Josh Heupel aiming to push Tennessee recruiting towards the SEC's elite

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🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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With Josh Heupel's first full recruiting class soon to be complete, the question still remains... How can Tennessee match what SEC rivals like Alabama, Texas A&M, LSU, and Georgia are doing on the recruiting trail and re-establish themselves as one of the conference's elite teams? Ryan Callahan of GoVols247.com breaks it all down.

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0:00.0	Good morning. It is Thursday January 13th. This is the 24-7 sports football recruiting
0:15.6	podcast. I am your host Lance Glen. So for everyone who listens, I mentioned that we are in the midst of a first
0:21.3	year coaches series.
0:22.9	So far we have hit on Miami and Florida
0:25.3	and don't worry, we will continue that series
0:27.6	in the episodes coming up.
0:29.0	We're gonna hit the west coast over the next few weeks,
0:31.1	so make sure to stay tuned in for that.
0:33.1	But we all know that first year coaches more often than not have tough transition classes.
0:37.7	So because of that, we decided that we should hit on some of the second year head coaches
0:42.2	that are about to finish their first full class too.
0:45.2	So to start, we are going to talk Tennessee recruiting and Josh Heeple's first full class.
0:50.4	Joining me to break down the Vols and their 15th ranked recruiting class is Ryan Callahan the recruiting editor for 247 sports go Valls 247.com.
0:59.0	Ryan how we doing thanks so much for coming on and giving me some time.
1:02.0	Hey doing well thanks for having me.
1:03.8	So Ryan, I want to begin with Hypel and when he was brought over from UCF,
1:08.8	everyone obviously knew about his offensive acumen,
1:11.2	his ability to put up points, and Tennessee certainly showed that this past season I would think in the SEC, although he obviously had that experience in the South coming from
1:24.2	Central Florida, but now basically almost through his first class. What's been your
1:28.6	assessment of Josh Hebel as a recruiter and the strategy or Oregon guess philosophy he uses to build classes.
1:34.4	Yeah, I think overall he's been pretty good.
1:37.8	I think obviously the jury is still out on just how good of a recruiter he and his staff will be at Tennessee, but I think
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