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Tennessee Vols morning report: Josh Heupel talks early signing day

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 09: Tennessee Volunteers fans cheer during the first half of the game against the Indiana State Sycamores at Neyland Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 09: Tennessee Volunteers fans cheer during the first half of the game against the Indiana State Sycamores at Neyland Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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What a wild day it was for the Tennessee Vols. Bowl season is about to begin in football, men’s and women’s basketball are in full swing when it comes to non-conference player, and postseason recognition in fall sports continue to roll in, but in the midst of all of this, a major recruiting day stole the news in football.

This is what it’s like now with the early signing period, and our morning update on Rocky Top leads with continuing coverage of how that played out for UT on Wednesday. We’ll cover the press conference that happened after it and do a quick recap of everything that happened.

Beyond recruiting, though, there are other sports to get to as well. We have continuing coverage of an event involving the swimming and diving program, and we’ll close things out with postseason awards for the volleyball program. Let’s start, though, recapping the big news that took place with the football program.

Josh Heupel recaps early signing day – Patrick Brown, GoVols247

Entering the early signing period with 17 commitments, the Tennessee Vols football team added three new ones on the first day of the period in running back Justin Williams, defensive lineman Tyre West and edge rusher James Pearce. They signed all 20 players. Josh Heupel recapped the class in a press conference Wednesday evening. Here’s a bit of what he said.

"“I think we had 10 captains that came out of these 20 guys. Multiple guys won state championships, guys that know what it takes to win, the dedication, focus and strength and endurance that you’ve got to have to win.”"

Swimming and diving continues Auburn Invitational – UTSports

The first day of the Tennessee Vols and Lady Vols diving programs at the Auburn Invitational saw three Lady Vols finish in the top five at the 1-meter springboard. Play resumes Thursday with the men’s 1-meter and the women’s 3-meter. This event will last through Saturday.

"Grace Cable finished second in the event with a score of 285.15. Emily Ann Wolfson recorded a solid performance, improving her prelim score by more than 30 points to take third with a mark of 272.70. Elle Renner placed fourth after notching a score of 272.40. All three performances were NCAA Zone qualifying scores."

Volleyball senior earns All-American honorable mention – AVCA.org

Danielle Mahaffey of the Tennessee Lady Vols volleyball program was recognized by the American Volleyball Coaches Association as a Division I All-American honorable mention Wednesday. The senior middle blocker had 1.38 blocks per set, which ranked No. 2 in the SEC and No. 9 nationally.

"Each of the three AVCA All-America Teams includes 14 student-athletes. A group of honorable mention selections were made, which includes a combination of players named Conference Player of the Year and 30 additional players identified by the All-America Committee."

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