NCAA sends Tennessee notice of allegations detailing rules violations under former head coach Jeremy Pruitt

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The NCAA sent the University of Tennessee a notice of allegations Friday detailing 18 Level I rules violations against the football program under former head coach Jeremy Pruitt and his staff. 

Pruitt, who coached Tennessee from 2018 to 2020, was fired in January 2021 after the university conducted an internal investigation. 

Tennessee Volunteers head coach Jeremy Pruitt walking in the Vol Walk before a game against the Vanderbilt Commodores Nov. 30, 2019, at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. (Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

In the notice to the university, the NCAA alleges that Pruitt spent around $60,000 in impermissible recruiting inducements that were paid to players and their families, according to multiple reports.  

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Among its allegations, the NCAA claims members of the football program hosted six prospects during the COVID-19 dead period between July 2020 an November 2020 and spent approximately $12,173 in impermissible recruiting inducements. During the COVID-19 dead period, schools were not permitted to conduct any on-campus recruiting. 

The University of Tennessee is not charged with lack of institutional control due to its cooperation in the investigation. 

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"In every step of this process, we took quick and decisive actions that exemplified the longstanding values of the NCAA reiterated in the membership's new constitution," Tennessee Chancellor Donde Plowman said in a statement, according to ESPN. 

"The university hired outside counsel to fully