Worth reading 7.16.18: Finally, the details about Jalen Hurd

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

. . . make it this, from Bleacher Report’s Matt Hayes:

• Jalen Hurd Is Confident His Multimillion-Dollar Gamble Will Pay Off at Baylor

Other Vols stuff worth reading today

1. Aspire to Inspire, via Beyond the Legacy, A great in-depth interview with VFL Dale Ellis.
2. Faith bringing former Vols QB Josh Dobbs to Chattanooga, via the Times Free Press
3. Tennessee Vols Football: Jason Witten says he likes ‘what Jeremy Pruitt is doing’, via 247Sports
4. Kendal Vickers has the talent, attitude to become sixth Vol-Steeler in ‘VFL’, via 247Sports
5. IMG coach Kevin Wright says Tennessee Vols freshman Kingston Harris will compete for playing time ‘right away’, via 247Sports
6. Barton Simmons says Vols recruiting players who ‘fit’, via 247Sports
7. Barton Simmons says ‘there’s still talent there’ on Vols’ roster, via 247Sports
8. Tennessee Vols football’s 2018 opponents at a glance: Missouri Tigers, via 247Sports
9. Tennessee Vols football: Jersey numbers, heights and weights for newcomers and freshmen, via 247Sports
10. Teams take center stage for SEC Network Takeover, via SEC Sports. Tennessee is scheduled for Thursday, July 26.
11. SEC Football Kickoff Media Days Central, via SEC Sports
12. Tennessee football: Who will Vols miss the most in 2018?, via Saturday Down South

Behind the paywalls

• The Influencer: Jeremy Pruitt brings Rainsville to Tennessee…, via The Athletic. This would be in the Must Read section if it wasn’t behind a paywall.
• Scouting the Opponent: South Carolina, via VolQuest
• Scouting the Opponent: Auburn, via VolQuest
• Scouting the Opponent: Alabama, via VolQuest
• Scouting the Opponent: Alabama, via VolQuest