'20 AL DE Jimari Butler (Nebraska commit)

[jwilliams]

Take away Callaway, Bituli, and Jennings off this team and we might have 2 wins. People love to degrade Butch's classes but fail to recognize the stars he brought in.

Wait, which Jennings? The one that called Butch's regime a bunch of liars?

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Meh

 

[Dudley Smith]

The fact that Gary Patterson wanted this guy at TCU is a real good sign. He has been finding kids like this for years and turning them into NFL players. Butler will almost certainly need a redshirt year to put some weight on that 6'5" frame, and simply learn more about the game of football, particularly good technique, but the physical tools are there. Putting weight on a player is the easy part. Hope he has the mental toughness as well.

Welcome aboard Mr. Butler! Boom!

 

[Vol Main]

I welcome this guy, happily so. Butler's video is jaw dropping. He is off blocks and onto those QBs like a champion. Stud player, imo. Boom!

 

[rdk4121]

Looks like more of a project, not too dissimilar from Darrell Taylor. He might not contribute right away, but he does have a good frame.

 

[VolDaddy87]

If your going to take a shot with someone you take a shot on dudes with these measurables that are still raw yet put up stats like these and you trust your strength program and coaching. We aren’t the only ones noticing. Ole Miss, Maryland, Nebraska etc all offered in past month or so.

There's a reason underdog stories can be so great. Doubt them and give them motivation to prove everyone wrong. I'm not saying some of these kids that have been recruited since 8th grade don't have heart, but what do they have to prove? I really hope this kid, and all the other "meh" commits we get really show out.

 

[Orange931]

Kids gonna get the Pruitt bump and offers will flood in for the next few weeks.

 

[wrangler]

BOOM!

 

[JPL]

Does he have a Rivals profile?

Yes, nice pick up for the good guys!

Jimari Butler, 2020 Weakside defensive end - Rivals.com

GO VOLS!!!

 

[Redbeardedbaron]

18 sacks his first year playing football? Sounds like a kid that can be developed. They aren't gonna make a first year player a 5* no matter how good he is. If all you care about is stars then go talk about how great Butch was. I say welcome aboard!

 

[RAVOL]

I wonder if those complaining about this tremendous athlete under the radar kid, would have complained about 2 star Josh Allen.

 

[KB5252]

18 sacks and run ms a 4.59 40 with only just getting back to football? Wow freak athlete. Probably a red shirt candidate but he could be a monster down the road.

I like his upside for sure, but we need immediate help at DE, not sure we accomplish that with this kid.

 

[drvenner]

Pruitts rec... ya know what never mind. Here’s a ballon and some candy.

Here's the door that you should not let hit you in your azz on your way out.

Oh, and it's *balloon.

 

[SaguaroVols]

BOOM! welcome to the family.

Refreshing to see these kind of recruits want to play for us and trust in our staff to develop him.

Can't wait to see him ball in a few years.

 

[Geaux_Vols]

Kids gonna get a ratings bump, but that’s whatever. I’m good here. They’ll teach him how to make weight and play some foosball.

 

[RyanWalkerPGH]

I wonder if those complaining about this tremendous athlete under the radar kid, would have complained about 2 star Josh Allen.

There's not a single recruit that Pruitt could take a commitment from that some on this board wouldn't fluff. That's the issue. A lot of folks just assume because Tennessee takes a commitment from them automatically means that Pruitt is really high on them.

 

[31VFL]

Has he always been a 5.7 on Rivals?

 

[LandonVFL]

I’ll take a 3* that’s hungry to get better over a 5* that only came to UT because of Twitter followers. Less drama, more football

 

[31VFL]

Has he always been a 5.7 on Rivals?

He hasn’t. He was almost 1,400 in the composite earlier. He is like 852 now.

 

[VolDaddy87]

I wonder if those complaining about this tremendous athlete under the radar kid, would have complained about 2 star Josh Allen.

I'm gonna go with yes. Stick around and see. Welcome

 

[tn88volfan]

Half of you folks in here crying about him being "meh", will be in here crying again when Auburn tries to flip him.

 

[jwilliams]

He got bumped... he's a .8588 now. Some of your faces must be soooooo red! (joking)

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

This kid has the length to be a really good DE and looks to be in excellent shape. Won’t be hard putting more size on him.

 

[Mightyvol]

BOOM! CJP is building his program with players that aren't pre-madonnas

 

[SweetasSoda]

I don't know anything about watching film, but our coaches know more than the recruiting services, and the ones that follow them. SO.....BOOM!