I had 11 scholarships available and no bowl money, as this was my inaugural season on Rocky Top. Needs for this season included a WR, TE, OL, 3 DL, 3 LB, and 2 DB's.
We're really excited about what Johnny can do the minute he steps on campus. It's a rare occasion that you can sign a Top 25 recruit and we are fortunate enough that we were able to do that twice this season.
John is our second Top 25 signee and we expect him to see plenty of snaps this season.
Joseph and Clarence are expected to come in and seal up a defensive unit that struggled last year. It will be more important than we anticipated as we were unable to sign any DL in this class and will have very little depth at that position. They are going to have to cheat up and make a lot of plays at the line of scrimmage.
Andrew and Kenneth are also anticipated to get significant snaps in the secondary. Assuming we can stop the run, they will be called upon to shut down the deep passing game.
The fact that we were only able to fill just over one half of our scholarships this year simply means the opportunity for early playing time next season will be even more of a reality for incoming elite recruits. The Vols had the 37th ranked recruiting class in Season 100, up 14 spots from the previous season and the highest in six seasons,with four 4 star recruits.
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