'17 LA RB Trey Coleman (UT signee)

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nashvol1 said:
Agree but more than likely scout team. I think the point is we need bodies.
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Edit: got conversations confused.


I think we need to add 3 RBs we can project to stick around a while and at least be contributors.

Another one year guy hurts our depth.
 
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"Coleman said the visit was good and that he got some questions answered that he needed to ask.

Coleman said he didn't want to get into what those questions were, but he praised Coach Gillespie and the staff for the honest way they have recruited him and their honestly this weekend.

Coleman said that Gillespie has made it clear to him for a while that they were going after another back in this class and Coleman spent time this weekend with Etienne who Coleman said he would room with if Etienne came to Knoxville.

Coleman said the two had never met till this weekend and that it was good to also meet Ty Chandler for the first time.

Coleman said a couple of schools are trying to get him to visit, but he didn't think he would visit anywhere.

Butch Jones is in the Coleman home mid-week this week."

- Hubbs
 
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"Just spoke with Tennessee running back commitment Trey Coleman of West Monroe (La.) High School following his official visit with the Vols this weekend. He said he enjoyed the trip, and it allowed him to ask some questions he had for the staff and get even more comfortable with Tennessee. He said he came away feeling good about his longstanding commitment to the Vols, good enough to basically shut things down from here. He said he's not planning to visit any other schools right now, although he said some — and he declined to name any specific schools — have been trying recently.
Coleman said he got to meet fellow Vols RB commit Ty Chandler for the first time this weekend, and he spent plenty of time with RBs coach Robert Gillespie and other members of the staff. Coleman said he appreciates that Tennessee has been open with him about the possibility of UT adding another running back in the 2017 class, and he knows the Vols need depth at the position."

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Local radio around Monroe is saying that he may flip to La Tech. Local recruiting guy saying it's 50-50 between the two. Probably won't happen but apparently Tech is making a big push for him.
 
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If he chooses La Tech, it's not because he chose to flip...it's because we chose not to take him. I don't think this happens, so doesn't matter.
 
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VolOnTheBayou said:
Local radio around Monroe is saying that he may flip to La Tech. Local recruiting guy saying it's 50-50 between the two. Probably won't happen but apparently Tech is making a big push for him.
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Wouldn't be a bad move on his part. La Tech has a good program and he would get alot more playing time.
 
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“Trey comes from a great program,” Gillespie said. “There’s great football at West Monroe. The North Louisiana area has really good football, and this kid is a competitor. You put his film on, you talk about being a back that has great size, great balance, can break tackles, he does it. The thing that surprised me that I really enjoyed about him — and I think it’s going to surprise a lot of fans — is that he catches the ball so well.

“In what we do as an offense, we talk about touches with our running backs. It’s not just handing those guys the ball 30, 40 times. We want to get those guys in space, and this is a guy that’s a 215-pound guy that a defensive back, a safety, a nickel guy doesn’t want to tackle in space.

“He’s a very good competitor, a great basketball player. Those are the things and intangibles that you want to see out of a running back, and he has all those things.”
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-Callahan
 
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Trey Coleman ready to prove doubters wrong

Ty Chandler was the big summer catch and Tim Jordan was the intriguing late addition, but all the while, Trey Coleman was always there.

Tennessee signed three tailbacks in 2017, and although Chandler and Jordan come to Knoxville with much more acclaim, a quiet kid from Louisiana is ready to prove he belongs as much as anyone.

A standout at Louisiana powerhouse West Monroe, Trey Coleman was the first tailback in the boat for the Vols last summer, committing on ‘Orange Carpet Day’ in June and battling the doubters ever since.

The 6-foot, 200-pound tailback brings a Rocky Top’d size chip on his shoulder to Tennessee.

“I’m motivated. I feel like it’s going to help me a lot,” Coleman said. “Proving the doubters (wrong) especially. Just having a hard work ethic. I like to be counted out. It’s going to help me in college. I work hard. I have the motivation to compete. Not everybody likes to compete, but I like to compete. That’s going to help me.”

Coleman rushed for more than 1,300 yards and scored 15 touchdowns for the Class 5A state runner-up. A three-year starter for the Rebels, Coleman has long compared his game to Marshawn Lynch.

“I’m getting No. 24 next year, too, so I have to represent,” he said, chuckling.

Coleman isn’t a burner, but he excels at making defenders miss using stiff-arms, spin moves and his strong core. He's a tough-nosed tailback, saying, “I feel like I’m an in-between the tackles ‘back, but I feel like I can also break it."

As his high school position coach Joey Adams previously told me, “I get asked all the time, ‘How fast is he?’ Well how fast do you need him to be? “You turn around and pitch him the ball and he makes three people miss, he stiff arms one (guy) and runs over a safety, and he goes 60 yards for a touchdown. How fast do you need to be to do all that? What he does in pads and what he does with a football can’t be measured with a stopwatch.”

With only John Kelly guaranteed a role in the fall, Coleman hopes to come in and earn a spot this August. One of the reasons Coleman stuck with Tennessee late in the process — turning down a strong push by in-state Louisiana Tech late — was because of the Vols’ assurances that he’d get a fair shake in the tailback rotation.

“Coach (Gillespie) told me, ‘You’ve got to work,’” Coleman said. “I have a good chance of playing. All three of us do, really. But it’s going to be who can work the hardest and who is going to be the smartest, learn the playbook, be the fastest. Watching film, everything. You just have to work.”

One advantage Coleman believes could separate him from the other tailbacks is his ability to catch the football. Coleman caught three touchdowns out of the backfield in 2016, and has experience playing receiver.

“I started off kind of playing slot receiver as a sophomore because we had a lot of running backs. That shows you I had some nice hands,” he said. “Catching the ball has always come natural to me. It’s not something I’ve had to always work on, so I feel like I bring a lot of (versatility) and it’ll give me a better chance to get on the field knowing I can catch the balls and make plays from the slot or out of the backfield. Just more options.”
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-- Simonton
 
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PackersVols91 said:
The ones he used versus uk and South Carolina in 09 were straight up lethal
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I was in the stands, soaked, for that butt whooping. My friends and I still talk about that one at the goal line.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaHnksz_Axk[/youtube] about the 35 second mark.
 
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LouderVol said:
I was in the stands, soaked, for that butt whooping. My friends and I still talk about that one at the goal line.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaHnksz_Axk[/youtube] about the 35 second mark.
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Man! I REALLY miss this type of Tennessee Football! Line up and punch u in the mouth football.
 
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