Butch Jones has been crushing it on the recruiting circuit since taking over at Tennessee. After finding his franchise quarterback, Joshua Dobbs, in 2013, he went out and plucked one of the best athletes in the nation in 2013 to run alongside him, sticking Jalen Hurd at running back in 2014 to form a young, potent backfield duo.

So what did Jones do for an encore in 2015? He went out and got the top junior college running back in the nation, Alvin Kamara, as part of a top-five class.

That gives Jones and new offensive coordinator Mike DeBord a happy problem: a super-talented backfield, all on campus for spring practice. It begs the question of just how the coaching staff will handle the workload in this spring’s workouts.

Were Mike Bajakian still on staff, this might be a different conversation. Bajakian, obviously, coached Hurd and Dobbs over their first year on the field in Tennessee. He knows what kind of talent he had on hand. With DeBord, there might be a little more evaluation of the incumbent players than there was a year ago.

The trust factor between Jones and DeBord could help cut down on the need to pit Hurd against Kamara. Add in that the Vols have a year of film on Hurd and his role appears solidified for the fall.

Kamara is a different story. He went to junior college for a year after leaving Alabama following a redshirt year, falling behind classmates Derrick Henry and Altee Tenpenny on the depth chart. He also bumped heads with the coaching staff, missing a week of practice due to “behavior reasons” in his only season in Tuscaloosa. Shortly after his decision to leave the Crimson Tide, Kamara ran into some legal troubles.

As it stands now, Kamara has yet to earn playing time for an SEC team. Tennessee’s staff needs to find out just how ready he is to play. He thoroughly dominated the junior college ranks in 2014, averaging better than 7.2 yards per carry en route to 1,253 yards and 18 touchdowns at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas. He ran out of a wide array of sets, from lining up next to his quarterback in the shotgun, behind him in the pistol and as the deep man in I-formations.

Will the breakaway speed, nasty cutbacks and tackle-breaking ability translate to the SEC a season removed from his stint at Alabama? Will he be able to fit in with Tennessee’s zone-read scheme? The Volunteers staff will learn this spring.

Hurd’s talent and ability are evident. He’s a bulldozing force, built like a linebacker with the speed of a receiver. He’ll be the workhorse running the ball this fall. Having Kamara live up to his five-star status would be a major boon to the offense, and the staff should have a good sense of that by end of spring.