So Wolf, his father, uncle and former high school coach [Nate Moore] got the new Volunteers coach to talk about rebuilding a program that is almost a decade removed from its days as a consistent SEC and national championship contender. The mantra around Neyland this spring is brick by brick, which is Jones motto for creating his regimes foundation one piece at a time.
Which led to the final question of the day, one James Wolf, Ethans dad, needed answered.
Coach Jones, James Wolf began, Are you accepting bricks?
Jones was puzzled.
He now looked over at Wolf, who was fussing around in a camera bag while Wolfs dad kept Jones occupied. The 6-foot-6, 232-pound tight end on the ESPN Watch List was now holding up his own brick, which Tennessees trademark checkerboard painted on it with the word commitment in the middle.
How about this brick? Wolf said to Jones.
The first-year Tennessee coach was blown away. Without hesitation he accepted Wolfs brick, making Wolf the eighth commitment of the Volunteers 2014 class.
Coach Jones said it was one of the coolest ways anyone has ever committed, Moore said.