Tennessee 2022 signing class breakdown with Matt Ray of Sports Illustrated & SI All-American

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Michael Bratton/SEC Mike

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🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Matt Ray of Sports Illustrated joins the show to discuss Tennessee's 2022 signing class. Follow Matt at @mattraySI Topics discussed with Matt: Overall thoughts on the job Tennessee’s coaches did recruiting through potential NCAA issues? How important were the players Tennessee picked up on Wednesday: 4-star DL Tyre West, 4-star RB Justin Williams, 4-star pass rusher James Pearce Why do you think Tennessee struggle so much with in-state prospects? — Only 2 in-state signees in this class so far Which position group did Tennessee best address with this signing class? Which signee do you think makes the biggest impact for Tennessee next season? Most underrated prospect Tennessee signed? Which position group do you think Tennessee still needs to address via recruiting or the transfer portal? Thoughts on Tennessee vs Purdue Music City Bowl? Thursday, Dec 30

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0:00.0	We got Matthew Ray of Sports Illustrated and SI All American covers the Tennessee balls
0:07.3	and pretty much anytime I see a Tennessee in the race for a recruit maybe like an edit or a
0:13.9	finalist or cutting down his list they always tag Matt in their post because he's one of their
0:21.0	guys that he's constantly digging for information go find all of Matt's work there at Sports Illustrated
0:28.0	if you're not already we're going to go on a deep dive here of Tennessee's signing class and
0:33.2	preview the upcoming music city bowl against Purdue so let's kick it over to our interview.
0:39.2	All right well we're pleased now to be joined by Matt Ray who works for Sports Illustrated
0:44.2	covering Tennessee and Tennessee recruiting for the SI All American and give him a follow at
0:51.2	Matt Ray SI Matt thank you so much for joining me I really appreciate it.
0:57.2	Hey Mark I'm glad to be with you I appreciate the environment excited to talk with you here.
1:01.8	Yeah so you know the reason I reached out to you because I've been following you for a long time
1:06.2	and you really are one of the best out there covering Tennessee and Tennessee recruiting I mean
1:12.1	you're all over it it seems like anytime there's a commitment or a decommitment or an update
1:17.5	these players are tagging you on their stories there so I really appreciate you taking some time
1:23.8	and you know that's what we're going to focus on with just the the early signing period just happened
1:28.8	of course and so I just really wanted to get your thoughts on the the overall job that Josh
1:33.9	Hyple and his coaching staff did with this recruiting class given the fact that you know for
1:40.0	most of their tenure they've had to potential NCAA issues looming over them yet here we sit and
1:46.4	they've got a consensus top 20 class what are your thoughts on on this signing class by Tennessee?
1:53.6	I think first and foremost just the ability for Josh Hyple to come in
1:59.5	behind on so many guys in state that we're looking to push towards a decision early on and having
2:06.0	to try to build those relationships initially see who he could make a push for and and then try to
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