The 6-foot-3, 275-pound Bailey chose Tennessee over scholarship offers from almost 20 other schools, including Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Penn State, Virginia, Virginia Tech and West Virginia
He's ranked the No. 199 overall prospect and No. 19 defensive tackle in the 2020 class, according to the industry-generated 247Sports Composite. He's also ranked by 247Sports as the No. 227 overall player and No. 18 defensive tackle in the 2020 class.
This is impressive. It really is. Pruitt is recruiting like a program that has been winning and competing for championships... not like a program with two consecutive losing seasons for the first time in a very long time.