Butch Jones talks about locking down Tennessee in recruiting well Rivals 2014 has 6 Tennessee kids in the Rivals 250 listed in no particular order.
Vic Wharton DB (Nashville-Independence) - Commit-UT
Josh Malone WR (Gallatin)
Jalen Hurd RB (Herdersonviile)
Todd Kelly Jr DB (Knox-Webb)
Petera Wilson LB (Memphis-White Station)
Alex Bars OL (Nashville-Montgomery Bell Academy)
If we could get all 6 of these kids this would be a great place to start, some positions of need!!!! GBO!!!!!
Completely incorrect. I live in Hendersonville and Jalen is without a doubt considering UT. He has been pretty vocal in making that known and Coach Jones is making up for Dooley's lack of effort. Jalen tweeted last week that he got into the car with his mom and asked her who she was talking too. She replied "shhhhh, its Coach Jones!". Jones has been on BHS's campus several times already and Hurd will be in Knoxville for Jr Day later this month.
Its being speculated that his top teams at this point are Ohio St, Florida, Bama, UT, and Vandy.
Completely incorrect. I live in Hendersonville and Jalen is without a doubt considering UT. He has been pretty vocal in making that known and Coach Jones is making up for Dooley's lack of effort. Jalen tweeted last week that he got into the car with his mom and asked her who she was talking too. She replied "shhhhh, its Coach Jones!". Jones has been on BHS's campus several times already and Hurd will be in Knoxville for Jr Day later this month.
Its being speculated that his top teams at this point are Ohio St, Florida, Bama, UT, and Vandy.
So did I, and I know the family. Your post is ignorant.
There seems to be some confusion on the board regarding Hurd, so let me see if I can clear up some misconceptions. Yes, I am close to the family and this is not speculation.
The family (the whole family - mom, aunts, uncles, grandparents, great.... you get the picture) are very much Vol fans. There is nowhere that they would rather have him go to college than Tennessee. Yet in the beginning, Dooley (being the super douche that he is) acted very uninterested in Hurd. We all thought that TN would be all over him since he's a hometown kid, but they really weren't at the time. So that pretty much turned them away from UT. Why are you going to be interested in a school that doesn't act interested in you, right? While during this, you had other coaches (like Meyer) that has been recruiting him like crazy.
No worries though, CBJ has come in like the calvary, and Hurd is now VERY excited about the thought of being a VOL again! He is going up to catch the UK game on the 16th, but he is spending one on one time with the staff on the 17th. IF CBJ can turn this program around and make great strides, I believe that he will be a VOL! He graduates early and will enroll early, so that could pull a lot of other recruits too.
As for his current size, he is 6'3 and has bulked up to 222 lbs. He swears that he will be 230 lean when the season starts, and I believe it. It's nuts. The kid carries food around school with him all day and doesn't stop eating.
If we can score him, he will be a program changer!
Watching a BB game does not give one insight to a person's character. Please refrain from bashing so early in the game.Yeah where'd you get Ensworth? Was at CPA before transferring to Independence this year. Seen him play Bball and wondering about his character a little bit. Maybe not, talented kid.
Completely incorrect. I live in Hendersonville and Jalen is without a doubt considering UT. He has been pretty vocal in making that known and Coach Jones is making up for Dooley's lack of effort. Jalen tweeted last week that he got into the car with his mom and asked her who she was talking too. She replied "shhhhh, its Coach Jones!". Jones has been on BHS's campus several times already and Hurd will be in Knoxville for Jr Day later this month.
Its being speculated that his top teams at this point are Ohio St, Florida, Bama, UT, and Vandy.
Yet in the beginning, Dooley (being the super douche that he is) acted very uninterested in Hurd. We all thought that TN would be all over him since he's a hometown kid, but they really weren't at the time. So that pretty much turned them away from UT. Why are you going to be interested in a school that doesn't act interested in you, right? While during this, you had other coaches (like Meyer) that has been recruiting him like crazy.
Obviously, my post isn't ignorant considering I'm referring to his interest in UT when Dooley was coach. I said it could change and apparently it has according to this poster.
It's ridiculous the treatment you get on Vol Nation when someone tried to post legitimate information. Everyone gets called troll and ignorant when what I reported was true.
And I know his family too.
Sorry, but you never said "when Dooley was coach" in you original post. The treatment you got was brought on by your neglect to mention this. You brought it on yourself.
Completely incorrect. I live in Hendersonville and Jalen is without a doubt considering UT. He has been pretty vocal in making that known and Coach Jones is making up for Dooley's lack of effort. Jalen tweeted last week that he got into the car with his mom and asked her who she was talking too. She replied "shhhhh, its Coach Jones!". Jones has been on BHS's campus several times already and Hurd will be in Knoxville for Jr Day later this month.
Its being speculated that his top teams at this point are Ohio St, Florida, Bama, UT, and Vandy.