'10 CA QB Tyler Bray (Commit/On Campus)

[K Town Killer]

Ok so, I know Tyler had a visit with UT this weekend. I decided to check out your website and see how it went before his parents got back here to California and had a chance to speak with his dad. I was suprised to read all the negative posts about him from several UT fans on the first 20 or so pages on this thread and now all of you are all over is jock in the last 20.

For all the naysayers let me give you a little background on Tyler. This kid is plain and simple a winner. He has gone under the radar as far as recruiting goes because unfortunetly he is from a small town and to fault of his own dealing with small town politics. His speed and agility is certainly something to question I will give you that, but if Tyler was playing every series every down his stats would be off the charts and without a doubt be on the verge of shattering every passing record in California's Central Section if not the state of California.

But as I stated Tyler is dealing with things he doesn't control. he plays every other series on offense splitting time with another QB, who is good in his own right ( with offers from some in state D1AA and D2 schools) but certainly not as gifted. Tyler just happens not to be the coaches 'favorite'. I have no idea why, you would have to ask coach Steele (KHS varsity coach) why he doesn't see what Pete Carrol, Al Borges, Lane Kiffen, Pat Hill, and any other coach in organized football can see. It's pretty amazing that Tyler started as a sophomore on the varsity team that went deep into the playoffs only to have to win his job as a junior from an upcoming JV qb, again you would have to ask coach Steele.

In a nutshell, Tyler is going to succeed at any program he chooses. I have watched him grow and excell through the years. His only drawback is being so good at a small school where he has always dominated that it never pushed him to be even better. Tyler has all the tools it takes to be a great QB except for perhaps speed and agility, if in fact great QB's need those. What he does posses is great mechanics, vision, poise, brains, accuracy, judgement and smarts on the field. I would want the ball in this guys hands when it's on the line any day!!!!! Trust me you will both will be fortunate to have each other. And he's is an all around good individual. Enjoy what he does in Tennessee if he goes there.

 

[TENNaciousUTfan]

Ok so, I know Tyler had a visit with UT this weekend. I decided to check out your website and see how it went before his parents got back here to California and had a chance to speak with his dad. I was suprised to read all the negative posts about him from several UT fans on the first 20 or so pages on this thread and now all of you are all over is jock in the last 20.

For all the naysayers let me give you a little background on Tyler. This kid is plain and simple a winner. He has gone under the radar as far as recruiting goes because unfortunetly he is from a small town and to fault of his own dealing with small town politics. His speed and agility is certainly something to question I will give you that, but if Tyler was playing every series every down his stats would be off the charts and without a doubt be on the verge of shattering every passing record in California's Central Section if not the state of California.

But as I stated Tyler is dealing with things he doesn't control. he plays every other series on offense splitting time with another QB, who is good in his own right ( with offers from some in state D1AA and D2 schools) but certainly not as gifted. Tyler just happens not to be the coaches 'favorite'. I have no idea why, you would have to ask coach Steele (KHS varsity coach) why he doesn't see what Pete Carrol, Al Borges, Lane Kiffen, Pat Hill, and any other coach in organized football can see. It's pretty amazing that Tyler started as a sophomore on the varsity team that went deep into the playoffs only to have to win his job as a junior from an upcoming JV qb, again you would have to ask coach Steele.

In a nutshell, Tyler is going to succeed at any program he chooses. I have watched him grow and excell through the years. His only drawback is being so good at a small school where he has always dominated that it never pushed him to be even better. Tyler has all the tools it takes to be a great QB except for perhaps speed and agility, if in fact great QB's need those. What he does posses is great mechanics, vision, poise, brains, accuracy, judgement and smarts on the field. I would want the ball in this guys hands when it's on the line any day!!!!! Trust me you will both will be fortunate to have each other. And he's is an all around good individual. Enjoy what he does in Tennessee if he goes there.

I'm not going to lie....I wasn't that impressed with him initially. The last time we won a NC, it was with a very mobile QB (Tee Martin). Mobile QB's have always given our defenses fits...and I firmly believe we can gash our main rivals, Florida and Bama with one, as long as they are a great passer too. That was a rare combination to find 10 yrs ago, but now with the Spread Option offenses being so common, the old, slow-footed pocket passer is becoming a dying breed. Very fast defenses can key on these kinds of QB's, and for that reason alone, I wanted us to focus on other prospects who fit the Great Pocket passer + mobility mold.

Nevertheless, it seems Coach Kiffin isn't as concerned about that, and after watching more footage I have somewhat warmed up to the idea that he could thrive in this Pro-Style offense...seeing that neither Peyton Manning nor Tom Brady are particularly elusive either. One of the videos I saw, had him working side-by-side in camp with Scroggins and then Montana. He was as quick in his drops as they were.

If he is committing and hopes to compete as a Freshman, he really needs to be an early enrollee and go through Spring Practice, so he has several months to digest the playbook and get some valuable reps. If he does that, I firmly believe he has a solid chance to beat the other 2 guys that will be on the roster.

 

[kevol80]

Ok so, I know Tyler had a visit with UT this weekend. I decided to check out your website and see how it went before his parents got back here to California and had a chance to speak with his dad. I was suprised to read all the negative posts about him from several UT fans on the first 20 or so pages on this thread and now all of you are all over is jock in the last 20.

Tyler, is that you? I didn't know you were splitting reps. (Sounds like Baty at Aquinas) Anyhoo, I hope you liked your visit. We'd love to have you here. Go Vols.

 

[Return2Power]

All the negative posts were from the ones who think they know more than Camp Kiffin about recruiting. If the QB that came in 2nd at the Elite 11 camp is splitting time in HS then all one can do is laugh out loud. If Tyler was waiting for the hair on his neck to stand up before anything, the VolWalk took care of that if he saw it. The team getting hype in the tunnel before they ran through the T sealed it if he saw that. I was 36 rows up on the other side of the field and that was the most hype I've ever witnessed in Neyland Stadium.

 

[SPMendes10]

Ok so, I know Tyler had a visit with UT this weekend. I decided to check out your website and see how it went before his parents got back here to California and had a chance to speak with his dad. I was suprised to read all the negative posts about him from several UT fans on the first 20 or so pages on this thread and now all of you are all over is jock in the last 20.

For all the naysayers let me give you a little background on Tyler. This kid is plain and simple a winner. He has gone under the radar as far as recruiting goes because unfortunetly he is from a small town and to fault of his own dealing with small town politics. His speed and agility is certainly something to question I will give you that, but if Tyler was playing every series every down his stats would be off the charts and without a doubt be on the verge of shattering every passing record in California's Central Section if not the state of California.

But as I stated Tyler is dealing with things he doesn't control. he plays every other series on offense splitting time with another QB, who is good in his own right ( with offers from some in state D1AA and D2 schools) but certainly not as gifted. Tyler just happens not to be the coaches 'favorite'. I have no idea why, you would have to ask coach Steele (KHS varsity coach) why he doesn't see what Pete Carrol, Al Borges, Lane Kiffen, Pat Hill, and any other coach in organized football can see. It's pretty amazing that Tyler started as a sophomore on the varsity team that went deep into the playoffs only to have to win his job as a junior from an upcoming JV qb, again you would have to ask coach Steele.

In a nutshell, Tyler is going to succeed at any program he chooses. I have watched him grow and excell through the years. His only drawback is being so good at a small school where he has always dominated that it never pushed him to be even better. Tyler has all the tools it takes to be a great QB except for perhaps speed and agility, if in fact great QB's need those. What he does posses is great mechanics, vision, poise, brains, accuracy, judgement and smarts on the field. I would want the ball in this guys hands when it's on the line any day!!!!! Trust me you will both will be fortunate to have each other. And he's is an all around good individual. Enjoy what he does in Tennessee if he goes there.

I looked back at the first posts on Bray and didnt really find anything bad. The posts I read said he was slow, skinney and didn't think he could lead us to a championship..

As far as being slow goes u can't deny that a 5.45 40 time is slow. There are offensive lineman who are faster. That being said, I personaly don't believe a qb has to be fast to lead an offense. Peyton Manning is awesome, but I would never describe him as fast. I think I read that his 40 time is faster then what was posted.

I am not concerned with him being skinney like others on this board because I know with a strength and conditioning program he will be fine. Beside he has already takent the initative to add 15 lbs and said he will be at 215 when he enrolls.

I think the posts about him not being the right guy to lead us to a championship has to be because he started off as a 3 star who nobody has heard of. He has proven himself since then and is now the 6th qb on rivals board.

I hope bray comes to UT. This guy would be perfect for our system. I agree with you though, he will be a great QB wherever he goes.

 

[ZombVol]

Ok so, I know Tyler had a visit with UT this weekend. I decided to check out your website and see how it went before his parents got back here to California and had a chance to speak with his dad.

I really hope you committ to Tennessee. We need you here.

 

[MikeHamiltonFan]

We need Bray and we got Bray, our message board guesses about Scroggins and Sims and Munchie will not screw that up.

Weird as can be for a coach to be splitting series for the number 6 pro style QB in the country on Rivals. Very idiotic.

 

[TENNaciousUTfan]

We need Bray and we got Bray, our message board guesses about Scroggins and Sims and Munchie will not screw that up.

Weird as can be for a coach to be splitting series for the number 6 pro style QB in the country on Rivals. Very idiotic.

Sounds like the threat of a transfer might be in order. ...too late for that now, but I bet that splitting time status changes right away, or maybe that coach would like to explain certain losses to his community when they ask him why their gift-horse is riding the bench half the time.

 

[parkay32]

Ktown killer is not tyler nor am I. we are just friends of the family who have watched him develope from an early age. He has had a lot of great coaches and has learned lessons from each of them. If he commites to UT he will give you every thing he has. His forty time is 5.0-5.1 electronic. But you are right he drops and gets rid of the ball as fast as anyone. He lives and breaths the position and will study it until he masters the UT system. And just fyi two things, when was the last time a dual threat qb won a supper bowl, and matt lienart and brady were just as slow at his age but espn said tylers arm is stronger. tyler doesnt talk a lot he is shy but he is a leader. If you get him take care of him....

 

[onevol74]

I would hope that Tyler is mature enough to know that message boards are full of all kinds of opinions. We still have some people on here that think that we should have stuck with the old coaching staff or hire a second level coach from Cincinnati.

But the other thing that message boards bring is attention. And in the SEC it is big time. Can he handle that? If he can then he will do just fine.

What kind of an academic student is he? I see that Kiffin really concentrates on kids with great grade point averages. I think that he wants to make sure that he has coachable talent, especially in the leadership positions.

 

[Crew]

Ktown killer is not tyler nor am I. we are just friends of the family who have watched him develope from an early age. He has had a lot of great coaches and has learned lessonfrom our football teams from each of them. If he commites to UT he will give you every thing he has. His forty time is 5.0-5.1 electronic. But you are right he drops and gets rid of the ball as fast as anyone. He lives and breaths the position and will study it until he masters the UT system. And just fyi two things, when was the last time a dual threat qb won a supper bowl, and matt lienart and brady were just as slow at his age but espn said tylers arm is stronger. tyler doesnt talk a lot he is shy but he is a leader. If you get him take care of him....

I won't lie to ya.....we expect a lot from our football team. If he takes care of the ball, we'll take care of him. Simple as that.

Actions speak louder than words....if he can walk the walk, he won't have to say a word until draft day.


Go Vols! ....and welcome to the board, fellas.

 

[MikeHamiltonFan]

Peyton Manning still has babies named after him. More moderately successful guys at TN like Heath Shuler are in Congress.

If he comes here and plays well he will have NFL money waiting and everlasting love and loyalty from the TN fan base.

 

[g8terh8ter_eric]

Ok so, I know Tyler had a visit with UT this weekend. I decided to check out your website and see how it went before his parents got back here to California and had a chance to speak with his dad. I was suprised to read all the negative posts about him from several UT fans on the first 20 or so pages on this thread and now all of you are all over is jock in the last 20.

For all the naysayers let me give you a little background on Tyler. This kid is plain and simple a winner. He has gone under the radar as far as recruiting goes because unfortunetly he is from a small town and to fault of his own dealing with small town politics. His speed and agility is certainly something to question I will give you that, but if Tyler was playing every series every down his stats would be off the charts and without a doubt be on the verge of shattering every passing record in California's Central Section if not the state of California.

But as I stated Tyler is dealing with things he doesn't control. he plays every other series on offense splitting time with another QB, who is good in his own right ( with offers from some in state D1AA and D2 schools) but certainly not as gifted. Tyler just happens not to be the coaches 'favorite'. I have no idea why, you would have to ask coach Steele (KHS varsity coach) why he doesn't see what Pete Carrol, Al Borges, Lane Kiffen, Pat Hill, and any other coach in organized football can see. It's pretty amazing that Tyler started as a sophomore on the varsity team that went deep into the playoffs only to have to win his job as a junior from an upcoming JV qb, again you would have to ask coach Steele.

In a nutshell, Tyler is going to succeed at any program he chooses. I have watched him grow and excell through the years. His only drawback is being so good at a small school where he has always dominated that it never pushed him to be even better. Tyler has all the tools it takes to be a great QB except for perhaps speed and agility, if in fact great QB's need those. What he does posses is great mechanics, vision, poise, brains, accuracy, judgement and smarts on the field. I would want the ball in this guys hands when it's on the line any day!!!!! Trust me you will both will be fortunate to have each other. And he's is an all around good individual. Enjoy what he does in Tennessee if he goes there.

Tyler didn't start out very high on a lot of totem poles. There were a lot of people that didn't think he had what it took. So what did he do?? He went out a proved them all wrong and is now on the verge of coming here from everything I know. Tyler has done well to get to where he is now and no one here will take away from that, but to try and sound like Tyler was all that and a bag of chips earlier in the process is silly. He got to compete against some of the best QB's in this class and beat them out. That's how you prove yourself to people and he's done that and that's why everyone is aboard the Tyler Bray Express now. If he wants to stay committed to SDSU, that's fine, but they lost to a team that we will hopefully throttle on Saturday. So, I guess it boils down to, does he want to be a whipping boy on the West Coast or thrive in the spotlight here at UT?? The choice is his.

 

[allvol9]

Welcome to the board. I really hope that Tyler commits to UT very soon....today would be great. We need a top QB to commit today and he is the one that I want. More imporantly if Kiffin wants him...he must be special.

Ktown killer is not tyler nor am I. we are just friends of the family who have watched him develope from an early age. He has had a lot of great coaches and has learned lessons from each of them. If he commites to UT he will give you every thing he has. His forty time is 5.0-5.1 electronic. But you are right he drops and gets rid of the ball as fast as anyone. He lives and breaths the position and will study it until he masters the UT system. And just fyi two things, when was the last time a dual threat qb won a supper bowl, and matt lienart and brady were just as slow at his age but espn said tylers arm is stronger. tyler doesnt talk a lot he is shy but he is a leader. If you get him take care of him....

 

[millst987]

Im pumped about this kid! He dominated the elite 11 with his arm....Hes gonna be special for us.

 

[615 Vol]

I would hope that Tyler is mature enough to know that message boards are full of all kinds of opinions. We still have some people on here that think that we should have stuck with the old coaching staff or hire a second level coach from Cincinnati.

But the other thing that message boards bring is attention. And in the SEC it is big time. Can he handle that? If he can then he will do just fine.

What kind of an academic student is he? I see that Kiffin really concentrates on kids with great grade point averages. I think that he wants to make sure that he has coachable talent, especially in the leadership positions.

Don't get me wrong, I am thrilled that Lane Kiffin is coaching the Vols. I wouldn't trade him for anyone else at this point. I wouldn't trade him for Saban, Meyer or anyone because he has come through on everything he said he would do already. I do have to disagree though that Brian Kelly is a second rate coach.

 

[wartburgvol]

It should be an easy choice. :thumbsup:

 

[TOP]

Ktown killer is not tyler nor am I. we are just friends of the family who have watched him develope from an early age. He has had a lot of great coaches and has learned lessons from each of them. If he commites to UT he will give you every thing he has. His forty time is 5.0-5.1 electronic. But you are right he drops and gets rid of the ball as fast as anyone. He lives and breaths the position and will study it until he masters the UT system. And just fyi two things, when was the last time a dual threat qb won a supper bowl, and matt lienart and brady were just as slow at his age but espn said tylers arm is stronger. tyler doesnt talk a lot he is shy but he is a leader. If you get him take care of him....

To be fair, the Vols aren't trying to win a Super Bowl. Tebow, Leak and VY have all won National Championships recently. Troy Smith played in one as well. I'm not saying I want a dual threat quarterback... I want Bray and am just saying that dual threat quarterbacks work at the college level. Stafford, Sanchez, Eli, Rivers, Cutler... they didn't win National Championchips at the college level. Another example would be Peyton, who may go down as the best NFL quarterback ever. He didn't win a championship at the college level but dual threat Tee Martin did and he didn't last long in the NFL.

Anyways, hopefully Bray can help break that trend for Tennessee. I would rather see him win a National Championship for Tennessee than win a Super Bowl... unless it's for the Titans. Selfish, I know... I will just cheer for him to do both if he becomes a Vol.

 

[Godfatha]

To be fair, the Vols aren't trying to win a Super Bowl. Tebow, Leak and VY have all won National Championships recently. Troy Smith played in one as well. I'm not saying I want a dual threat quarterback... I want Bray and am just saying that dual threat quarterbacks work at the college level. Stafford, Sanchez, Eli, Rivers, Cutler... they didn't win National Championchips at the college level. Another example would be Peyton, who may go down as the best NFL quarterback ever. He didn't win a championship at the college level but dual threat Tee Martin did and he didn't last long in the NFL.

Anyways, hopefully Bray can help break that trend for Tennessee. I would rather see him win a National Championship for Tennessee than win a Super Bowl... unless it's for the Titans. Selfish, I know... I will just cheer for him to do both if he becomes a Vol.

I'd take a UT NC any day over a Titans Super Bowl.

 

[Abeachvol]

While he was in Knoxville, Fugate got to speak with quarterback prospect Tyler Bray. Fugate knows that Bray is key to the Vols recruiting class and he thinks the Vols are going to land the talented signal-caller.

"It's real important," Fugate said. "He sounded like he liked it a lot. We talked and got along well. I really wish we get him. He'd be huge for the class. I think we will get him."

 

[Mason72]

Peyton Manning still has babies named after him. More moderately successful guys at TN like Heath Shuler are in Congress.

If he comes here and plays well he will have NFL money waiting and everlasting love and loyalty from the TN fan base.

Shuler moderately successful????

 

[Mason72]

Ktown killer is not tyler nor am I. we are just friends of the family who have watched him develope from an early age. He has had a lot of great coaches and has learned lessons from each of them. If he commites to UT he will give you every thing he has. His forty time is 5.0-5.1 electronic. But you are right he drops and gets rid of the ball as fast as anyone. He lives and breaths the position and will study it until he masters the UT system. And just fyi two things, when was the last time a dual threat qb won a supper bowl, and matt lienart and brady were just as slow at his age but espn said tylers arm is stronger. tyler doesnt talk a lot he is shy but he is a leader. If you get him take care of him....

Parkay-- I think Tyler is the real deal and I hope he comes to UT. I think he is the type of QB that will give 200% and will just get better and better. He will not regret it if he comes. If he wants to compete, can deal with the pressure and wants to compete in the best league in the World. Tennessee is his spot.

 

[etvolsfan]

I watched the elite 11 camp show on ESPN U and I was very impressed with Bray. I think he is just what we need at UT. Personally, I would take Bray over any other QB's in this recruiting class, I think he has the most potential.

 

[k-sny-vol]

So when is he supposed to officially commit ?

 

[Lord Vader]

It just depends on when he feels comfortable in going public with his decision. We will know something no later than Wednesday...