'18 CA QB Adrian Martinez

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I've seen a few interviews with this young man and have been impressed with his maturity. I hope he fully recovers from his shoulder injury and becomes a legend at Tennessee!
 
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Both Pruitt and Helton made a strong impression on Martinez, expressed their need for his skill-set in Tennessee's "pro-style system."

Sounds like there was some real honest conversations about Martinez's recruitment and the process moving forward. Tennessee's new staff reiterated to Martinez that he's wanted in Knoxville and there's an opportunity to compete for the spot on Day 1.

New Nebraska head coach Scott Frost is expected to visit Martinez later this week and then a final decision will be made.

Tennessee definitely slowed the "Martinez is a lock to flip to Nebraska" talk but was it enough to keep the 4-star quarterback? We'll see. It's tough to form relationships that quickly. One favorable factor for Tennessee though is just how much Martinez and his family like Knoxville, the people and the school — all independent of the football team.

Martinez plans to graduate early and sign next week on the 20th. If he can't make a decision, he could push the date back until February, but after not playing his entire senior season due to his shoulder injury, he wants to get on a campus in January and immediately get to work.
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-Simonton
 
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Ron Swanson said:
Probably has a better "guarantee" to start at Nebraska right away but really likes UT and Knoxville. Going to be a tough decision for the kid.
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Seems like his gut is telling him Tennessee but Frost is doing a good sales job for Nebraska. Hope he ends up making the right call
 
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How was his prior relationship to Scott frost? Seems that part of it should be equal.

True, but Frost called him personally within an hour of winning his conference title at UCF, offered him a scholarship and told him he was their guy.
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-Simonton
 
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The worry for me with this is Frost has a clear picture of his system with results to show along with a clear open spot at QB. He can point to similar style QBs with high success.

While we have a this is what it will look like but you have to trust us. We also have 2 Freshman QBs that showed some promise despite terrible OL and bad playcalling.

He walks in as starter at Nebraska. No guarantee he beats out Guarantano who is a great fit for the new system.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
The worry for me with this is Frost has a clear picture of his system with results to show along with a clear open spot at QB. He can point to similar style QBs with high success.

While we have a this is what it will look like but you have to trust us. We also have 2 Freshman QBs that showed some promise despite terrible OL and bad playcalling.

He walks in as starter at Nebraska. No guarantee he beats out Guarantano who is a great fit for the new system.
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Imo it's in his best interest to go to Nebraska. It appears Helton doesn't have much experience at all with a running QB
 
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BruinVol said:
Imo it's in his best interest to go to Nebraska. It appears Helton doesn't have much experience at all with a running QB
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Adrian is a passer first that can run so not a big deal. Very good passer. Guarantano will be good in this offense. He is much more a pocket passer than I thought. Doesn't like to run. Just needs to have someone simplify things for quicker decisions
 
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Ron Swanson said:
-Simonton
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Interesting that a player from California, with no connection to UT, is willing to at least listen to the new coaches pitch and apparently keep an open mind, while Cade Mays apparently won't even allow Pruitt and his father's head coach into his house to at least listen to what they have to say.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
Adrian is a passer first that can run so not a big deal. Very good passer. Guarantano will be good in this offense. He is much more a pocket passer than I thought. Doesn't like to run. Just needs to have someone simplify things for quicker decisions
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I actually think QD is the best fit. At least if this offense is going to look like WKU.
 
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