2027 Way-too-Early Big Board

#1
benholt06

benholt06

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 25, 2014
Messages
2,656
Likes
5,836
#1
Tiers are based on realistic chance of being in the class, considering ranking, proximity, visit history, and who I think we should prioritize. Prob left some obvious ones out. Someone feel free to reformat and take over, add to/take away.

QB

Tier 1

Andre Adams
Derrick Baker

Tier 2

Israel Abrams
Malachi Zeigler
Blake Roskopf

RB

Tier 1

David Gabriel Georges
Ty Robinson
Asa Barnes

Tier 2

Quinterrius Gipson
Khamoni Williams
Aiden Gibson
Noah Parker
David Segarra
Jerry Beard

WR

Tier 1

Kesean Bowman
Lawrence Britt
Keland Shelton Jr
Cam Wade
Jaden Butler
Eli Ferguson
Velon Henderson

Tier 2

Ethan Hauser (pos?)
Dakota Guerrant
Brylan Oduor

TE

Tier 1

Malik Howard
Jaxson Dollar

Tier 2

Seneca Driver
Ben Kolar

OT

Tier 1

Princeton Uwaifo
Elijah Hutcheson
Junior Saunders

Tier 2

Kennedy Brown
Kelsey Adams
Carter Jones
Jacob Burns
Caden Moss

IOL

Tier 1

Ian Walker
Kaden Buchanan

Tier 2

Zyion Wesley
Jatori Williams
Jaiden Thompson
Lil’Marcus Jones
Nate Carson

DL

Tier 1

Jamarkus Pittman (Ole Miss commit)
Malachi Brown
Elijah Patmon

Tier 2

Elijah Brown
Donivan Moore
Jayden Travers
Benjarvius Shumaker
Seth Tillman
Kadin Fife

EDGE

Tier 1

Rashad Streets
Chris Whitehead
Justin Weeks
Frederick Ards
Ba’Roc Willis

Tier 2

DJ Jacobs
KJ Green
Antwoine Higgins
Jayce Brewer
Jaylen Mercer
Griff Galloway
Success Nwabude
Alex Taylor

LB

Tier 1

Omarii Sanders
Cooper Witten
JP Peace (Tennessee commit)
Cole Crawford

Tier 2

Kaden Henderson
J’Bios Smith
Quinton Cypher
Tate Wallace

CB

Tier 1

Josh Dobson
Xavier Hasan
Jarrell Chandler
Miles Brown
Dre Otey

Tier 2

Bryce Woods
Ace Alston
Chase Johnson
Raylaun Henry

S

Tier 1

Kenny Simon
Marquis Bryant
Jayden Aparicio-Bailey

Tier 2

KJ Caldwell
Trenton McCorvey
Larry Moon III
Robert Geathers
Tashawn Poole
Corey Hadley
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: EastTNVol95, #Vol4Life1991, Go Fight Win and 11 others
#2
#2
I agree, way too early, but I’ll play ball. Commend you for going the length to get this started.

I think what you’ve come up with is incredibly subjective. And of what you considered as far as factoring in to assume tiers, what carries the most weight in your mind?

I’d make a few changes off the bat, personally.

To start, I’d switch Israel Abrams and Derrick baker, or at least include Israel in tier 1.

Asa Barnes tier 2 imo.

Guerrant id put tier 1. Keland Shelton Jr (are we recruiting at wr, 247 shows him a safety), Cam Wade, Jaden Butler, Eli Ferguson, Velon Henderson, all would be tier 2 currently imo. I don’t think some of them being from Tennessee auto make a them tier 1.

Kennedy brown id put tier 1.

Dj Jacobs and kj green I’d put in tier 1. Adds and Willis in tier 2.

Hasan I’d put tier 1.


Fyi I’m editing this comment as I go as VN has been randomly refreshing and deleting what I had posts as I was typing them.

As a rule of thumb I’d always have more players in tier 2 than tier 1. It just makes sense to me that way.

Put commit next to Jp peace name.

Curious what @jvols1999 (been doing this for us recently) and @allvolrecruiting or some of our “insiders” would say. @Stoerner Fumbles
 
Last edited:
#3
#3
Adam Sandler said:
I agree, way too early, but I’ll play ball. Commend you for going the length to get this started.

I think what you’ve come up with is incredibly subjective. And of what you considered as far as factoring in to assume tiers, what carries the most weight in your mind?

I’d make a few changes off the bat, personally.

To start, I’d switch Israel Abrams and Derrick baker.

Asa Barnes tier 2 imo.

Guerrant id put tier 1.

Kennedy brown id put tier 1.

Dj Jacobs and kj green I’d put in tier 1.

Hasan I’d put tier 1.


Fyi I’m editing this comment as I go as VN has been randomly refreshing and deleting what I had posts as I was typing them.

As a rule of thumb I’d always have more players in tier 2 than tier 1.

Put commit next to Jp peace name.

Curious what @jvols1999 (been doing this for us recently) and @allvolrecruiting or some of our “insiders” would say. @Stoerner Fumbles
Click to expand...
It’s all subjective right now, since there‘s very little to go on, but it’s not that I think Tier 1 players are better than Tier 2, it’s that I think they’re either more realistic, a better fit, or a combo of both.

Edit: Gonna change Hasan, bc I agree. he’s been here 3x this year. Abrams I feel will be too steep in price and I think Barnes is a priority.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: Scvol7906, Adam Sandler and Action_1505
#4
#4
benholt06 said:
It’s all subjective right now, since there‘s very little to go on, but it’s not that I think Tier 1 players are better than Tier 2, it’s that I think they’re either more realistic, a better fit, or a combo of both.

Edit: Gonna change Hasan, bc I agree. he’s been here 3x this year. Abrams I feel will be too steep in price and I think Barnes is a priority.
Click to expand...
I feel there should be a little consensus in this, at least if you want it to get pinned and viewed/maintained as much as possible. Less subjectivity the better. I personally would think position ranking and number of visits taken would be best barometers for determining who we likely have in our tier 1s.

Have you screened our visit lists this season for visits by these guys? That would be a good place to start.
 
#7
#7
Adam Sandler said:
I agree, way too early, but I’ll play ball. Commend you for going the length to get this started.

I think what you’ve come up with is incredibly subjective. And of what you considered as far as factoring in to assume tiers, what carries the most weight in your mind?

I’d make a few changes off the bat, personally.

To start, I’d switch Israel Abrams and Derrick baker, or at least include Israel in tier 1.

Asa Barnes tier 2 imo.

Guerrant id put tier 1. Keland Shelton Jr (are we recruiting at wr, 247 shows him a safety), Cam Wade, Jaden Butler, Eli Ferguson, Velon Henderson, all would be tier 2 currently imo. I don’t think some of them being from Tennessee auto make a them tier 1.

Kennedy brown id put tier 1.

Dj Jacobs and kj green I’d put in tier 1. Adds and Willis in tier 2.

Hasan I’d put tier 1.


Fyi I’m editing this comment as I go as VN has been randomly refreshing and deleting what I had posts as I was typing them.

As a rule of thumb I’d always have more players in tier 2 than tier 1. It just makes sense to me that way.

Put commit next to Jp peace name.

Curious what @jvols1999 (been doing this for us recently) and @allvolrecruiting or some of our “insiders” would say. @Stoerner Fumbles
Click to expand...
Great stuff! Have to dig in a little more to opine but all I would do is cross reference the 2024 and 2025 game visitor lists as well as 2025 spring practice and 865 Live lists.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Adam Sandler
#8
#8
Adam Sandler said:
I feel there should be a little consensus in this, at least if you want it to get pinned and viewed/maintained as much as possible. Less subjectivity the better. I personally would think position ranking and number of visits taken would be best barometers for determining who we likely have in our tier 1s.

Have you screened our visit lists this season for visits by these guys? That would be a good place to start.
Click to expand...
Totally. Just wanted a starting point. Someone can reformat and pin that one, I really dc. But there’d been a couple of times recently I wanted a little bit of a quick reference guide for the 27 guys we‘re targeting. I did carefully look over the visits and obviously repeat visitors I tried to list in T1. But there will def be a few I missed.

Anyway, I will try to keep up with it, at least until a better one comes along.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Adam Sandler and jvols1999
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.
Advertisement



Back
Top