VolFan4Life87
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I hear this alot and I'm just curious - has recruiting changed that much in 14-15 years? I was watching the 1998 UT-Florida game recently on YouTube and I noticed that many of our stud players were from...you guessed it, Tennessee! Looking at our roster that year, something like half of the squad was from Tennessee.
Jeff Hall, Jermaine Copeland, Cedrick Wilson, Gerald Griffin, Travis Stephens, Al Wilson, Eric Westmoreland, Will Bartholomew just to name a few.
Were these guys highly sought after recruits or did they just get coached up and fit the "system" well?
I think one of the reasons Butch Jones is so adament about "owning Tennessee" is because he looks back and some of our most storied players are from the greatest state in the Union - Tennessee.
Thoughts?
Jeff Hall, Jermaine Copeland, Cedrick Wilson, Gerald Griffin, Travis Stephens, Al Wilson, Eric Westmoreland, Will Bartholomew just to name a few.
Were these guys highly sought after recruits or did they just get coached up and fit the "system" well?
I think one of the reasons Butch Jones is so adament about "owning Tennessee" is because he looks back and some of our most storied players are from the greatest state in the Union - Tennessee.
Thoughts?