That fact that there are articles about this, the fact that I'm talking about it, and most of all, the fact that James Berry is hyping his kids up this much before they've even played a down of high school football.

It's just unnecessary pressure on the kids and unnecessary ego boosts at the age of 13.

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Quick hits:
-Former Oregon quarterback Justin Roper is transferring to I-AA Montana. Roper took over for the injured Nate Costa before the season last year and was subsequently injured in the third game of the year. Jeremiah Masoli took over and had a solid season, and since Masoli emerged from spring practice with the job, Roper decided to transfer. The amount of injured quarteracks at Oregon over the last few years is staggering (Roper, two ACLs for Costa, Dennis Dixon, Brady Leaf, Darron Thomas).

-Speaking of Lane Kiffin and Tennessee, the Vols apparently lead the SEC in secondary violations so far this recruiting season. Judging from the quotes in the story, they don't really care.

-An AP story about Dave Wannstedt's "fence" around Western Pennsylvania being torn apart by Penn State is making its rounds. Pitt currently ranks No. 20 in Scout's team recruiting rankings for 2010. Penn State is currently fifth, with an average star rating of 4.00 ranking No. 1 in the land.

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Link/Video of the Day:
To go along with the Penn State-Pitt note, here's a highlight video from the golden age of the rivalry. No. 9 Penn State 48, No. 1 Pitt 14 in 1981, after Pitt blew an early 14-0 lead.

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-Matt Brown