best WR receiver corps

[Ned Ray McWorkher]

If Spurrier had been the coach, we would not have had Peyton at QB.

Bam!!!
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[MrBamSeydu]

We've had some really good corps over the years. i am listed the guys that i can remember contributing the most. i was too young to remember any groups pre 1994. if you know of any groups pre '94 that were as good or better, feel free to post em. go.

1995:
Joey Kent
Marcus Nash
Maurice Staley
Scott Pfeiffer (TE)

1997:
Joey Kent
Marcus Nash
Jeremaine Copeland
Andy McCullough
Antrone Peebles (TE)

1998:
Peerless Price
Cedrick Wilson
Jeremaine Copeland
Bobby Graham
John Finlayson (TE)
(this team was stacked with talent)

2001:
Kelly Washington
Donte Stallworth
Jason Witten (TE)
Leonard Scott
Bobby Graham

2004:
James Banks
Derrick Tinsley
Chris Brown (TE)
Tony Brown

2006:
Robert Meachem
Jayson Swain
Lucas Taylor
Brett Smith
Chris Brown (TE)

i also know we had some good ones in the early '90s with Pickens, Alvin Harper, & Craig Faulkner but i was too young to know if/when they played together.

2004 = terrible

 

[WiseOlVol]

Starts with Richmond Flowers (60s) and Stanley Morgan (70s).

Morgan still holds all-purpose yards record at Tennessee (4,642).

 

[volstopfan14]

I could be wrong, but I think Tinsley was a senior in 2003. It seems like he came in in 2000. Did he redshirt at some point? I think 2003 was pretty thin at WR. Didn't we have to move Mark Jones?
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I remember seeing Tinsley play in 2004. I remember because 2004 was the first year I really watched Tennessee football.

 

[DjCrenshaw]

Didn't tinsley start off as a RB?

 

[volstopfan14]

Didn't tinsley start off as a RB?

I'm pretty sure he did.

 

[DjCrenshaw]

I'm pretty sure he did.

All I remember from Tinsley was running the occasional reverse, and or running five yard out routes. I believe being a RB first may have meant he wasn't quite as fast as other recievers and was given crappy dink routes. That may be why some are not so high on him.

 

[volstopfan14]

All I remember from Tinsley was running the occasional reverse, and or running five yard out routes. I believe being a RB first may have meant he wasn't quite as fast as other recievers and was given crappy dink routes. That may be why some are not so high on him.

I remember seeing the reverse for a touchdown at Miami in 2003 but I don't remember him being a big part of the offense in 2004. It seemed like Tony Brown, CJ Fayton, and Chris Hannon were the top receivers on that team.

Just went back and looked at some stats. Tinsley only caught 9 passes in 2004 and Robert Meachem, Jayson Swain, Bret Smith, Brown, Hannon, and Fayton all had better numbers than him.

 

[VegasVol]

If you mean players from drafted into the NFL from each team, it isn't even close.

Guess again. LSU placed more players in the NFL off their roster than we did, placed more long-term players in the NFL off their roster than we did, and placed more starters in the NFL than our 2001 roster did.

 

[VegasVol]

Absolutely right. Tennessee had the better talent

Based on what? Recruiting rankings had their players higher; coaches and the media put their players higher on all-SEC lists after the season; NFL scouts graded them higher; NFL GMs had them higher; and NFL coaches had them higher.

 

[SandoVOL]

Guess again. LSU placed more players in the NFL off their roster than we did, placed more long-term players in the NFL off their roster than we did, and placed more starters in the NFL than our 2001 roster did.

We drafted a ridiculous amount of players from 2001-2004, MUCH more than LSU. 2001 NFL draft LSU did not even have a player drafted until round 6. Check your sources again.

 

[BigOrangeKaz]

I remember seeing Tinsley play in 2004. I remember because 2004 was the first year I really watched Tennessee football.

You are correct. Tinsley, Davis, Houston, and Keldric Williams (I think) were all 2001. For some reason, I thought Tinsley was 2000.
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