HOOVER, Ala. • If Tennessee’s football team can parlay its winter Wednesday success to Saturdays in the fall, third-year coach Butch Jones might have something brewing in Knoxville.
When it comes to national signing day, which falls on the first Wednesday in February, Jones has proven he can recruit top talent to Tennessee — landing the nation’s fifth-ranked class each of the last two years as rated by Rivals.com.
The collection of four- and five-star players has overstuffed the Tennessee bandwagon this offseason, even though the Volunteers are just 5-11 in Southeastern Conference games under Jones.