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Tennessee football National Signing Day: Vols 2018 recruiting class by the numbers

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 15: A view of the outside of Neyland Stadium before a game between the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers on September 15, 2012 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Sommers II/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 15: A view of the outside of Neyland Stadium before a game between the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers on September 15, 2012 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by John Sommers II/Getty Images) /
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Tennessee football came away with a Top 25 recruiting class for 2018. Here are the Volunteers’ results by the numbers from National Signing Day.

Must Read: What went wrong for Vols on National Signing Day?

It wasn’t the same splash as the early signing period. But Tennessee football finished National Signing Day with a decent first class for Jeremy Pruitt.

The Vols signed 20 players, and two more are committed. It was enough for them to be in the Top 25 and in the middle of the pack in the SEC. Considering all the issues facing the program dating back to December, the level of disappointment from Signing Day doesn’t seem as bad.

Here, we’re going to break down the Tennessee football recruiting class. This is a look at National Signing Day for the Vols by the numbers.

General numbers

Number of commitments: 22

Number of players signed: 20

Early enrollees: 8

Number of Junior College players: 4

By position

Quarterbacks: 1

Running backs:  1

Wide receivers: 2

Tight ends: 2

Offensive linemen: 4

Defensive linemen: 7

Linebackers: 1

Defensive backs: 1 (2 more committed but not yet signed)

Kickers/punters: 1

By state

Tennessee: 10 (1 JuCo player; 1 committed but not yet signed)

Georgia: 4

California: 3 (2 JuCo players)

Florida: 1

Nevada: 1

Pennsylvania: 1 (JuCo player)

South Carolina: 1

Louisiana: 1 (Committed but not yet signed)

Number of junior college players per school

Arizona Western Community College (Yuma, Ariz.): 2

City College of San Francisco (San Francisco, Calif.): 1

Independence Community College (Independence, Kan.): 1

Number of players per star rating

Recruiting rank

Rivals: No. 20

247Sports: No. 20

ESPN: No. 23

Next: What went right for Vols on National Signing Day?

Just a couple of commitments to avoid such a bad day would have made things better for Tennessee football. That’s why it’s so painful for Vols fans. But as you can see, they still had a Top 20 class in two of the three major ratings. And that was with just two months to recruit when they had to shuffle the recruiting board. So it’s not all bad, and as Jeremy Pruitt said, wait until this full staff has a year to recruit.

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