'19 JUCO LB Lakia Henry (Former UT commit)

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Ron Swanson said:
He’s never been recruited at this level. Let him enjoy it. Our staff clearly has a great relationship with him, UT offers immediate playing time and Pruitt has already shown an ability to beat the other big dogs. Not worried.

Welcome, Lakia! GBO!!’
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Agreed.
 
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Ron Swanson said:
He’s never been recruited at this level. Let him enjoy it. Our staff clearly has a great relationship with him, UT offers immediate playing time and Pruitt has already shown an ability to beat the other big dogs. Not worried.

Welcome, Lakia! GBO!!’
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Yep. Just don’t take him for granted and show him love.
 
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Outofmyvolcanmind said:
Yep. Just don’t take him for granted and show him love.
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Seems High Maintenance

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We're now #15 on 247 but still only 8th in SEC (no other conference compares). Most importantly, in my mind, our average player ranking puts us at #8, which means we'll be passing a lot of the teams who are currently loaded up with 3 stars.
 
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volfan_28 said:
Yeah... I’m not even considering this a commitment. Hope we sign him, but he basically admitted that this was an emotional decision and he might flip
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No, he said it wasn't the facilities, but the relationship with the coaches. He wants to see if they still keep in touch with him now that he committed. Sounds grounded to me
 
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"Tennessee one of the schools that I had interest in growing up," Henry, a Georgia native said. "I had Tennessee stuff and watched the games. Once they offered me and I saw the campus myself then I knew. I could see myself playing for the coaches and I could fill myself playing there standing in the stadium."

"I knew as soon as I left," Henry said. "It all came back to standing in the stadium and thinking I can envision this. This is it for me. I told my mother and my brother and sister and they support me and they are excited."

"They like me inside," Henry said. "They like that I'm a sideline-to-sideline runner and they like my violence when I get to the ball. They like that I can defend the pass and the run and that I'm an all around good linebacker they were looking for."

"Last year I wore No. 18, but this year I'm going to wear No. 1," Henry said. "When I get to Tennessee I'm going to go with which ever number they give me from No. 1 through 13."
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-VQ
 
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“The kid is a guided missile in the middle, he arrives at the ball with a thump nearly every time and he has great closing speed. He needs to work on some false steps and some hesitancy in reading the play at times, but more often than not he dissects the play very well, knows which angle to take and which gap to clear and he's a sure and aggressive tackler. I also love the way he can get skinny in the hole despite being a big linebacker. He reminds me of a poor man's Reuben Foster a bit, not quite as explosive to the ball as Foster but big, covers a lot of ground and arrives quickly to the ball.”
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-Mike Farrell
 
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HOW WILL HENRY FIT IN WITH THE VOLS

As a freshman at Dodge City, Henry recorded 110 tackles, 13.5 TFLs, 1 interception and 2.5 sacks as a middle linebacker in the Conquistadors’ 4-3 scheme. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound thumper has the ability to play multiple spots in Pruitt’s hybrid 3-4 scheme, though, very similarly to incoming freshman JJ Peterson.

Henry is a violent tackler. He can play in space, while also rush the passer.

The top JUCO linebacker said he’s best-suited as an anchor in the middle of a 4-2-5 defense, but believes his skill-set will translate to however the Vols opt to utilize the Vidalia (Ga.) native.

Henry is the exact type of athlete Pruitt is looking for to turnaround Tennessee’s defense.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR TENNESSEE?

Chalk up another big win for Pruitt, Kevin Sherrer and the rest of the staff on the recruiting trail. Former JUCO head coach Joe Osovet was key in landing Henry, too, helping seal the deal during Henry’s visit to Knoxville.

Tennessee’s new staff has shown a tremendous ability to capitalize on relationships in a very short amount of time. It happened during the close of the 2018 class (JJ Peterson, Dominick Wood-Anderson, JT Shrout, etc.) and has continued thus far in 2019.

The Vols have now landed a trio of 4-star prospects this month (Henry, Wanya Morris and Ramel Keyton) and they don't look to be slowing down anytime soon with several targets closing in on summer decisions.

-Simonton
 
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CroKev said:
We're now #15 on 247 but still only 8th in SEC (no other conference compares). Most importantly, in my mind, our average player ranking puts us at #8, which means we'll be passing a lot of the teams who are currently loaded up with 3 stars.
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Yep. Only thing I look at is average star rating. We’re 11th there and only Georgia and Bama are better in SEC.
 
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I would imagine a lot more recruits than just Henry feel this same exact way, especially summer commits. He just happened to be honest about it instead of regurgitating the same responses that are expected and now everyone jimmies are rustled.
 
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Geaux_Vols said:
Read this and calm down. Loved UT since he was a kid. Clearly excited to be here. I know we’ve all got abandonment issues, but it miiiiiight just be true that commits stick a little harder than they did the past few years.
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Clearly CJP aint farting around. I’d say if we part ways it’s because we upgraded. This isnt Dooley or Jones sitting in the seat anymore. He wants a relationship, CJP is one of the best at that. Not worried. GBDO
 
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