"If he wasn't here," he said. "I probably wouldn't be a commit. I wasn't a big fan of Coach [Derek] Dooley. I was looking to go elsewhere. I was really thinking about going to Alabama. The Tennessee fans probably don't want to hear that, but I'm a Vol, 100 percent."
"I told Coach if the NFL doesn't work out, maybe I'll be able to get on the coaching staff, because I know I can recruit some good guys to come to the school," Kelly quipped.
"We're all close, man," he said. "We know what Coach Jones is going to do in the future. We're all bought in, and we've got to make sure that everybody's 100 percent.