Tennessee is serious when it comes to recruiting and Butch Jones knows you have to build the foundation of a program "brick by brick" in order to be successful. He could be like every other coach and travel around to different states and host satellite camps, but he is staying in-state and traveling directly to the recruits.
That's the case for top offensive tackle Trey Smith who plays for University School of Jackson, which just so happens to be where Jones is right now with some Vols legends.
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Smith is a 6'5", 300-pound tackle in the class of 2017 and is ranked as the best at his position by 247Sports and the top player in Tennessee. Why make the kids travel to you when you can go right to the source, right? This is a genius idea by Jones and his staff to not only get out and see more recruits, but show them that they are putting forth great effort to see them in person.
[h/t Saturday Down South]
