"It's going well," Paulk said. "My knee is ahead of schedule. I'm killing the rehab, but I'm still taking my time with with and listening to my PT (physical therapy) guy." "It was hard," Paulk said. "You want to be out there helping your team. You see something happen and think what could have been. There is a reason this happened to me. It made me slow down and realize some different things. It's a blessing and I will come back stronger."
"Coach G came and saw me last week," Paulk said. "He was shocked at how much progress I've made. We just really talked football. He and coach Jones just told me to take my time and listen to my PT. That's what I'm doing."
He also recently caught up with head coach Butch Jones. "I talked to him on Thanksgiving day," Paulk said. "We just mostly talked about my official and how my rehab is going. He's such a positive person and he was just reassuring me I'm going to come back stronger and they will need me at Tennessee."
"I can't wait to get back up there," Paulk said. "I got my boy Ryan (Jenkins) up there. I'm ready to see it all again. It's been a minute since I've been up there. It will be nice to get back up there." "I kind of just chill," Paulk said. "I didn't get caught up in the hype of recruiting. I was into social media for a minute. I've been a few places and I just felt like Tennessee was the right place for me. Just the school and coach Jones are so easy to like."