'14 FL LB Dillon Bates (UT Signee 2/5/14)

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BOOM!!!

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"I've known for a few months it's kind of the place I want to be, just sitting down with my family and really talking about it," Bates told InsideTennessee. "We just kind of came to the conclusion that it's the place that's most comfortable to me. It's the place that I want to be. It's the place that I've always really wanted to be. I'm just happy to kind of have it out now."

Running through the T inside Neyland Stadium and donning the traditional jersey for the Orange & White is right around the corner for the son of former Vol Bill Bates. The newest commit can hardly wait.

"That was another big thing in my decision —*somewhere that I want to play for and have that passion and get goose bumps every time I'm on the field," Dillon Bates said. "That's one of the places that, at the game, I'd always get goose bumps. That's one of those places that if I got those goose bumps, I knew it'd be a place I wanted to be. It's going to be awesome."


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"He told me from the beginning that he wants to be recruiting me and he was going to be on the phone with me all the time and messaging me on Facebook," Bates said. "That really feels good coming from him, the head coach, knowing that he doesn't have that kind of ego as a big, top coach to not just speak to the players and just having to speak whenever instead of making the time and having a secretary before you talk to them. It's definitely made it more on a personal level instead of just a coach."

Besides getting to know the coaching staff, Bates has already started forming relationships with fellow Tennessee commitments.

""I've made a lot of connections with the guys. I've met with Jalen Hurd, Todd Kelly and a bunch of other guys. They've been texting me," Bates said. "It's kind of crazy the connections we've already built and I already know some future teammates instead of going somewhere where they have nobody I know. So, that's good."

With his decision now under his belt the Ponte Vedra High School start can concentrate on his senior season, a strong reason he decided to end his recruitment this summer.

"Just talking to my parents and my coaches and guys that have done it before, I've heard both ways, committing before their senior year has taken a lot of stress off of them and they've been able to focus on their senior year and their senior season and that's what I wanted to do," Bates said. "Instead of having that stress of making sure I'm talking to coaches and coaches are coming and watching me and evaluating me. It just gives me a good chance to focus on what we're trying to do and my senior season."
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Welcome Dillion. Wore me out waiting, but was worth the wait. You have made us proud, and will continue to, just as your Dad did, and continues to do.

Go Vols!
 
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If no one else joins this class, it is still sick!

If several more studs join the class, it may die from illness...

Guess that is part of what 'Butch is killing it' means...
 
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