Tennessee added 21 players from 9 different states on Wednesday and Thursday. A breakdown of the Volunteers’ “target zone” is below:
Tennessee = 6 recruits
Florida = 3
Georgia = 3
North Carolina = 2
Ohio = 2
South Carolina = 2
California = 1
Kansas = 1
Maryland = 1
In-State Signees = 28.5%
Out-Of-State Signees = 71.4%
Observation:
The state of Tennessee has been producing more SEC-caliber athletes in recent years (19 from Tennessee this year compared to 20 from Louisiana and 24 from Alabama) and new coach Butch Jones will need to start taking advantage of that fact. Getting back into the Carolinas and into Ohio is important as well and it appears the doors to those states have at least been cracked open.
