Averaged 13th in Recruiting

[marcusluvsvols]

Tennessee’s hit rate in the portal has been phenomenal. And they haven’t always been the highly rated portal guys. Heard was. But guys like Kitselman, Norman-Lott, Hood, Castles, Aguilar, and others were great evals. Even guys like Brazzell and McCoy were somewhat highly rated portal guys, but outperformed their portal “ranking.” This staff has really evaluated portal transfers well. Many hits and very few misses.

That said, part of that success is because they don’t go heavy in the portal. They evaluate well and are choosy about the guys they want.

Great post.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

lol, we are. our talent level has gone up. the difference between us and Georgia/Bama is smaller than it has been in the last probably 15+ years.

Heupels recruiting has gotten better each year.

2026: 2 5* 13 4* (and we aren't done yet)
2025: 1 5* 16 4*
2024: 2 5* 11 4*
2023: 1 5* 13 4*
2022: 0 5* 7 4*

we are currently 5th in the SEC, 8th overall. yeah yeah yeah you want to immediately be number 1, boohoo. we are getting better. when that trend stops, you can complain.

Another great post. Our 25 and 26 classes can and will compete with anyone. We are competitive now even with a significant roster disparity vs UGA and Bama