All caveats about nothing being done and nobody being signed yet aside, how Heupel and his staff have effectively created the end-of-cycle board is really impressive. Let's take a look:
IDL
Finch - big target in the summer who we lost out for but never stopped recruiting. Now 50/50 to flip from Bama
Thomas - JUCO target who Vols evaluated and offered in October; now getting more and more offers
Simmons - "traits" DL that Garner has "stashed" per Wiltfong
Edge/SDE
Carter - similar to Finch, but we were less in this one back in the spring/summer; kept after him and have now hosted him 2x
Gooden - high end prospect who we jumped on after his coach got fired and stayed in it enough to get his last OV
Brooks -
OL
Muya - "traits" OT that we eval'd, though not as early as some. TBD on whether we get him back for an OV after he came for an UV
Smith - similar to Gooden (also UCLA)
Carr - similar to Finch (but UF, and they fired their coach)
RB
Latimer - never gave up, finally got him on campus again in November. Coin flip
IDL
Finch - big target in the summer who we lost out for but never stopped recruiting. Now 50/50 to flip from Bama
Thomas - JUCO target who Vols evaluated and offered in October; now getting more and more offers
Simmons - "traits" DL that Garner has "stashed" per Wiltfong
Edge/SDE
Carter - similar to Finch, but we were less in this one back in the spring/summer; kept after him and have now hosted him 2x
Gooden - high end prospect who we jumped on after his coach got fired and stayed in it enough to get his last OV
Brooks -
OL
Muya - "traits" OT that we eval'd, though not as early as some. TBD on whether we get him back for an OV after he came for an UV
Smith - similar to Gooden (also UCLA)
Carr - similar to Finch (but UF, and they fired their coach)
RB
Latimer - never gave up, finally got him on campus again in November. Coin flip
