Today On Rocky Top: Orange Carpet Day A Big Success For Vols
By Zach Ragan
From Bleacher Report
"Until this weekend, Tennessee football coach Butch Jones quietly was compiling his second consecutive strong recruiting class. But the cycle hadn’t featured any momentum-turning moments like those that highlighted last year.All of that changed with “Orange Carpet Day,” UT’s most recent recruiting event held Saturday.The Volunteers erupted with four commitments, giving them 17 overall and catapulting UT to seventh in 247Sports’ most recentrecruiting rankings.Read more at Bleacher Report"
From FanSided
"Although since he arrived in Knoxville recruiting has not been an issue, Tennessee Volunteers head coach Butch Jones was off to a rather slow start as it pertains to the 2015 recruiting class. The Vols have been sitting outside the top 10 in the 247 Sports rankings, but after a big Saturday, that’s not the case anymore.After landing three huge commitments in the 2015 class on Saturday, Jones and the Vols were vaulted six spots to number seven as they continue to fight their way back to the top of the SEC with dynamite recruiting.Read more at FanSided"
From MLive.com
"Michigan State football is flexing its recruiting muscle in Ohio again, adding 6-foot-6, 236-pound defensive end Justice Alexander to the list of Class of 2015 verbal commitments, MLive has learned.Alexander, who camped with the Spartans on June 1, most recently received an offer from Tennessee after getting scholarship opportunities from Ball State, Bowling Green, Miami (Ohio), Toledo and Pitt."