'14 GA S Cortez McDowell (UT Signee 2/5/14)

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Ericvol2096 said:
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sjt18 said:
It is recruiting. If you are emotionally ruffled by kids switching which schools they seem to be favoring then you seriously need to find something else to do with your time. This week UT is #1... next week they visit Ole Miss and have a pretty girl flirt with them and they become #1. Then 3 months from now they take a gameday visit to UT and see 100K + cheering on the Vols (a significant number being pretty girls) and UT becomes #1 again.

The commits UT has look pretty solid right now. Nothing is secure until the ink is on paper but the foundation is very solid already. UT is #1 for several really good players and in the top 5 for many others.

I have been following recruiting for awhile. This is the best I have seen a class look at this point EVER. The idea has always been that UT "finished strong". The truth is, UT often got talented players late as things fell into place for other talented players. Maybe UT was #3 on their list but two other guys took their spot in someone else's class. That is not unique to UT either. It happens to most every school. It does not mean those guys aren't more talented than those taken ahead of them by other schools... just that those schools preferred the other player.

The other thing that has happened (and quite a bit at the end of Fulmer's tenure) is that UT would end up with 4/5* players that other schools passed on for reasons other than talent- particularly with out of state players. Fulmer developed a habit of looking alot better in February than October... on the commitment list rather than the gameday roster. Players who could not stay eligible for one reason or another became the hallmark of the last half of Fulmer's tenure. I hope we can all agree that getting these early commits is an indication that Jones will not be picking over the scraps in January trying to figure out which kids are the least risky. He is getting players he believes in while everyone else is still after them. That is a VERY good sign.
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"They're pretty high," McDowell told Auburn Undercover on Saturday. "I like Auburn."

"It was fun just hanging out, and getting to interact with all the coaches," McDowell said.

McDowell, the No. 12 safety in the 247Composite, has since visited Vanderbilt and Florida State. He is checking out the Seminoles on Saturday. Next weekend, McDowell visits Tennessee.

"With Coach Craig, he was recruiting me when he was at FSU," McDowell said. "He's now still recruiting me, and that says a lot. With Coach Harbison, he's a good guy. I like his personality. When you talk to him you get to see his character."

McDowell's friendship with Auburn commit Nick Ruffin of Atlanta has been well-documented by Auburn Undercover. He described Ruffin as "one of the good ones."

"Education is No. 1," he said. "Then the program itself. With a rebuilding program, I'd have a chance to come in and show what I'm made of."

Thus far, McDowell has visited Auburn four times.

"I like the coaches and how they're around a lot," he said. "I like the message they're sending out. They're rebuilding. It's family."

"I'm trying to [get back to Auburn]," McDowell said. "I'm not sure when, though. Whenever I can get up there."
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Hope he makes it in for his scheduled visit to UT this weekend. Not feeling good about this one.

Volunteerlane, know anything with McDowell?

Orange Venom?
 
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If he visits UT, I think we're still strongly in it. He's cooled on UT, or at least it seems so, because he hasn't been back in a while. And, in that time, he's visited other schools.

I wouldn't read too much into the 247 article above, it was the Auburn 247 site, and it's going to be slanted. I think he really likes Auburn, and they're probably #1 or #2, but read the article with that in mind.
 
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He doesn't have to come back. He's seen us and he's seen them. He knows where he wants to be. He's a vol
 
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