'26 MS WR Tristen Keys (Tennessee commit)

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Our WR recruiting is below average. Period.

Not sure what the issues are. Consistently being in one top guys, and struggling to land that difference maker. Head scratching for sure.

If its lack of a recruiter, that needs to change.
 
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UTK said:
No excuse. Wanna win a championship gonna have to put the work into it. It’s been a tremendous job to get us to the level we are now. But the hardest step it going from very good program to elite program. It’s not all on coaches, it’s on everyone. NIL, current players, current commits, everyone gotta put that work in.

The amount kids that don’t wanna go somewhere just because is far and few this day in recruiting. Relationships and money talk more than ever, very few just go where they grew up dreaming about playing. Work harder than anyone else to build said relationships, pay more than anyone else with key recruits.

Tennessee has recruited more top 5 at times. To think it’s incapable of it is a little silly, why should we settle for 8-12 every year? Why is there a ceiling on the program currently in your opinion?
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You admit that’s the hardest step, yet seem to expect it over night
 
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Jackcrevol said:
Our WR recruiting is below average. Period.

Not sure what the issues are. Consistently being in one top guys, and struggling to land that difference maker. Head scratching for sure.

If its lack of a recruiter, that needs to change.
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Mid recruiting, horrible on field results, I mean why are we keeping Pope?
 
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We’re getting closer and closer. We gotta a good chance to be closer to 5 than 10 this year in recruiting. You can make a good case that this is our best start in 2026 under Heupel and staff. GBO
 
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Keys tie here was primarily his friendship with Fazion.

Years ago, Wanya Morris, Khris Bogle and Jalen Curry came here on a visit in the spring together and supposedly became besties. They spent months tweeting about how they wanted to play together in college.

One came here. One went to Florida. And one went to Arizona.

Just one of countless examples. I’ve stopped paying attention to these guys when they say they want to play with each other in college.
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
Keys tie here was primarily his friendship with Fazion.

Years ago, Wanya Morris, Khris Bogle and Jalen Curry came here on a visit in the spring together and supposedly became besties. They spent months tweeting about how they wanted to play together in college.

One came here. One went to Florida. And one went to Arizona.

Just one of countless examples. I’ve stopped paying attention to these guys when they say they want to play with each other in college.
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Keys likes Tennessee. It's just a bonus that he clicks with Fazion.
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
Keys tie here was primarily his friendship with Fazion.

Years ago, Wanya Morris, Khris Bogle and Jalen Curry came here on a visit in the spring together and supposedly became besties. They spent months tweeting about how they wanted to play together in college.

One came here. One went to Florida. And one went to Arizona.

Just one of countless examples. I’ve stopped paying attention to these guys when they say they want to play with each other in college.
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QB and WR is different. That's a business relationship as much as anything else. All WR recruits care who the QB throwing them the ball will be. Cause that guy will determine how many passes come their way and ultimately how high they go in the draft. This is way different than a bunch of high schoolers becoming best friends. It's a business move.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
QB and WR is different. That's a business relationship as much as anything else. All WR recruits care who the QB throwing them the ball will be. Cause that guy will determine how many passes come their way and ultimately how high they go in the draft. This is way different than a bunch of high schoolers becoming best friends. It's a business move.
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of the top 10 wrs in '25, only 3 went to schools with a Top 10 QB committed in their class. if you expand it to the previous years QBs, you add 2 more '25 WRs committing to schools to schools with a '24 Top 10 QB.

so at best, only half of these guys are making a "business" decision based on the QB they would have a real chance of playing with.
 
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LouderVol said:
of the top 10 wrs in '25, only 3 went to schools with a Top 10 QB committed in their class. if you expand it to the previous years QBs, you add 2 more '25 WRs committing to schools to schools with a '24 Top 10 QB.

so at best, only half of these guys are making a "business" decision based on the QB they would have a real chance of playing with.
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wonder where NIL ranks in that decision? 🤨
 
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Need Nico and MM to ball out this fall. I wonder if the wide splits and limited route tree are impacting not only our WRs draft stock & WR recruiting
 
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sreveisVol said:
Need Nico and MM to ball out this fall. I wonder if the wide splits and limited route tree are impacting not only our WRs draft stock & WR recruiting
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Id say negative recruiting, and lack of draft success relative to our peers has a marginal impact. The NIL question was tongue in cheek.
 
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Jackcrevol said:
wonder where NIL ranks in that decision? 🤨
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seems to matter more to the WRs. *assuming a bigger brand school actually means more money*

they are more concentrated amongst the big dogs than the QBs are. which makes some sense too, only one QB typically plays in a game, while 6-8 WRs will typically get playing time.

but its hard to tell, because you could have a school like Mizzou, who goes all in on one big time recruit with $$$, but has a relatively small total pool.
 
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LouderVol said:
seems to matter more to the WRs. *assuming a bigger brand school actually means more money*

they are more concentrated amongst the big dogs than the QBs are. which makes some sense too, only one QB typically plays in a game, while 6-8 WRs will typically get playing time.

but its hard to tell, because you could have a school like Mizzou, who goes all in on one big time recruit with $$$, but has a relatively small total pool.
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Seems to work well for them. They are usually good on offense.
 
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