“Butch Jones is a young Phil Fulmer,” Lemming said.
Considering Lemming considered Fulmer one of the nation’s top five recruiters among head coaches during Fulmer’s heyday, that puts Jones in elite company.
With a strong finishing kick, Tennessee landed a five-star, two four-stars and a fleet three-star within a 17-hour period to finishing No. 14 in a composite ranking of four national recruiting services. But the Vols were only a consensus seventh in the SEC.
That didn’t rain on a Rocky Top parade that ended with the signing of four-star defensive end Jonathan Kongbo, the nation’s No.