Not Everything Settled for Butler
Apparently not everything is settled for Jackie Butler although the 6-foot-10, 240-pound center has signed with Tennessee. Butler is still deciding where to attend prep school.
According to the Tennessean Newspaper, Butler will attend either Coastal Christian Academy in Virginia Beach, Va. Or Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Va.
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Once Butler, originally from McComb, Mississippi, begins school again, he must still satisfy core curriculum requirements and attain a satisfactory test score to be eligible at Tennessee in the fall.
If he does not qualify by the fall, he will most likely spend the fall semester in prep school, and then join Tennessee for the second semester.
''This is a major impact,'' Tennessee Coach Buzz Peterson told the Tennessean. ''He's got some work to do (academically). If he has a great year, he could go right to the league.
''We have an understanding with his mother and with him that if he has a chance to go first round, he ought to look at it real closely.''