With the team on its first of two bye weeks of the season, the Tennessee staff took the opportunity to hit the road and grant new offers to multiple prospects. As discussed last week, while the Vols are still very much in play for many of their top targets they […]
Recruiting
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Misery Loves Company, or Why Tennessee Could Still Land Many of its Top Targets
If you’re reading this, you’re well aware of the disaster that has been the start of Tennessee’s season. At 1-3 with a historic loss to Georgia State, a blown home game against BYU, and (yet another) loss to Florida – this time in blowout fashion – it would be difficult […]
BJ Ojulari and Eric Shaw and the Illustration of Pruitt’s Recruiting Philosophy
By week’s end, both OLB BJ Ojulari and TE Eric Shaw will have announced their commitments to their respective universities of choice. Both have been to Tennessee’s campus multiple times, both are rated s 4-stars by 247 Sports (Ojulari at #184 overall – and also a 4-star on Rivals, Shaw […]
Two Weeks Into Camp, Do Early CB Returns Change Calculus for 2020 DB Recruiting?
With a roster that has been drastically improved since Coach Jeremy Pruitt took over but still has a ways to go in order for Tennessee to be a true SEC contender, there realistically isn’t one position that can reasonably be considered in strong shape top to bottom. There are certainly […]
Can Vols Make a Play for Former Georgia 5-star Brenton Cox?
With the news that former 5-star OLB Brenton Cox has decided to transfer (or, if you believe Georgia homers, has been dismissed) from UGA the logical question is of course where will he end up. He’ll obvious be heavily coveted, assuming he doesn’t have serious skeletons in his closet, as […]
Robinson Gives Vols Trio of Interior Maulers to Build OL Class Around
While the 2019 OL class was built around 5-star OTs Wanya Morris and Darnell Wright, the Thursday commitment of James Robinson – to go with earlier commitments Javontez Spraggins and Cooper Mays – gives Tennessee an outstanding threesome of interior roadgraders around whom they are building this class to complement […]
What if Highly Ranked Vols on Defense Play to their Ranking?
In our last piece we looked at the 5 and 4-stars on the offensive side of Tennessee’s roster and wondered what the Vols’ offense would look like in 2019 if the most highly recruited players on the team – from seniors to true freshman – play up to their rankings […]
What if Highly Ranked Vols on Offense Play to their Ranking?
Before any discussion of Tennessee’s 2019 roster and season outlook can go anywhere, it must be acknowledged that the team does not have enough talent. It doesn’t have enough talent to realistically compete for an SEC East championship; it likely doesn’t have enough talent to win more than 8 games; […]
The Need for Speed: Vols Land Blazer at WR
Tennessee picked up a bigtime commitment at its end of July pool party recruiting event on Saturday when WR Jalin Hyatt pledged to the Vols. The former Virginia Tech commitment – a high school teammate and very close friend of current Vol stud CB Bryce Thompson – is the first […]
Headed Towards a Big Cookout Weekend, Vols Combining Faith in Evals with Elite National Recruiting
As we move towards the final June weekend before a month-long dead period, things certainly have changed a lot since we previewed a consequential month for Tennessee’s 2020 class. So far during June the Vols have picked up three commitments – running the total to nine – from OL Javontez […]