'17 MS RB Cam Akers (FSU commit 12/27)

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Ron Swanson said:
Wow doesn't look like they're trolling. An ole miss poster just shared this from their mod...


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This would be one hell of a pick up and a RB class with potentially two 5* RB's.
 
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scvolfan7 said:
AK is getting second and some first round buzz. He's gone
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I love AK but there is no chance he is going 1st or 2nd round.. everything I have seen has him 4th-6th round. Hope that changes. Would love to see him go in an early round to the Bronco's.
 
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Ace said:
Mel Kiper has Kamara as late 4th or 5th round

Not sure where you are hearing 2nd or 1st round that is not realistic with such a deep rb class this year
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Agreed. Any other draft year he would be projected higher but AK isn't as battle tested as Fournette,Cook,Chubb,McCaffery,Perine,Freeman,Foreman,Gallman and Hood..But talent wise he is top 6-10
 
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B-Stizzy said:
If you got to choose...would you rather AK return next year or get Akers?
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That's tough I'd love to build for the future, but getting to see one of my all time favorite UT players get to play for one more year would be sweet. Not only is AK super talented, I love his attitude. He's a great person and deserves a lot of success.

He gone though. So lets hope Akers signs.
 
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Ace said:
Mel Kiper has Kamara as late 4th or 5th round

Not sure where you are hearing 2nd or 1st round that is not realistic with such a deep rb class this year
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I saw where the Walter Football site was projecting him at 44.

Sorry - saw somebody hit this already. AK is def gone IMO
 
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As for Akers, we do believe Tennessee is a legit factor at this point. Ohio State and LSU are two schools we continued to hear connected with Akers. Ole Miss and Florida State feel like they are in it, too.

It's extremely hard to get a feel for Akers as he's essentially shut things down form a media perspective and his family has made it known they aren't talking either. So, while there's a lot of speculation on what he's going to do, we're not sure who has a great feel for him.

What happens next no one is quite sure. Will he decide during the dead period? Will he wait to take more official visits? We're just not sure at this point and we're not sure he is either.

We do know that Trey Smith and Cam Akers are good friends and have continued to talk throughout the process and have even talked about playing together.
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-VQ
 
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Stoked said:
That's tough I'd love to build for the future, but getting to see one of my all time favorite UT players get to play for one more year would be sweet. Not only is AK super talented, I love his attitude. He's a great person and deserves a lot of success.

He gone though. So lets hope Akers signs.
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Perfect answer. Completely agree.
 
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Stoked said:
That's tough I'd love to build for the future, but getting to see one of my all time favorite UT players get to play for one more year would be sweet. Not only is AK super talented, I love his attitude. He's a great person and deserves a lot of success.

He gone though. So lets hope Akers signs.
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What upsets me most about Butch is that we didn't get to fully enjoy Kamara. We should have told Jalen to kick rocks after last season and let Kamara be the feature back this year. I'll never understand why we bent over backwards to try and get Jalen to stay when we had two other NFL backs on the roster. Especially when Jalen was such a problem in the locker room.
 
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govols24 said:
What upsets me most about Butch is that we didn't get to fully enjoy Kamara. We should have told Jalen to kick rocks after last season and let Kamara be the feature back this year. I'll never understand why we bent over backwards to try and get Jalen to stay when we had two other NFL backs on the roster. Especially when Jalen was such a problem in the locker room.
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Yeah I agree. Jalen was a terrible fit for our offense. AK would have been All SEC if he would have had Hurd's touches. Hurd was about a decade or two, too late in football. Football would have been better suited for him in the 90's.

AK reminds me of Le'veon Bell with his catching ability. He doesn't quite have Bell's speed or size but his game somewhat reminds me of his game.

Hurd's game reminds me of Steven Jackson a little.
 
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Stoked said:
Yeah I agree. Jalen was a terrible fit for our offense. AK would have been All SEC if he would have had Hurd's touches. Hurd was about a decade or two, too late in football. Football would have been better suited for him in the 90's.

AK reminds me of Le'veon Bell with his catching ability. He doesn't quite have Bell's speed or size but his game somewhat reminds me of his game.

Hurd's game reminds me of Steven Jackson a little.
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I think Jalen can still be successful in the NFL if he gets some things straightened out.

I sat behind his dad at the Florida game. Looking back at that experience, Jalen's behavior isn't all that surprising.
 
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- He's not taking any more officials, he's been to FSU, Mich, and tOSU for officials this year.

- On Sunday, Akers expects to receive an in-home visit from FSU coach Jimbo Fisher along with other schools such as Tennessee, Georgia, LSU and Ole Miss.

- Freeze has told him they want to use him along side Patterson at QB also. Kind of like he played this season. With the Run/Throw option.

- Sanctions have been addressed concerning Ole Miss, and if it wasn't possibly looming, it would have helped them out more.

- The situation at FSU is interesting to him since Cook will be gone. That's their "In" with him.

- I just feel the relationship he has with CRG will be too much for other schools to overcome. CRG being from Hattiesburg, being a Dandy Dozen like CRG was back in his HS days. He's stayed on Akers and worked his family well.

- He's been to campus 4-5 times over the last two years. He's been there twice this year March and June, and also went to UGa to see us play there too. That's why I feel he doesn't need to OV here.

- I see it as a UT/FSU battle, with UT getting the prize.

- He's also friends with Big Trey and I know Ignont is working on him at the All Star game this week.

- Could the Ignont tweet be a future commitment from Akers??? :):pepper: :crossfingers: :)
 
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MiramarVol said:
- He's not taking any more officials, he's been to FSU, Mich, and tOSU for officials this year.

- On Sunday, Akers expects to receive an in-home visit from FSU coach Jimbo Fisher along with other schools such as Tennessee, Georgia, LSU and Ole Miss.

- Freeze has told him they want to use him along side Patterson at QB also. Kind of like he played this season. With the Run/Throw option.

- Sanctions have been addressed concerning Ole Miss, and if it wasn't possibly looming, it would have helped them out more.

- The situation at FSU is interesting to him since Cook will be gone. That's their "In" with him.

- I just feel the relationship he has with CRG will be too much for other schools to overcome. CRG being from Hattiesburg, being a Dandy Dozen like CRG was back in his HS days. He's stayed on Akers and worked his family well.

- He's been to campus 4-5 times over the last two years. He's been there twice this year March and June, and also went to UGa to see us play there too. That's why I feel he doesn't need to OV here.

- I see it as a UT/FSU battle, with UT getting the prize.

- He's also friends with Big Trey and I know Ignont is working on him at the All Star game this week.

- Could the Ignont tweet be a future commitment from Akers??? :):pepper: :crossfingers: :)
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I was thinking that I read that he never made the official visits to Michigan and Ohio State. To my knowledge, FSU is the only official he has used.
 
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5FingerVolPunch said:
That's what I keep wondering. I saw someone post that on here then saw it on that Ole Miss writer screen shot. That's why I said they must read Volnation. They may talk because they're in the same recruiting class, but I don't see how they're best friends.
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Well that's enough for me, they're not best friends!
 
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