'26 AR DL Danny Beale (Ok State commit)

[Adam Sandler]

Bailey? He was a consensus 4 star. Out of one of the best programs in the country.

Bailey has been a reliable long term player for us. Respect.

 

[Weezer]

Probably talking about Nathan Robinson. DL coach Rodney Garner is going to play every good body he has every year and every year he has a whole bunch of good bodies, not getting PT for DL will never be a problem with G here

I'm a big fan of Coach G. Give him talented guys with the drive to work hard and he can mold them. But I do feel like he's taken a step back in recruiting. He doesn't seem to land the monsters he once did. I do wonder if part of that is how we divvy up our NIL? Seems we spend more on offense than we do on defense. Not much he can really do to counteract bigger budgets other teams seem to have for defense.

 

[Vol8188]

I'm a big fan of Coach G. Give him talented guys with the drive to work hard and he can mold them. But I do feel like he's taken a step back in recruiting. He doesn't seem to land the monsters he once did. I do wonder if part of that is how we divvy up our NIL? Seems we spend more on offense than we do on defense. Not much he can really do to counteract bigger budgets other teams seem to have for defense.

Have you looked at our LEO room? And then Campbell, West, and Hobbs were all very high level recruits

 

[EastTNVol95]

I'm a big fan of Coach G. Give him talented guys with the drive to work hard and he can mold them. But I do feel like he's taken a step back in recruiting. He doesn't seem to land the monsters he once did. I do wonder if part of that is how we divvy up our NIL? Seems we spend more on offense than we do on defense. Not much he can really do to counteract bigger budgets other teams seem to have for defense.

Coach Garner has been the primary recruiter for:

5* Jordan Ross
5* Isaiah Campbell
4* Daevin Hobbs
4* Mariyon Dye
4* Dereon Albert
4* Tyre West
4* Ethan Utley
4* Zach Groves
4* Tyree Weathersby
4* Jayden Loftin
4* Charles House
4* Kedric Golston

Last cycle Garner was ranked by 247 as the No. 1 DL recruiter in the country and he signed arguably the best interior DL class with Campbell, Dye, Utley and House. How much better do you want the man to recruit?

 

[Go Fight Win]

Coach Garner has been the primary recruiter for:

5* Jordan Ross
5* Isaiah Campbell
4* Daevin Hobbs
4* Mariyon Dye
4* Dereon Albert
4* Tyre West
4* Ethan Utley
4* Zach Groves
4* Tyree Weathersby
4* Jayden Loftin
4* Charles House
4* Kedric Golston

Last cycle Garner was ranked by 247 as the No. 1 DL recruiter in the country and he signed arguably the best interior DL class with Campbell, Dye, Utley and House . How much better do you want the man to recruit?

i sometimes wonder how some people can spend so much time on this website and retain so little information

 

[BleedingOrangeInChatt]

Coach Garner has been the primary recruiter for:

5* Jordan Ross
5* Isaiah Campbell
4* Daevin Hobbs
4* Mariyon Dye
4* Dereon Albert
4* Tyre West
4* Ethan Utley
4* Zach Groves
4* Tyree Weathersby
4* Jayden Loftin
4* Charles House
4* Kedric Golston

Last cycle Garner was ranked by 247 as the No. 1 DL recruiter in the country and he signed arguably the best interior DL class with Campbell, Dye, Utley and House. How much better do you want the man to recruit?

they aren’t all five star players. He could do better

 

[Weezer]

Coach Garner has been the primary recruiter for:

5* Jordan Ross
5* Isaiah Campbell
4* Daevin Hobbs
4* Mariyon Dye
4* Dereon Albert
4* Tyre West
4* Ethan Utley
4* Zach Groves
4* Tyree Weathersby
4* Jayden Loftin
4* Charles House
4* Kedric Golston

Last cycle Garner was ranked by 247 as the No. 1 DL recruiter in the country and he signed arguably the best interior DL class with Campbell, Dye, Utley and House. How much better do you want the man to recruit?

<sigh> I guess I should have been more specific. First off, I was talking about DTs/SDE, not LEOs, which some of the players you listed are LEOs, coached by Chop. Second, I'm very hopeful for Campbell. Third, most of the 4*'s we got were not upper echelon. Still count as blue chips, so that's great, but just an example, Albert is ranked like the 29th DL on 247. USC has like 3 DL in the top 10 of DL committed. Texas has 4 DL committed who are rated higher than Albert. LSU has 3. AS I SAID, I'm a big fam of Garner, but he used to be in on all the top guys. And I don't think it's necessarily on him. I think our NIL budget is skewed towards offense.

Honestly, I think some of you only read half a post and react. It's like none of you actually want to talk football unless it's spitting rainbows out of your butt.

 

[Weezer]

i sometimes wonder how some people can spend so much time on this website and retain so little information

I wonder how so many can fail to process information without getting offended. No one wants to actually conversate.

 

[Go Fight Win]

I wonder how so many can fail to process information without getting offended. No one wants to actually conversate.

you made general claims and now after refute seek a more specific conversation? not sure that holds up in conversation court

its always interesting when people claim to know the emotions of others. go off queen, im so offended

but hey, it's gameday.. lets be pals.. we don't have to conversate like this. GBO bb

 

[EastTNVol95]

<sigh> I guess I should have been more specific. First off, I was talking about DTs/SDE, not LEOs, which some of the players you listed are LEOs, coached by Chop. Second, I'm very hopeful for Campbell. Third, most of the 4*'s we got were not upper echelon. Still count as blue chips, so that's great, but just an example, Albert is ranked like the 29th DL on 247. USC has like 3 DL in the top 10 of DL committed. Texas has 4 DL committed who are rated higher than Albert. LSU has 3. AS I SAID, I'm a big fam of Garner, but he used to be in on all the top guys. And I don't think it's necessarily on him. I think our NIL budget is skewed towards offense.

Honestly, I think some of you only read half a post and react. It's like none of you actually want to talk football unless it's spitting rainbows out of your butt.

You are completely disregarding the fact we landed one of the best DT/SDE classes last cycle.

Campbell was a FIVE STAR.

Mariyon Dye was a top 100 player.

Ethan Utley was a top 250 player and picked us despite serious interest from Georgia.

You can’t just stack 10-12 top 100 kids in a position group anymore with NIL.

Our staff is doing a great job of landing elite guys and then filling in behind them with quality players that might be a little more developmental. It’s why our roster retention has been as good as it has under Heupel.

 

[benholt06]

You are completely disregarding the fact we landed one of the best DT/SDE classes last cycle.

Campbell was a FIVE STAR.

Mariyon Dye was a top 100 player.

Ethan Utley was a top 250 player and picked us despite serious interest from Georgia.

You can’t just stack 10-12 top 100 kids in a position group anymore with NIL.

Our staff is doing a great job of landing elite guys and then filling in behind them with quality players that might be a little more developmental. It’s why our roster retention has been as good as it has under Heupel.

Yeah I don’t always agree w Weezer but that’s an especially bad take. CRG deserves as much credit as anyone for our resurgence.

 

[allvolrecruiting]

<sigh> I guess I should have been more specific. First off, I was talking about DTs/SDE, not LEOs, which some of the players you listed are LEOs, coached by Chop. It's like none of you actually want to talk football unless it's spitting rainbows out of your butt.

Am I allowed to be excited for Tyre West forcing a scoop and score to keep the team in the game or is that me spitting rainbows out of my butt?

 

[Weezer]

Am I allowed to be excited for Tyre West forcing a scoop and score to keep the team in the game or is that me spitting rainbows out of my butt?

At least we now know where the rainbow came from.

 

[BelievetheHeup2022]

I'm a big fan of Coach G. Give him talented guys with the drive to work hard and he can mold them. But I do feel like he's taken a step back in recruiting. He doesn't seem to land the monsters he once did. I do wonder if part of that is how we divvy up our NIL? Seems we spend more on offense than we do on defense. Not much he can really do to counteract bigger budgets other teams seem to have for defense.

Not sure where you come up with your information

 

[BelievetheHeup2022]

<sigh> I guess I should have been more specific. First off, I was talking about DTs/SDE, not LEOs, which some of the players you listed are LEOs, coached by Chop. Second, I'm very hopeful for Campbell. Third, most of the 4*'s we got were not upper echelon. Still count as blue chips, so that's great, but just an example, Albert is ranked like the 29th DL on 247. USC has like 3 DL in the top 10 of DL committed. Texas has 4 DL committed who are rated higher than Albert. LSU has 3. AS I SAID, I'm a big fam of Garner, but he used to be in on all the top guys. And I don't think it's necessarily on him. I think our NIL budget is skewed towards offense.

Honestly, I think some of you only read half a post and react. It's like none of you actually want to talk football unless it's spitting rainbows out of your butt.

Just take the L and move on

 

[VolGee4]

I'm a big fan of Coach G. Give him talented guys with the drive to work hard and he can mold them. But I do feel like he's taken a step back in recruiting. He doesn't seem to land the monsters he once did. I do wonder if part of that is how we divvy up our NIL? Seems we spend more on offense than we do on defense. Not much he can really do to counteract bigger budgets other teams seem to have for defense.

We are paying for edges, but we’ve landed two top 50 overall DT’s in the last 3 years.

Edit: it’s been discussed. We are paying positions like NFL teams.

 

[Weezer]

We are paying for edges, but we’ve landed two top 50 overall DT’s in the last 3 years.

Doesn't feel like we have dominant DTs like we once did. I'm old. I was spoiled by Big John and Albert playing side by side.

 

[Go Fight Win]

Doesn't feel like we have dominant DTs like we once did. I'm old. I was spoiled by Big John and Albert playing side by side.

Was just watching the big John slap video

 

[Go Fight Win]

Tbf we had some beasts at DT last season. I think we got some beasts this year and I think they finally will all be healthy next game

 

[BigOrange15]

Not sure where you come up with your information

 

[LouderVol]

Doesn't feel like we have dominant DTs like we once did. I'm old. I was spoiled by Big John and Albert playing side by side.

I think you need to adjust your expectations if you expect us to have two of the best to ever play the position on our roster every year.

 

[orangejuice]

Hobbs was a 5 star #4 DT on rivals/on3, and the #4 DT (#36 overall, 4 spots away from a 5 star there also). His composite was an overall 4 star due to the typically lack of effort from ESPN recruiting where he was a lowly #166 overall. Point being he was a very highly regarded DT as a recruit and definitely not a paper blue chip player.

I’m excited to see him play this year as i think we have sorely missed him so far this year.