'15 GA DE D'Andre Walker

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westside said:
Walker is tweeting and retweeting a TON or UT stuff.
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volunteerlane said:
He wants to play DE in college. Tennessee and Auburn have been out front because they told him that they would let him play end.
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It would be more of a role like Maggit is currently playing. Hybrid. Cause 6'2" is pretty smallish for a 3-down DE.
 
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VOLorNuttin said:
At 6'2" 220lbs, I suspect he's being recruited as an OLB...not a DE.
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That's not unusual for DEs coming out of HS. He only needs to add about 20 pounds and that should be no problem imo. That beast of a pass rusher from oklahoma (Striker I think) was a safety listed at 6'1" 195 coming out of high school. At 6'2" Walker could play DE at 230-240 as a freshman imo and I'd say by his sophmore season he could easily be up to 250 which is plenty big enough for a pass rushing end.
 
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lilesrt said:
Next Eric Fisher? :)
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I don't know why everyone keeps assuming Jackson is an OT. Haven't heard the coaches state anything of the sort. In fact, they can't by NCAA rules.

He's a hoss at DE, and I think at least one of the the DE's that we are recruiting will play OLB, because we only have Austin Smith in that position, at this point.
 
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Phat-Phil said:
That's not unusual for DEs coming out of HS. He only needs to add about 20 pounds and that should be no problem imo. That beast of a pass rusher from oklahoma (Striker I think) was a safety listed at 6'1" 195 coming out of high school. At 6'2" Walker could play DE at 230-240 as a freshman imo and I'd say by his sophmore season he could easily be up to 250 which is plenty big enough for a pass rushing end.
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Not talking about lbs so much, even though that is still pretty slight. Maggit was also really light for a DE, and that's why he started at OLB. Now, he's working in a hybrid role.

Seems like we need some OLB's anyway, and taking guys who could play either position is a smart move by Thig and CBJ
 
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With Maggitt and Weatherd both being juniors, this would be the perfect guy to fit that role once they're gone. Our defense will be unreal very soon.
 
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I don't care how big he is frame wise or whatever. This dude can play and I don't want our guys to have to block him and that's it. This Dline rotation in a couple years is gonna be insane
 
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Phat-Phil said:
That's not unusual for DEs coming out of HS. He only needs to add about 20 pounds and that should be no problem imo. That beast of a pass rusher from oklahoma (Striker I think) was a safety listed at 6'1" 195 coming out of high school. At 6'2" Walker could play DE at 230-240 as a freshman imo and I'd say by his sophmore season he could easily be up to 250 which is plenty big enough for a pass rushing end.
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I used to think we would hold a spot for Phillips no matter what but I am started to get the feeling that he no longer fits that category. Based on our current commits and if we add Walker then I don't see the need for Phillips drama.
 
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Pattern emerging here:
Ford 6'4" 225LBs clocked a forty in the 4.7+ range
Taylor 6'4" 220ish has been reported to clock a forty in the 4.6-4.7 range
2013 Joe Henderson 6'4" 220ish out of high school. His rivals page listed him as running a 4.5 forty. I don't believe he's that fast but 4.7ish isn't out of the question. Dude will be a monster for us very soon.
2013 Weatherd 6'4" 220ish.

Our pass rushers/future pass rushers all fit this mold of quick/tall/rangy/long athletes who can play up or down on the line. You add these guys in with guys like Butcher, Barnett, Hendrix, Mixon (I think he'll be playing both DT/SDE), and possible Jackson, and you have a elite combination of quickness and size on the outside. Jancek has to be like a kid at Christmas knowing all the alignments and schemes he can now run with this much variety within our D-line. Even better, I haven't even begun to mention guys like KMac, Shy, Mosley, and Picou who will all play over 300 Lbs here. Guys we only have one DT that's plays now that weighs more then 290 pounds and that's Sawyers who's a freshman. Unbelievable the transformation to our d-line this staff has been able to achieve in 2.5 years.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
I used to think we would hold a spot for Phillips no matter what but I am started to get the feeling that he no longer fits that category. Based on our current commits and if we add Walker then I don't see the need for Phillips drama.
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I am in the same boat.
 
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keckjm said:
I'm going to get blasted for this, but we have two assistant coaches on this staff who have never coached at a power five college until they came here, Mahoney and Elder. Now, Elder has proven he can recruit and coach TEs, maybe not so much STs but CBJ insists STs is a group effort, but IMO the verdict hasn't been reached on whether Mahoney can recruit and coach at the SEC level. I'm not trying to :horse: here, but we don't have any LT prospects outside Thomas. I think Jones and Kendrick stay at RT, Boulware may play T but is probably best suited at G, Hall is coming off a serious injury, and Jackson needs about 30+ pounds to even attempt to play T.
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Not to nitpick here but FWIW the Big East was considered a power conference when Cincy was in it.
 
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I'd say this kid is our next commit. Good lord, what an insane haul on the DL for '15 so far. This defense is gonna destroy opposing offenses in the near future.
 
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engineerVOL said:
Oh crap, watch the second play on this highlight reel and try not to laugh and shake your head...

The Future Is Now - D'Andre Walker highlights

He's like a Lamborghini version of Cecil Cherry.
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Man this kid is fast we do not have anyone like it on our roster right now. And before people say he's a freshmen he won't play next year need to watch game again last week forget kids name but we recruited him and his dad liked us but he like uga.He was a Georgia kid. Anyway he made several plays
 
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