Coaches are heading back on the road as the recruiting dead period ends.
With Tennessee down a staff member due to Mike DeBord's departure to Indiana, head coach Butch Jones is putting quality control assistant Walt Wells on the road to give Tennessee a full compliment of coaches on the trail.
Wells has a relationship with defensive end LaBryan Ray as well as Trey Smith and K'Rojhn Calbert. Add in the departure of Nick Sheridan, who went on the road the last time Tennessee was looking to fill a void on the offensive side, and Wells was the logical choice.
Tennessee will make some recruiting stops the next 48 hours before hosting a dozen or so visitors this weekend.
The Vols are expected to host commitments – Maleik Gray, Terrell Bailey, Ty Chandler, Eric Crosby, Theo Jackson, Jordan Murphy, we believe Kivon Bennett, and Trey Coleman will visit this weekend as well.
In terms of non-committed players, Elijah Conliffe, LaBryan Ray, Ryan Thaxton all confirmed to us they will be here this weekend and we think Josh Palmer will be here as well.
We believe the list could change over the next day or so.
On the coaching front, we are chasing chatter that Jones will have a candidate in town maybe today to interview.
On Tuesday, Jones and the staff entertained Wes Welker, as the NFL receiver who played with Peyton Manning in Denver and Tom Brady in New England, is interested in getting into coaching. He made the trip over from the coaches convention in Nashville and talked with Tennessee about possibly having a quality control position. We understand that Welker is also in play for a potential staff spot with West Virginia.
With Tennessee down a staff member due to Mike DeBord's departure to Indiana, head coach Butch Jones is putting quality control assistant Walt Wells on the road to give Tennessee a full compliment of coaches on the trail.
Wells has a relationship with defensive end LaBryan Ray as well as Trey Smith and K'Rojhn Calbert. Add in the departure of Nick Sheridan, who went on the road the last time Tennessee was looking to fill a void on the offensive side, and Wells was the logical choice.
Tennessee will make some recruiting stops the next 48 hours before hosting a dozen or so visitors this weekend.
The Vols are expected to host commitments – Maleik Gray, Terrell Bailey, Ty Chandler, Eric Crosby, Theo Jackson, Jordan Murphy, we believe Kivon Bennett, and Trey Coleman will visit this weekend as well.
In terms of non-committed players, Elijah Conliffe, LaBryan Ray, Ryan Thaxton all confirmed to us they will be here this weekend and we think Josh Palmer will be here as well.
We believe the list could change over the next day or so.
On the coaching front, we are chasing chatter that Jones will have a candidate in town maybe today to interview.
On Tuesday, Jones and the staff entertained Wes Welker, as the NFL receiver who played with Peyton Manning in Denver and Tom Brady in New England, is interested in getting into coaching. He made the trip over from the coaches convention in Nashville and talked with Tennessee about possibly having a quality control position. We understand that Welker is also in play for a potential staff spot with West Virginia.
