CBS impact freshmen to watch in 2020 - Jalin Hyatt

[gunner]

It was laser timed at the Southeast regional NIKE opening. He should be fastest day 1 in 40yds...

Wanna year something that made me smile?

The athlete/QB Holiday ran a laser timed 4.38 at the South regional NIKE opening. We have to give him a shot at QB first...that's why he picked us over all the other blue chips that offered him. They wouldn't give him a shot at QB...but that's burner speed...maybe slot WR? Hyatt was named "fastest man in camp" at his regional in Charlotte. I dont know if that 4.38 was the fastest at the South regional or not...but if you go look at 40 times from this years NFL combine, both these guys are top 10...as 18yo kids. Hyatt would be 2nd I believe..maybe 3rd. That's elite, elite speed. There's a lot more to WR than just speed and quickness...but looking at their tape, both Hyatt and Holiday are " IT" with the ball in their hands. A threat to score on every play. We havent had that really since Patterson...and his routes etc were so rough that he never used all his potential. Hope that these 2 kids can blow the top off of defenses and make our whole offense run better. No more 8 and 9 man fronts.

It’s obvious to me that Chaney wanted to upgrade the speed on this team at the skill position on offense Holiday sounds like he could be a Percy Harvin type player for the Vols! I certainly hope so!

 

[Illinoisvolfan2]

Willie Gault 2.0. I will never forget his first catch against Oregon State. I was sitting in KK and the Vols were backed up to the south endzone. The QB backed up and just slung the ball down the middle of the field as far as he could. I thought what in the hay is he doing? There was nobody there. Then all of a sudden off the left sideline Gault streaks to the middle of the field makes the catch and streaks to the distant north end zone. At that time I thought that to be one of the most amazing plays I had ever seen at Neyland and this kid, named Gault, was something special.

He’s a Super Bowl champ too.

“This is Speedy Willie and I’m world class. I like running but I love to catch the pass. I practice all day and dance all night I gotta get for the Sunday fight .....”. Chicago Bears. Super Bowl Shuffle. November 1985.

 

[sjt18]

This. The JLG nutthuggers can stick their fingers in their ears and scream til their hearts content. The truth is obvious, so much so that SEVERAL former college and pro QBs turned announcers couldnt help but comment on how he is ALWAYS a full second late with the ball and usually about 5 yards short on a deep ball. He underthrew 9 out of 10 passes of over 15 to 20 yards, not just last season; but his entire career.

There is a reason he is the ONLY QB that I know of in my 42 years a Vol fan that played 3 or 4 years for us and will leave UT with a losing record. A losing record, and it isnt close either. Honestly, it is a damn disgrace. He is a tough kid that can take a beating both physically and mentally. He is also the exact reason that he has taken most of that physical abuse and ALL of the mental trauma from his poor decisions. That play at Bama will go down in history as the dumbest, most WT? Moments in Vol football history. The most boneheaded crap ever. Period. It was so dumb that many on here were calling for CJPs job if he let the kid play the next week. I am using the term "kid" very loosely..at 22yo I already had kids of my own and owned my 1st home. He is a grown young man and should be treated as such.

If JG can come out this year and be what he has never, ever been...I will support him. If he can accurately deliver balls on time and make the right read then I will be a big fan. We have 3 full years of tape showing that he has never been able to do that up until now. If he is the same JG...I hope he gets beat out in camp and never takes another snap in orange. We have no less than 3(!!!) Other QBs that can throw a ball...and a freshman that runs a laser timed 4.38 who will get a shot at QB as well. If they cant beat out last years JG then we are screwed...and will have another 7 and 5 season. With decent play from behind center, we can go 8-4 or maybe even 9-3 depending on what the offense can do. Defense will be solid.

I was ready to believe he had turned the corner and eat my plate of crow after the Mizzou game last fall. But then the same old JG showed up for Vandy and IU. Until there is overwhelming evidence otherwise... I will believe his problem is a innate shortcoming and not something that coaching, experience, or a different "system" will solve.

It is truly a shame. He has most of the qualities you want in a QB and seems to have put everything he has into becoming a good QB. But there is a point where a guy's limitations are what they are. Danny Wuerffel was a GREAT QB in many ways... except he had a below average arm. He even played some in the NFL but ultimately that was an innate lack of talent that he could not overcome. Some guys cannot throw. Other guys cannot anticipate or "read" quickly/instinctively.

 

[sjt18]

Troll alert! What a donkey response.

Yeah... that's pretty stupid. I have given reasons and proof for my conclusions. I acknowledge that I could still be wrong... but I didn't arrive at my opinion via bias (unlike you). I've come to this conclusion by watching JG play for the last 3 years and seeing him strive to improve... improve in some areas... and not improve at all in a very specific but critical area.

His lateness in the IU game was as bad as his lateness as a RS Fr.

One of the best proofs for what we're saying can be found in the USCe game. JG threw a deep route that MC had to wait for. The DB recovered and made it a contested catch with no YAC's. That drive stalled with no points. Shrout threw the exact same route later in the game. He led MC perfectly enabling him to outrun the DB's for a TD. This isn't the exception. The exceptions are the very, very, very few plays you can point to where JG properly led a receiver on a deep route.

 

[sjsmith87]

I think Hyatt will have a good career at UT. Not just because of his speed and ability, but also because of the weapons that'll also be on the field over the next few years. Gonna be hard for defenses to key in on specific players when the offense can be more dynamic than in years past.

 

[butchna]

Jalin Hyatt thread. Too much to ask to keep the QB crap out of it?