NASHVILLE – Jeremy Pruitt does not understand, thinks it insignificant, really.
So as a reporter asks Pruitt about his earliest football memory, Pruitt turns the tables. He wonders aloud, “You writing a story on my earliest football memory?”, then proceeds to ask his own questions – eager to dive into knowing all elements of Tennessee football, from personnel to recruiting to media to countless other minute details, preparing each day and seizing every opportunity to learn the program inside and out.
Eventually, he circles back around to the question and admits something not too many coaches acknowledge about the sport: Pruitt’s earliest football memory involves sheer terror for the native of Rainsville, Ala.