In-State Recruiting (LONG)

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So I started keeping the NSD edition of the KNS sports section in 2007 and from time to time I like to take a look back. This retrospective concerns the News Sentinel's Top 20 Prospects In Tennessee for each of the last four year's...

2007
1. Chris Donald LB 6-2 220 Tennessee
2. Rae Sykes DE 6-4 245 Tennessee
3. Harrison Smith S/LB 6-2 205 Notre Dame
4. Chris Walker LB 6-4 220 Tennessee
5. Golden Tate Ath 5-11 180 Notre Dame
6. Alex Watkins DE 6-4 215 Alabama
7. Todd Campbell WR 6-1 185 Tennessee
8. Roderick Davis WR 6-0 190 Mississippi
9. Dennis Rogan TB/CB 5-10 182 Tennessee
10. Tyler Maples WR/DB 6-2 175 Tennessee
11. B.J. Coleman QB 6-4 220 Tennessee
12. John Stokes LB/DE 6-5 225 Vanderbilt
13. Anthony Anderson Ath 6-2 175 Tennessee
14. Kevin Cooper FB 6-1 240 Tennessee
15. Josh Hawkins Ath 6-1 190 Tennessee
16. Kyrus Lanxter WR 6-4 185 Kentucky
17. Wade Bonner CB 5-10 185 Mississippi State
18. Mark Fisher DL 6-4 275 MTSU
19. Aaron Crawford RB 5-11 200 Texas Tech
20. Michael Hoag OL 6-6 290 Wake Forest

2008
1. Aaron Douglas TE/DE 6-6 245 Tennessee
2. Rod Wilks WR 6-1 210 Tennessee
3. Barrett Jones OL 6-5 270 Alabama
4. Don'ta Hightower DE/LB 6-3 245 Alabama
5. Chris Jordan Ath 6-2 200 Alabama
6. Preston Bailey OL 6-5 315 Tennessee
7. Curt Phillips QB 6-3 215 Wisconsin
8. Alex Hurst OL 6-6 312 LSU
9. Randall Cobb QB/Ath 5-11 185 Kentucky
10. David Spurlock OL 6-5 290 Florida State
11. DeAndre Jones LB 6-0 225 Vanderbilt
12. Ben Bartholomew FB 6-3 225 Tennessee
13. Ricky Holloway LB 6-2 220 Memphis
14. Michael McAdoo DE 6-7 220 North Carolina
15. Tenarius Wright LB 6-2 220 Arkansas
16. Antonio Harper LB 6-4 220 Miami
17. Galvin Hardin LB 6-5 225 Miami
18. Deaunte Mason Ath 6-5 215 Kentucky
19. Marcus Rucker WR 6-3 175 Memphis
20. DeMario Williams WR 6-3 185 MTSU

2009
1. Marlon Brown WR 6-5 205 Georgia
2. Austin Long OL 6-5 270 Georgia
3. Alex Bullard OL 6-4 275 Notre Dame
4. Marsalis Teague Ath 5-10 175 Tennessee
5. Eric Gordon CB 5-9 189 Tennessee
6. Dominique Allen RB 5-11 235 LSU
7. Gabriel Hunter RB 5-11 185 Mississippi
8. Thad McHaney TE 6-6 240 Vanderbilt
9. Will Jackson OL 6-4 280 Georgia Tech
10. Greg King LB 6-3 200 Tennessee
11. Zach Rogers WR 6-2 175 Tennessee
12. Gene Robinson CB 5-10 175 North Carolina
13. Daniel Hood OL 6-5 260 Tennessee
14. Kevin Revis C 6-3 265 Tennessee
15. DeMarcus Knight LB 6-2 230 Mississippi
16. Wesley Johnson OL 6-5 240 Vanderbilt
17. Romario Cathey DT 6-3 275 Texas Tech
18. Jay Fullam S 6-1 190 Vanderbilt
19. Will Gilchrist QB 6-1 190 Memphis
20. Derrick Webb LB 6-0 215 Colorado

2010
1. Jacques Smith DE 6-3 235 Tennessee
2. Justin Maclin LB/DE 6-4 225 LSU
3. Barry Brunetti QB 6-0 200 West Virginia
4. Keiwone Malone WR 6-1 165 Alabama
5. James Stone OL 6-5 300 Tennessee
6. Harrison Jones TE 6-4 230 Alabama
7. Jonathan Brown LB 6-1 225 Illinois
8. Ferlando Bohanna LB 6-0 235 Mississippi State
9. O.C. Brown OL 6-2 310 Southern Miss
10. Jared Duke OL 6-6 325 Mississippi
11. Tyler Robinson TE/C/DL 6-4 255 Kentucky
12. Tim McAdoo DT 6-2 310 Kentucky
13. Fred Harvey LB 5-11 230 Memphis
14. Avery Williamson LB 6-2 220 Kentucky
15. Zak Tait OL 6-4 295 ?
16. Cameron Clemmons OL 6-7 260 Western Kentucky
17. Keith McBride RB 6-0 205 Navy
18. Dezmond Johnson DE 6-5 215 Duke
19. Cortez Bowen LB 6-3 220 Southern Miss
20. Orleans Darkwa RB 5-11 200 Tulane

My thoughts...
In-State LBs are a crapshoot. We missed on the best two this past decade, imo. (Willis & Hightower)

I bet Dooley would have recruited Justin Maclin harder.

We could almost take care of our O-Line by signing mostly in-state guys (our best teams have almost always had multiple in-state O-Linemen)

Who would you like to have that we missed on?

What if?...
 
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tnfalcon said:
So I started keeping the NSD edition of the KNS sports section in 2007 and from time to time I like to take a look back. This retrospective concerns the News Sentinel's Top 20 Prospects In Tennessee for each of the last four year's...

2007
1. Chris Donald LB 6-2 220 Tennessee
2. Rae Sykes DE 6-4 245 Tennessee
3. Harrison Smith S/LB 6-2 205 Notre Dame
4. Chris Walker LB 6-4 220 Tennessee
5. Golden Tate Ath 5-11 180 Notre Dame
6. Alex Watkins DE 6-4 215 Alabama
7. Todd Campbell WR 6-1 185 Tennessee
8. Roderick Davis WR 6-0 190 Mississippi
9. Dennis Rogan TB/CB 5-10 182 Tennessee
10. Tyler Maples WR/DB 6-2 175 Tennessee
11. B.J. Coleman QB 6-4 220 Tennessee
12. John Stokes LB/DE 6-5 225 Vanderbilt
13. Anthony Anderson Ath 6-2 175 Tennessee
14. Kevin Cooper FB 6-1 240 Tennessee
15. Josh Hawkins Ath 6-1 190 Tennessee
16. Kyrus Lanxter WR 6-4 185 Kentucky
17. Wade Bonner CB 5-10 185 Mississippi State
18. Mark Fisher DL 6-4 275 MTSU
19. Aaron Crawford RB 5-11 200 Texas Tech
20. Michael Hoag OL 6-6 290 Wake Forest

2008
1. Aaron Douglas TE/DE 6-6 245 Tennessee
2. Rod Wilks WR 6-1 210 Tennessee
3. Barrett Jones OL 6-5 270 Alabama
4. Don'ta Hightower DE/LB 6-3 245 Alabama
5. Chris Jordan Ath 6-2 200 Alabama
6. Preston Bailey OL 6-5 315 Tennessee
7. Curt Phillips QB 6-3 215 Wisconsin
8. Alex Hurst OL 6-6 312 LSU
9. Randall Cobb QB/Ath 5-11 185 Kentucky
10. David Spurlock OL 6-5 290 Florida State
11. DeAndre Jones LB 6-0 225 Vanderbilt
12. Ben Bartholomew FB 6-3 225 Tennessee
13. Ricky Holloway LB 6-2 220 Memphis
14. Michael McAdoo DE 6-7 220 North Carolina
15. Tenarius Wright LB 6-2 220 Arkansas
16. Antonio Harper LB 6-4 220 Miami
17. Galvin Hardin LB 6-5 225 Miami
18. Deaunte Mason Ath 6-5 215 Kentucky
19. Marcus Rucker WR 6-3 175 Memphis
20. DeMario Williams WR 6-3 185 MTSU

2009
1. Marlon Brown WR 6-5 205 Georgia
2. Austin Long OL 6-5 270 Georgia
3. Alex Bullard OL 6-4 275 Notre Dame
4. Marsalis Teague Ath 5-10 175 Tennessee
5. Eric Gordon CB 5-9 189 Tennessee
6. Dominique Allen RB 5-11 235 LSU
7. Gabriel Hunter RB 5-11 185 Mississippi
8. Thad McHaney TE 6-6 240 Vanderbilt
9. Will Jackson OL 6-4 280 Georgia Tech
10. Greg King LB 6-3 200 Tennessee
11. Zach Rogers WR 6-2 175 Tennessee
12. Gene Robinson CB 5-10 175 North Carolina
13. Daniel Hood OL 6-5 260 Tennessee
14. Kevin Revis C 6-3 265 Tennessee
15. DeMarcus Knight LB 6-2 230 Mississippi
16. Wesley Johnson OL 6-5 240 Vanderbilt
17. Romario Cathey DT 6-3 275 Texas Tech
18. Jay Fullam S 6-1 190 Vanderbilt
19. Will Gilchrist QB 6-1 190 Memphis
20. Derrick Webb LB 6-0 215 Colorado

2011
1. Jacques Smith DE 6-3 235 Tennessee
2. Justin Maclin LB/DE 6-4 225 LSU
3. Barry Brunetti QB 6-0 200 West Virginia
4. Keiwone Malone WR 6-1 165 Alabama
5. James Stone OL 6-5 300 Tennessee
6. Harrison Jones TE 6-4 230 Alabama
7. Jonathan Brown LB 6-1 225 Illinois
8. Ferlando Bohanna LB 6-0 235 Mississippi State
9. O.C. Brown OL 6-2 310 Southern Miss
10. Jared Duke OL 6-6 325 Mississippi
11. Tyler Robinson TE/C/DL 6-4 255 Kentucky
12. Tim McAdoo DT 6-2 310 Kentucky
13. Fred Harvey LB 5-11 230 Memphis
14. Avery Williamson LB 6-2 220 Kentucky
15. Zak Tait OL 6-4 295 ?
16. Cameron Clemmons OL 6-7 260 Western Kentucky
17. Keith McBride RB 6-0 205 Navy
18. Dezmond Johnson DE 6-5 215 Duke
19. Cortez Bowen LB 6-3 220 Southern Miss
20. Orleans Darkwa RB 5-11 200 Tulane

My thoughts...
In-State LBs are a crapshoot. We missed on the best two this past decade, imo. (Willis & Hightower)

I bet Dooley would have recruited Justin Maclin harder.

We could almost take care of our O-Line by signing mostly in-state guys (our best teams have almost always had multiple in-state O-Linemen)

Who would you like to have that we missed on?

What if?...
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Last one should be 2010 not 2011
 
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I think it is amazing how some of those players were rated ahead of others by KNS. (Rod being ahead of Hightower, Barrett Jones, and Cobb is just crazy)
 
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Vols033 said:
I think it is amazing how some of those players were rated ahead of others by KNS. (Rod being ahead of Hightower, Barrett Jones, and Cobb is just crazy)
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I would say that is a testament to the talent evaluation capabilities of the News Sentinel. That's why they are reporters and not freaking scouts.
 
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tnfalcon said:
I bet Dooley would have recruited Justin Maclin harder.
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Kiffin and crew went after Maclin pretty hard. I am pretty sure that Maclin himself stated several times that TN came at him the hardest. He just had little to no interest in TN.

He has got on the field a little bit this year as a true freshman at LSU, so that speaks to his talent level.
 
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#12
Would've liked to see us have some of the guys of need about now:

LB: Hightower & Maclin
OL: could handle Duke & Jackson, knowing we had no shot at Long or Bullard
CB: wanted Gene Robinson badly in '09
 
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#14
Great research...thanks for the work. However, most of these names aren't relevant to college football; an indictment of the overall poor quality of TN h.s. football.
 
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looks like we swapped marlon brown for d. rogers, albeit in alternate years... who came out better? us or Georgia?
 
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Wow, in 2007 we signed 10 out of 20, 2008 4 out of 20, 2009 6 out of 20 and last year we sign 2 out of 20. You can see the decline of interest in our program. Most of the recruits went on to play at some of the better programs. Would have been interesting, if we could have gotten most of the recruits, what kind of team we would have had. These numbers tell alot about the program.
 
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Jordo26 said:
wow we shoulda got Hightower, and why hasnt Rae Sykes Pannned out
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I think its his size more then anything. He moved to DT this year with all the depth problems from injury. Rae just isnt really THAT big of a guy. Most DTs are in their 300s. Rae is listed at 270 which I doubt if he's really even that big. If he would have had 4 solid years here at UT and stayed at DE I think it would have helped him a lot more.
 
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#19
this year there will be at least 60+ kids sign to play with D-1 schools...


I am not saying that all those kids can play for Tennessee......but I know that some schools will get alot of players some consider sleepers..but will make major contributions to their universities....
 
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Not getting Hightower hurts the most. Could careless about Marlon Brown. Agree that we can build our o-line mostly from instate guys... then supplement with the J James and Cosey Colemans from south of the border.
 
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#21
Shocked nobody mentioned more about wanting Golden. I'd have taken him, Cobb, Hightower, Jones, and Maclin.

Also would have gladly taken Spurlock & Hurst. Spurlock IIRC has been a starter at FSU for 2 or 3 years now and Hurst starts for LSU. Those two would help out our major problem this year OL. Add those two with Jones with Stone & JuWaun James and we could have a stud line right now.

What if....
 
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