Tennessee football: Five reasons Vols had awesome early signing day

2. Wednesday commitments covered a variety of positions.

There were three players technically listed at one position, but Tennessee football still had a ton of variety with its commitments. That’s a big deal for the Vols, who needed as much help as possible at lots of different positions to be able to shore up their depth. They got that with their pickups throughout the day on Wednesday.

Their two athletes, Jimmy Holiday and Len’Neth Whitehead, covered wide receiver, running back, linebacker, defensive back and quarterback. We already discussed Holiday. Whitehead, out of Athens, Ga.,  is another three-star who actually has a four-star composite rating and can play linebacker or running back at 6’2″ 232 pounds.

These two guys alone bring in the versatility. Combine Whitehead’s ability to fill key needs with the speed Holiday brings, and you have a couple of guys who could end up being very beneficial down the road. Jeremy Pruitt can get a good look at them in the spring and determine where he wants to put them.

Now, Whitehead does have a preference for playing running back. And Holiday is probably not going to play quarterback for UT. But the Vols still got a solid pickup with those two guys, and the fact that they can cover those roles is good enough.

Despite their other three pickups being at one position, they still covered some ground. The combination of them could make for a defensive tackle, a defensive end, an outside linebacker, an inside linebacker and even an offensive tackle.