'16 FL CB Tyler Byrd (UT Commit 2/2/16)

[Big Gucci Sosa]

Watched more highlights. This guy is quick, aggressive, smart. Not afraid to make a hit.

 

[BowlBrother85]

Are we flipping the Byrd or not?

 

[volfox72]

I find it odd, his 247 page has him as hard commit to Miami, yet the crystal ball predicts he is 100% Tennessee.

Tyler Byrd, Naples, Cornerback

 

[Power T-Rev]

I find it odd, his 247 page has him as hard commit to Miami, yet the crystal ball predicts he is 100% Tennessee.

Tyler Byrd, Naples, Cornerback

It's just a formality. Technically, he is committed to Miami so they have to list it. But experts and analysts can still submit their own crystal ball projections

 

[CrunchingTheVolz]

I find it odd, his 247 page has him as hard commit to Miami, yet the crystal ball predicts he is 100% Tennessee.

Tyler Byrd, Naples, Cornerback

That's because with him being a Miami commitment they can't predict him to Miami. Only new TN predictions are being counted. He never decommited.

 

[BowlBrother85]

I find it odd, his 247 page has him as hard commit to Miami, yet the crystal ball predicts he is 100% Tennessee.

Tyler Byrd, Naples, Cornerback

...and they still show Larry Scott as a primary recruiter for Miami.

 

[UTJoe]

...and they still show Larry Scott as a primary recruiter for Miami.

They were half right.

 

[terrypedigo]

Man this recruiting down to the wire is making me:wassup:

 

[Christian Lowe]

Miami board says Byrd has resumed contact with Miami media.

 

[SobeVol]

Miami board says Byrd has resumed contact with Miami media.

rumor has it the communication was an inverted offensive hand gesture, indicating his intentions

 

[WarMachine]

 

[flowd82]

Miami mods not confident they retain Byrd either.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

of course he has resumed communication with Miami. He has to tell them he is a Vol.

 

[The Breakerboy]

Unless Malik Foreman is a senior next year, he isn't going anywhere. He is a very, very poor tackler in college much less the NFL.

Was tackling better than any other CB the second half of the year. Made a lot of plays in the running game and versus screens. What are you looking at?

 

[Vols4us]

Was tackling better than any other CB the second half of the year. Made a lot of plays in the running game and versus screens. What are you looking at?

Agree - he was blowing people up in the second half. A switch was turned on and he turned it around 180 degrees.

 

[doctorchoice]

Peter Aziz at Canesinsight.com says that Byrd is still communicating with the Miami coaching staff which they take as a good sign. Aziz says Byrd has not informed either coaching staff. Byrd, Brown, and Kongbo appear to all be 50/50 chances.

 

[Wickman]

Peter Aziz at Canesinsight.com says that Byrd is still communicating with the Miami coaching staff which they take as a good sign. Aziz says Byrd has not informed either coaching staff. Byrd, Brown, and Kongbo appear to all be 50/50 chances.

Byrd is much stronger than a 50/50 chance

 

[Biopsyman]

48 hrs

 

[The Breakerboy]

Agree - he was blowing people up in the second half. A switch was turned on and he turned it around 180 degrees.

He dominated a lot of the No.3 WRs starting with Bama and Pharaoh Cooper of SCAR.

Had he been playing like that we would've beat Florida and Oklahoma with ease.

 

[RockyTop411]

Farrell said Byrd loved his visit but not sold he'll flip

 

[MADISONGAVOL]

I can easily see Shoop rotating Byrd in regularly with Sutton, and Osborne with Gaulden in the nickle. It is going to be awesome to finally have elite level depth across the entire defense.

For first time in butch tenure here we can run a dime package. ...only took 4 years... .smh

 

[The Breakerboy]

I think you put him at corner where his highest potential is but I don't see why you can't give him some looks on O to utilize his speed. He prob doesn't start over Martin. So get him on the field all over while you can because he probably will be starting CB in year 2.

He doesn't start over Abernathy starting off either. Abernathy is going to be a dog at CB for us. You all are discounting what's on the roster already. We've got good CBs. New players will have to be outstanding just to get time with the game on the line.

 

[BigTXVolFan]

Any word on what time this evening he was supposedly "flipping" the byrd?

 

[VolsnCards5]

Which "insiders" said Byrd was definite? I know OCI did. What about Eazy and Skeeter?

 

[WinginFlorida]

Which "insiders" said Byrd was definite? I know OCI did. What about Eazy and Skeeter?

I thought it was OCI and Eazy. I don't recall seeing anything from Skeeter or GFW, for that matter.