An old saying goes “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth”. Tennessee fans are in agreement that pulling the 12th ranked class with multiple top-200 players after a 5-7 season is the equivalent of a “gift horse”, which they should be quite happy with considering the circumstances. Despite the disappointing end to the 2018 season, Jeremy Pruitt and his staff were able to sell their vision for the program quite successfully.
We should still be careful to take an honest appraisal of a class and not grade on too steep of a curve. There is a lot to like about Tennessee’s recruiting class, and it qualifies as a big win no matter how you slice it.