‘23 LSU transfer OT Zalance Heard (Tennessee)

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I have been saying for a couple of years that when the Texas and Oklahoma oil money comes to the SEC that changes are going to happen. Not just to the mid level teams but to the top SEC teams too.

It is going to be interesting to see if big Tennessee corporations are interested in purchasing a roster or not. Some fans are getting tired of this game.
 
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white65 said:
If we don't get this guy or keep Mincy then I don't want to hear how great our NIL set up is! Seems like all we've done is take L's in recruiting the past month.
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Or perhaps some of that NIL money has gone to keep current players we’ve identified as crucial to next year’s success (ie Bru and Mays). As for taking L’s, just because we didn’t get some of the huge, flashy guys doesn’t mean we’ve been beaten at all points.
 
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PlanetVolunteer said:
Dayne Davis, Masai Reddick, Brian Grant, Sham Umarov and Bennett Warren. 5 tackles.

It's like...really none of them are good enough?
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Reddick and Umarov can be but they seem better suited for OG. Neither was good enough to keep Lane and Lampley off the field in 2023.
 
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volfan_28 said:
Coaches put players where they can help the team. If he were one of our best OL he would have been on the field.
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Yeah but you’re acting like they’re gonna switch him to guard mid season to help out at guard. Umarov didn’t play this year because we had 4 very experienced tackles in front of him. The fact that lane and lamprey played is irrelevant when it comes to umarov.
 
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Volfan39 said:
Yeah but you’re acting like they’re gonna switch him to guard mid season to help out at guard. Umarov didn’t play this year because we had 4 very experienced tackles in front of him. The fact that lane and lamprey played is irrelevant when it comes to umarov.
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It's also ridiculous to expect any true freshman o-linemen to start in the SEC I mean, that should be obvious...
 
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Volfan39 said:
Yeah but you’re acting like they’re gonna switch him to guard mid season to help out at guard. Umarov didn’t play this year because we had 4 very experienced tackles in front of him. The fact that lane and lamprey played is irrelevant when it comes to umarov.
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That’s not what I’m saying. He was never going to see the field at OT this year. It seems like if he was good at blocking people Elarbee would have started him out at OG where he had the best opportunity to help us. That’s what we did with Trey Smith and it’s what many people thought we’d do with Seaton if we’d of gotten him. Our weak link in 2023 was OG and until Mincey left it was looking like our weak link in 2024 as well. Elarbee felt like our best option was Lane. To me, that says Umarov and Reddick have a long way to go. Maybe I’m wrong.
 
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volfan_28 said:
That’s not what I’m saying. He was never going to see the field at OT this year. It seems like if he was good at blocking people Elarbee would have started him out at OG where he had the best opportunity to help us. That’s what we did with Trey Smith and it’s what many people thought we’d do with Seaton if we’d of gotten him. Our weak link in 2023 was OG and until Mincey left it was looking like our weak link in 2024 as well. Elarbee felt like our best option was Lane. To me, that says Umarov and Reddick have a long way to go. Maybe I’m wrong.
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Well maybe Trey smith started at guard because well I don’t know he was a guard in college. Played 95% of his games at guard. Using Seaton as an example really isn’t smart since you are only taking the word from people on this site saying he would have played guard. No one of importance said he was ever even considering playing guard his freshman season.
 
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Volfan39 said:
Well maybe Trey smith started at guard because well I don’t know he was a guard in college. Played 95% of his games at guard. Using Seaton as an example really isn’t smart since you are only taking the word from people on this site saying he would have played guard. No one of importance said he was ever even considering playing guard his freshman season.
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You’re just looking for a debate, apparently. Umarov can develop into an NFL talent, and probably will, but I’m not going to argue with someone who thinks Umarov or Reddick or Larry Johnson III is going to go from being outside of our two-deep (despite injuries) to being our starting RT in 9 months time during the portal era. I’m not going to change my mind about us being desperately thin at OT, but feel free to waste your virtual breath 🙂
 
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volfan_28 said:
That’s not what I’m saying. He was never going to see the field at OT this year. It seems like if he was good at blocking people Elarbee would have started him out at OG where he had the best opportunity to help us. That’s what we did with Trey Smith and it’s what many people thought we’d do with Seaton if we’d of gotten him. Our weak link in 2023 was OG and until Mincey left it was looking like our weak link in 2024 as well. Elarbee felt like our best option was Lane. To me, that says Umarov and Reddick have a long way to go. Maybe I’m wrong.
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Yeah you're definitely wrong.

Just because a redshirt freshman and a true freshman TACKLE wouldn't beat 6th, 5th and 4th year grown man scholarship GUARDS and the underclassmen GUARDS on the roster....doesn't mean they have a "long way to go"

O-line is largely a developmental position...there are next to zero Trey Smiths that walk this earth. Trey Smith is a generational talent at GUARD.

Let's also not act like Ollie Lane was the worst offensive linemen we've ever had. He wasn't out there screwing up all the time. He wasn't THAT bad.
 
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Jackcrevol said:
DL recruiting, OL recruiting, and CB recruiting. Granted theyve had hands tied with sanctions, has been just good.

Needs to be great.

Moving on.
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OL recruiting has been down right bad so far. Literally nothing to show for the high school classes they’ve brought in. I’ll give a “good” to everything else, with QB obviously being elite.
 
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Jaxon_Vol2017 said:
We just signed three 4 stars and two 3 stars. That's down right bad?
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We have had exactly zero contributeurs from the high school ranks. All flops and transfer outs including our highest rated OL from past classes, Addison Nichols. This class looks more promising, but yes until someone from the high school ranks actually contributes it’s down right bad.
 
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