COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech football coaches already knew the 2019 signing class was a special one as they inked 26 players in December and last week.But the staff got some justification on Monday just how special the signing class is as HERO Sports ranked Tech’s class as the second best in the Ohio Valley Conference with the 32nd best class in the Football Championship Subdivision and three signees among the top 300 ranked.“That’s huge for this program,” said Tech head coach Dewayne Alexander. “I think it reiterates that people believe in what we’re doing. We have good relationships with our coaches – we didn’t really have to establish them, we already had them. We have good relationships with what we call the ‘R-250,’ the 250-mile radius that our university recognizes.

More...