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Tennessee's 2017 Recruiting Class Has Potential to Be Best of Butch Jones Era

For all of those Tennessee football fans who may be concerned that 2016's recruiting class is ranked 15th following head coach Butch Jones bringing in two top-10 classes, fear not.

The 2017 class is setting up to be the best of Jones' short era at the helm of the Vols.

This week's back-to-back commitments from 5-star No. 1-ranked quarterback Hunter Johnson and the state's top-ranked player in receiver Tee Higgins, the nation's No. 43-ranked prospect overall, is just the beginning of what is lining up to be a special group.

Butch Jones is a recruiting wizard, last week top 2017 QB in nation.