Tennessee fined more than $8 million for over 200 infractions in football program

FILE – Then-Tennessee NCAA college football head coach Jeremy Pruitt speaks during Southeastern Conference Media Days in Atlanta, July 18, 2018. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

The NCAA has fined Tennessee more than $8 million and issued a scathing report outlining more than 200 infractions during the three-year tenure of former football coach Jeremy Pruitt.

The Volunteers escaped a postseason ban.

The sprawling report said Tennessee committed 18 Level I violations, the most severe, and said most involved recruiting infractions and direct payments to athletes and their families. Those benefits totaled approximately $60,000.

The NCAA found most of the violations were related to a paid unofficial visit scheme that was used consistently by the football program over two years.

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