We can now confidently say this — Tennessee’s recruiting budget is not holding back the football program. Not that we were necessarily worried about that particular issue, of course.
USA Today reported on Tuesday that Tennessee spent the third most money nationally on football recruiting during the 2018 fiscal year, totaling just over two million dollars. That money was spent mainly on the 2019 class, which featured four top 50 signings. Tennessee finished the cycle ranked 12th nationally by 247 Sports, a respectable finish for a program that won just nine combined games over the last two seasons.