"A lot of people talk about the family environment, but it's really a feeling of home," Picou said. "Knoxville is my home. I don't like leave home a lot but when I head up there it's like I'm heading home."
"Everything was great. Obviously, chilling with the guys and being able to relax with your future teammates was great," Picou said. "And honestly, we got to know the coaches a little bit more. I spent time with about all of them. Coach (Steve Stripling) and I went and talked about the defensive line and went in a meeting. We went over some film and talked about the key things to pay attention to and what defensive linemen want to accomplish.
"I hung out with coach (Tommy) Thigpen and got some laughs in and (Sunday) we went to coach (Butch) Jones' house for breakfast and that was really cool, being able to hang out with him."
"I highly recommend it to any person. I would tell them all. I would tell all the future recruits," Picou said, "'Take all of your visits that you need to take and then head over to Rocky Top and I guarantee that will square you up real quick.'"
"Coach Strip sees me as a three technique," Picou explained. "We did some film work and some chalk talk and talked about taking on double teams and ball skills and mirroring the ball and all the good stuff like that."
"It's really cool. There's not really that one guy that sticks out with a big head," Picou said. "We're all pretty even-keeled. We all hung out and went out and had a blast. Me, Kyle, Shy, Kahlil, all of us, all the d-line brothers. It was a blast."
