'19 GA WR Jerrod Means (Pitt signee)

[cHiZzLeVOL]

Neither does a star rating, though, or anything else for that matter.

Agreed. He ran an 11.68, 100m in track. That’s pretty darn fast lol. Also, like you said none of that matters. His film shows he has burst speed, hands, and runs good routes. As long as he is coachable he should eventually make an impact.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

Will add the push to sign Means today also came from the fact that Rutgers was working hard to get the Hampton (Ga.) native to sign today, too

-Simonton

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

Welcome young man!

 

[awaitingawin]

Neither does a star rating, though, or anything else for that matter.

But coach David Johnson does matter. That's all that really does matter. Check out Memphis year before last when he had a QB and several receivers.

 

[AaronUT]

Agreed. He ran an 11.68, 100m in track. That’s pretty darn fast lol. Also, like you said none of that matters. His film shows he has burst speed, hands, and runs good routes. As long as he is coachable he should eventually make an impact.

Not being negative but I have to state that 11.26 100m isn't that fast. Lamarcus Coker ran a 10.2 to put it in perspective.

 

[head1]

-Simonton

LOL

We beat Rutgers, YES!

 

[buffaloblue]

Ran a 4.4 at our camp.

 

[KPT_VFL]

Slow play Khafre Brown and you sign kids Rutgers wants. Hope he does well though.

 

[JazzMaster001]

-Simonton

Glad we're now competing with Rutgers on the recruiting trail.

 

[vols 30]

Glad we're now competing with Rutgers on the recruiting trail.

And people wonder why we can't beat Candy or make a bowl game. Meanwhile , Florida is having a tremendous day

 

[UTK]

Slow play Khafre Brown and you sign kids Rutgers wants. Hope he does well though.

Don’t think we slow played Brown, UNC just beat us out. Yeah that sounds weird but hey Baylor just did too. Is what it is.

 

[AngryButchJones]

Jeez, people have been absolutely ridiculous in here.

 

[SweetasSoda]

We have had burners before who barely made an impact.

I hope he has a great career here, but that speed guarantees nothing

Neither does a 5th star.

 

[Bring_Back_Dooley]

We have had burners before who barely made an impact.

Yep, Leonard "Couldn't Catch a Cold" Scott comes to mind.

 

[Bring_Back_Dooley]

And people wonder why we can't beat Candy or make a bowl game.

Do you really think our inability to beat Vandy is because we don't have fast WRs? That's a stretch.

 

[larjoranj]

 

[eVOLve]

Not a lot impressing me with this kid. Tried to convince myself but I guess we'll see how he turns out

 

[Devo182]

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4.44 timed at TN.

 

[Devo182]

how is this guy a take? we already have enough big receivers. should've waited for something better. This is disappointing as the Vols likely missed out on every other receiver they were recruiting??

Not a big possession guy. We were looking for a burner and that's what we got.

 

[Devo182]

People defending this are the same ones that defended all the 3 stars Butch brought in.

This one is a serious head scratcher when you had legit high level WRs wanting in for months and then you end up with a google player.

Just doesnt add up.

Just the facts - Even if you just go by ratings, this is LITERALLY the only guy in the entire class rated below an 86 by 247 composite.

Butch's last 2 classes that were fully his (2016 and 2017) totaled 16 kids rated below 86. Plenty of 82s, 83s, 84s.

It's not unreasonable to take ONE stretch take at a position that is currently full anyway. We had 1 single need and it was speed. Now Coach YAC has 2 years to get his skills up to par.

 

[UT's#1Fan]

Wasted scholly. Odd move. Must not have any other options at WR.

 

[camkil19]

Just the facts - Even if you just go by ratings, this is LITERALLY the only guy in the entire class rated below an 86 by 247 composite.

Butch's last 2 classes that were fully his (2016 and 2017) totaled 16 kids rated below 86. Plenty of 82s, 83s, 84s.

It's not unreasonable to take ONE stretch take at a position that is currently full anyway. We had 1 single need and it was speed. Now Coach YAC has 2 years to get his skills up to par.

While I think we should wait to see how it pans out. I think the thing that bugs me and maybe many on here is that this was actually a pretty good year for receivers and we were supposedly in on a few good ones. (whether that's true or not i don't know) Just would've thought we could someone with better tape

 

[you]

Now if we can just play Rutgers on the field each year we might win more than 5 games

 

[Devo182]

I agree. But I’ll walk back my comments if he’s a legit 4.4-4.5 guy. And just saw a poster mention our wr coach... he made a living getting kids like this a Memphis. Still not the flash we all hope to see.

Exactly. YAC and new OC will know what we need. CJP interviewed spread guys that thrive with speed, not size. Pruitt has been all over speedsters HARD since the oc search began. We've seen big, tall possession guys here at UT (North, Preston, Malone, etc) while Baylor, OU, and now even Bama, have been going for SPEED. Think Pruitt is getting the hint. Spread + speed kills

 

[Devo182]

While I think we should wait to see how it pans out I think the thing that bugs me and maybe many on here is that this was actually a pretty good year for receivers and I would've thought we could someone with better tape

I get that. But the guys that got passed iirc didn't want to come camp. Id rather CJP get who he really wants his way, not just taking every in state kid with a good rating, which Butch seemed to do. They have their own board and we have to ride with it. They dont just go build a board on what espn or 247 says.