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This is great news!! Thanks Ryan

Good stuff!!! Sounds like Jones is the Bruce Pearl (in the good sense) of our FB program....

This is one of many examples of what we tell people all the time — and yet people still don't believe: "Three stars" doesn't mean "average." There can only be around 300 or so four-star prospects in a given recruiting class. That means there are always going to be three-star prospects who turn out to be really good players at the next level, and that's by design. It's only some fans who interpret three-star prospects as being "average" or something along those lines.

Like you said, Harris is a very good prospect, as are a few of the other three-stars who currently are committed to Tennessee. Don't read too much into the fact that there are three stars next to his name. The bottom line is you have to draw the line somewhere, and Harris happens to be not too far below the line between three stars and four stars.

Average? Let's really put this into perspective, Ryan.

There are approximately 14,445 high schools in the US. If we assume only half of those have football programs, that means that there are approximately a half a million high school kids playing football. Approximately 100,000 are seniors.

(Assumes that there are 7225 football programs times 75 players divided by 4)

Whether this young man is the number 400 or number 500 or number 1000 best high school senior in the country, he is far from average. My gosh, there are at least 99,000 other high school players that are not as good as he is.

Average. Yeah, right.

hey, Ryan have you heard anything about Camion Patrick he's one i think we need very physical and runs well and definetly needs him

He will not be here next year, he has grade issues

For my part take an "average" 3-star player and put them in a good offense with a great scheme and excellent coaches with the ability to inspire the work ethic and you'll get 4 and 5 star results with some regularity!