'26 NC QB Faizon Brandon (Tennessee commit)

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Bigorangefaninga said:
Talking about Jared Curtis since someone literally asked why we kept saying he was old for his grade and if we actually knew his DOB! As far as Faizon I was told he was young for his grade, but never looked into him. MUCH MUCH happier having Faizon than Curtis no matter what the rankings are!
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I agree, faizons potential is through the roof. Faizon could/should be a ‘27 guy age wise, which is why his ceiling is really high and a high foor (I think that’s the term im looking for lol)
 
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ESPN Compares Faizon Brandon to Vols' QBs Hendon Hooker, Joe Milton III | Rocky Top Insider

ESPN compares cornerstone quarterback commitment Faizon Brandon to past UT quarterbacks such as Hendon Hooker and Joe Milton.
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In a recent breakdown of all five-star prospects, ESPN’s Tom Luginbill stacked up Brandon’s early traits against a couple of players that have become well known in Knoxville over the last handful of years – Hendon Hooker and Joe Milton.

“Several recent Volunteers quarterbacks have similar stature, athleticism and arm strength,” Luginbill wrote. “Brandon is more advanced than Hendon Hooker at the same stage and the pair share several traits. Brandon is also much more accurate than Joe Milton.”
 
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WillisWG said:

ESPN Compares Faizon Brandon to Vols' QBs Hendon Hooker, Joe Milton III | Rocky Top Insider

ESPN compares cornerstone quarterback commitment Faizon Brandon to past UT quarterbacks such as Hendon Hooker and Joe Milton.
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In a recent breakdown of all five-star prospects, ESPN’s Tom Luginbill stacked up Brandon’s early traits against a couple of players that have become well known in Knoxville over the last handful of years – Hendon Hooker and Joe Milton.

“Several recent Volunteers quarterbacks have similar stature, athleticism and arm strength,” Luginbill wrote. “Brandon is more advanced than Hendon Hooker at the same stage and the pair share several traits. Brandon is also much more accurate than Joe Milton.”
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Saying someone is much more accurate than Joe Milton is like saying someone can see much better than Helen Keller.

Joe had a cannon. But accuracy and decision making were not his strong points.
 
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TNHopeful505 said:
Saying someone is much more accurate than Joe Milton is like saying someone can see much better than Helen Keller.

Joe had a cannon. But accuracy and decision making were not his strong points.
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Joe's about 64.5% completion guy not bad but not great. Those passes he overthrew, especially in 21 are pretty hard to forget.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Um sorry but yes they would have. He would have had very close to Hookers numbers.
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No. Not even pre-injury Hunter could have gone up and snagged the overthrows Milton was launching.

He also was completely incapable of running the up-tempo offense that Hooker ran. No wr corps would mitigate that deficiency.
 
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85SugarVol said:
No. Not even pre-injury Hunter could have gone up and snagged the overthrows Milton was launching.

He also was completely incapable of running the up-tempo offense that Hooker ran. No wr corps would mitigate that deficiency.
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I went back and watched the bowling green game that Milton started in week 1 with those same wide receivers. 11/23 for 139 yards with multiple overthrows on would be touchdowns. 11 completions and 139 yards would both be career lows for hooker 😂
 
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85SugarVol said:
No. Not even pre-injury Hunter could have gone up and snagged the overthrows Milton was launching.

He also was completely incapable of running the up-tempo offense that Hooker ran. No wr corps would mitigate that deficiency.
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Our WRs dropped quite a few easily catchable balls. Several for TDs. Your Milton hate just blinded you. Our WRs have been bad since Burns left. Wonder why?
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Our WRs dropped quite a few easily catchable balls. Several for TDs. Your Milton hate just blinded you. Our WRs have been bad since Burns left. Wonder why?
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WRs drop balls. Happens to every QB.
Dropped balls weren’t the problem. ICBM launches from Milton were the problem.

But those were easy to see.

What would be completely lost on someone of your limited vision would be the other issues:
- Inability to run the up-tempo audible offense
- Truncated playbook due to lack of trust
- Consistently missed reads

WRs would have no ability to mitigate any of that.
 
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TNHopeful505 said:
Saying someone is much more accurate than Joe Milton is like saying someone can see much better than Helen Keller.

Joe had a cannon. But accuracy and decision making were not his strong points.
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While I can't directly argue your post, I simply will not tolerate Milton slander. He was nothing but an exemplary teammate while here and has been such an outstanding ambassador of the program since leaving.

With that in mind, I'll be watching you. Make one more Milton slight and you'll receive an invitation to the local Waffle House.
 
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HoleInTheRoof said:
While I can't directly argue your post, I simply will not tolerate Milton slander. He was nothing but an exemplary teammate while here and has been such an outstanding ambassador of the program since leaving.

With that in mind, I'll be watching you. Make one more Milton slight and you'll receive an invitation to the local Waffle House.
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Dude, it isn't slander. I absolutely loved Milton. He showed character that is no longer seen in today's game. He stuck around and supported even after losing his job. And I am thrilled he is doing well in the league. I have nothing negative to say about his character and leadership.

But you cant argue the fact that his arm strength was his draw, and he was not the best at accuracy and decision making. It is just simply part of who he was here. There were a lot of points left on the field because of overthrows and poor decisions. It doesn't detract from who he was as a QB, he had other strengths. But those two weren't it.

No need for a Waffle House meet, unless you're buying me an All Star
 
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85SugarVol said:
WRs drop balls. Happens to every QB.
Dropped balls weren’t the problem. ICBM launches from Milton were the problem.

But those were easy to see.

What would be completely lost on someone of your limited vision would be the other issues:
- Inability to run the up-tempo audible offense
- Truncated playbook due to lack of trust
- Consistently missed reads

WRs would have no ability to mitigate any of that.
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Could say the same about Nico last year, and I mean exactly the same thing.
 
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85SugarVol said:
WRs drop balls. Happens to every QB.
Dropped balls weren’t the problem. ICBM launches from Milton were the problem.

But those were easy to see.

What would be completely lost on someone of your limited vision would be the other issues:
- Inability to run the up-tempo audible offense
- Truncated playbook due to lack of trust
- Consistently missed reads

WRs would have no ability to mitigate any of that.
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Truncated playbook due to lack of trust? So now you resort to conjecture. Excellent. Milton was far from perfect but he was better than you and some others want to think. WRs main function is to catch the football. The past who years they have been terrible at that. I guess your limited vision missed that

Did Milton miss reads? Yep. Over throws? Yep. But I reiterate again our WRs have been bad the past two years
 
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TNHopeful505 said:
Saying someone is much more accurate than Joe Milton is like saying someone can see much better than Helen Keller.

Joe had a cannon. But accuracy and decision making were not his strong points.
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Aww arent you cute. Well I guess maybe you need a history lesson about our QBs accuracy. Here ya go champ:

Dobbs best year- 63%
Clausens best year- 64%
Brays best year- 59%
Ainges best year- 67%
Cromptons best year- 58%
Martins best year- 57%
Shulers best year- 65%
Kelly’s best year- 63%

Milton’s best year- 65%
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Aww arent you cute. Well I guess maybe you need a history lesson about our QBs accuracy. Here ya go champ:

Dobbs best year- 63%
Clausens best year- 64%
Brays best year- 59%
Ainges best year- 67%
Cromptons best year- 58%
Martins best year- 57%
Shulers best year- 65%
Kelly’s best year- 63%

Milton’s best year- 65%
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Great point here.

Joe was decently accurate. Super talented deep passer that could hit windows that most college QBs could not.

The issue was that he was a bad TOUCH passer. So his misses would look really bad, which made everyone think he was inaccurate to all levels of the field, which really wasn't true. He lacked finesse on some of the "easier" passes, and those really stood out and were triggering
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Aww arent you cute. Well I guess maybe you need a history lesson about our QBs accuracy. Here ya go champ:

Dobbs best year- 63%
Clausens best year- 64%
Brays best year- 59%
Ainges best year- 67%
Cromptons best year- 58%
Martins best year- 57%
Shulers best year- 65%
Kelly’s best year- 63%

Milton’s best year- 65%
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Believe Manning's was 63%.

Nobody wants to believe me when I tell them that Tee was a poor passer.
 
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