If you could add any player from vol history to the current roster...

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#102
I think DL is the strongest group on the defense but Iā€™d still take Sr Yr Reggie White. DL pass rush issue is solved.
 
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Orange. said:
Yep. I'm just going to add Dale Carter, Deon Grant, Dewayne Goodrich, and Terry McDaniels. šŸ˜ƒ Those five are our nickel package. LFG!
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I'd trade Berry for Goodrich and Alontae for McDaniels and have an insane secondary where anyone can play pretty much any position. No Knock on those 2 guys but i.m all about switchability actually if its Nickel we keep Goodrich thats my 5 Mcdaniels can be the dimeback.
 
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hndog609 said:
I'm torn between two schools of thought. On one hand a great DB, say Berry, would fill an obvious position of need and man could he play.

OTOH if a large part of our defense is predicated on assuming other teams having to play keep up with our offense would our most "bang for the buck" be in pressuring their QB? In theory I could be playing DB if the opposing QB is under duress almost immediately after every snap.

So I'm going to settle for Plan B and after much ruminating between Reggie White and Doug Atkins have decided to go for the latter. Partly because there's no way he wouldn't be a terror even if we shipped him straight from the 50's but I'd be very curious to see the results of what modern nutrition and training would have done with that beast.
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Doug Atkins in a modern S&C program would be terrifying.
 
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Eric Berry
Freshman stud that played like a 9th yr senior from day 1, picked off Tebow twice, ask Moreno about the hit Berry laid him out with, list goes on, maze from Bama got slaughtered by Berry
 
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Depends, can we get Hendon Hooker back for one more year, cause that was a special run!!!

Probably going to be very easy for me, with football the way it is nowadays. P Manning and it is not close,
 
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Reggie White. We need someone disruptive on the DLine. Reggie could take on 2 offensive limeman and dominate them.
 
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GritNGrind1906 said:
Tough to choose only one and my mind immediately goes to defensive players like: Eric Berry, Reggie White, Dale Carter, Leonard Little, Albert Haynesworth, or John Henderson, since thats the side of the ball that has to make the biggest step. But how fun would it be to see this offense with Cordarrelle Patterson, Alvin Kamara, Willie Gault, or Donte Stallworth.
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We can add Stanley Morgan to that group.
 
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Hawkeye4588 said:
I will probably be banned from this site after this but I am not sure Peyton is the guy you want anymore in college football. The pocket passer has just not been that successful in CFB. In the NFL it is still the standard but without NFL caliber lineman you really need a QB that can scramble. That is what made Hooker so dangerous. I will always love Peyton. I have one of his signed jersey's in my man cave, but give me a running QB that can make high completion passes any day (again, in the NCAA. In the NFL Peyton is my fantasy team every time).
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With this offense I'd take Heath Shuler as QB, then Hooker, then Holloway. Milton may well move up the list.
But any one player to help this team? Doug Adkins, with Dale Carter 2 and Eric Berry 3.
 
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Reggie White. We need someone disruptive on the DLine. Reggie could take on 2 offensive limeman and dominate them.
 
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All great choices. Given our secondaryā€™s performance, I vote for the pass rusher or DB. Berry, Carter, Henderson, White, or all of them. I think we can score on anyone. Problem is keeping opposing offenses from shredding our defense. How best to stop those short outs we canā€™t seem to stop? Would love to see our defense create more turnovers and three and outs. Finallyā€¦kicking game. Punting them to the one. Making 50+ Yard field goalā€™s consistently. Always kicking off to the one and done. Go Vols!
 
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ankh83 said:
... who would it be?



This was a question posted on twitter that sent me down a rabbit hole. Having only been a die hard vols fan for about 25 years now; there is still much for me to learn.

I came across the name Bob Johnson and thought it was worthy of sharing as this man deserves honoring.

Wiki - UTSports - NFF - Recent Podcast - Bangles Article

A very short list of his accolades...

First recruit of Doug Dickie
All American & All SEC in 66-67
Best lineman in the SEC - Multiple awards
Placed 6th for the heisman... as a center.
Won first Natty since Neyland was coach

First person ever drafted by the Bangles - first round - second overall
12 season - 11 as captain
If there is a hall of fame in regards to football, he is in it.
Harvard business grad
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Chuck Webb would be my selection.

He would have likely been in the running for a Heisman Trophy if he had not been injured.
 
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You take the best player no matter position, and it just so happens the best player in the history of the game at his position played for UT, so you take himā€¦ that is Reggie White.
 
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