How good is James Pearce Jr?

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#57
Forgive me but see below an extract from my last Tuesday Pre Season awards

BEST NEWCOMER - DEFENSE: ARION CARTER

2022 – Christian Charles

Arion Carter, get used to this name because he IS the newcomer I am most excited about. Tennessee have recently been rotating four Linebackers and Carter has only Beasley, Pili and Elijah Herring in front of him so there are tons of playing time available for him to shine and this he will, trust me. Could this be the next Micah Parsons or Harold Perkins? It going to be fun finding out.

Honourable Mentions: James Pearce and Jordan Matthews

2022 - Tyre West and Kaleb Webb


James Pearce was a very late arrival in 2022 and this probably slowed him down during his rookie season, but I think 2023 is when we will see a classic Sophomore Surge. The Rushing department of the Defensive Line just gets more and more loaded every year but I still believe Pearce will make his mark this season. As mentioned, Cornerback has been our weakest department for a few years now and other than Slaughter, there is a great opportunity for somebody to claim the other Corner spot and both Rickey Gibson and Matthews are well capable of doing that and if one of them does, then 2023 just got even better.
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Regarding the undersized part, it reminds of the philosophy that Fulmer/Chavis used to have on defensive recruiting for speed/athleticism throughout...

Recruit cornerbacks to play saftety
Recruit safties/RB's to play linebacker
Recruit linebackers to play defensive end
Recruit defensive ends to play defensive tackle (or tight end)
Recruit defensive tackles to play offensive line
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We did it some.... mostly RBs to LBs ....more often than not guys were recruited to play their positions. Our best players anyway
 
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#59
We shall see. While VA is a P5 team, is their OL very good? They could be. I do think he is very good but until we see him against some better competition it’s too hard to say how good he actually is. Hopefully he is Derek Barnett good 😁
 
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volfan_28 said:
This is the first time I can recall in the message board era that a player I don’t know anything about has stepped onto the field and looked like an All-SEC caliber athlete. Some of you are probably like “how the heck have you not heard about this dude?” but I don’t follow recruiting like I used too and I wasn’t active on here during the offseason. I literally don’t know anything about him other than what I learned yesterday - and that is that he is a baller! He’s more than just a fast guy off the edge. I loved the sack he got with the inside move. When you have a guy that fast off the edge who can also beat you inside, you have a menace on your hands. Was he highly recruited or are some of you as surprised as me?
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Yes he was highly recruited but seems I remember him as a 3 star who actually late in the recruiting game jumped to 5 star status. He got in a couple of games last year but didn't have many opportunities.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
We shall see. While VA is a P5 team, is their OL very good? They could be. I do think he is very good but until we see him against some better competition it’s too hard to say how good he actually is. Hopefully he is Derek Barnett good 😁
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Glad you mentioned Derek Barnett. Everybody seems to forget him. It wasn’t that long ago and he was dominant. He had a nasty streak.
 
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#74
Can we rename the cheetah package to something more fitting? Smokie package? Dogs gotta hunt.
 
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