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Tennessee lands JUCO linebacker

  • swampchomp615 said...

    How are you guys going to ever gain ground on the teams ahead of you taking these types of players.. Look at the big dogs in the SEC and look what their classes look like already. Even Franklin has it going at Vandy.. UT won't make their move until they hire an elite recruiting staff. UT, more than teams with natural instate and regional recruiting bases, needs an elite recruiter as HC first and foremost. Sad to see UT falling so far behind talent wise, especially on defense. My buddies here in Nashville are flipping out over UT's recruiting. String together two top five classes in a row that are defense heavy and fill needs, and watch UT take off.

    You make some good points here chomp, but UT's current lack of talent has nothing to do with the current staff's ability to recruit. The current staff inherited a program with not much talent and have been steadily building it back up over the last three years.

    As far as our current talent level goes, pay attention to the NFL draft next year and we'll see how much talent UT has this year.

    GoBigO

  • volfan28 said...

    This would be a wasted scholly. Surely we can find better.

    Not sure about that. IMO he's currently a little on the light side for a LB, but maybe he can bulk up. He seems like a pretty good athlete to me with a lot of speed.

    GoBigO

  • swampchomp615 said...

    How are you guys going to ever gain ground on the teams ahead of you taking these types of players.. Look at the big dogs in the SEC and look what their classes look like already. Even Franklin has it going at Vandy.. UT won't make their move until they hire an elite recruiting staff. UT, more than teams with natural instate and regional recruiting bases, needs an elite recruiter as HC first and foremost. Sad to see UT falling so far behind talent wise, especially on defense. My buddies here in Nashville are flipping out over UT's recruiting. String together two top five classes in a row that are defense heavy and fill needs, and watch UT take off.

    Wow.....you would never guess that last year UT gave up 271 points on the season and UF gave up 264 with all that talent that they have in Gainesville. What happened?
    I suggest that you watch closely your team and it's defensive guru/head coach/rabid guy and see what he does with all of that talent.....

    Go Vols!!! It's gator chomping time in Tennessee!!!

    dxhman

  • I may have overlooked it.....2 or 3 years left to play?

    SamVolsam

  • 3 years to play 3.

    ol dad

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  • ol dad said...

    3 years to play 3.

    Perfect......I like him more and more now and no worries on his weight. Hope he is an EE too if possible

    SamVolsam