'24 GA DL Nasir Smith (Georgia Southern)

[Ericvol2096]

Weathersby of this class. Get him in the boat before he completely blows up this fall!!!

 

[bonavol]

-VQ

Tennessee has taken many projects over the last 10 years or so, with little experience but great athletic ability and projected potential. Can someone give an example of any of these that actually realized that potential and became contributors?

 

[VflPT22]

Tennessee has taken many projects over the last 10 years or so, with little experience but great athletic ability and projected potential. Can someone give an example of any of these that actually realized that potential and became contributors?

Kurott garland currently

 

[A.J.]

-VQ

The South Carolina game will be a good one for recruiting. I think it will be a reckoning for CJH and his men that played that game last year, and they will put on a show and won’t take their foot off the gas until the final whistle.

 

[PA Vol]

Tennessee has taken many projects over the last 10 years or so, with little experience but great athletic ability and projected potential. Can someone give an example of any of these that actually realized that potential and became contributors?

Matthew Butler wasn't heavily recruited/rated and got himself drafted.

 

[volunteerfan94]

Tennessee has taken many projects over the last 10 years or so, with little experience but great athletic ability and projected potential. Can someone give an example of any of these that actually realized that potential and became contributors?

Kendal Vickers, Las Vegas, Defensive Line

I thought he had a great TN Career for a 2 star.

 

[volunteerfan94]

Jordan Williams had a solid career here as well.

 

[PA Vol]

Jordan Williams had a solid career here as well.

Was just typing up that we had a kid from Florida during the Dooley/Butch years that finished with a half decent career.

I think LaTroy Lewis (kid from Ohio?) did alright opposite Barnett.

 

[butchna]

Matthew Butler wasn't heavily recruited/rated and got himself drafted.

Was a Parade All-American his senior season and a small source of hope for DL recruiting…took awhile for his development to match his moxie as a player.

 

[PA Vol]

Was a Parade All-American his senior season and a small source of hope for DL recruiting…took awhile for his development to match his moxie as a player.

And yet his offer list wasn't as good as Nasir Smith's currently is.

 

[butchna]

And yet his offer list wasn't as good as Nasir Smith's currently is.

I’m not sure if we’re arguing.

 

[Adam Sandler]

Jakob Johnson. Not a bad career. Maybe better as a pro than in college.

 

[bigl3327]

Tennessee has taken many projects over the last 10 years or so, with little experience but great athletic ability and projected potential. Can someone give an example of any of these that actually realized that potential and became contributors?

Byron Young is THE definition of a project.

 

[butchna]

Byron Young is THE definition of a project.

AND since 2021, has there been ANY that have been PROVEN not to work? Butch had one right on arrival with Woody Quinn. IF Brian Grant never works out, that would be Heupel’s first…IF.

 

[Orange.]

Byron Young is THE definition of a project.

Projected starter now for the Rams. That's development.

 

[MarcoVol]

Tennessee has taken many projects over the last 10 years or so, with little experience but great athletic ability and projected potential. Can someone give an example of any of these that actually realized that potential and became contributors?

Why would the last 10 years have any relevance? The current staff has been here for 2 years. That’s the only relevant time frame

 

[Vol423]

Why would the last 10 years have any relevance? The current staff has been here for 2 years. That’s the only relevant time frame

Correct. It's pretty damn obvious why project players didn't pan out pre-Heupel. Our coaching staffs sucked. That's why they're gone.

 

[bigl3327]

Projected starter now for the Rams. That's development.

What all of our 3rd rounders are doing in camps is quickly killing these narratives about our program.

 

[allvolrecruiting]

What all of our 3rd rounders are doing in camps is quickly killing these narratives about our program.

If they do well when it counts and we continue to have our own success, recruiting could take off even more. Could start landing some of these blue-chip guys that we're finishing second or third for

 

[SweetasSoda]

If they do well when it counts and we continue to have our own success, recruiting could take off even more. Could start landing some of these blue-chip guys that we're finishing second or third for

That’s how it happened with Fulmer.

 

[HalfullVol]

DL Projects R 'US

No, really, dude looks promising and we've got some DTackle holes to fill soon.

 

[RiseToTheTop]

Lots of good offers for the kid though

Check back in December just like Nathan Leacock. Bet he’s not considered that then.

 

[Evol]

Emanuel Mosley. 2* recruit that weighed about 140lbs.

 

[MarcoVol]

Emanuel Mosley. 2* recruit that weighed about 140lbs.

What does that have to do with Nasir Smith, 3* recruit that weighs about 300lbs?

 

[drvenner]

AND since 2021, has there been ANY that have been PROVEN not to work? Butch had one right on arrival with Woody Quinn. IF Brian Grant never works out, that would be Heupel’s first…IF.

Yeah, still waiting on the OP to give one example of one that didn't now that he has multiple examples of ones that did.