'15 DE GA Andrew Butcher (UT Commit 6/8/13)

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wU-Tang Vol said:
Six-foot-3, 225-pound*Andrew Butcher*is a junior at Alpharetta High, where he is emerging as one of the top defensive-end prospects in the Class of 2015. He says Ritzmann is lobbying for him to attend Tennessee.

"He loves it up here," Butcher said during an unofficial visit to the UT campus, "and he'd like for me to go here."

Brian Butcher, Andrew's father, thinks his son is developing into a big-time prospect under Ritzmann's guidance.

"He took Carl Lawson from an unknown JV (junior varsity) backup to the second-best player in the country," Brian Butcher said. "And a lot of that he owes to Constantin."

"It's a really big deal because I'm very close to my parents and family," Andrew said. "It's important to me."

Butcher, who described Tennessee practices as "fast-paced and physical," got to sit in on one of Stripling's defensive line meetings earlier this spring.

"It was a nice experience, just to see how they react privately to how the coach treats 'em," he said.

"They've gotten much better over the offseason because I train with Constantin Ritzmann, who played here at Tennessee," the prospect said. "They're going to be a lot better than last year."

Andrew Butcher isn't the first member of his family to be recruited by Tennessee. His dad was on the Vols' radar during the Bill Battle years.

"Then Johnny Majors took over as head coach," Brian Butcher recalled, "and he began recruiting more nationally."

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bump.

Uzzi at it again.
 
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wonder if Clemson pursues him if he will flip. his dad played at Clemson
 
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you said:
wonder if Clemson pursues him if he will flip. his dad played at Clemson
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If a clem$son offer would have mattered, I think they would have waited. His dad knows the recruiting game and with an early commitment, I think Andrew is 100% Vol.
 
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Welcome Aboard Andrew!​

GBO!​


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vollygirl said:
I'm not serious that I would be shocked if he decommits considering the quality individual he is? Yes, I'm serious, I would be shocked.
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Santos is who we all think about when we think of "Quality individuals sticking with us"
 
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Daloth said:
Santos is who we all think about when we think of "Quality individuals sticking with us"
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Santos committed to Tennessee w/out visiting. Within a very short time of committing to us he took visits to just about any school who spoke to him. Everyone knew if the texas offer came he was as good as gone.

Butcher has visited several times and with his family in tow. He has a long time before he would be signing his LOI with the Vols. If he had ANY doubt at all, I think he would wait and his dad would be telling him to wait as well. I think they are sold on CBJ and UT. This one is 100% VFL.
 
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I needed this.

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“(I like) the tradition, my family going there and all the great history of Tennessee football,” said Butcher, who added that “most of the family on my dad’s side went to Tennessee.”

“I just went in open-minded (during visits to other schools), just like I went into Tennessee, but none of them really matched it,” Butcher said.

“The first visit (to Tennessee) opened up my eyes, and the second visit was when I was ready (to commit).”

“I just wanted to get it out of the way so I can just focus on my schoolwork and getting better as an individual football player and getting my team better,” he said.
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He also said that when he went on visits that UT's facilities weren't beat by anyone. He calls Coach Stripling and Gillespie both once a week.

He hasn't been told for sure, but he thinks that the coaching staff wants him at DE.
 
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teamdeke said:
You see that prick Arkansas fan that tweeted at him talking about our stadium being 13% empty and 9th best coach in the conference or some crap.
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lol that dude is sooooo jelly. i have seen him tweet that to more than 10 prospects we are in on. i see it just about every other day
 
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vollygirl said:
I'm not serious that I would be shocked if he decommits considering the quality individual he is? Yes, I'm serious, I would be shocked.
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Well you are incredibly naive then. Recruits say stuff like that all the time only to flip before NSD
 
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This is for you guys who know more than I do about recruiting. Is it normal to have has many commits as we do from players two years away from HS graduation?
 
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vol2013 said:
Well you are incredibly naive then. Recruits say stuff like that all the time only to flip before NSD
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Wizened old recruitnik...remember when regular gasoline was 90 cents a gallon?
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vol2013 said:
Well you are incredibly naive then. Recruits say stuff like that all the time only to flip before NSD
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I don't think it's too naive to be very confident about Butcher being a Vol 1.5 years from now.

He had a lot of family members go to UT, and he actually really likes UT. This is one of the few cases where a parent playing somewhere else isn't going to be a huge burden.
 
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LynxVol said:
I don't think it's too naive to be very confident about Butcher being a Vol 1.5 years from now.

He had a lot of family members go to UT, and he actually really likes UT. This is one of the few cases where a parent playing somewhere else isn't going to be a huge burden.
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I agree completely with that reasoning and think your right. I was more getting at using the reasoning of a tweet that said I'm a vol for life.
 
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