Junior college transfers can be hit and miss. Throughout its modern history, Tennessee football has certainly seen a fair share of both. However, some of their best players over the past 30 years have turned out to be junior college stars as well.
Obviously, some transfers work out like Cam Newton and win national championships. However, there are multiple five-stars, even ones who committed to the Vols, who have amounted to nothing coming from those ranks. It appears to be actually harder projecting this talent than it is to project the guys coming out of high school.