'15 TN ATH Jauan Jennings (UT commit 4/7/14)

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LittleDTO said:
Sometimes quotes don't have to come from a website or magazine.
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Jennings is making the visit Saturday with a decision scheduled for Monday morning at Blackman High School and right now Tennessee has a good amount of momentum for the dual-threat quarterback even after he visited Auburn last weekend.
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SIAP, this is from a 4/1 article on ESPN (insider) Getting to know Jauan Jennings.

Vine clip of Jennings throwing from Greg Ostendorf (@GregO_ESPN)

“I knew I wanted to play quarterback from the get go,” he said. “It’s just a position that you’ve got to have a lot of responsibility on your shoulders. I love having responsibility, and I love having control when it’s crunch time.

“All that matters is what I want to do and what I think I can do. I think I can play quarterback at the Division I level, and I guess I’m just going to have to show people.”
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About his recruitment: With the process coming to an end, it’s no surprise that all of Jennings’ top schools, with the exception of Alabama, fit his playing style as a quarterback. That’s the position he wants to play, and that’s the position he’ll likely start at regardless of which school he chooses.
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Handicapping the race: The two favorites to land Jennings’ commitment next week are Auburn and Tennessee. He’s a similar athlete to Marshall, making him an ideal fit to run Gus Malzahn’s offense. However, Tennessee is the in-state school, and the fact that the Volunteers get him on campus just days before his announcement can’t hurt their chances. The dark horse in all of this is Alabama, but Jennings would likely have to agree to give up his dream of playing quarterback if chooses the Crimson Tide.
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I'm all for letting Jennings get his shot at QB. But what do we do when Gibson comes to us and sees that we have a QB already committed? Tell Gibson that Jennings is gonna play safety? And then if Gibson commits, do we tell Jennings that Gibson is gonna play WR? Plus, Gentry and Nunez are still out there too.
 
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TNrockytop4ever said:
I'm all for letting Jennings get his shot at QB. But what do we do when Gibson comes to us and sees that we have a QB already committed? Tell Gibson that Jennings is gonna play safety? And then if Gibson commits, do we tell Jennings that Gibson is gonna play WR? Plus, Gentry and Nunez are still out there too.
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If Gibson wants to be a Vol he needs to go ahead and commit very soon. If he waits until after the season his top 5 will look a lot different than it does now, IMO. Unless of course he wants to go somewhere that already has 1-2 QB's committed.
 
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TNrockytop4ever said:
I'm all for letting Jennings get his shot at QB. But what do we do when Gibson comes to us and sees that we have a QB already committed? Tell Gibson that Jennings is gonna play safety? And then if Gibson commits, do we tell Jennings that Gibson is gonna play WR? Plus, Gentry and Nunez are still out there too.
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Most kids worth taking aren't scared of competition.
 
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Ron Swanson said:
If Gibson wants to be a Vol he needs to go ahead and commit very soon. If he waits until after the season his top 5 will look a lot different than it does now, IMO. Unless of course he wants to go somewhere that already has 1-2 QB's committed.
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Exactly. If Gibson lets it play out and his list remains the same as it is now probably all of the schools he's considering will likely have 1-2 QB commits by that time, so it won't make Tennessee's situation of having other QB commits much different from the others. QB's and schools especially just dont wait around anymore like they used to when it comes to the QB position.
 
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The issue with him waiting, if he chooses us, isnt his competition. We wont have a huge class this year, we may not even have 25 slots. If i'm not mistaken, Kahlil McKenzie is going to be commiting late as well. If those two both want to commit and we only have one slot left... well sorry Gibson.
 
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Tennkook said:
The issue with him waiting, if he chooses us, isnt his competition. We wont have a huge class this year, we may not even have 25 slots. If i'm not mistaken, Kahlil McKenzie is going to be commiting late as well. If those two both want to commit and we only have one slot left... well sorry Gibson.
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They'd make room for guys of that caliber IMO. That said, if Tennessee gets say Jennings and Gentry in the fold soon, then they probably wont pursue Gibson all that hard the rest of the way focusing their energy on other positions, which makes it hard to imagine he'd call up in January out of the blue and want to all of a sudden commit.
 
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Montrell Hardy said:
They'd make room for guys of that caliber IMO. That said, if Tennessee gets say Jennings and Gentry in the fold soon, then they probably wont pursue Gibson all that hard the rest of the way, which makes it hard to imagine he'd call up in January and want to all of a sudden commit.
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If we already have 2 commits at QB, I dont see them bumping someone out from another position to let him in. I think the first two QB to commit get it.
 
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Tennkook said:
If we already have 2 commits at QB, I dont see them bumping someone out from another position to let him in. I think the first two QB to commit get it.
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Yeah, that is why I said I doubt they'd continue to recruit him all that hard if they already have 2 QB's in the fold. But if he calls up in say January just out of the blue and says he wants to be a Vol.... What do you do? They may say no, but I think it would be a hard for any staff to turn down a 5-star kid like that.
 
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Montrell Hardy said:
They'd make room for guys of that caliber IMO. That said, if Tennessee gets say Jennings and Gentry in the fold soon, then they probably wont pursue Gibson all that hard the rest of the way focusing their energy on other positions, which makes it hard to imagine he'd call up in January out of the blue and want to all of a sudden commit.
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i agree - you let him commit and just tell him that he is going to have to compete and beat out the other QB commit to stay at QB - otherwise he will be moved - which is basically what would happen to at least 1 of the 2 anyway

and any QB committing to a major program knows they will have to beat people out for the job - if noone is ahead of them there will certainly be people committing behind them with talent - part of it
 
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SCvol333 said:
i agree - you let him commit and just tell him that he is going to have to compete and beat out the other QB commit to stay at QB - otherwise he will be moved - which is basically what would happen to at least 1 of the 2 anyway

and any QB committing to a major program knows they will have to beat people out for the job - if noone is ahead of them there will certainly be people committing behind them with talent - part of it
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i agree

he was going to have to do the same if he went to AU too.
 
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You two are missing the point. It's not compete for the Job at QB. It's compete for a spot in the class, against all other positions. If we already have two QB locked in, it's hard to justify bumping someone at another position to add a QB. Sure, the numbers are an issue at every program, but when we are trying to rebuild depth, we have to be even more careful how many we take at each position.
 
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Tennkook said:
You two are missing the point. It's not compete for the Job at QB. It's compete for a spot in the class, against all other positions. If we already have two QB locked in, it's hard to justify bumping someone at another position to add a QB. Sure, the numbers are an issue at every program, but when we are trying to rebuild depth, we have to be even more careful how many we take at each position.
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Tennkook said:
You two are missing the point. It's not compete for the Job at QB. It's compete for a spot in the class, against all other positions. If we already have two QB locked in, it's hard to justify bumping someone at another position to add a QB. Sure, the numbers are an issue at every program, but when we are trying to rebuild depth, we have to be even more careful how many we take at each position.
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no you are missing the point

both of them wont be a qb - CBJ was always planning on taking 2 QB's - so we are saying either of the 2 are a good enough athlete/non-QB prospect to fit in a 25 person class

he isnt taking 3 QB's he is taking 2 QB's and 1 athlete - just don't know which of the athletes would move yet
 
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