'17 TN LB Jacob Phillips

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IndianaVolunteer said:
Besides your different formats of posting, and your slightly better spelling,


You and De1 are basically the same. De1 is finkle, finkle is De1. Little Vol is a man!!!


Really though, why y'all so cocky on a message board?
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FYI your does not mean the same as you're. Rip someone for spelling might want to clean up your own post...lol
 
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justwatch123 said:
Would love to see some senior film on this kid. I can see where the staff might see a DE in college. Looks like his lateral quickness might be in question. Would love to hear from De1 to see if that has improved.

Don't get me wrong I like the kids ability and feel he is a Power 5 player but he will need to improve speed for sure.
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He definitely will not be a DE candidate on the next level. Jacob will be a MLB all the way. The problem he used to have was his tight hips. We have worked on some things yoga, intense speed training, etc and it has helped him tremendously. It has all showed up starting with the Rivals 5* challenge, The Open and now on Friday nights. As of wk 2 he was 1 of the top leading tacklers in the state.

Jacob Phillips - Hudl
 
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de1conley said:
He definitely will not be a DE candidate on the next level. Jacob will be a MLB all the way. The problem he used to have was his tight hips. We have worked on some things yoga, intense speed training, etc and it has helped him tremendously. It has all showed up starting with the Rivals 5* challenge, The Open and now on Friday nights. As of wk 2 he was 1 of the top leading tacklers in the state.

Jacob Phillips - Hudl
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Does UT still have a shot with him?
 
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WhatInVolnation said:
Does UT still have a shot with him?
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Every other school seems to get by with slow playing, and then landing the guy in the end. He was big on UT before. If his heart was really set on it, and the coaches pursue him with "we were idiots, and you really do fit in here." maybe we can land him.
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
Every other school seems to get by with slow playing, and then landing the guy in the end. He was big on UT before. If his heart was really set on it, and the coaches pursue him with "we were idiots, and you really do fit in here." maybe we can land him.
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Nah, we do not have that kind of luck with in-state products. If we slow play them at all, which includes waiting to offer them a scholarship 18 months from their signing day, then they feel spurned and give us no chance. For some weird reason, we seem like one of the only schools that this type of thing is just the Wray it is.
 
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OGbabyaviVol said:
Nah, we do not have that kind of luck with in-state products. If we slow play them at all, which includes waiting to offer them a scholarship 18 months from there signing day, then they feel spurned and give us no chance. For some weird reason, we seem like one of the only schools that this type of thing is just the Wray it is.
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Have another coffee. You act like Catbone when you're caffeine deprived.
 
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I may have missed it in here, but he is the cousin of Tennessee Freshman PG Jordan Bone.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Saving that cup just for you next time we meet up.
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:salute: sounds like a great plan to me! I would love to try to get back to Knoxville for a game this year. If I don't, it will be the first year in a few that I didn't make it to Neyland. Depending upon the results tomorrow, I might be going to Athens next week.
 
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WhatInVolnation said:
Does UT still have a shot with him?
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Contact between the 6-foot-3.5, 228-pound Phillips and Tennessee had been minimal over the past year before Vols linebackers coach Tommy Thigpen contacted his coach this week to invite Phillips to Tennessee’s showdown with the Gators. Phillips admitted that was in part because he had “just lost interest in going to Tennessee.”

He said he’s primarily “just hoping it’ll be a fun trip,” and with Phillips currently planning to decide on a college by mid-October, he said he’s “not sure” whether the Vols might have a chance of becoming a contender. For now, he said he’s simply approaching Saturday’s trip as a chance to take a “fun” trip and see a “good game.”

“They invited me down, so I’m just going to go up there and check it out,” said Phillips, who’s ranked the nation’s No. 193 overall prospect and No. 7 inside linebacker in the 247Sports Composite for the 2017 class. “It’ll be a good game, and it’ll be fun to check it out.”

Phillips said it’s “probably a little bit too early” to suggest Tennessee could be a potential destination for his final official visit. “To be honest, after I stopped talking to them, I haven’t really followed them,” he said of the Vols. “Obviously, I know they’ve won all three of their games (this season). But, other than that, I don’t really know too many things about them. I know some of the commits because I train with them.”

Tennessee commitments Maleik Gray, Princeton Fant and LaTrell Bumphus all have talked with Phillips, and he said at least one or two of them have tried to convince him to take another look at the Vols. In the past, he said, he has “told them I wasn’t going,” but he changed his mind this week. He said he briefly planned to ride to Knoxville on Saturday with Gray before deciding to travel with wide receiver Jarek Campbell and four-star defensive tackle D'Andre Litaker, two of Tennessee’s Nashville-area targets in the 2018 class.
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Full article makes it sound like UT has a lot of work to do. However, he did say he was looking forwards to the game. Plus, getting him back on campus after so long and after he has refused several offers to visit is definitely a good thing.
 
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LynxVol said:
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Full article makes it sound like UT has a lot of work to do. However, he did say he was looking forwards to the game. Plus, getting him back on campus after so long and after he has refused several offers to visit is definitely a good thing.
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Sounds like our interest never waned. Maybe he just wasn't interested in the Vols. Similar to Jacoby Stevens.
 
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