'19 GA DB Kenyatta Watson II

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secking said:
This would be the kid to start it. His dad is 10x worse than LaVar Ball. Watson Sr has promised delivering kids to different staffs if they will hire him as a coach. He put together the 18 all star team in Ga, doing the 19 team as well. Biggest handler in Ga.
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Jeremy has plenty of experience with "handlers". Something tells me that Pruitt is far more smarter than he lets on.
 
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ionaVOL said:
How would he compare to a player like Minkah Fitzpatrick? Was hoping Gaulden coulda been that player for us next year.
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Last year was the first time he started and really played meaningful minutes. Minkah he is not but he is solid. FSU offered him to get access to the others but Jr played well last year.
 
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Caught up with...

Owen Pappoe, Kenyatta Watson and Kevin Harris off their visit to Tennessee this weekend. They all stayed the night and left this morning.

The consensus takeaway from their visit was very positive. They’d all been up here several times but talked about the new championship mentality in Knoxville.

Tennessee’s staff did a lot of film study and breakdowns with each prospect.

Pappoe plans to commit before senior season, with Clemson and UGA the main contenders, but Tennessee has at least given him something else to think about in the coming months. He’s said he’ll be back in town before he makes a decision, too.

Watson is very interested in Tennessee after decommitting from FSU but is in no rush.

Vols were never a real contender for Harris but have now officially entered his recruitment as a possibility following his visit.

Full stories to come later.
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Watson: "I think the new staff is better as they have coached with each other before or played with each other, so the connection between them all is much better. The highlight of my visit was probably going to the basketball game — and I don’t even like watching basketball. Now that coach Pruitt’s in charge, I think the Vols can be back on a path to greatness. I think they can get to how they were before — at the top competing with Alabama, Georgia, Florida and other SEC teams to win the national championship. The vibe was different too. It felt more family oriented."

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Kenyatta Watson II has never been shy about how much he likes Tennessee.

The campus. The school. The people.

The Rivals100 defensive back considered the Vols one of his early leaders last December, but the Grayson High (Ga.) product ultimately committed to Florida State in April.

But in college football, with constant coaching changes and staff upheaval, recruiting is a fickle and fluid deal, and after a pair of huge moves in both Tallahassee and Knoxville, Watson is suddenly back on the market and interested in the Vols once again.

“Whenever we go up to Tennessee it’s always a great visit,” Watson told VolQuest after tripping to Rocky Top with five of his Rams teammates over the weekend.

“The fan base is always showing love. The city is great and the new coaches just really made it feel like it was home.

“It was good to meet all the former coaches that I knew that are now all at Tennessee together. It was a great experience again, as always.”

After visiting UT more than 10 times in the last four years, Watson is plenty familiar with all bells and whistles with the Vols, but right away, the 4-star defensive back could sense the sea change in Knoxville. The vibe was different. The staff had real continuity.

Watson had previous relationships with head coach Jeremy Pruitt, safeties coach Charles Kelly, who was his lead recruiter at FSU, and cornerbacks assistant Terry Fair, making the visit feel familiar and comfortable.

"It felt more like a family because I knew the coaches so better, and always the coaches knew each other so much better because they’ve coached and played together. It felt like everyone was more in sync with what they wanted to do at Tennessee,” Watson said.

And what do they want to do?

“They just want to win a national championship,” Watson said, point blank.

“They want to bring Tennessee back to the level it was in the 1990s when Tennessee was just rolling, winning games and just up there in the rankings always.

“That’s what they want. They want to bring that back.”
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At 6-foot-2, 185-pounds, Watson has the frame and skill-set to play corner or safety in college. He’s lined up at both spots in high school and his aggressive mentality — inspired by his favorite player Jalen Ramsey — fits right in with Pruitt’s scheme.

According to Watson, he spent a lot of individual time with Pruitt and Kelly on Saturday, and the message was fairly simple: We want and need you.

“They want to turn it around (here),” Watson said.

“Pruitt told me that he really liked my film, and thinks that at the next level I have a chance to be a great football player and can help me get to the NFL.”

Since decommitting from FSU on January 7, Watson has garnered significant interest from Notre Dame, Michigan and Texas, among others. With a fresh start, he’s in no hurry to pick another school, focusing on visits and training this offseason instead.

“The process is slowing down for me. I’m not in a rush to choose any college now,” Watson explained.

“I’m really just (re-starting) the process, focusing on my team and visiting some schools. That’s all I’m really worried about right now.”

But did Tennessee move back up into the top group after all the changes on Rocky Top?

“Definitely. I think they have in all honesty,” he said.
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JRVOL11 said:
Isn’t this the kid with the crazy Dad ?
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Some fans who follow recruiting in Georgia believe the Dad is using his association with the 2019 kids to advance his coaching career. Don't know what his true motivation is, but he's very public about his relationship with many of the top 2019 Georgia kids.
 
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I think we land Watson. Too much there with Pruitt and Kelly. Prob land a few of those other Grayson kids that had been all about FSU before. Pappoe only one I don't think that is realistically open to anyone just playing games
 
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Greysondawg said:
Some fans who follow recruiting in Georgia believe the Dad is using his association with the 2019 kids to advance his coaching career. Don't know what his true motivation is, but he's very public about his relationship with many of the top 2019 Georgia kids.
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He flat out told coaching staffs last spring that if they hired him, he could deliver “Tru19”, the 2019 Ga All-Stars till they passed the new rule about assistant coaches.

Was on Clemson, Auburn, FSU, Ga boards as well.
 
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secking said:
He flat out told coaching staffs last spring that if they hired him, he could deliver “Tru19”, the 2019 Ga All-Stars till they passed the new rule about assistant coaches.

Was on Clemson, Auburn, FSU, Ga boards as well.
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Main reason Graysons non conference games are out of state. No one in state will play them because of their recruiting.
 
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