February 4th was a good day for the Butch Jones and the Vols as Tennessee signed a consensus top-5 class. Here are the top Vol moments of National Signing Day.
5-star WR Preston Williams signed with the Vols, plus wore a swanky outfit and some sort of very unsafe Vol helmet.
Preston Williams, headed to @Vol_Football @Vol_Sports, talking to @fredkalil #GaSigningDay pic.twitter.com/tVhZeLRLDk
— 11Alive Sports (@11AliveSports) February 4, 2015
The biggest news of the day, 5-star OT Drew Richmond announced his decision to sign with Tennessee.
It's great to be a Tennessee Vol pic.twitter.com/iVXkOoDFdg
— Drew Richmond (@TheDream_75) February 4, 2015
Yes. Yes he did #VolsNSD15 pic.twitter.com/EMXfl0rqrr
— Vol Photos (@Vol_Photos) February 4, 2015
Butch Jones promised to wear a bow tie for the first time in his life if Drew Richmond signed – and he kept his word.
That Bowtie though…#VolsNSD15 pic.twitter.com/XNQ4ZKHPxH
— Vol Photos (@Vol_Photos) February 4, 2015
Vol fans own Twitter.
https://twitter.com/NewMarketMauler/status/562999911579660289
"Vol fans have been outstanding, they own social media" –@UTCoachJones
— gmannVOLS (@gmannVOLS) February 4, 2015
Ole Miss had a rough day. Not only did they lose Drew Richmond, perhaps their best signee is famous for getting destroyed by Vol signee Kahlil McKenzie.
“@CoachHughFreeze: Couldn't be prouder to have 5* @JPatterson__8 represent Petal at the #Flagship”
Yeah, but…https://t.co/vDpCvKRIgV
— Houston Kress (@VolRumorMill) February 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/NewMarketMauler/status/562998531351642112
Safe to say these two aren’t on speaking terms right now?
Bet things are REAL awkward between these two right now. pic.twitter.com/6DS9ebmqq9
— Reed Carringer (@ReedCarringer) February 5, 2015
5-star DT signee Kahlil McKenzie is always wearing a bucket hat and always recruiting.
I'm already recruitin the lil brother he's up next #GBO @Jaay_Peeezy pic.twitter.com/pr3H4mO5wI
— Kahlil McKenzie Jr. (@Kahlil_Mckenzie) February 4, 2015
No post on National Signing Day is complete without a little trolling aimed at Vandy – who signed the worst class in the SEC. It wasn’t long ago that the Vols also had a Derek at the helm and things went similarly.
Vandy's Derek Mason: "Today, I feel like I got 18 first and second-round draft picks" pic.twitter.com/jGpfh4qYBZ
— Ryan Reed (@r_reed5) February 4, 2015
Derek Dooley would just be waking up now…
— Mark Nagi (@MarkNagi) February 4, 2015
But things have definitely turned around under Butch Jones.
What should be final recruiting rankings for the #Vols:
247Sports: 3
ESPN: 5
Rivals: 5
Scout: 5Average of 4.5
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) February 4, 2015
It looks like these will be the first back-to-back, top-5 http://t.co/CzzTEGaiIf classes for the #Vols in the recruiting service era.
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) February 4, 2015
With another top-5 class in the bag, this pretty much sums up the day.
A recap of today pic.twitter.com/NAA0nJyxSF
— Vol Photos (@Vol_Photos) February 4, 2015
You can read about every member of the 2015 class here.
