Recruiting rankings from 1992-2001

[Rifleman]

How does Tennessee not have a top ten class the year after winning a National Championship???

We were already stacked with talent. Only took 17 players.

Greg Barnum * C 6-1 295 Ellison Killeen, TX
Devon Davis * LB 6-3 223 McCallum Austin, TX
Troy Fleming RB 6-2 210 B.G. Academy Nashville, TN
Albert Haynesworth DT/LB 6-6 300 Hartsville Hartsville, S.C.
Anthony Herrera OL 6-4 310 Barron Collier Naples, Fla.
Sterling Kazee * S 6-3 180 McArthur Irving, TX
Steven Lee K 5-11 165 Citronelle Citronelle, Ala
Eddie Moore LB 6-1 210 S. Pittsburg S. Pittsburg
Constantin Ritzmann DE 6-4 245 Fla. Christian Tallahassee, Fla.
Charles Roberson DE 6-3 235 Creeksdale Fairburn, Ga.
Anthony Sessions DB 6-1 210 Copiah-Lincoln Bonaire, Ga.
Terriea Smalls DT 6-3 295 Timberland Pineville, S.C.
Chavis Smith OL 6-3 250 East Rutherford Forest City, N.C.
Onterrio Smith * RB 5-11 190 Grant Sacramento, Calif.
A.J. Suggs QB 6-5 205 McEachern P. Springs, Ga.
Scott Wells OL 6-2 280 Brentwood Acad. Spring Hill, TN.
Kevin Young DE 6-4 250 Duncanville Duncanville, TX.

 

[roddo518]

How does Tennessee not have a top ten class the year after winning a National Championship???

Fulmer use to recruit flashy skill positions mostly in one year, thus a higher ranking, and recruit a bunch of the o-line and d-line the next year, thus getting a lower ranking. he would sprinkle a few stud skill positions in there ever so often, but the first sentence was the norm. One year top 5, the next in the low teens or just in top ten as I recall.

 

[govolsbaby]

SEC Teams in top 10 on Rivals

2010: 5
2011: 4
2012: 3
2013: 5
2014: 7
2015: 6 (as of now)

Tennessee only in there 2010 and 2014. I know this is beating a dead horse, but since we are projected to be there again next year it bodes well for our future but it also shows that the SEC will be a gauntlet.

This is the most telling stat. Not only do we have to get better, but everyone else is getting better also.