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

[gule]

troll this, a hole

 

[buffaloblue]

Dillon Bates ‏@dillonbates 11h
Best fans in the world!!! I've been wanting to say those words all my life!! I love #Volnation thank you! All of you!

This tweet is all sorts of awesome by the way. Read it again this morning. Short but says so much!

 

[wtnvol]

Dillon Bates ‏@dillonbates 11h
Best fans in the world!!! I've been wanting to say those words all my life!! I love #Volnation thank you! All of you!

This tweet is all sorts of awesome by the way. Read it again this morning. Short but says so much!

I know....I cried when I read it...After watching the announcement and following on Twitter I felt all sorts of pride for my VOLS and to genuinely feel his emotions...awesome

 

[KnoxVillain]

Remember that time Butch Jones was hired and then single handedly brought the program back by bringing in future All-American after future All-American? That's what we'll be saying in 10 years! Go Vols, and Dillon we are proud to have you clad IN the orange and white (take note of the proper usage, car lifting, weight lifting record setting Volfan dude).

Remember the time the Mud Cats came back after half time and won the Bourbon Bowl?

 

[Voluntear'emUP]

So I guess they just havent't updated the leaders...but in Dillon's test results section it looks like he had the highest vertical and overall spare rating of any OLB. I know at this point it's just icing on the cake, but hey what's cake without a little icing! :loco:
Happy Independence Day everyone.

Football Recruiting - Dillon Bates - Player Profiles - ESPN

 

[zidanefan]

Dillon Bates ‏@dillonbates 11h
Best fans in the world!!! I've been wanting to say those words all my life!! I love #Volnation thank you! All of you!

Sounds like a "Soft Verbal" to me. Good call, Rivals.

 

[Milehigh_Vol]

And that is the night Dillon Bates saved all the mattresses in Knoxville....

 

[SCowlsVOL]

Sounds like a "Soft Verbal" to me. Good call, Rivals.

I talked to rivals on twitter and they said the soft verbal was a human error.

 

[Coastypop]

I talked to rivals on twitter and they said the soft verbal was a human error.

must have been another Bama guy filling it in #humanerror=bamafan

 

[SCowlsVOL]

must have been another Bama guy filling it in #humanerror=bamafan

Lol exactly!

 

[UTVOLS107]

Didn't get to stay here for the announcement so here's my late BOOM

 

[rote]

Late to the party, but BOOM!

it's never too late to Boom!

 

[tenmanjonez]

In honor of Bates and America Day

 

[Volunteer forever]

Mattress check
Lighter check

ost-4-1090547912:

 

[butchna]

Who was it that posted that if it comes to an out of state player that BamaSaban wants...they always get?
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[B-sideVol18]

Remember that time Butch Jones was hired and then single handedly brought the program back by bringing in future All-American after future All-American? That's what we'll be saying in 10 years! Go Vols, and Dillon we are proud to have you clad IN the orange and white (take note of the proper usage, car lifting, weight lifting record setting Volfan dude).

Remember when some people didn't want to let our old coach go because it would hurt our chances with a certain running back from Virginia?

From the comments made by Bates, Kelly Jr, and Hurd, we would have none of them now. Way to go Butch! And welcome aboard Dillon! Booooooooom!

 

[mreed90]

Remember when some people didn't want to let our old coach go because it would hurt our chances with a certain running back from Virginia?

From the comments made by Bates, Kelly Jr, and Hurd, we would have none of them now. Way to go Butch! And welcome aboard Dillon! Booooooooom!

Who you talkin bout?

 

[B-sideVol18]

Who you talkin bout?

Derrick Green

 

[Phat-Phil]

I'm still just as pumped about this commitment as I was watching it last night. I'm gonna be on a Bates buzz for the next few days.

 

[laroc99a]

These guys are gonna get the vol army rolling again we gonna be head to Texas real soon to fight for a natty i feel it
Yeeehaawwwww

 

[Vols4us]

This shat is getting real in here.

Go Vols!

 

[sanddune50]

Well, you guys can thank me now! my reverse mojo pick of young Mr. Bates to the florida Gators worked like a charm. I ain't picked right in 30 years! LOL

Go VOLS!

...

 

[Mullins2010]

Dillon Bates (@dillonbates) tweeted at 11:44 AM on Thu, Jul 04, 2013:
Woke up today a Tennessee Vol! Oh how good it feels!

 

[oskie_score]

“all the other visits that i’ve ever been on, they haven’t really felt like i’m at home or felt as comfortable as i have been at tennessee,” bates said. “it’s that little something, whenever you step out on the game field during games and you kind of get those goosebumps that you feel at tennessee, that i didn’t really feel at other places, that made me kind of realize that this was the place for me.” - 247

and

Dillon Bates ‏@dillonbates 11h --- Best fans in the world!!! I've been wanting to say those words all my life!! I love #Volnation thank you! All of you!

Great p/u but Dillon has always been family.

We're putting together one helluva LB Corp

 

[oskie_score]

My wife's water just broke!

Congrats! :toast: