Dy'shawn Mobley

[kamoshika]

288 yards and 4 TDs on just 19 carries last night.

 

[JokermanVol]

i think ut at first didn't offer cobb because he wanted to be promised a shot at qb but the staff didn't see that as a every-down or permanent possibility, so they mistakenly held off recruiting him to the end. these coaches will tell a recruit anything to get him to sign, so any promises fulmer made about him playing qb at the end do not mean anything. perhaps he wouldn't have the numbers at ut that he had at uk because of better depth and different utilization of him, but he still would have been the same player that's now performing very will in the nfl and gerald jones' job would still be carrying water for trooper taylor.

it's incredible that people still think jones is in any way in cobb's league.

 

[onevol74]

He is playing slow competition. Hardin Valley looked small and slow except for that Eskridge kid.
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[TBrown]

If I was going to insult someone's intelligence based on their grammar, I would damn well make sure my post didn't have any mistakes.

i.e. The sentence you mention run on sentence is a run on sentence.


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Rich irony is rich.
If I were*
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[g8terh8ter_eric]

Jaron Toney was one of the kids who broke all kinds of records, yet can't crack the rotation at UT and was a walk-on.

 

[Tenn Ted]

Memphis was at the game last night. He is starting to draw more attention.

One thing that hurts him is his 40 time, which ESPN has at 4.8. I'm not sure I buy that. He's had way to many break away runs this season to be that slow.

 

[MrBamSeydu]

I went to High School with Daryle Smith and John Bruhin a Powell back in the late 70's and Early 80's and follow Powell Football. He's the best running back I've seen in this area in quite sometime. I think he's a better back than even Devrin Young was in his Senior season at Bearden. Mobley is going to play Div 1 football somewhere, with the monster season he is already having. I was just wondering why Tennessee shows no interest, yet they were all over the Blanc kid, who I think is a good kid. I just think that Mobley is better.

BTW, I believe Randall Cobb would have been better than a middling talent at UT. He's pretty much proved he was no fluke in Green Bay's first game this season already. I think no one is underestimating him in the NFL now.:dance:

Oooh ok, so you went to Powell and follow Powell football.... thus the reason you think this kid should get an offer from UT. Makes sense now.

You have to understand, East TN high school football is low-level high school football. Ask anyone who knows what they're talking about and they'll tell you the same. A kid can rush for 2,000 yards in East TN and not even get a D-1 offer. If a kid in TX or Florida rushes for 2,000 yards.... I guarantee they have D-1 offers.

That's the bottom line. Noone cares about Powell's best player because it's Powell.

 

[MrBamSeydu]

Jaron Toney was one of the kids who broke all kinds of records, yet can't crack the rotation at UT and was a walk-on.

Exactly my point. Jaron Toney rushed for a million yards in high school and all he is doing is getting beat up every day on the scout team.

For every Randall Cobb, there's a dozen Jaron Toneys, Rae Sykes, Dustin Lindseys, Josh Hawkins.... etc etc etc.

 

[mooreaj21]

Oooh ok, so you went to Powell and follow Powell football.... thus the reason you think this kid should get an offer from UT. Makes sense now.

You have to understand, East TN high school football is low-level high school football. Ask anyone who knows what they're talking about and they'll tell you the same. A kid can rush for 2,000 yards in East TN and not even get a D-1 offer. If a kid in TX or Florida rushes for 2,000 yards.... I guarantee they have D-1 offers.

That's the bottom line. Noone cares about Powell's best player because it's Powell.

+1

 

[mooreaj21]

Exactly my point. Jaron Toney rushed for a million yards in high school and all he is doing is getting beat up every day on the scout team.

For every Randall Cobb, there's a dozen Jaron Toneys, Rae Sykes, Dustin Lindseys, Josh Hawkins.... etc etc etc.

+1

 

[SGMVols]

Oooh ok, so you went to Powell and follow Powell football.... thus the reason you think this kid should get an offer from UT. Makes sense now.

You have to understand, East TN high school football is low-level high school football. Ask anyone who knows what they're talking about and they'll tell you the same. A kid can rush for 2,000 yards in East TN and not even get a D-1 offer. If a kid in TX or Florida rushes for 2,000 yards.... I guarantee they have D-1 offers.

That's the bottom line. Noone cares about Powell's best player because it's Powell.

UT took Central's best player and they were winless until this past Friday. And they had to play another winless team to get that first win.

 

[GLDunlap]

Exactly my point. Jaron Toney rushed for a million yards in high school and all he is doing is getting beat up every day on the scout team.

For every Randall Cobb, there's a dozen Jaron Toneys, Rae Sykes, Dustin Lindseys, Josh Hawkins.... etc etc etc.

That's recruiting it's the same everywhere. Are you trying to say for every player from east Tennessee that signs a college scholarship and does well there are a dozen "that sign" and do nothing? If so I will bet you your completely wrong. Now if your saying for every college player from east Tennessee that makes the NFL there are a dozen that don't then that's fair but I don't think that's what your trying to say. If your going to make comparison at least make them valid. You can't just pull names out of a hat and start making comparisons like this. You all want to say look at Toney he set all these records but he isn't good enough. How or why would you even compare Mobley with him? Toney is 165-170 lb walk on while Mobley is 210+. No one expected Toney to be a star in college did they?

 

[Tenn Ted]

Oooh ok, so you went to Powell and follow Powell football.... thus the reason you think this kid should get an offer from UT. Makes sense now.

You have to understand, East TN high school football is low-level high school football. Ask anyone who knows what they're talking about and they'll tell you the same. A kid can rush for 2,000 yards in East TN and not even get a D-1 offer. If a kid in TX or Florida rushes for 2,000 yards.... I guarantee they have D-1 offers.

That's the bottom line. Noone cares about Powell's best player because it's Powell.

I never said that Tennessee should offer him a scholarship. I just wondered why they weren't looking at him. And believe it or not, I understand that the prime recruiting ground is in other places than Tennessee. Our athletics in this state suck. There is no middle school feeder system in place like there is in other states (Florida and Texas to name two). Our kids end up being coached by wannabe dads until they hit high school and then they are behind the curve already.

That's what makes it special when there seems to be one of those prime recruits here in our home state, then it seems that we should take a look at him. Maybe he fits our system and maybe he doesn't. We'll see what kind of player he is when he and Blanc go head to head on Oct. 21st.

Of course, from the tone of your comment, I guess, I'm just another dumb hillbilly and your a freakin' rocket scientist when it comes to recruiting.

 

[altidore17]

Dy'shawn Mobley 6' 210 lbs, Powell High School, Powell, TN.

Anyone have a clue why Tennessee isn't looking at this kid? He's already rushed for 1143 yards in 6 games and has 19 TD! He only played in the first half of the game against Anderson County last week and had 192 yards on 10 carries and scored 6 TDs! He's got break away speed with runs of 30 yards or more in just about every game. These are not slouch teams Powell is playing against either. This is against the likes of Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Rhea County and Austin East.

He has and offer from Toledo and Kentucky and Miss State are looking at him as well.

Dennis Rogan>>>Andre Sterling>>>Dyshaun Mobley. If the first two guys on the list couldn't play RB in the SEC, neither can this kid. Sad but brutal truth.

 

[GLDunlap]

Dennis Rogan>>>Andre Sterling>>>Dyshaun Mobley. If the first two guys on the list couldn't play RB in the SEC, neither can this kid. Sad but brutal truth.

Does he have to play running back? Mobley looks to have the talent to be a very good linebacker. Dennis Rogan would have been a decent running back but he made a very good DB so he was moved. You make it sound like Dennis Rogan wasn't good enough. If Sterling wouldn't have had grade issues and other problems at Ole Miss maybe he could have been a SEC running back. Mobley doesn't appear to have these problems.

Why does everyone have to compare everything and everybody? Let Mobley stand on his own merits or lack there of. If your going to say he isn't good enough fine but at least give some valid reasons why you think this. It shouldn't be because other players like Jaron Toney or Andre Sterling weren't good enough.

 

[altidore17]

Does he have to play running back? Mobley looks to have the talent to be a very good linebacker. Dennis Rogan would have been a decent running back but he made a very good DB so he was moved. You make it sound like Dennis Rogan wasn't good enough.

He wasn't good enough to play running back. And we have better recruits at LB than this kid. So where would we put him? It's honestly just a waste of a scholly no offense to the kid I'm sure he's a good player but not SEC caliber.

Trust me, I root for local kids as much as the next especially Sterling because he was incredible in HS one of the best I've ever seen in TN, but he just wasn't able to break through the depth chart at Ole Miss.

 

[GLDunlap]

He wasn't good enough to play running back. And we have better recruits at LB than this kid. So where would we put him? It's honestly just a waste of a scholly no offense to the kid I'm sure he's a good player but not SEC caliber.

Trust me, I root for local kids as much as the next especially Sterling because he was incredible in HS one of the best I've ever seen in TN, but he just wasn't able to break through the depth chart at Ole Miss.[/QUO
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I would bet my wallet you have never seen Mobley play. How do you know we have have better recruits at linebacker? Have you seen them play? So many experts so little knowledge.

 

[onevol74]

I think that Mobley plays on a team with a very talented quarterback in McPheteridge. It is very difficult for teams to defend them both. I would like to see how good Mobley is in an offense where he had to be the star. I have been impressed with him as a high school player and think he will probably be good at a division one player, but I do not know if he has what it takes to make it in the SEC. He has not exactly handled himself well at the high school level and it will be much more difficult at the next level.

 

[GLDunlap]

I think that Mobley plays on a team with a very talented quarterback in McPheteridge. It is very difficult for teams to defend them both. I would like to see how good Mobley is in an offense where he had to be the star. I have been impressed with him as a high school player and think he will probably be good at a division one player, but I do not know if he has what it takes to make it in the SEC. He has not exactly handled himself well at the high school level and it will be much more difficult at the next level.

Hasn't handled himself well? Why even go there? He had one minor incident last year. Far less serious then what Jacques Smith did his senior year at Ooltewah and I don't think Jacques has had any issues lately.

 

[cncchris33]

I would bet my wallet you have never seen Mobley play. How do you know we have have better recruits at linebacker? Have you seen them play? So many experts so little knowledge.

How do we know? Because the head coach who makes $2 million a year says so. Do you honestly believe they have no idea who this kid is? If they thought he was worth a scholarship, then he would have an offer. The kid is good. He's just doing it all against very weak competition in comparison to the kids Tennessee has offered. Henderson and King are playing high school ball in Georgia, Santos in Texas, and Peters in Louisiana. Those are the LB's. Now which one of those are you willing to put up against Mobley? The RB recruits are playing against Georgia and Ohio competition, so same question.

Lastly, how do you know they are not looking at him? They have an opportunity every week to see him in person. They have game film and camp evaluations too. They must have seen enough to know they are not interested at this point. They aren't making a point to ignore him purposely to stir up the Powell community.
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[cncchris33]

Why does everyone have to compare everything and everybody? Let Mobley stand on his own merits or lack there of. If your going to say he isn't good enough fine but at least give some valid reasons why you think this. It shouldn't be because other players like Jaron Toney or Andre Sterling weren't good enough.

Valid point, but to be fair, people saying he should be looked at more by UT are comparing him to Cody Blanc. So, it goes both ways. If he deserves a shot at UT, it shouldn't simply be because Cody Blanc is getting one.
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[altidore17]

Why should we not compare him? Sterling was 10x the running back Mobley is. Defenses knew where the ball was going and still couldn't stop him. He got a scholly at Ole Miss, couldn't break the depth chart, and then wasted his opportunity and now who knows where he is??

If this kid was worthy of a scholly he would have an offer especially if he could play LB. Why can't people just accept that some guys just don't belong in the SEC?

 

[GLDunlap]

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To start with I NEVER questioned whether UT was looking at him or not. I'm sure they know exactly who Mobley is and are evaluating whether to offer or not. The fact is I never once said Tennessee should offer Mobley what I said was I think he has enough talent to play at Tennessee or another D-1 school. That doesn't mean we should give him a scholarship if we have commits from players the staff likes better. Read my post before you reply with garbage that I never have said. I'm sure if CDD thinks Mobley is good enough to play a position of need they will offer him. Either way it doesn't mean he is going to be right. Just because Dooley as you say makes 2 million a year (which he doesn't) doesn't mean he can't make a mistake. We spent almost $200K on services last year just to help with recruiting so obviously it isn't a correct science.

My real complaint is I'm sick of people that have never seen Mobley and others play continually say "he isn't good enough" because he plays in Tennessee. If a player isn't good enough fine but don't base it on the competition he plays agaist. I have never once pointed to any stats when expressing my opinions of Mobley. We don't get alot of great college players from east Tennessee but there have been a few and I'm sure there were people saying the same thing about them.

Everything is so black and white with some people. Santos is a good example I love the guy but don't tell me he is playing agaist great competition because he play's in Texas. I spent many years in east Texas and I know for a fact that not all HS football in Texas is good football.

As far as stirring up the Powell community once again your just making up stuff. You will not find a post of mine anywhere that mentions the Powell community. Yes I technically live in Powell but thats about it. I've seen Mobley play twice but not at Powell HS. In fact I have never been to a game at Powell HS in my life and don't know a single person associated with Powell HS.

 

[GLDunlap]

Why should we not compare him? Sterling was 10x the running back Mobley is. Defenses knew where the ball was going and still couldn't stop him. He got a scholly at Ole Miss, couldn't break the depth chart, and then wasted his opportunity and now who knows where he is??

If this kid was worthy of a scholly he would have an offer especially if he could play LB. Why can't people just accept that some guys just don't belong in the SEC?

I don't have to accept it because I really don't care. If he can play in the SEC fine if he can't fine I don't know the kid personally. Everything you say is based solely on the fact that he hasn't got an offer yet. If he gets one two months from now does that mean suddenly he's good enough but he wasn't before? If on signing day Mobley doesn't have a D-1 offer then you can say he probably wasn't good enough but not until then unless of course you have personally seen him play and your opinion is based on your observations. If your going to say point blank he isn't good enough you should be able to say what your opinion is based on. Is he to slow, to small, slow twitch, dumb, no instinct, afraid of contact? See you can't do that can you? All you can say is he play's bad competition. The NFL is full of players that played at tiny unheard of colleges that played agaist terrible competition. That cannot be the only reason you use to say a kid isn't good enough.

When I talked about comparing I said you can't compare a 165-170 lb walk on like Toney to Mobley and say if Toney can't make it then Mobley can't either. Obviously the odds of a 170 lb walk on getting playing time at running back isn't very good.

I don't know why I bother........

 

[GLDunlap]

Valid point, but to be fair, people saying he should be looked at more by UT are comparing him to Cody Blanc. So, it goes both ways. If he deserves a shot at UT, it shouldn't simply be because Cody Blanc is getting one.
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I completely agree with this.