Worth reading 2.12.19: The importance of a really good recruiting class

If you read only one thing about the Vols today . . .

. . . make it this, from The Athletic:

• How Tennessee found 17 NFL players in one recruiting class, and what it could take to do it again

Yes, that’s a week old and behind a paywall, but it’s the best thing I read this morning.

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Pruitt not surprised by first returns on Vols’ early enrollees, via 247Sports
2. Vols’ football defense has opportunities for newcomers, via the Times Free Press
3. Where Vols’ coaches finished in 247Sports Recruiter Rankings, via 247Sports
4. Vol Hoops Media Monday – University of Tennessee Athletics, via UTSports
5. Every SEC spring football game to be televised, via SEC Sports
6. College basketball TV schedule for Vols fans: Week of 2.11.19, via Gameday on Rocky Top
   
7. ICYMI: Injury-plagued Vols OL Hall giving up football, via ESPN
   

Behind the paywalls

• Vols ‘had everything’ for five-star small forward during visit, via 247Sports