First-year Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt said now that his players have shown him their best, he knows what to expect from them.Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt will make his debut appearance at SEC Media Days on Wednesday. The Times Free Press is previewing key topics Pruitt likely will be asked to address when the Volunteers take their turn in front of reporters in Atlanta.
Where are the in-state players?
Perhaps the question will be phrased more delicately, but Pruitt can expect to be asked in some fashion about his approach to recruiting talent from the Volunteer State.
The reason is simple. Only one of the 13 players committed to the Vols’ 2019 recruiting class is a high school senior in Tennessee, and the state’s top prospects in the class continue pledging to other schools.
Top prospects such as Nashville receiver Lance Wilhoite (Oregon), Murfreesboro cornerback Woodi Washington (Oklahoma), Nashville linebacker Kane Patterson (Ohio State) and Memphis running back Eric Gray (Michigan) have announced their commitments to other schools this month. Just one of the state’s top eight high school seniors remains uncommitted.