While Tennessee football’s current quarterback room looks bleak, the future of it shone on Friday night.

Kaden Craft has his North Carolina high school squad rolling with a six-touchdown game with dual-threat ability. His future tailbacks also showed out on the gridiron.

Here’s a look at how future Vols performed on the gridiron Friday night.

Five-star running back David Gabriel Georges (2027)

Baylor School (Tenn.) was on a bye week on Friday, so Gabriel Georges didn’t add any more highlights to his reel.

But he did shine the last time on the field in a rivalry setting. Baylor-McCallie week came on Oct. 2. Gabriel Georges rushed 11 times for 109 yards and two touchdowns. He added two catches for 50 yards and a score in the passing game. All three touchdowns came in the first half.

Gabriel Georges had a 90-yard touchdown run called back by a holding penalty, too. It’s become a weekly occurrence to have at least one score wiped off the board.

It got called back for holding, but oh my! David Gabriel-Georges is on fire tonight! pic.twitter.com/lVWykSrIZJ

— Caleb Sisk (@CalebSisk_) October 2, 2026

Gabriel Georges has 961 rushing yards and 17 rushing touchdowns, adding another 203 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns while leading Baylor to a 7-0 record before the bye week.

Four-star quarterback Kaden Craft (2028)

Tennessee’s future signal-caller knows how to find the win column. He’s doing it more convincingly each week.

Craft led Lake Norman (N.C.) to a 60-0 win on Friday night, totaling six touchdowns against South Iredell. He went 15-of-19 for 241 yards and three touchdowns through the air and added another 71 yards and a trio of scores on the ground.

Craft was not perfect, though. He tossed an interception, the second week in a row he’s done so.

Lake Norman is 7-0 on the season and has played just one game this season with the margin closer than three scores. Craft has completed 69.8% of his passes for 1,525 yards and 16 scores this season. He’s rushed for another 287 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Three-star running back Asa Barnes (2027)

Gabriel Georges’ workload could remain light when he makes it to campus in December. He’ll have a counterpart who’s putting together an impressive senior campaign across the state.

Westview (Tenn.) running back Asa Barnes crossed the century mark with ease in 55-7 win over Bolivar Central on Friday night. Barnes went for 193 yards and two touchdowns on just nine carries. He had a 92-yard touchdown rush in the win.

Westview is 8-0 heading into the bye week, and positioned well to win back-to-back TSSAA state titles with the help of Barnes and fellow nationally ranked quarterback Graham Simpson.

Three-star quarterback Derrick Baker (2027)

Before Craft makes it to campus, Baker will be settled in. That’s exactly what he’s done as the season’s progressed for Milton (Ga.).

Baker enjoyed a bye week Friday night, but he helped the Eagles to another dominant win the week prior. The 6-foot-1, 226-pound quarterback went 16-of-26 for 281 yards and three touchdowns with an interception through the air. He guided Milton to a 60-21 win over Lanier on Oct. 2.

Milton is 5-1 on the season and hasn’t lost a game since a Week 2 heartbreaker to Blessed Trinity. Baker has passed for 1,444 yards and 16 touchdowns with four picks on 64.7% passing this season. He has another 256 yards and five scores on the ground.

Four-star wide receiver Kesean Bowman (2027)

Tennessee footballs wide receivers embrace the physicality of being a blocker to aid the run game. The Vols’ top receiver commit in the 2027 class embraced it on Friday as well.

On a touchdown run by teammate Larry Sanders II, Bowman was seen tossing his defender to the ground in a video posted to X.

It got called back for holding, but oh my! David Gabriel-Georges is on fire tonight! pic.twitter.com/lVWykSrIZJ

— Caleb Sisk (@CalebSisk_) October 2, 2026

He helped Brentwood Academy (Tenn.) to a 42-7 win over Briarcrest Christian. The Eagles are 6-2 this season.