'17 AL DE LaBryan Ray

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I believe you can still use the NFL draft. We did not have anybody drafted the last two years, but that is only an outlier compared to our historical trend. Now I know a lot of recruits make their decisions based on what is happening now or what has happened recently, but at Tennessee we can still point to a large pedigree of NFL draft picks and legends. We can still point to the active VFLs in the league, the amount of draft picks, and first rounders. Also, I believe before the last two years we had one of the longest streaks of putting a player in the NFL in the country. Our coaches can put a lot of the last two years on depth and coaching changes at Tennessee. In Butch's fourth year at Tennessee he is looking at putting 3-4 guys in the NFL. Plus how awesome is it for a DE to come in and go against White, Barnett, and other greats that have played at Tennessee.

Even though it is going to be an uphill battle, I think we are in play a lot more here than we were for Akers. Ray officially visited and loved it. Also, I was glad to see us send a strong group to visit him. I know Alabama is at the top right now, but I hope Ray sees how special Tennessee truly is, views it as an opportunity to do something different than the typical recruit, and leave a lasting legacy.
 
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If anyone can convince him to come, it's Coach Wells. His relationship will go along way in this decision.
 
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Bassmaster_Vol said:
About to change!
Definite: Barnett, Sutton, Kamara, JRM, Malone, Dobbs
Possible: Croom, Vereen, Weisman
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You think Dobbs is a definite? He's borderline to me. I wouldn't be surprised to see Vereen sneek in. I'm not sure about Croom. His injuries could be a concern, but a team willing to take a risk would have a high-upside player, IMO.
 
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Kristy* said:
You think Dobbs is a definite? He's borderline to me. I wouldn't be surprised to see Vereen sneek in. I'm not sure about Croom. His injuries could be a concern, but a team willing to take a risk would have a high-upside player, IMO.
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With the way the NFL values QBs and seeing what Dak has done this year, someone will draft Dobbs in the later rounds imo. He has been undervalued here and I believe that he can develop into a good QB with good coaching. He improved tremendously from 2015-2016 in his passing. Plus, he is a fantastic athlete and is incredibly smart as well. He'll do very well in interviews
 
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Trying to think, have Bama's dline draftees done much in the league? Marcel Darius- bust, Fat Cody-bust. Who am I not thinking of?
 
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Dooby15 said:
Trying to think, have Bama's dline draftees done much in the league? Marcel Darius- bust, Fat Cody-bust. Who am I not thinking of?
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All of bamas big name draftees are busts I can only think of 3 that aren't
 
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LouderVol said:
TN can't play the NFL game with any big time school. three years without anyone being drafted leaves a pretty big stink
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Butch Jones first full class is sending two guys to the league early. Plus Kamara. Plus any seniors who are drafted.
 
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Kristy* said:
You think Dobbs is a definite? He's borderline to me. I wouldn't be surprised to see Vereen sneek in. I'm not sure about Croom. His injuries could be a concern, but a team willing to take a risk would have a high-upside player, IMO.
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Dobbs is training at IMG Academy so he's serious about getting that look. He's too cerebral and has good upside to be a Pro QB. He'll get a shot.
 
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My friend told me that more Alabama players than any other school were selected to the Pro Bowl this year. That true?
 
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Dooby15 said:
Trying to think, have Bama's dline draftees done much in the league? Marcel Darius- bust, Fat Cody-bust. Who am I not thinking of?
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Marcell Dareus is FAR from a bust in the NFL. An NFL all-pro, 2 Pro Bowls, nearly 291 tackles and 34 sacks in 6 seasons as a DT (NT mostly). Rated as PFF's #3 interior lineman in 2015, one spot ahead of Ndamakong Suh who has put up 309 tackles and 37 sacks in the same span. That is a nice start to a career.

Jarran Reed, A'Shawn Robinson, Wallace Gilberry, Quinton Dial to name a few others, all of which have had nice NFL careers or show promise
 
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Kristy* said:
You think Dobbs is a definite? He's borderline to me. I wouldn't be surprised to see Vereen sneek in. I'm not sure about Croom. His injuries could be a concern, but a team willing to take a risk would have a high-upside player, IMO.
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If he fell into the late rounds a team like Seattle would draft him.

Zero chance he goes undrafted unless something negative comes out about him character-wise that we don't know about. And I'd put the chances of that happening at close to zero.
 
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