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

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Madkins8 said:
He was 211 at The Opening and 215 at the UA game.

He needs to add weight, but nothing that won't come naturally. Cory Vereen was 220 his senior year and came into fall camp at an explosive 245.
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Yep there is no problem here with size. He is 219 at 18 years old, so I say 230 will be easily reached without losing speed. That's perfect! These guys talk in circles sometimes. If he was 240 right now they would be saying he may grow out of the linebacker position and be a DE. He has perfect size, has great speed, great athleticism, uses his hands well to fight off blocks, and has a great football IQ. Always reading the play well. There are no problems here!
 
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BookVol said:
Didn't Jerod Mayo play for us at around 220?

Bates will be fine size wise.
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Yeah, and Big Al was never more than 6' 230. Chavis always loved undersized linebackers. From Raynoch through Burnett, then Mayo- none of those guys were 6'3 240 lbs in college.
 
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perico said:
Yeah, and Big Al was never more than 6' 230. Chavis always loved undersized linebackers. From Raynoch through Burnett, then Mayo- none of those guys were 6'3 240 lbs in college.
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Yep, and we are talking about a kid who hasn't even made it to college yet and he's already close to 220. His size will be perfect for LB.
 
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CWGvol said:
Yep, and we are talking about a kid who hasn't even made it to college yet and he's already close to 220. His size will be perfect for LB.
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Exactly. The bigger they are, the slower they are. That's one great thing that Chavis understood about LBs in particular. He took big LBs and converted them to DEs, then took big Safeties out of high school (like Burnett) and made them LBs.

Chavis sometimes gets criticized for his playcalling, but no one was better at maximizing a defense's athleticism and speed than he was. It's the formula for his sustained success against spread QBs (Manziel in particular) at LSU, and on the flip side, it's a big reason why we haven't been able to stop a mobile QB since Chief left.
 
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perico said:
Exactly. The bigger they are, the slower they are. That's one great thing that Chavis understood about LBs in particular. He took big LBs and converted them to DEs, then took big Safeties out of high school (like Burnett) and made them LBs.

Chavis sometimes gets criticized for his playcalling, but no one was better at maximizing a defense's athleticism and speed than he was. It's the formula for his sustained success against spread QBs (Manziel in particular) at LSU, and on the flip side, it's a big reason why we haven't been able to stop a mobile QB since Chief left.
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And on top of that, Bates isn't small. Some of those guys were around 200 out of HS. Bates will be at least 230 in college and still fast. Perfect LB!
 
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I know this is something that has been discussed before but I forgot, are we looking at him playing MLB or OLB?
 
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CWGvol said:
Yep there is no problem here with size. He is 219 at 18 years old, so I say 230 will be easily reached without losing speed. That's perfect! These guys talk in circles sometimes. If he was 240 right now they would be saying he may grow out of the linebacker position and be a DE. He has perfect size, has great speed, great athleticism, uses his hands well to fight off blocks, and has a great football IQ. Always reading the play well. There are no problems here!
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It doesn't take an idiot at rivals to see that Bates is a great player. Anyone who's ever seen a football game can tell you that. Recruiting analyst are idiots just like the guys on ESPN, the News, and other analysts.
 
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CWGvol said:
Yep there is no problem here with size. He is 219 at 18 years old, so I say 230 will be easily reached without losing speed. That's perfect! These guys talk in circles sometimes. If he was 240 right now they would be saying he may grow out of the linebacker position and be a DE. He has perfect size, has great speed, great athleticism, uses his hands well to fight off blocks, and has a great football IQ. Always reading the play well. There are no problems here!
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Just needs a "Soul Man"-like transformation to get his 5th star imo. Semi-racist statement to counterbalance the "recruiting experts" semi-racist statements...had to go back a ways for that analogy. Yup I am older :)
 
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CWGvol said:
Yep there is no problem here with size. He is 219 at 18 years old, so I say 230 will be easily reached without losing speed. That's perfect! These guys talk in circles sometimes. If he was 240 right now they would be saying he may grow out of the linebacker position and be a DE. He has perfect size, has great speed, great athleticism, uses his hands well to fight off blocks, and has a great football IQ. Always reading the play well. There are no problems here!
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Just needs a "Soul Man"-like transformation to get his 5th star imo. Semi-racist statement to counterbalance the "recruiting experts" semi-racist statements...had to go back a ways for that analogy. Yup I am older :)

Old enough that I managed to post it twice.
Dang this technology :)
 
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Madkins8 said:
6'3" 211

Here are the Combine numbers for our commits (plus Adoree) from The Opening.

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Jalen ran the 40 in 0 seconds? Good Lord that kid is gonna run past the rest of the SEC.
 
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Bates is awesome

Bates is a vol

Bates will be a really good vol LBer in Knoxville

Also Bates is a vol
 
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Brian4vols said:
Any news on Bates , been awful quiet with him lately. Any chances to be worried here.
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Are you asking or telling?

Yes I was being an ____hole, and no, there is nothing to worry about (assuming you're asking a question). He's been a VOL since the say he was born.
 
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