'19 GA LB Jamie Pettway (Missouri signee)

[Vol Main]

I don't think Pruitt worries much about what the other schools are doing. Does he want the player on the team? If yes, is the interest mutual? Does he want the recruit more than other players who might commit? CJP will develop options, but I get the impression that he will compete for the players he wants. jmho

 

[millst987]

I’m just wondering what the hesitation is on taking this guy. Is it speed? He looks like a SEC lb to me

 

[vol2002]

I don't think Pruitt worries much about what the other schools are doing. Does he want the player on the team? If yes, does he want him more than other players who might commit? He will develop other options, but I don't get the impression that he is unwilling to compete for the players he wants. jmho

Pruitt taking lower rated guys doesn’t bother me. He knows what the best of the best look like and play like. So if he really wants a guy, I trust him.

 

[orange parmejohn]

You guys got me jacked up over this kid now.

 

[orange parmejohn]

Let me preface this by saying I don’t think that he is, BUT, if Pettway is the 25th ranked player in our 25 player class we should all be doing back flips. Don’t let the offer list fool you.

Do you think he will be in this class?

 

[volinbama256]

Pruitt likes larger LB's and this kid at 238 already, looks like he could add another 6-8lbs with that frame and not miss a step.

 

[Nashvegas31]

I’m just wondering what the hesitation is on taking this guy. Is it speed? He looks like a SEC lb to me

seems like just needed the Kane Patterson domino to fall and open a spot. He looks good to me too. Physical player that just looks for people to smash

 

[NotoriousRPP]

Do you think he will be in this class?

I think so.

 

[volfanCLT]

Looks to be in his mid to late 20s

Definite take

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Being that his family is on staff, I'd be willing to bet we don't accept his commitment until we know for certain we don't have a shot at whomever we have higher on the board.

Would be too an awkward situation to have to give him a "git shirt."

 

[AaronUT]

Pruitt likes larger LB's and this kid at 238 already, looks like he could add another 6-8lbs with that frame and not miss a step.

5-9 lbs imo

 

[Batman1948]

5-9 lbs imo

When I read his post, I couldn't figure out why he didn't just round it up to 10 lbs

 

[Type Orange+]

Being that his family is on staff, I'd be willing to bet we don't accept his commitment until we know for certain we don't have a shot at whomever we have higher on the board.

Would be too an awkward situation to have to give him a "git shirt."

I don't put much stock in these random Twitter comments/posts, but FWIW:

[TWITTER]1020512178833641472[/TWITTER]​

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

Thought we had already discussed that Pettway was a VOL?

 

[Type Orange+]

Here, Pettway looked decent in the 1 on 1 run drills at the Orlando Camp.

His speed was surprising for a big kid in coverage against a little, fleet-footed Slot WR, but he was burned a couple of times by the big TE. He appeared lost, even:

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPaXmHRLxLU[/YOUTUBE]​

 

[scvolfan7]

Maybe this is the commitment Price was alluding to

 

[AngryButchJones]

Possibly. Pettway definitely wants to be a Vol from everything we've heard and seen. The big topic has been whether they want him at this point in the recruitment process

 

[The Dog]

Here, Pettway looked decent in the 1 on 1 run drills at the Orlando Camp.

His speed was surprising for a big kid in coverage against a little, fleet-footed Slot WR, but he was burned a couple of times by the big TE. He appeared lost, even:

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPaXmHRLxLU[/YOUTUBE]​

Well, coverage skills are something that almost every high school LB needs to work on. Even if he is only a 2 down LB, I still want him. He's the kinda LB that RBs don't want to continuously get hit by, especially in the 4th quarter

 

[85SugarVol]

Not the fastest guy out there, but it looks like he has good instincts and first step. Can lower his shoulder and deliver a blow.

 

[Type Orange+]

Well, coverage skills are something that almost every high school LB needs to work on. Even if he is only a 2 down LB, I still want him. He's the kinda LB that RBs don't want to continuously get hit by, especially in the 4th quarter

Not the fastest guy out there, but it looks like he has good instincts and first step. Can lower his shoulder and deliver a blow.

He looks like he might be the kind of LB that it hurts just to bump in to. With his size and speed attacking downhill, he could be a force.

 

[85SugarVol]

He looks like he might be the kind of LB that it hurts just to bump in to. With his size and speed attacking downhill, he could be a force.

He’d def play ILB in our 3-4. Let him come downhill and hit.

 

[griddie]

My takes on that film. He could easily gain 20 pounds, upper body is smaller than lower, so he would lose no speed and probably gain some.

Really impressed with his film, more than I thought I would be. Long arms, good frame, physical, did much better in coverage than I thought he would. Let’s face it, if ILB’s have to cover slots 1-on-1 then the defense is in trouble. But now when he had them inside the cones, he broke down and made the plays and didn’t fall for all the shake and baking. That’s what you want. I don’t see where Patterson is any better than this kid.

 

[Go Fight Win]

I see AJ Johnson watching his film

 

[butchna]

I see AJ Johnson watching his film

Peeking from behind a curtain?

 

[Type Orange+]

My takes on that film. He could easily gain 20 pounds, upper body is smaller than lower, so he would lose no speed and probably gain some.

Really impressed with his film, more than I thought I would be. Long arms, good frame, physical, did much better in coverage than I thought he would. Let’s face it, if ILB’s have to cover slots 1-on-1 then the defense is in trouble. But now when he had them inside the cones, he broke down and made the plays and didn’t fall for all the shake and baking. That’s what you want. I don’t see where Patterson is any better than this kid.

He covered the Slot/RB well, it was the big TE he had problems with. I am guessing that he underestimated his speed. But he's still a young'un yet and fighting off blocks, tackling RBs and sacking QBs is what we need from him anyway.