'15 VA OT Austin Clark

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Austin is a great kid with good feet and size. He is from Virginia which means I am partial to him. I got to see him play twice last year. No matter what the ratings say, he was not as impressive as Coleman Thomas...not even close. Please keep in mind that Coleman was a senior, and Austin was a junior. Austin has another year of HS to get even stronger and to improve.

I think Austin is 5th or 6th on our board of offensive lineman that we have a good chance of landing. Unfortunately, I think we take 4 or 5 offensive linemen and he may be the odd man out. Stewart and Jones are in the bag. I think we get Richmond and Egoda. That is 4 and may be all we take. If we take a 5th Austin has a real chance unless someone else under the radar pops up or we can flip Marquel Harrell from Ole Piss.

I really hope Austin gets to be a Vol. I hear he has a great work ethic and he LOVES THE VOLS!
 
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VirginiaCoach said:
Austin is a great kid with good feet and size. He is from Virginia which means I am partial to him. I got to see him play twice last year. No matter what the ratings say, he was not as impressive as Coleman Thomas...not even close. Please keep in mind that Coleman was a senior, and Austin was a junior. Austin has another year of HS to get even stronger and to improve.

I think Austin is 5th or 6th on our board of offensive lineman that we have a good chance of landing. Unfortunately, I think we take 4 or 5 offensive linemen and he may be the odd man out. Stewart and Jones are in the bag. I think we get Richmond and Egoda. That is 4 and may be all we take. If we take a 5th Austin has a real chance unless someone else under the radar pops up or we can flip Marquel Harrell from Ole Piss.

I really hope Austin gets to be a Vol. I hear he has a great work ethic and he LOVES THE VOLS!
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Do not think we get Edoga
 
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Not sayin its legit. But just wondering: someone posted the other day about Clark maybe being down the list. And then the coaches telling him to go ahead and take visits. Makes me wonder if its true. And they're just trying to buy some time before having to deal with taking his commitment or not??

Again not sayin this is what is for real going on. Just tossing that out there to see what y'all think
 
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volssam said:
Not sayin its legit. But his wondering: someone posted the other day about Clark maybe being down the list. And then the coaches telling him to go ahead and take visits. Makes me wonder if its true. And they're just trying to buy some time before having to deal with taking his commitment or not??

Again not sayin this is what is for real going on. Just tossing that out there to see what y'all think
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I thought that comment was interesting as well.
 
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My gut read is that they want Clark to be a Vol, but think a commitment from him might create a large hurdle with Richmond.

Schools would use that against us heavily. "They already have 3 OL commits, and all 3 could play tackle."
 
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VolinArizona said:
My gut read is that they want Clark to be a Vol, but think a commitment from him might create a large hurdle with Richmond.

Schools would use that against us heavily. "They already have 3 OL commits, and all 3 could play tackle."
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Zach Stewart will most likely play guard.
 
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volssam said:
Not sayin its legit. But just wondering: someone posted the other day about Clark maybe being down the list. And then the coaches telling him to go ahead and take visits. Makes me wonder if its true. And they're just trying to buy some time before having to deal with taking his commitment or not??

Again not sayin this is what is for real going on. Just tossing that out there to see what y'all think
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VolinArizona said:
My gut read is that they want Clark to be a Vol, but think a commitment from him might create a large hurdle with Richmond.

Schools would use that against us heavily. "They already have 3 OL commits, and all 3 could play tackle."
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I think Jones and Stewart are both guards in college. Jones could possibly be a tackle if they miss out on other guys at that position but I'm willing to bet he plays inside in college.
 
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Montrell Hardy said:
I think Jones and Stewart are both guards in college. Jones could possibly be a tackle if they miss out on other guys at that position but I'm willing to bet he plays inside in college.
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Kids going to need a lot of work at G if he does indeed slide inside in college. I remember someone posted a video of him at a camp at guard and it did not go very well at all. Kid looked like Erik Ainge trying to block John Henderson.
 
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LebanonVolunteer said:
Kids going to need a lot of work at G if he does indeed slide inside in college. I remember someone posted a video of him at a camp at guard and it did not go very well at all. Kid looked like Erik Ainge trying to block John Henderson.
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Well he hasnt really played the position so that isn't a shock that he'd struggle there right now but I think once he learns the position, likely redshirts, he projects really well there. Like I said I think he could still play tackle in college, it's too early to tell, but I think Richmond (LT) and Edoga (RT) are your tackles in this class if they are able to land both of those guys.
 
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Montrell Hardy said:
I think Jones and Stewart are both guards in college. Jones could possibly be a tackle if they miss out on other guys at that position but I'm willing to bet he plays inside in college.
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I knowwwwwwww all this. But coaches will try ANYTHING to sell a kid. I guarantee if Clark committed, Richmond would be told about Tennessee already having 3 potential OTs on board (even though it'd only be 1).
 
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I don't think Richmond would be scared off by Clark in the least. Clark looks more like a RT to me anyways and Richmond is a LT. Then I think Stewart is a guard all the way, and Jones could play both at a high level. Richmond is an elite tackle prospect and there aren't many guys that would scare him off. JMO
 
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From Rivals Charlotte camp...2015 OL Austin Clark was a standout on the OL and measured in at 6 foot 5.5 & 271 lbs. Vols lead here according to JC Shurburtt.
 
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I know most will tell me I'm wrong, but I think this is one of the kids in a holding pattern as the coaches try and determine how many they can take this year. It will come down to that # and how long he is willing to wait to see if there is room.
 
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LebanonVolunteer said:
I know most will tell me I'm wrong, but I think this is one of the kids in a holding pattern as the coaches try and determine how many they can take this year. It will come down to that # and how long he is willing to wait to see if there is room.
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I'd say you're probably right here. With the other tackles we are in on, and not being able to take 30 this year..

Crazy to think that a Rivals100 OT might currently be a "back up" plan for us
 
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