7 Tennessee players make top 100 of 247's initial 2019 rankings

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Football recruiting: The Top100 for 2019

So in the class of 2019, here are the top 5 states at producing elite talent:

1. Florida - 15 players in the top 100
2. Georgia - 14 players in the top 100
3. California - 10 players in the top 100
3. Texas - 10 players in the top 100
5. Tennessee - 7 players in the top 100

And don't forget ESPN had 6 players from Tennessee make the top 100 for 2018. More than every state in the country outside of Florida, Georgia, California, Texas, and Ohio.

It looks like we're producing more elite football prospects each year in the state. We're quickly approaching Louisiana in terms of fertile recruiting ground. If Butch can win big this year and start locking down the state moving forward, he could build a DYNASTY.
 
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With how fast Nashville grew in the past 10 years I'm not surprised in the least.
 
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Rishvol said:
With how fast Nashville grew in the past 10 years I'm not surprised in the least.
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I am.

If 2017-2019 are not aberrations but the NEW NORMAL, then we're looking at Tennessee as a top 5-6 recruiting power in terms of instate talent. On par with Louisiana and Ohio on an annual basis.

That would be a huge shift from the past. And it would essentially allow us to build a national title contender almost exclusively on instate talent like LSU.
 
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The rise in talent instate makes the 2016 season even more critical for Butch than it already is.

If Butch wants to start locking down the state from the likes of Clemson and LSU, he needs to win a championship so that kids instate grow up dreaming to wear the orange and white like Louisiana kids do with LSU.

Once Saban won the national title in 2003, he changed the way instate prospects viewed LSU. They went from leaving the state enmasse to now making it impossible for out of state schools to get a kid LSU wants.

We need that to make that happen in Tennessee.
 
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It's all about population. That's why those 5 you listed are always there to five states in football talent. Nashville now has a higher population than Atlanta. Now those schools just need to get to the same level of competition and Tennessee will turn into a recruiting hotbed. Whether we're ready or not.
 
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Dabo Swinney be like:

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Rishvol said:
It's all about population. That's why those 5 you listed are always there to five states in football talent. Nashville now has a higher population than Atlanta. Now those schools just need to get to the same level of competition and Tennessee will turn into a recruiting hotbed. Whether we're ready or not.
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Nashville proper has had a higher population than Atlanta for decades since going to a metropolitan government. Atlanta metro area still blows Nashville out of the water though, population wise anyway.
 
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That's a pretty amazing turnaround. But Kiffin said ...
... so I guess it's all mute. :(
 
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Rishvol said:
It's all about population. That's why those 5 you listed are always there to five states in football talent. Nashville now has a higher population than Atlanta. Now those schools just need to get to the same level of competition and Tennessee will turn into a recruiting hotbed. Whether we're ready or not.
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If you count only the population within the city limits, yes. However, Metro Atlanta has a population just shy of 5.5m while Metro Nashville has close to 1.8m now.
 
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The growth in the Nashville area is a very good thing for our program. The fact that an NFL team came to the state almost 20 years ago has helped.

But, I will caution everyone that not all prospects will fall in love with UT. This situation will be similar to metro Atlanta that has blown up in the last 20 years. Kids are not necessarily growing up their whole lives in Nashville but are merely moving there with family. We have been able to take advantage of that some in Atlanta because most of those people aren't from Atlanta. We are finally seeing kids in Atlanta who have been in the city their entire lives. At the end of the day though, it will be a great benefit for UT.
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
If you count only the population within the city limits, yes. However, Metro Atlanta has a population just shy of 5.5m while Metro Nashville has close to 1.8m now.
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Metro Nashville is considered only Davidson County. I would like to know what that number is when you add Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson, and Sumner Counties to it.
 
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volatil said:
Metro Nashville is considered only Davidson County. I would like to know what that number is when you add Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson, and Sumner Counties to it.
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I think the terminology is a bit confusing. 1.8 million is the number for the Nashville MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) which includes the surrounding counties. Metro Nashville, which is the term for (all of) Davidson County's metropolitan government area has a population of about 660k.
 
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volatil said:
Metro Nashville is considered only Davidson County. I would like to know what that number is when you add Rutherford, Williamson, Wilson, and Sumner Counties to it.
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Yes, Nashville/Davidson Co. is considered Metro Davidson Co., but when I said metro Nashville above I was referring to the metropolitan Nashville statistical area, which is Davidson Co. and the 13 area counties that is included. That combined total is the population I referred to above, about 1.8m and growing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_metropolitan_area

And if you look at metro Atlanta...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_metropolitan_area

..it looks like that area now has over 6m in population.
 
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Crazy Ivan said:
Yes, Nashville/Davidson Co. is considered Metro Davidson Co., but when I said metro Nashville above I was referring to the metropolitan Nashville statistical area, which is Davidson Co. and the 13 area counties that is included. That combined total is the population I referred to above, about 1.8m and growing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_metropolitan_area

And if you look at metro Atlanta...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_metropolitan_area

..it looks like that area now has over 6m in population.
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Got it. Thanks
 
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