UT has 3 top ten recruiting classes in the last 4 years

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I don't think the talent drop is as bad as it is portrayed. UT has done well recruiting most of the last 4 years.

2010: #9
2009: #10
2008: #35
2007: #3

Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com 2010 Team Recruiting Rankings

2006 was #23 but not that many redshirt players.
On paper I think you would have to say we definitely have the talent to field a top 25 team.
 
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oklavol said:
I don't think the talent drop is as bad as it is portrayed. UT has done well recruiting most of the last 4 years.

2010: #9
2009: #10
2008: #35
2007: #3

Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com 2010 Team Recruiting Rankings

2006 was #23 but not that many redshirt players.
On paper I think you would have to say we definitely have the talent to field a top 25 team.
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Then why were we starting walk ons on both sides of the ball?
 
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ole_orange said:
Great, now why are nearly half of those players on those lists MIA?
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The OP is exactly right!!! I clearly remember those classes meeting needs! I mean really, I have never seen so many talented lineman in my life.
 
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Many have been kicked off team...berry went early as did rogan. We play in the SEC..top 10 is surviving. Top 5 is doing well.
 
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Jewbaccah said:
Many have been kicked off team...berry went early as did rogan. We play in the SEC..top 10 is surviving. Top 5 is doing well.
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Exactly. Like I said in another thread, top 10 doesn't mean nearly as much when that barely breaks into the top HALF of the SEC.
 
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Yet somehow UCLA beat our 'top ten" talent two years in a row.

I still cannot for the life of me figure out how they won both of those games. :banghead:
 
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Star ratings don't mean everything. It just means that you have talent on the team. The problem with that is you have to develop those players. Something Fulmer & Co. weren't able to do the last few years he was at the helm.
 
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ole_orange said:
Yet somehow UCLA beat our 'top ten" talent two years in a row.

I still cannot for the life of me figure out how they won both of those games. :banghead:
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Crompton!
I remember in '08 when UCLA's second string QB went down a week before the game so they started their third string QB Kevin Craft who set a record with four first half interceptions. That’s the equivalent of losing to Jim Bob Cooter!
 
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2010 Rivals # 9 - Signed 25
Rank Pos First Name Last Name
7 PS-QB Tyler Bray FR
NR DT John Brown JR
NR CB Dave Clark R/SO
NR OLB Raiques Crump FR
63 ATH Marcques Dixon FR
75 ATH Channing Fugate FR
14 OG Zach Fulton FR
8 WR Justin Hunter FR
NR WDE Martaze Jackson FR
8 OT Jawuan James FR
14 S Eddrick Lofton FR
41 WR Ted Meline FR
5 WDE Corey Miller FR
18 WR Matt Milton FR
NR PS-QB Nash Nance FR
9 RB Rajion Neal FR
49 OT Marques Pair FR
2 K Michael Palardy FR
25 ILB John Propst FR
NR TE Mychal Rivera R/SO
2 WR Da'Rick Rogers FR
NR S Dontavis Sapp FR
NR PS-QB Matt Simms R/JR
6 WDE Jacques Smith FR
7 OG James Stone FR


2009 Rivals # 10 - Signed 24 / Left 3
Rank Pos First Name Last Name
6 ILB Jerod Askew FR
1 RB Bryce Brown FR
48 CB Mike Edwards Dismissed from Team
16 CB Eric Gordon FR
17 WR James Green DNQ: Signed Toledo 2010
35 OT Daniel Hood FR
NR DT Montori Hughes FR
2 CB Janzen Jackson FR
55 DT Arthur Jeffrey FR
31 ILB Greg King FR
NR PS-QB Nick Lamaison SO
43 ILB Nigel M-Thornton FR
9 S Darren Myles FR
35 ILB Robert Nelson FR
1 APB David Oku FR
39 ATH Nyshier Oliver FR
11 OC Kevin Revis FR
9 WR Nu'Keese Richardson Dismissed from Team-Transfer to Hampton
54 WR Zach Rogers FR
20 OT JerQuari Schofield FR
NR SDE Rae Sykes JR
28 ATH Marsalis Teague FR
NR ILB Marlon Walls FR
53 RB Toney Williams FR


2008 Rivals # 35 - Signed 18 / Left 3
Rank Pos First Name Last Name
11 ATH EJ Abrams-Ward Dismissed from Team
NR OG Carson Anderson R/FR
32 OT Preston Bailey Transfer to MTSU
7 FB Ben Bartholomew SO
22 WDE Willie Bohannon R/FR
5 TE Aaron Douglas R/FR
19 WDE Steven Fowlkes R/FR
NR DT Montori Hughes DNQ-PREP: Signed 2009-FR
10 FB Austin Johnson SO
17 PS-QB Casey Kelly Pro Baseball
43 ILB Herman Lathers R/FR
16 RB Tauren Poole SO
NR CB StePhaun Raines R/FR
54 OT Dallas Thomas R/FR
33 CB Prentiss Waggner R/FR
22 OLB Marlon Walls DNQ-PREP: Signed 2009-FR
63 WR Rodriguez Wilks R/FR
NR ILB Gerald Williams R/JR


2007 Rivals # 3 - Signed 32 / Left 14
Rank Pos First Name Last Name 2009
40 ATH Anthony Anderson R/SO
25 S Deshaun Barnes Released from LOI: Signed Auburn 2008
1 CB Eric Berry JR
28 DT William Brimfield R/SO
NR WR Todd Campbell R/SO
10 PS-QB BJ Coleman Transfer to UT-Chattanooga
3 FB Kevin Cooper JR
6 RB Lennon Creer Transfer to Louisiana Tech
1 ILB Chris Donald Transfer to UT-Chattanooga
46 ATH Art Evans R/SO
25 CB CJ Fleming R/SO
37 OLB Savion Frazier JR
NR SDE Cory Hall DNQ-Juco: Signed Tennessee St 2009
NR RB Josh Hawkins R/SO
5 ATH Gerald Jones JR
12 DT Donald Langley Transfer to Juco. Signed with Texas Tech
NR WR Tyler Maples Transfer to Furman
2 SDE Ben Martin JR
NR S Nevin McKenzie Completed Eligibility
22 DT Rolando Melancon DNQ: Signed with Louisiana Tech-Dismissed
34 ATH Denarius Moore JR
NR WR Kenny O'Neal Gave up Football
14 WR Ahmad Paige Transfer to Louisiana Tech
NR OT Cody Pope R/SO
8 APB Dennis Rogan JR
10 OT Darris Sawtelle Transfer to Grand Valley St
14 WDE Rae Sykes DNQ-Juco: Signed 2009-JR
35 RB Daryl Vereen Transfer to ??
NR ATH Brent Vinson Dismissed from Team-Transfer to Bowie St
14 OLB Chris Walker JR
21 WDE Rufus Williams DNQ-Juco: Gave up Football
NR CB DeAngelo Willingham Completed Eligibility
 
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Good post LWS. I've looked over this stuff and wondered to myself where a lot of these guys go on more than one occassion. The 2007 class losses have been pretty tough for us to overcome followed by a subpar 2008 class (not that the players are subpar, but it was a small class and we have yet to see a lot of those guys with significant playing time). We're still a year or two away from getting back to our early 2000's-type teams.
 
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Considering 2 of the 3 top 10 classes you're talking about will be 1st and 2nd yr players this fall, that doesn't really help in the SEC. The other top 10 class is half gone and just look at LWSVOL's post to see how terrible the 2008 class is. UT's okay for the future if they can continue to bring in good recruits but I don't see top 25 for this year's football team.
 
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We could in theory go 9-3 or 8-4 but even that would be tough to stay in top 25. If we do it, it would be by the skin of our teeth.
 
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8-4 gets you in top 25 Look at last season: 2009 NCAA College Football

Code: 
1    Alabama (58)    13-0    1498    2
2    Texas (2)    13-0    1425    3
3    TCU    12-0    1376    4
4    Cincinnati    12-0    1302    5
5    Florida    12-1    1253    1
6    Boise State    13-0    1237    6
7    Oregon    10-2    1128    7
8    Ohio State    10-2    1080    8
9    Georgia Tech    11-2    952    12
10    Iowa    10-2    925    9
11    Penn State    10-2    883    10
12    Virginia Tech    9-3    866    11
13    LSU    9-3    686    15
14    Miami (FL)    9-3    660    17
15    Brigham Young    10-2    658    16
16    Oregon State    8-4    524    13
17    Pittsburgh    9-3    514    14
18    West Virginia    9-3    447    24
19    Stanford    8-4    390    23
20    Nebraska    9-4    371    21
21    Oklahoma State    9-3    349    22
22    Arizona    8-4    323    NR
23    Utah    9-3    151    NR
24    Wisconsin    9-3    133    NR
25    Central Michigan    11-2    64    NR
 
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The 2008 class on paper was the worst of the 4... in reality it will have as many if not more real contributors than the 2007 class.

If the rankings are legit then the last two classes will enable UT to be competitive sooner than most think. Young talent has its obvious liabilities but talent is talent. It still comes down to coaching.
 
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sjt18 said:
The 2008 class on paper was the worst of the 4... in reality it will have as many if not more real contributors than the 2007 class.

If the rankings are legit then the last two classes will enable UT to be competitive sooner than most think. Young talent has its obvious liabilities but talent is talent. It still comes down to coaching.
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Is that reality a good thing for UT right now?
 
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