Florida's Ahead of The Curve

rexvol · 07-17-2008, 11:07 AM

The Florida Gators will hold one of its biggest camps on Friday night, and more than 100 prospects from the classes of 2009, 2010, and 2011 are expected to be in attendance. Here's the FightinGators.com list of potential attendees.

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ATHLETES

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Dontae Aycock (ATH) - Chamberlain
Michael Gillislee (ATH) - Deland
Jordan Haden (ATH) - Friendly (MD) *2010
Lamarcus Joyner (ATH) - Southwest Miami *2010
Greg Reid (ATH) - Lowndes (GA)

CORNERBACKS
Erik Brown (CB) - Judson (TX)
Robert Clark (CB) - Dwyer *2010
Jamal Forest (CB) - Booker T. Washington
Jordan Fulford (CB) - North Marion
Travis Hawkins (CB) - Quince Orchard (MD)
Dre Kirkpatrick (CB) - Gadsden City (AL)
Quincy McDuffie (CB) - Edgewater
Khiry McQuay (CB) - Hillsborough *2010
Jamal Reid (CB) - Lafayette
Nickell Robey (CB) - Frostproof *2010
Vladimir Rock (CB) - St. Thomas Aquinas *2010
Dale Trimble (CB) - Gadsden City (AL) *2010
Lo Wood (CB) - Apopka *2010

DEFENSIVE BACKS
Normando Harris (DB) - Monsignor Pace *2010
Brian Riegle (DB) - St. Thomas Aquinas *2010

DEFENSIVE ENDS
Ryne Giddins (DE) - Armwood
Antwon Higgs (DE) - Pompano
Christian James (DE) - Olympia
Curtis Wilson (DE) - Timbercreek

DEFENSIVE LINE
Izaan Cross (DL) - Flowery Branch (GA)

DEFENSIVE TACKLE
Gary Brown (DT) - West Gadsden
Curtis Porter (DT) - Victory Christian (NC)
Akeem Spence (DT) - Fort Walton Beach

LINEBACKERS
Demetri Baker (LB) - Orange Park *2010
Sam Barrington (LB) - Terry Parker
LaRoyal Beard (LB) - North Marion
Jon Bostic (LB) - Palm Beach Central
Isaac Geffard (LB) - Oakland Park Northeast
Jacob Geffard (LB) - Oakland Park Northeast
Mike Marry (LB) - Largo
Pooh Bear Mars (LB) - Apopka
Quayshawn Nealy (LB) - Lakeland *2010
Nigel Mithchell Thornton (LB) - Stephenson (GA)

OFFENSIVE LINE
Nick Alajajian (OL) - Naples
Johnnie Farms (OL) - Perry (GA)
Jon Halapio (OL) - St. Pete Catholic
Jon Harrison (OL) - South Lake
Jeff Hartung (OL) - Ridgeview
Daniel Hood (OL) - Knoxville Catholic (TN)
Ian Silberman (OL) - Fleming Island *2010

QUARTERBACKS
Tyler Brosius (QB) - Tuscola (NC) *2010
Trey Burton (QB) - Venice *2010
Chris Coyer (QB) - Oakton (VA)
Brandon Doughty (QB) - North Broward Prep *2010
Jeffrey Godfrey (QB) - Miami Central *2010
Jake Heaps (QB) - Skyline (WA) *2010
Rob Henry (QB) - Trinity Catholic
Chuckie Looney (QB) - North Marion *2010
Morgan Newton (QB) - Carmel (IN)
Jordan Reed (QB) - New London (CT)
Denard Robinson (QB) - Deerfield Beach
Eugene Smith (QB) - Miramar

In case you wondered how UM's doing it. The Vols need to be doing things like this. I posted this also so that you guys can take a look at some names that will be prominent in the years to come.

rexvol · 07-17-2008, 11:08 AM

RUNNING BACKS
D.J. Adams (RB) - Norcross (GA)
Dre Archer (RB) - Venice
Kenny Cain (RB) - John Curtis Christian (LA)
Antwon Chisholm (RB) - Glades Central *2010
Eduardo Clements (RB) - Booker T. Washington *2010
Jeremy Cox (RB) - Bessemer Academy (AL)
Roy Finch (RB) - Niceville *2010
Ernest Fox (RB) - Oakland Park Northeast
Al-Tarek McBurse (RB) - Winter Springs
Cassius McDowell (RB) - Deerfield Beach *2010
Warren Norman (RB) - Chamblee (GA)
Trent Richardson (RB) - Escambia
Donald Russell (RB) - Dwyer
Rodney Scott (RB) - Dixie Co.
James Washington (RB) - Boone
James White (RB) - St. Thomas Aquinas *2010
Jeremy Wright (RB) - East Ridge

SAFETIES
Gideon Ajagbe (S) - Ransom Everglades *2010
Tyrone Cornelius (S) - Stephenson (GA) *2010
Matt Elam (S) - Dwyer *2010
Angelo Hadley (S) - Armwood
Jairus Jones (S) - Wharton
Prince Kent (S) - Norcross (GA)
Daniel Mack (S) - Dade Christian
Tevin McCaskill (S) - Northwestern
Zach Onuoha (S) - Austin (TX)
Conor OÕNeil (S) - St. Thomas Aquinas
Chris Quinn (S) - Southwest Miami
Marvin Robinson (S) - Lake Region *2010
Jawanza Starling (S) - Lincoln
Terrance Taylor (S) - Archbishop Carroll

TIGHT END
Clay Burton (TE) - Venice *2011
Gerald Christian (TE) - Dwyer *2010
Gabe Holmes (TE) - St. Thomas Aquinas
Mason Johnston (TE) - Bolles
Desmond Parks (TE) - Greer (SC)
Darrell Smith (TE) - Gadsden City (AL)
Brandon Wilkinson (TE) - Venice *2010

WIDE RECEIVER
Stedman Bailey (WR) - Miramar
DeMario Bennett (WR) - Coffee (GA)
Emory Blake (WR) - Austin (TX)
Kadron Boone (WR) - Trinity Catholic *2010
Jheranie Boyd (WR) - Ashbrook (NC)
Chad Bumphis (WR) - Tupelo (MS)
Duron Carter (WR) - St. Thomas Aquinas
Osvaldo Castillo (WR) - Southwest Miami
Donte Chambers (WR) - Miramar *2010
Chris Dunkley (WR) - Royal Palm Beach *2010
Terrance Gourdine (WR) - Miami Edison
Jeremy Jackson (WR) - Ann Arbor Huron (MI) *2010

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Kendall Kelly (WR) - Gadsden City (AL)

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JaMes Logan (WR) - Westfield (TX)
Ivan McCarthy (WR) - Miramar *2010
Ted Meline (WR) - Westlake Prep *2010
Xavier Reese (WR) - Oakland Park Northeast
Nukeese Richardson (WR) - Pahokee
Anthony Williams (WR) - Chamberlain
Rantavious Wooten (WR) - Glades Central

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VOLNBAMA · 07-17-2008, 02:17 PM

The last time i checked the Vols had a better class.

head1 · 07-17-2008, 02:29 PM

They did this last year and locked down some big time talent during that weekend. They put their NC trophy in the middle of the field and just left it there to tease the kids.

tennisguy · 07-17-2008, 02:29 PM

I noticed where Daniel Hood from Knox Catholic is expected to attend. I also noticed by clicking on his link Scout has him as a TE. I thought he was being recruited as a DE. I think UT was recruiting him as a DE until they backed off from him.

chavisut · 07-17-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by tennisguy

I noticed where Daniel Hood from Knox Catholic is expected to attend. I also noticed by clicking on his link Scout has him as a TE. I thought he was being recruited as a DE. I think UT was recruiting him as a DE until they backed off from him.

He's an offensive tackle on rivals

tennisguy · 07-17-2008, 02:53 PM

Yep, your right. I must of have him confused for some other DE. I wonder why scout has him as a TE? His size and speed looks more like a TE than an OL in college.

Grateful Vol · 07-17-2008, 03:19 PM

Trent Richardson is a Bama commit....interesting.
I hope Dre Kirkpatrickand Nigiel Mitchell-Thorton don't commit

volsack7 · 07-17-2008, 03:29 PM

Alabama is having a camp, too. Apparently Sentimore will be in attendance. Its the headlining article on their rivals page, if anyone with an account is interested in reading it.

Why do we only have one camp? It seems to be the best way to get summer verbals, and our biggest rivals are on top of them. One of the threads mentions our 7 v 7 camp, is this anything legit?

**hvwarrior58** · 07-17-2008, 03:29 PM

Kirkpatrick is likely a Bammer. This is one area where I wish we could improve in recruiting. Friday Night Lights is a huge sell for UF, but our camp really lacks the pizzazz that Urb throws out. It'd be nice if we could come up with some sort of scheme for our camps.

Cartervol · 07-18-2008, 10:37 AM

We do need to address that. UF right now is a recruiting machine. They're also in our division. We need to be keeping up to keep up.
The college game has lent itself to the younger coaches having alot of success. Phil needs to hire someone and make our camp just as good if not better. You got to sell nowadays. Lets start selling or buying like the rest of them.

rexvol · 07-18-2008, 11:36 AM

Phil has the rep as an ace recruiter and he is a smart guy so he has to see what UF is doing. You don't have to reinvent the wheel just copy it.

ChiTownVol · 07-18-2008, 11:42 AM

Why would you want UT to copy UF? Tennessee should try to sell themselves more, but we have a much better football tradition here. I think we should emphasize what we do best instead of trying to copy our rivals. UT has a lot of great qualities. We just need to be sure they make headlines and that the recruits know about them.

rexvol · 07-18-2008, 11:45 AM

Don't be silly. I meant copy them in putting on a friday night lights type of camp. I wasn't talking about changing our colors to orange and blue.

ChiTownVol · 07-18-2008, 11:50 AM

Agreed. I do think it would help our PR if we did something a little bit flashy. Maybe the new coaching blood can think up something fresh. Fulmer works the 'family' pitch well, but I think these kids like to hear something to get them excited too.