'15 GA OLB Quarte Sapp (UT Signee 2/4/15)

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Montrell Hardy said:
I have a feeling TN fills it's last LB spot in this class before Sapp makes a decision with someone like maybea Kam Miles. Sapp's a nice prospect but probably not the type of guy where you turn down another quality LB if he wants to jump on board.
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With multiple freshmen moving to LB, I'm starting to think we may not take another LB in this class at all. J. Johnson has moved to MIKE, and Elliot Berry has been getting looks OLB (WILL, I assume?), and there has been message board chatter that Cortez McDowell may be getting a look at LB as well (I don't remember seeing confirmation on this from "reliable" sources). If all of those guys are going to be LBs long-term, I think LB may be pretty far down on the list of recruiting priorities. Obviously JMO.
 
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JamesBenUT said:
If in fact we're looking to take another LB, I'm not sure we have a viable candidate that would project as high as Sapp. DeBerry would be a great take, but I'm not sure we'd get a commitment from him. If Deberry doesn't pull the trigger soon, I'd be more than willing to wait on Sapp (again assuming another LB is desired)
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You're right about that. There doesn't seem to be a lot of LB prospects on the remaining board that they are recruiting. I guess Kameron Miles could be one and who knows where they project DeBerry, alll I know is I'd love to see TN land him. At the very least he would make an awesome blitzing LB on obvious passing plays.
 
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highspeed said:
With multiple freshmen moving to LB, I'm starting to think we may not take another LB in this class at all. J. Johnson has moved to MIKE, and Elliot Berry has been getting looks OLB (WILL, I assume?), and there has been message board chatter that Cortez McDowell may be getting a look at LB as well (I don't remember seeing confirmation on this from "reliable" sources). If all of those guys are going to be LBs long-term, I think LB may be pretty far down on the list of recruiting priorities. Obviously JMO.
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That is very possible as well, although I still have a hard time seeing Johnson being a LB in college.
 
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highspeed said:
With multiple freshmen moving to LB, I'm starting to think we may not take another LB in this class at all. J. Johnson has moved to MIKE, and Elliot Berry has been getting looks OLB (WILL, I assume?), and there has been message board chatter that Cortez McDowell may be getting a look at LB as well (I don't remember seeing confirmation on this from "reliable" sources). If all of those guys are going to be LBs long-term, I think LB may be pretty far down on the list of recruiting priorities. Obviously JMO.
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And it looks like Maggitt will in all likelihood be here another year. Reeves Maybin will be a starter for the rest of his college career.
 
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Montrell Hardy said:
He was supposed to. Family wanted him to but he backed off that. I don't think he really wants to go to TN. Apparently he's waiting on a certain school (FSU?) even though it doesn't seem they have him anywhere on there LB board.
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I got this feeling too based on his comments. He seems to be waiting on something
 
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Montrell Hardy said:
That is very possible as well, although I still have a hard time seeing Johnson being a LB in college.
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Yeah, when they moved Johnson to DE back in the spring they said he was just going to keep getting bigger and bigger and that DE would be his position long-term. Then recently when they moved him back to LB, they said his biggest strengths are as a player are "running and hitting" and that LB is the position that allows him to maximize those strengths (or something along those lines, I'm paraphrasing from memory).

So, yeah, I don't know what to expect with him. I think it may have as much to do with what the coaches are seeing from other players at those 2 positions as it does with anything Jakob is doing.
 
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JamesBenUT said:
And it looks like Maggitt will in all likelihood be here another year. Reeves Maybin will be a starter for the rest of his college career.
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I'm not sure about Maggitt, but you are on the money with Reeves Maybin. We have missed his type of speed on this D. We just need to get our 2 deep to that level where injuries don't completely derail an entire season. I think 2016-2017 we should have that. Along with some very talented skill position players that are seniors and jrs.
 
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• Not surprisingly, the early season-ending injuries to both Taj Griffin and Jayson Stanley in Georgia have caused other top in-state recruits to reconsider their original plans to wait out their decisions. One such player is four-star linebacker Quarte Sapp, who is considering Miami and Tennessee, amongst others. Expect other top recruits in Georgia, as well as other neighboring states, to also move up their decision dates, which is the last thing we need at this point. Early commitments only lead to de-commitments and the dominoes that fall often affect numerous recruits interested in many schools. Not a good sign.
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https://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1682266
 
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Tux said:
Frankly, I have been disappointed in not seeing Maggitt making many big plays thus far.
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His leadership and enthusiasm makes more plays then you know. Our defense is a ton better, especially in terms of speed and athleticism, but nothing compares to the leadership AJ and Maggit bring to the table. Those guys, along with Cam, bleed orange. They play mean, and they are the heart of our entire team.
 
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keckjm said:
His leadership and enthusiasm makes more plays then you know. Our defense is a ton better, especially in terms of speed and athleticism, but nothing compares to the leadership AJ and Maggit bring to the table. Those guys, along with Cam, bleed orange. They play mean, and they are the heart of our entire team.
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Can't argue at all in terms of the leadership qualities he brings to the defense. I just cant see him leaving early for the NFL after this year. I don't think he'd be drafted.
 
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Montrell Hardy said:
Can't argue at all in terms of the leadership qualities he brings to the defense. I just cant see him leaving early for the NFL after this year. I don't think he'd be drafted.
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Oh man there's no way he's leaving. People are wearing the orange glasses heavily if they think he's going to go to the NFL. As good as AJ is, and he's the best MLB we have had since Mayo, he'll be lucky to get drafted in the 2nd round. Go look at guys like Shayne Skov from Stanford last year. The kid was a boss and went undrafted due to his athleticism or lack there of. The NFL is a combine league, and AJ and Maggit are football players not combine studs.
 
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Tux said:
Frankly, I have been disappointed in not seeing Maggitt making many big plays thus far.
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He hasn't made many tackles or splash plays, but I've noticed him more than a few times setting the edge or spilling a lead blocker so AJ or JRM can make a tackle near the line of scrimmage. Case in point AJ's big hit against OU. If Maggit doesn't spill the lead blocker there, that RB would've found a lot of room around the edge. Instead, he had to cut inside where the beast was waiting to meet him.

I'd like to see Maggit be more disruptive as well, but just because he's not making a lot of big plays doesn't mean he's not making an impact.
 
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Was told that Sapp should be announcing his top few schools this week. Recruiting changes, but UT still seems to be in good position. I am not sure if the Paulk news changes this. Probably UT, A&M, and FSU.
 
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VolGee4 said:
Was told that Sapp should be announcing his top few schools this week. Recruiting changes, but UT still seems to be in good position. I am not sure if the Paulk news changes this. Probably UT, A&M, and FSU.
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Doubt it. Can't fault a coach for dismissing a kid for that mess. Also I don't think he really acts like he want to be here anyway. We seem like a backup plan
 
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VolGee4 said:
Was told that Sapp should be announcing his top few schools this week. Recruiting changes, but UT still seems to be in good position. I am not sure if the Paulk news changes this. Probably UT, A&M, and FSU.
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Got to drop 5 more I believe just to take 25 this class.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
Doubt it. Can't fault a coach for dismissing a kid for that mess. Also I don't think he really acts like he want to be here anyway. We seem like a backup plan
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I was told that he liked UF growing up, but he was put off by them after a long period of no contact and they only showed renewed interest after he went down there. So, I think they are out.

He has family in Tallahassee if he has a committable offer from them.
 
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I think he will continually get better as the season goes on. We have only played three games, so he could still be knocking some rust off. If he stays healthy and continues to get better, he could very well leave IMO. I think he should return, and I think he will. He would be drafted though.
 
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BigOrangeD said:
Got to drop 5 more I believe just to take 25 this class.
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I am pretty sure that we can go no higher than 24 this year. Butch gave Swofford a scholly in August, so that takes one off the 25 limit for 2015.

We will have to lose 6 more, just to get to 24.
 
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LvilleVol said:
I am pretty sure that we can go no higher than 24 this year. Butch gave Swofford a scholly in August, so that takes one off the 25 limit for 2015.

We will have to lose 6 more, just to get to 24.
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That's not how that works. Swafford will count against either the 2013 or 2014 class, so technically the total 85, but not the 25 limit for 2015.

So we may end up taking 24 guys, but it would be because we only had 24 scholarships available on the roster. We would still be allowed to take 25 as long as we had 25 open scholarships on the roster.
 
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