Jeremy Pruitt credits Tennessee players for Vols having SEC's No. 1 recruiting class
A big week on the recruiting trail boosted Tennessee’s 2021 class to No. 1 in the SEC and No. 3 nationally on the 247Sports Composite.
“It’s been a good week,” Volunteers head coach Jeremy Pruitt told FOX Sports Knoxville’s “The Drive” on Friday. “Our kids are taking finals right now and finishing up the semester. We can’t really do any football right now, so we’re really trying to focus on recruiting, and everybody in our organization is doing a really nice job with that.”
While some think that it’s important to have young assistants who relate better to high school players, Pruitt doesn’t see age as a factor.
“No, I don’t think age has anything to do with recruiting,” Pruitt said. “I think having a good plan, working together, doing a nice job in the evaluating process.
“We’ve obviously had some unusual circumstances over the last four to six weeks here, and I feel like we’ve had a good plan with it and our guys have done a nice job building relationships. And we’ve got to continue to do that.”
When asked about Vols players taking an active role in recruiting, Pruitt was quick to give credit.
“I believe it goes back to our players and the guys that they help recruit,” the third-year head coach said. “The guys we have on our team right now, they want to be the best that they can possibly be, and they work hard at it. They work hard in the classroom. They work hard on the field, in the weight room, and they do in recruiting.
“They know who they want to play beside, and the better players you have on the team, the better opportunity you have as a team and as an individual. So these guys are bought into that, and they’re working hard to help recruit the best student-athletes to Tennessee.”
It certainly appears to be an exciting time on Rocky Top. There’s no better example of a team’s “buy-in” than players taking recruiting into their own hands.
[H/T GoVols247]
Don’t count your chickens, Coach Redneck and Michael Wayne Bratton.
Remember this time last year how all the ‘turds were crowing about Sideshow Dan’s “top-3 recruiting class!” and laughing about how Kirby was barely in the top-15 and Saban barely in the top-10.
Remind me who finished with the Number 1 class and where Floriduh ended up by comparison?
Here’s thinking Tennessee will settle in somewhere between 10 and 15 when all is said and done.
Corch I don’t recall anyone saying UGA or bama were going to finish outside the top 10 in recruiting. But keep yapping igmo. By the way the village called and are wondering where you are.
You, sir, are an A-hole. Georgia my have climbed the rankings in recruiting polls, but what have you done with it…SEC Champs (1 for Kirby), Natty (not since 1980).
Arrogance is the common theme from your fan base with nothing of any real significance in the recent past…potential without exceptional results.
We have a ways to go on Rocky Top. No one denies that. But things are trending in the right direction. I just hope that we are able to capitalize when it all comes together.
This is a Tennessee fab that I can agree with. Keep up the recruiting and you will beat UGA. We saw in the SEC Championship game that their time at the top of the East is over. UGA is practically an ACC team.
UGA is practically an ACC team?? Holy sh*t that’s a stupid comment/opinion. When LSU was getting waxed by Bama year in and year out for the better part of a decade, I wonder if people thought LSU’s time was done. Hmm, I guess we shouldn’t draw many conclusions about the future based on one game. But then again, you’re probably not capable of understanding that concept.
Agreed. Corch is an A hole. Dont judge Ga fans by that idiot.
I’m gonna be happy for the Vols until they sign a couple more guys. Then I might have to dust off the old Big Orange insult thesaurus. Haven’t needed that on awhile cuz it’s no fun unless the team you’re insulting is a threat. E.g. Gators
We will see about that soon enough. Jawga
Why such a rude and hateful comment. It’s understood that these are not iron clad commitments and that things change. Your lack of respect for anything not UGA is amazing. Your racist name and disrespect says everything about your miserable life. You sir are the ‘turd in the bowl of life. It’s crappy trolls like you that puts a smile on my face every time UGA losses.
The names not really racist just making fun of Urban Meyer
The Vols are getting better in all regards. We do have a bit of a way to go yet before we compete for the SEC, but it won’t be as long as it has been. Probably just a year off…..maybe two at most.
Most sports fans don’t or rarely comment on sport sites.
I actually have always liked the bulldogs, and they are in my top three or four of my SEC teams.
So I don’t hold dog pup fans responsible for the consistent bad behavior and misplaced comments of those dog commenters on this and other SEC team sites.
It’s apparent that those dog fans that rarely visit these sites have a real life and a job, thus little incentive to spend so much time on silly name calling of other sister SEC teams.
It does get tiresome when the majority of negative comments come from one team, regardless of the team site or broad sports site.
Go Gators.
Go SEC East.
Go SEC SEC SEC SEC
It is important to note that not even LSU, and Alabama could keep the SEC East from winning more conference crossover games the past two years combined, than the SEC West. That should be raising eyebrows. Pruitt managed his first tough year at TN very well in my opinion and did an acceptable job his second year. Any high school kid can get rated high by the promoters it seems, so this Tennessee recruiting class has to meet the challenge more as juniors and senior than as freshman. In so much as the rating helps the division maybe a little, thanks for the headline anyway, and good luck to all the East teams, and the whole conference in every non-conference recruiting battle.
It’s nice to see the East doing better. It helps the whole conference. It should be pointed out that while the East has won more crossover games the west has been winning championships. When was the last time the East has won a natty?
The East has one the crossover matchups once in the past 10 years or so, and that was two years ago. When Tennessee fully returns, it may even back out.
Won.
Most UGA fans who post here are not screwball lunatic fringe fans going on their 3rd year of unemployment. Just like every other fan base , most Dawg fans are awesome , a lot of fun, and any team back and forth banter with other fans is good spirited . But like every fan base, we have some fans we are not proud off.
Unfortunately, one of ours here is a total idiot who writes really bad way too long novellas that most people dont read. He couldnt find his butt with both hands. The mole on this guy`s back called the doctor and asked to have HIM removed. His dog ran away back to the shelter. I’ll leave it to you to guess who that is.
GGFreshy, now that was funny, and we all know what poster you are talking about. I’m just glad he’s not on our side but we have a few as well. Right as well, that nobody reads that dissertation of jabber of all cap letters. I just skip over and hope he goes away someday.
Agreed the west is the premier division in the sec and college football until someone in the east or elsewhere can knock them off. Everyone with common sense knows at the end of the recruiting cycle knows UGA, LSU, bama, Florida and a&M will be up there. All us Vols are well aware the total numbers have us where we are today and there is a lot of time before ink goes on paper. So what. It has been a long time since we could enjoy it and we are. To idiots like corch and TDOW, among many others… just keep touting your preseason championships. We will be battling for the east and the sec shortly. I hope VOL fans don’t become as arrogant, insulting and preseason championship predictors as they have. UGA has a ton of talent, good coaches and a mostly great fan base. They deserve a natty after all these years, even if it would probably turn corch and the others into unstoppable posters of mind numbing crap constantly. But I hope we do all we can to prevent it as a good rival should.
Tennessee has some definite Recruiting-Momentum going right now. Sometimes it only takes a few Elite Recruits to start the Ball-Rolling.
As The Great Bobby Bowden of Florida State once said…”The reason we spend so much time recruiting is…The Team with the Best Athletes Usually Wins…unless We coaches screw it up”. With Tennessee on the rise, can it be long before the East has a Big Three: Georgia, Florida & Tennessee ? *Gator Fans, not listed in any particular order…O.K.
That and the checkbook…
I didn’t know Tennessee still had a football program.
Good to have you join the sports world. Now put down those donuts and and transformers action figures and start learning about all the teams in the sec.
Have you been locked in the UGA trophy room since 1980?
This is exciting! 6 days ago we had the 17th recruiting class in the Nation. Today we have the 2nd best team Nationally and 1st SEC. This is exciting! Go Vols! Vol4Life
When Tennessee is right, it’s good for the SEC. Imo we need the old guard big 6 to always be competitive because those teams are the original brand that got this SEC thing rolling. They make you want to watch.
Ga,Fla,LSU,Bama,Aub,Tenn. All have great history. All should always be good.
Brown paper bag money.
Jealous much?
You can put this early recruiting win right up there with your champions of life trophy!!