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Doctorate in Volology
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As we are all aware, Butch and his staff signed 14 early enrollees in the 2014 recruiting class, which I believe is the most in program history. However, in perusing Lindys Southeastern 2014 Preview, I discovered, to my surprise, the following statement: UT had a nations leading 14 players enroll at mid term, the third time in four years that Butch Jones has had the most mid-termers in the country (p. 174). That quite simply does not happen by random chance and underscores what I believe to be part of Butchs overall strategy for program development. I regret that I cant provide a citation, but he stated previously that one of his goals is for his players to graduate in 3 to 3 ½ years. It is my opinion that Butch wants to do everything in his power to coordinate the graduation of as many players as possible in December, both on the high school level and from UT, thus maximizing the number of spots available for early enrollees. If he can bring in 12-15 early enrollees every year, that is a tremendous advantage in terms of accelerating player development, both in the strength and conditioning program, spring practice, enhanced preparation for their freshman season, and academic acclimation to college-level work.