UT VOLS FOOTBALL NEWS

While Tennessee coach Derek Dooley is happy with his class, those freshman will have little to do with whether he can turn the Vols around this fall.

Dooley says past is just that, but future 'best I've felt'

Tennessee signed 21 football recruits Wednesday. If you want to know what that means to the future of UT football, you have come to the wrong place.

KNOXVILLE – The Tennessee football program announced its signing class of 2012 Wednesday, consisting of seven initial enrollees and 14 National Signing Day additions. Tennessee's 2012 signing class features players from nine different states, including four from Tennessee, Florida and Georgia.   Bio capsules for each player are below and video highlights can be found at www.UTSports.com …

Derek Dooley's Tennessee Vols lands big-time recruit in wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson.

Running list of Tennessee's 2012 football signees.

This Tennessee football recruiting preview is provided by Brad Shepard of SB Nation's excellent Tennessee site, Rocky Top Talk. For all your coverage of Volunteers recruiting, head to Rocky Top Talk . Looking for National Signing Day coverage of other teams or recruits? Head to SB Nation College Football Recruiting . Recruiting is forged in relationships, and those sometimes take years to …

Nothing about Tauren Poole's college football career was ever easy. The running back from Stephens County High in Toccoa, Georgia did not come to Tennessee with 5-star accolades, a top positional ranking or a Parade All-American plaque. Poole started out as a fourth-string running back behind senior Arian Foster, junior Montario Hardesty and sophomore Lennon Creer in the 2008 season. The Vols …

Barring something unexpected, Tennessee will do something on National Signing Day that's only happened twice in the SEC since 2002 and is scheduled to occur at just two of the other 120 Football Bowl Subdivision schools across the country.

Jackson Christian School senior Drae Bowles has embraced the attention placed on him as a top college football recruit as a chance to share his faith.