Phillip Fulmer recently discussed the importance of Tennessee football recruiting North Carolina. Everybody knows that you can never stop trying to restock the trenches if you’re the head coach of an SEC program, and Jeremy Pruitt has focused on that.
As a result, it’s only good news for the Vols when they make the cut for an offensive lineman from North Carolina. That’s exactly what happened with them Thursday evening, as Colby Smith, a three-star tackle on Rivals out of Rockingham County High School in Wentworth, N.C., put UT in his top five.
In addition to Tennessee football, Smith’s top five included the Louisville Cardinals, North Carolina Tar Heels, N.