2019 OT Chris Akporoghene Commits to UT

[checkerboards09]

Revised OP. Akporoghene has just gotten a 6-point boost in the 247 rankings, which boosted us from 19th to 18th.

Yep. Also like to add, moved up over 300 spots in the overall recruit rankings after today’s new rankings.

 

[BeardedVol]

sounds like your jobs internal network does not trust the certs or does not have the intermediates isntalled

Or poorly implemented content filtering where they are only blocking HTTP traffic to the blocked sites instead of both HTTP and HTTPS.

 

[livefaith]

Revised OP. Akporoghene has just gotten a 6-point boost in the 247 rankings, which boosted us from 19th to 18th.

The Cornbread bump!

 

[mrmax86]

The Cornbread bump!

I like it.

 

[tennesseeduke]

Welcome big man!

:loco:

 

[tennesseeduke]

He commits and this happens! Karma!

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:loco:

 

[mrmax86]

Great profile on Akporoghene by WBIR today. There's a video interview as well.

He's got quite a story.

Also, its Ack-por-oh-gin-ay

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/chris-akporoghenes-long-journey-to-tennessee/51-572645407

Some excerpts from the article:

He learned football at The King's Academy in Seymour. It was there that he made a special bond with former TKA head football coach and current Powell head coach Matt Lowe.

"He's one of those kids that come into a program literally a blank slate," said Lowe.

The coach even took Akporoghene to his first college football game: September 24, 2016, Florida vs. Tennessee in Neyland Stadium. With no offers, Akporoghene saw what could be achieved, what Lowe said his future could hold.

"Chris, you could be one of those guys running out of the tunnel one day," Akporoghene said as he reflected on conversations with his coach. "You playing on the field with those guys, you being the one everyone in the stadium is cheering for."

"I'm from a part of Nigeria where the crime rate is very high," said Akporoghene, "and you have to learn how to survive at a very early age."

His father died when he was 11. His mother, worked so many jobs trying to take care of her son. Now, HE wanted to survive and provide. There was one way he knew how.

"I asked myself, what is wrong with becoming great? You know? If I can remember correctly, my family, my mom's family, my dad's family, none of them have gone really far and I wanted to be the one that breaks that barrier, that yolk. So I asked myself, what is wrong with using the opportunities given to me by God?"

 

[mrmax86]

Revised OP. Akporoghene has just gotten a 6-point boost in the 247 rankings, which boosted us from 19th to 18th.

Now they've taken away his boost and his rating went back, which puts us back at 19.

 

[VolinMC]

It's always a good thing to get a commitment from an lineman like this. Just hope it sticks and he signs.

 

[Titans Fan]

Jeremy Pruitt comes full circle with Chris Akporoghene's IMG head coach.

Pruitt, Wright come full circle in Akporoghene’s UT commitment | Vols Wire