'26 GA SDE Darryl Rivers (Tennessee commit)

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Go Fight Win said:
CJH’s buddies rock

We have the number what scoring offense on planet earth again? Number one…? Damn that’s so cool. I guess lesson learned hire your buddies

Too bad mine are all idiots
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I think one of the issues is that TN fans forgot what real coaching looks like. What development looks like.

Even going back to Fulmer we didn't have a competent staff across the board, sure there were some great pieces; but too many weren't that good. We never saw real development in play calling year to year, nor any real player development, a player showed up as good as they were going to be for the most part.

so that's what TN fans assumed coaching was. we finally have a staff that shows improvement; yeah it doesn't happen on the millennial pleasing time frame of "right now", but it is happening.

about the only place we have really taken a step back is special teams. the only other complaint is really Safeties where we haven't seen the OL/CB/LB/WR jump that we have seen over the years.
 
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therickbol said:
Nobody thinks it takes time to develop OL. Everyone with a functioning brain KNOWS that it takes time to develop a an OL.
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I’ll take Sanders over the mediocre five year guys after he plays just a few guys. Always take talent over experience. In the thread some mention Pendleton a ND starter. He lost his starting job when they got healthy. He is ok but not one of our best OL this year. Just happy that in some cases, we are finally getting more talent and playing some.
 
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EastTNVol95 said:
We had a DL taken in the first and second round of last year's draft.

We have 21 sacks this season (tied for first in the SEC with OU) compared to UGA's 7.

We have four defensive lineman who are top 10 in the SEC in sacks. Georgia has one player in the top 10 and it's a LB.

Maybe we could sell that to recruits?
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Bingo^^^^

Not to mention we possibly have another 1st rd pick(or 2nd) in Josephs. West is playing his way into a top 3 rd prospect in a 3-4 defensive scheme. If Herring keeps getting home twice a game in SEC matches, like he’s done so far, then we have another top 2-4 rd pick this draft. Both Eason & Bailey are likely taken in the draft as well. Moi is a SR but is behind the 8 ball with the injury he had. Hopefully we can find a way for him to return next year. That’s potentially 5 more picks barring injury. The factory is in full effect at this point.
 
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lfvol said:
I’ll take Sanders over the mediocre five year guys after he plays just a few guys. Always take talent over experience. In the thread some mention Pendleton a ND starter. He lost his starting job when they got healthy. He is ok but not one of our best OL this year. Just happy that in some cases, we are finally getting more talent and playing some.
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Correct but Sam started like 9 games for a unit that was one of the best regardless. It's no coincidence that all those guys transferred out to play and they are what they are record wise right now. It's not like he just filled in a couple of games. He started as much as anyone on that OL beside Aamil Wagner
 
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allvolrecruiting said:
Correct but Sam started like 9 games for a unit that was one of the best regardless. It's no coincidence that all those guys transferred out to play and they are what they are record wise right now. It's not like he just filled in a couple of games. He started as much as anyone on that OL beside Aamil Wagner
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I’m not clear on what you mean by the second sentence. If talking ND, their record is not an indicator of how good they are. I’d bet it does by end of year. They broke in a young QB and lost on a forth down conversion at the end to TAM a top 10 team and on a very close game to Miami, maybe the best team in the country, at Miami. Their defense may be slightly down but their offense is better.
 
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MarcoVol said:
Guess Kirby can’t cruit against Bama then since they own him?

The only “concern” would be the kid is from Georgia.
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That is correct. UGA loses lots of in state top recruits to Bama. This is Kirby’s only negative
 
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lfvol said:
I’m not clear on what you mean by the second sentence. If talking ND, their record is not an indicator of how good they are. I’d bet it does by end of year. They broke in a young QB and lost on a forth down conversion at the end to TAM a top 10 team and on a very close game to Miami, maybe the best team in the country, at Miami. Their defense may be slightly down but their offense is better.
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Yeah they ran for 3.4 yards per carry in those games...
 
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Matt also said Rivers has blown up this season and is probably about 6'5 1/2" 280 lbs now. I'm sure Georgia wants him but we typically hang onto guys like that. I think a lot of fans either forget or do not realize how often we've gone head-to-head with Georgia on prospects and beat them the past few cycles.
 
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RandomUTfan said:
Matt also said Rivers has blown up this season and is probably about 6'5 1/2" 280 lbs now. I'm sure Georgia wants him but we typically hang onto guys like that. I think a lot of fans either forget or do not realize how often we've gone head-to-head with Georgia on prospects and beat them the past few cycles.
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We are recruiting and developing DL just as good as Georgia if not anyone in the country.

Plus with the all the guys graduating after this season, there will be a ton of opportunity for Rivers to crack the rotation as a freshman like we’ve seen with Dye and Campbell this season.

Think we ultimately hang on imo.
 
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VQ

Georgia has started to show more attention to 2026 defensive line commitment Darryl Rivers, and we are keeping an eye on this one to see if anything comes of it after he visited Athens for the Alabama game.

There is always some concern when a recruit visits another school, but Rivers has been a priority for Tennessee for months, including the summer, when the Bulldogs slowed down on recruiting him and opted not to bring him in for an official visit.

We will ultimately see if that matters long-term or not. He tells us he plans to return to Knoxville for the Oklahoma game, and we will continue to watch to see if any more trips to Athens are in the works.
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