'15 JuCo DT David "DJ" Jones

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So let's say 20 to be on the safe side - that means 4 more leave. What do you have as the breakdown? Mine are:

3 DT with DJ of course
2 DE
2 DB
2 LB
4 OL - includes LS
1 TE
2 QB
1 RB
2 WR
1 K

VQ being right at 22 makes me feel much better about the situation though. Hope they are right. Probably better to post this is in a different thread.
 
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LebanonVolunteer said:
It's not really a debate. Today there is 16 spots. 6 more kids leave and they can take 22. 3 more leave and the class will be 19. It's pretty simple.
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I keep track of the roster, and by my count we have 19 to give right now. If Weatherd gets in, that would drop it to 18.

Here is the breakdown I have:

Freshmen: 31
Sophomores: 20
Juniors: 15
Seniors: 13

Total scholarship players on the current roster: 79
 
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Vols4us said:
So let's say 20 to be on the safe side - that means 4 more leave. What do you have as the breakdown? Mine are:

3 DT
2 DE
2 DB
2 LB
4 OL - includes LS
1 TE
2 QB
1 RB
2 WR
1 K

VQ being right at 22 makes me feel much better about the situation though. Hope they are right.
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Pretty close IMO.

QB-2
RB-1
WR-2
TE-0
OL-3
DT-2
DE-3
LB-3
CB-2
S-1
LS-1
K-0

I don't think they pass on Phillips so IMO we take 3 DEs. If Clark commits to UT Thursday, I would probably take 1 less LB.
 
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Vols4us said:
So let's say 20 to be on the safe side - that means 4 more leave. What do you have as the breakdown? Mine are:

3 DT with DJ of course
2 DE
2 DB
2 LB
4 OL - includes LS
1 TE
2 QB
1 RB
2 WR
1 K

VQ being right at 22 makes me feel much better about the situation though. Hope they are right. Probably better to post this is in a different thread.
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I think the LS and K might be walk-ons to take some much needed players at other spots.
 
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highspeed said:
I keep track of the roster, and by my count we have 19 to give right now. If Weatherd gets in, that would drop it to 18.

Here is the breakdown I have:

Freshmen: 31
Sophomores: 20
Juniors: 15
Seniors: 13

Total scholarship players on the current roster: 79
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I have been using the one posted and kept updated by "Evan's Eleven" which is the scholarship roster. It shows 12 SRs and 81 scholarship players on the current roster. You are right that if Weatherd does not make it in, that would push the # to 17 as of now.
 
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1orangews6 said:
I think the LS and K might be walk-ons to take some much needed players at other spots.
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If Lovingood was told scholarship when they took him(he did post that on twitter when he committed), I doubt they try and yank it late and force him to walk-on and have another Horky situation play out. If they were not going to give him a scholarship, they would not have taken him so early IMO.

If they add a K this year, I do think it would be a walk-on.
 
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LebanonVolunteer said:
If Lovingood was told scholarship when they took him(he did post that on twitter when he committed), I doubt they try and yank it late and force him to walk-on and have another Horky situation play out. If they were not going to give him a scholarship, they would not have taken him so early IMO.

If they add a K this year, I do think it would be a walk-on.
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Anything can happen with recruiting. I was just throwing it out there. There is something that always works out. I just want the staff to take the best players that we can. I would really like to load up on top DTs McKenzie, Settle, Jones, and Tuttle and move some of the guys we got in the last class over to the OL that can play on both side of the line. That would take care of both lines.
 
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LebanonVolunteer said:
If Lovingood was told scholarship when they took him(he did post that on twitter when he committed), I doubt they try and yank it late and force him to walk-on and have another Horky situation play out. If they were not going to give him a scholarship, they would not have taken him so early IMO.

If they add a K this year, I do think it would be a walk-on.
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You don't sign a long snapper and pass up a 5* at another position, especially DT. That would be career suicide. Riley Lovingood will be a walk-on.
 
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cncchris33 said:
As much as I dislike hearing LV drive the issue into the ground, he's right. It's not really a debate. Right now, there is room for X number of signees (16 by LVs count). Hubbs is ASSUMING that we sign upwards of 22 or so, which means he believes 6 more kids will leave before classes begin in August of 2015. It doesn't make Hubbs' opinion any more right. LV is working in concrete numbers while Hubbs is operating with assumptive numbers. Hubbs is a little more tied in with the staff, so he has that liberty. LV doesn't.
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The "before Aug 2015" is the questionable thing here IMO. The staff did not risk it last year and turned away some very good talent late. They only took the # of kids they knew that day(NSD) they had room for. I'll be curious to see if they do over sign like some feel they will so they can take more kids on NSD this year. If they do, then going forward we know it's a possibility.
 
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"I had this day scheduled to make a top 10. I knew it was going to be today is yesterday. This is really important to me," Jones said.

Tennessee holds the lead for the South Carolina native because the Vols have stuck with him since his days at Wren High School.

"It's just how they've been with me. With them not leaving me in high school and still recruiting me the same way," Jones explained. "I have a good relationship with the head coach and the position coach, too.

"(Tennessee sticking with him) meant a lot. For the only team to be with you when everything went down, that was huge."

Vol coaches Steve Stripling and Butch Jones have now been recruiting Jones since they first arrived in December 2012. Jones credits that long-standing relationship as another reason he is high on the Vols.

"It's going to continue to grow," Jones said. "Myself and coach Jones have developed a great relationship, coach Strip. I've become a lot closer to them since high school when I was already close to them."

Looking back at his Tennessee visit last month, Jones said Knoxville seemed like a good fit.

"Tennessee is a great place. I really can see myself at a lot of places, but I would be with great coaches every day. And Knoxville is a great place," Jones said.
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Right behind Tennessee is Alabama where Nick Saban and defensive line coach Bo Davis have left strong impressions after a recent visit.

"It's the relationship factor with coach Davis and coach Saban. Last week I got a chance to get down there and talk some ball with," Jones said. "I got to sit down with the coaches and talk academics and about where I would fit in. Pretty much, talking to the whole coaching staff was good."

Also aiding the Tide is the fact that former EMCC teammates Jarran Reed and DJ Pettway are now at Alabama.

"They are looking out for me. They want me to go somewhere that I will be comfortable but of course in the back of their mind they want me to go and play at Alabama," Jones said.

Clemson and South Carolina wrap up Jones' top four and playing back in his home state is something Jones thinks about often.

"They are both instate and that means a lot," Jones said. "That would mean my family and friends would be able to come and see me play, with Clemson being five or 10 minutes from the house and South Carolina about an hour."

Southern Cal is on the list and Jones has a visit set up to see the Trojans in two weeks to learn more about the West Coast program.

Jones' plan continues to make a late fall decision after taking all five official visits. Right now Jones said he knows of three official visit destinations, Florida State, Auburn and Tennessee.

"Seeing how I just now made my top 10 I'm definitely making a late decision," Jones said. "I went through it a little bit in high school, but I really understand it now. It's a business decision. It's not playtime. I'm going to these places to see how I would fit in."
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Per VQ
 
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LebanonVolunteer said:
If Lovingood was told scholarship when they took him(he did post that on twitter when he committed), I doubt they try and yank it late and force him to walk-on and have another Horky situation play out. If they were not going to give him a scholarship, they would not have taken him so early IMO.

If they add a K this year, I do think it would be a walk-on.
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Don't forget Dews said he'd be on a scholarship via twitter last year... Didn't end up being the case.
 
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#1Volfaninmo said:
Dews stepdad said from the beginning grey shirt was a possibility. He ended up going prep instead.
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I'm aware, but on his own twitter Dews said it was a scholarship. This could be the same situation we just don't have a parent coming on here to clarify this time
 
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I think LV is right considering the numbers. The reason he gets flack is because he posts it every time someone says otherwise. Of course there has been attrition and there will continue to be more. He's right as of now, imo.
 
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RockyTop411 said:
I think LV is right considering the numbers. The reason he gets flack is because he posts it every time someone says otherwise. Of course there has been attrition and there will continue to be more. He's right as of now, imo.
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this is why,IMO,its a waste of time...things will change,
and the next thing you know we have 27 spots open...I'll just let things work out and see how many elite players
Butch can pull...
 
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