Unsigned Chattanooga prospects

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A breakdown in this AM's paper. Anyone here you guys in the know like?...

“This is as good a group of prospects as Chattanooga has ever had,” said one SEC assistant who has recruited this area. “There were some years with one or two guys who could really play at our level and a few others who were possibles, but this year there are several that look like they could really help any team.”

One who continues gaining attention nearly every day is Ridgeland’s Mike Bowman, the younger brother of Adarius. The 6-foot-5, 212-pound receiver has steadily risen up the recruiting boards and is the nation’s 17th-rated player at his position according to Rivals.com. He has official offers from LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina State and Purdue and impressed Georgia coaches at a team camp two weeks ago.

The area’s top-rated recruit is North Jackson linebacker Tana Patrick (6-3, 229), who is ranked the nation’s fifth best linebacker by Rvals and is among the top 65 overall players nationally.
“I’ve put about 2,500 miles on my car the last few weeks just getting him to camps,” said North Jackson coach Shawn Peek. “He’s already got that D-I body and could step into the huddle with any team in America right now.”
Patrick, who has been invited to play in the U.S. Army and Under Armour All America games, visited Alabama and Auburn already and will go to Florida State in mid-July, followed by Tennessee. Besides receiving offers from more than half the schools in the SEC, he was visited by coaches from Southern California, Michigan, Texas A&M, Clemson, Florida State and Notre Dame.

Another player in the Sequatchie Valley gaining interest is South Pittsburg’s David Jones (6-1, 200), who averaged 11 yards per carry in rushing for more than 1,300 yards and was the state Class 1A championship game defensive MVP.
He already has offers from Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Southern Miss, Memphis and Middle Tennessee State, will visit Auburn and Alabama in the coming weeks, was at Tennessee two weeks ago and was recently featured on the Rivals.com UT team Web site. He is also being heavily recruited by North Carolina.
“Vandy really rolled out the red carpet and let him know how much they wanted him,” said Jones’ father, Daniel. “Right now everybody but Tennessee is saying they like him as a running back. Tennessee seems to like him more as a linebacker.”

Ooltewah cornerback Sammy Seamster (6-3, 190), also one of the state of Tennessee’s top sprinters, is being most heavily sought by UT’s Volunteers

Calhoun (Ga.) defensive lineman Eric McDaniel (6-3, 290) has offers from North Carolina State, Louisville, East Carolina and Alabama-Birmingham and is expected to have offers from Auburn and Georgia Tech soon. “All he has to do is play up to his potential and he’ll have a lot of big offers,” Calhoun coach Hal Lamb said. “He had to play out of position last year, but we’re moving him to noseguard and I think he could have a big year and really get noticed.”

Bradley Central athlete Deonte Lindsey (5-11, 180), who is being recruited as a defensive back by Tennessee.

[TennTradition]

Well...if they're from Chattanooga, they must be AMAZING!

Do we have a shot at Tana Patrick??

[NEW COACH]

Tana Patrick is a beast.

[govols182]

Mike Bowman will end up at UGA. He's pretty good. Tana Patrick is by far the best prospect around. I think he stays in state though.

[rexvol]

seems like we have more instate talent than usual

[govols182]

Originally Posted by rexvol

seems like we have more instate talent than usual

Ridgeland is in North Georgia. North Jackson is in Alabama. Calhoun is in Georgia. 3 out of 6 listed are in TN.

[rexvol]

I wonder why no offer yet to Jones?

[Rasputin_Vol]

Uhh oh... a Chattanooga thread.

[OrangePappy]

Ringgold even had a guy mentioned, Fairchild. He's a pretty good QB but I bet he plays baseball in college.

[govols182]

Originally Posted by OrangePappy

Ringgold even had a guy mentioned, Fairchild. He's a pretty good QB but I bet he plays baseball in college.

Ummm...I wouldn't go that far.

[OrangePappy]

Originally Posted by govols182

Ummm...I wouldn't go that far.

Every thing is relative, he is one of the best QB's that we have had in a while. Chris Young was good but he was an athlete playing QB.

[govols182]

Originally Posted by OrangePappy

Every thing is relative, he is one of the best QB's that we have had in a while. Chris Young was good but he was an athlete playing QB.

Chris Young was good for Ringgold. How do they compare to Josh Woodard?

Also, aren't you guys running a pass happy offense this year? That would make him look better than past QB's. BTW, I hope Lakeview wins this year. Coach Davis was an idiot as HC, but you guys got yourself a good DC.

[OrangePappy]

Originally Posted by govols182

Chris Young was good for Ringgold. How do they compare to Josh Woodard?

Also, aren't you guys running a pass happy offense this year? That would make him look better than past QB's. BTW, I hope Lakeview wins this year. Coach Davis was an idiot as HC, but you guys got yourself a good DC.

I'll go with Young but then I graduated from Ringgold. Fairchild has a great arm and some good receivers but he also has a good RB that will be a Junior. Akins is the Head Coach and he won some titles at Boyd Buchanan. They still couldn't beat the usual three plus Ridgeland but they were a lot more fun to watch.

[govols182]

Originally Posted by OrangePappy

I'll go with Young but then I graduated from Ringgold. Fairchild has a great arm and some good receivers but he also has a good RB that will be a Junior. Akins is the Head Coach and he won some titles at Boyd Buchanan. They still couldn't beat the usual three plus Ridgeland but they were a lot more fun to watch.

Woodard's playing QB at Shorter right now.