Stargazers may take one long look at this Tennessee football recruiting class and turn their noses up at a group of 10 players that is currently ranked 12th nationally and fifth in the SEC.
But the bottom line for the Volunteers' 2016 class is that it's not going to be very big and could wind up nowhere near as highly ranked as the previous two classes.
After coach Butch Jones brought in 32 signees in the 2014 cycle and 29 more last year, UT simply has a stacked roster full of underclassmen.
While those two classes—which wound up ranked seventh and fourth, respectively, by the 247Sports composite—will be tough acts to follow, there are several reasons Vols fans shouldn't be concerned about this year's ratings.