Tennessee is expected to learn what punishments the university will see from the NCAA’s investigation into the Jeremy Pruitt administration’s recruiting violations, according to NCAA officials.
Tennessee was accused of 18 recruitment violations during Pruitt’s time on campus. Most of those violations centered on cash and gifts Pruitt and his team gave to potential players; gifts that totaled to about $60,000.
The NCAA Committee of Infractions will be announcing the punishments, and Tennessee is expected to respond shortly after. While UT could be found at fault for the infractions, Tennessee officials did self-report most of the issues and cooperated during the investigation, according to the NCAA. There’s no word yet on what the punishments could be, but NCAA officials have said that the problems did not stem from the program itself, which could spare Tennessee from most of the more severe repercussions.
According to the NCAA’s outline of the infractions, Pruitt, his wife Casey, assistant coaches Derrick Ansley, Shelton Felton and Brian Niedermeyer and recruiting staff members Drew Hughes, Bethany Gunn and Chantryce Boone were at fault. None of those people are at UT anymore, and Pruitt was fired for cause, earning the university praise from the NCAA.
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