Do we not have the NIL to compete?

[yabadabadolnavy]

Oregon, Florida, Texas, Georgia, bama… they’re killing us in recruiting

 

[utvolpj]

We're ranked ahead of UF

 

[THEONLYTENISEE]

Oregon, Florida, Texas, Georgia, bama… they’re killing us in recruiting

OL is the only area we haven’t recruited well.

 

[rdk4121]

OL is the only area we haven’t recruited well.

We do have the number one offensive tackle in theory

 

[VolFreakJosh]

 

[YankeeVol]

Oregon, Florida, Texas, Georgia, bama… they’re killing us in recruiting

A. Yes.
B. They aren't "killing us" lol.
C. FL is behind us

 

[#1HomeGrownUTVOL]

Seriously?!?

 

[VolBricks]

actually we have one of the best NIL programs in the country. We are going to spend our money in the transfer portal. We need at least 1-2 starting linemen and a top rated WR for next season

 

[Oldvoldad]

Oregon, Florida, Texas, Georgia, bama… they’re killing us in recruiting

High school recruiting. That is only a portion of the pie now. A ton of those kids won't be on the same team in two years.

 

[Oldvoldad]

actually we have one of the best NIL programs in the country. We are going to spend our money in the transfer portal. We need at least 1-2 starting linemen and a top rated WR for next season

This!

 

[igotworms]

Love the mouthbreathers who don't follow recruiting and are clueless jump on here on signing day crying about why all 35 5* aren't signing at TN

 

[Hulavol]

They aren’t “killing us” in any way, shape, form or rational metric. In fact we beat those teams for some seriously elite recruits today - most importantly - at least to me- on the DLine- something we haven’t done since Fulmer was doing the fishing. And we got the number LT in the entire nation. And a bunch of other studs those programs wanted desperately.
Could we have done better ? Absolutely.

Does generating an elite recruiting machine take about five years of relationship building and on- field success? Yep. It certainly does - especially when you have to recruit out of state as much as we do.

In sum- are we recruiting at a NC level ? Yep.

 

[hardyemt_p]

Spry sports is designed for a long term commitment I believe. Best in the country

 

[Jackcrevol]

Oregon, Florida, Texas, Georgia, bama… they’re killing us in recruiting

Oregon has Nike. Texas has Oil. Georgia has frat bangs, and Bama is stool.

Florida is writing bad checks bru. Watch.

 

[StickMan]

Oregon, Florida, Texas, Georgia, bama… they’re killing us in recruiting

They are???

 

[Alumni_06]

Coach Heupel has said many times, character and fit are important as well. We are not in a position to take a chance on a high profile recruits that could end up like Janzen Jackson or Nu'Keese Richardson giving the program another public embarrassment.

 

[Orangeblooded615]

Look at the historic A&M recruiting class and how many stuck. Seems like we recruit at a high level and the guys who sign and eventually contribute stay put.

 

[Golfprovol]

Love the mouthbreathers who don't follow recruiting and are clueless jump on here on signing day crying about why all 35 5* aren't signing at TN

Don't follow recruiting so this let's me get caught up, appreciate those of you who do follow it. Seems we are doing fairly well!

 

[yabadabadolnavy]

Coach Heupel has said many times, character and fit are important as well. We are not in a position to take a chance on a high profile recruits that could end up like Janzen Jackson or Nu'Keese Richardson giving the program another public embarrassment.

“**** that” go vols. Really???

 

[Yeiser10]

Are we in the playoffs?

 

[Hulavol]

Also, for those that don’t follow recruiting - we got two WRs today that are incredibly underrated and will both be superstars. Our coaches had them both “top of the wish list”- The one kid Jackson looks like a damn NFL WR and he’s just a baby from a tiny program.

 

[deezvols]

Wait, you mean there’s more to recruiting than $$?!!!

 

[Teezy]

Oregon, Florida, Texas, Georgia, bama… they’re killing us in recruiting

Our money doesn’t seem to be give and go. It seems like it’s more long term investment that makes more money in the long run but upfront isn’t as much. FYI I could be totally wrong. Just using context clues of people talking about how Spyre operates and their emphasis on it being a chess to checkers situation compared to NIL groups across the country. I’d say we are top 4-7 in the country, but again, I’d be guessing with that answer.

 

[VOLfrombama]

Win/advance in the playoffs then win some more next season and the Vols will continue to trend upward for these high ranking recruits

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Oregon, Florida, Texas, Georgia, bama… they’re killing us in recruiting

Let's see! Our football team is a lock for the College Football Playoffs. Our baseball team just won the Natty. Our basketball team, coming off a regular season SEC championship and Elite Eight advance, is ranked No. 3 and beating everyone's asses.

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