Sam Leavitt extends visit

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Bledsoevol said:
He wont .He will play 1 season and hit the portal
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First, ON3 reports Brandon’s NIL deal most likely $1-1.5M, a far cry from the figure the other poster mentioned.

Second, you pay that gladly to have him sit on the bench for a year and take over in 2027,

Last, anyone could leave in a given year…welcome to college football.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
Recruiting him with a lower offer would have probably meant not getting him. That's the rub: don't pay, don't get.

If we want to sign the top tier athletes, we have to pay top tier money.

Using your logic, I should get that fully loaded F-350 but I just shouldn't pay so much for it. Please tell me where that works.
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So pay him the money and see how long he stays
 
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NCFisher said:
First, ON3 reports Brandon’s NIL deal most likely $1-1.5M, a far cry from the figure the other poster mentioned.

Second, you pay that gladly to have him sit on the bench for a year and take over in 2027,

Last, anyone could leave in a given year…welcome to college football.
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Yeah it sucks. More money that !
 
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NCFisher said:
First, ON3 reports Brandon’s NIL deal most likely $1-1.5M, a far cry from the figure the other poster mentioned.

Second, you pay that gladly to have him sit on the bench for a year and take over in 2027,

Last, anyone could leave in a given year…welcome to college football.
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Unproven player at least with the portal u have a body of work to go on
 
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Not really a fan of Leavitt. Game-by-game his good is not great, and his bad is very bad. Especially bad are his two performances against Mississippi State, which, for me, is a very bad sign:
This year: 10 of 22 for 82 yards, one td, two ints
Last year: 10 of 20 for 69 yards, no tds, no ints

A couple of exceptions on the good not being great; both from 2024:
20 of 29, for 304 and 3 tds vs Oklahoma State (who gave up 400 plus yards 3 times)
17 of 22, for 291 and 3 tds vs Arizona.

I'm also very much in the "if you're going to bring in 4 and 5 star freshmen, give them their chance" camp.
Having said all that, Josh could easily make Leavitt better than he has been.
 
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Bledsoevol said:
Much better players in the portal especially QB. It seems for now the portal is the answer. Frazion if he’s good will leave for more money
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To be sure, you’re saying TN should only take players from the portal?

If not, then Brandon is the last guy you should complain about; if TN was to recruit anyone in 2026, Brandon was the guy.

I think the portal is part of the answer. IU, for example; 15 of the starters were portal transfers, but 8 of them transferred with Cignetti. They were guys he recruited at JMU.
 
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NCFisher said:
To be sure, you’re saying TN should only take players from the portal?

If not, then Brandon is the last guy you should complain about; if TN was to recruit anyone in 2026, Brandon was the guy.

I think the portal is part of the answer. IU, for example; 15 of the starters were portal transfers, but 8 of them transferred with Cignetti. They were guys he recruited at JMU.
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Can’t fill a team all from portal but we lost 20. Have to use it
 
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Baseball25 said:
The day is here you take ten high schoolers per class and the rest from the portal.
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And I see the path that the high schoolers take being different - we have had seen very successful players starting in JUCO, Division II or at lessor G5 schools. A better path for them may be to go there where they can start earlier and make a name for themselves and then hit portal to move into a larger school the year when they want to showcase their skills for the NFL.

I think the HS who start at a school and remain there for 4 years is slowly becoming a thing of the past.
 
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Baseball25 said:
The day is here you take ten high schoolers per class and the rest from the portal.
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I don't see anyone doing that, but maybe I'm not seeing something in the 247Sports class rankings.
-The average for the 25 top classes was 24.84 recruits/team.
-TN took 27; playoff teams took an average of 24.3 (excluding JMU and Tulane).
-Of the teams left in the CFP, Miami took 30, Oregon 21, and IU 22.

So, if you want to draw a line at only 10 recruits annually, there are a lot of really good programs you can be a fan of and rage at the coach for his recruiting.
 
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