Gabe Jeudy-Lally to UT

[BigOrangeTrain]

CB: Slaughter-Williams
CB: Lally-Matthews
NB: McDonald-Turnage
S: Charles-Thomas
S: Walker-McCullough

That would be my guess right now…it’s going to be fun watching this play out in spring and fall camp

Turrentine will play imo.

 

[butchna]

Turrentine will play slit imo.

 

[Namorto1]

Find another experienced corner in the portal opposite Jeudy-Lally who can cover man would be excellent. Won’t be easy to find, but in my opinion we have enough bodies and experience to cover the safety and Star positions especially if we get more consistent pass rush. McDonald, Slaughter and Walker in particular.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

2nd transfer get from a decent BYU defense.

82nd ranked pass defense
94th overall defense

That’s decent?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Reminds me of Richard Sherman during his Seattle Seahawks days. GBO!

 

[mssr_q]

I know pff isn’t well thought of by many but I see he was the #29 rated CB last year while our highest rated CB was #236, if I didn’t miss anyone.


pff cb rankings

 

[lilesrt]

High character, smart kid. Vandy was the only school in a P5 to offer him out of high school. He was offered by Ivy league teams and all three service academies. He was a three star from Ardrey Kell HS in Charlotte, NC.
Stats do not cut and paste well, so here is a link:
Gabe Jeudy-Lally Stats, News, Bio | ESPN

Recruiting profile here:
Gabe Jeudy-Lally Recruit Interests

But.. is he well spoken?

 

[walkenvol]

Turrentine will play imo.

Was disappointed when he chose Ohio out of hs and was excited when he decided to transfer. Was surprised we didn’t see more of him this year. Hope that changes

 

[Sarms58]

I have no idea how good he is. It looks like he's played in every game for BYU the past two season, so he's at least experienced.

I’m not sure where he will fit in but can’t have too much depth. We had tons of injuries last year and were thin in the secondary at times.

 

[JustFunnN'Orange]

And now the question…. why did he want to leave BYU ? That’s the thing I always wonder - if you are a two year starter, why leave ?

He got tired of the gf's trying to make him wear that Mormon underware

 

[Tman44]

But.. is he well spoken?

As long as he can articulate his skills through interceptions and great pass D, I'm good

 

[Tman44]

And now the question…. why did he want to leave BYU ? That’s the thing I always wonder - if you are a two year starter, why leave ?

Great question. He had his pick of the best choices of Higher Education the great U.S.A. has to offer. Please do not forget he was also offered by ALL of the service academies. He chose Vandy because he wants to play ball! He upgraded to a better football school after a year. Again, he believed in himself and chose to upgrade again. Smart ballers like that become VFLs!

 

[feathersax]

That's two defensive players from BYU, right?

 

[thunder5]

Turrentine will play imo.

You definitely could be right…I just feel like I’ve heard/read alot more buzz about Thomas

 

[bonavol]

I’m no football coach, but I’ll tell you what needs to happen… We need to get all of our dbacks in a drill where someone is constantly throwing deep balls to receivers. Our group of defensive backs are so bad at running down the field and recognizing when the receiver is looking for the ball and getting their own heads turned around. If the defensive back is looking for the ball, the refs will let you get away with a whole lot. But when you just tackle the receiver, it’s PI every time. I’ve never seen a collect unit so unbelievably bad at this one particular skill as our group.

It’s simple. Play 8 dbs, 2 on each receiver. One to watch the receiver and one to turn and watch the ball.

 

[perico]

this is his second transfer. Will he be eligible right away? Is he a grad transfer?

We follow 3 years at Vandy and a year at BYU. Without reading the article, I expect this kid is well on his way to a masters degree in micro kinetic Biology or something of that nature.

 

[WaywardVol]

I think we are going to see an exodus from the DB room. Too many less than marginal players in there. This guy seems like another marginal player, but our DBs weren’t even marginal. They stunk. I was really hoping we could find a DB who really showed out at a lesser school who had multiple years still left.

I still think coaching is the big disconnect for our DBs.

 

[NighthawkVol]

I don't know how AP is coming up with that. He redshirted in 2019. How's he getting the extra redshirt?

According to Rucker’s podcast, he has 2 to play 2. That makes more sense.

 

[NighthawkVol]

CB: Slaughter-Williams
CB: Lally-Matthews
NB: McDonald-Turnage
S: Charles-Thomas
S: Walker-McCullough

That would be my guess right now…it’s going to be fun watching this play out in spring and fall camp

Burrell probably starts at one CB. At the least, he’s in the 2-deep. Also, between Turnage and Slaughter, I think Turnage is more of a boundary CB than Slaughter, and Slaughter more of a Nickel/Star (who can also play S).

 

[NighthawkVol]

I think we are going to see an exodus from the DB room. Too many less than marginal players in there. This guy seems like another marginal player, but our DBs weren’t even marginal. They stunk. I was really hoping we could find a DB who really showed out at a lesser school who had multiple years still left.

I still think coaching is the big disconnect for our DBs.

He’s not marginal. At all.

 

[DaddyChad]

Find another experienced corner in the portal opposite Jeudy-Lally who can cover man would be excellent. Won’t be easy to find, but in my opinion we have enough bodies and experience to cover the safety and Star positions especially if we get more consistent pass rush. McDonald, Slaughter and Walker in particular.

Lol, safety play was atrocious this past season. It’s a bigger need than another corner at this point.

 

[thunder5]

Burrell probably starts at one CB. At the least, he’s in the 2-deep. Also, between Turnage and Slaughter, I think Turnage is more of a boundary CB than Slaughter, and Slaughter more of a Nickel/Star (who can also play S).

What I'm truly hoping...and it show's in my 2-deep...is that the day's of playing the "trusty veteran" are over because the younger guys have enough experience in the system now to offset any seniority advantage...long story short, no more playing the Burrells and McCulloughs over more athletic younger players...

As far as Slaughter vs. Turnage...I personally saw just a little more from Slaughter as a CB than I did from Turnage this year....and I think if they'll let him focus all off season and pre-season on being a CB instead of moving him around then he'll take another step and be even better next year...

Like I said though...it's going to be fun watching this play out...I feel like we finally have some legit depth and competition in the secondary...I will feel good about whatever the staff ends up going with because I believe it will stem from legit competition and not just playing certain players because you trust them more

 

[sjt18]

CB: Slaughter-Williams
CB: Lally-Matthews
NB: McDonald-Turnage
S: Charles-Thomas
S: Walker-McCullough

That would be my guess right now…it’s going to be fun watching this play out in spring and fall camp

Slaughter needs to go back to Star or even S if possible. He's not a natural CB. He might be able to put in a lot of work and play into it.

There seem to be questions as to whether Williams can play CB in the SEC. He could turn out to be a return specialist only.

 

[BigorangeBoy]

The BYU 247 writer said he was their best secondary player, gave up less than 150 yards in catches all year. Was even more impressive considering BYU had pretty much the worst pass rush in CFB, and the secondary got no help from the front seven. Said BYU was shocked he left, they badly wanted him to stay.

 

[BondJamesBond]

I don't know how AP is coming up with that. He redshirted in 2019. How's he getting the extra redshirt?

Covid year in 2020?