Mike Farrell: The early read on Trey Smith .....

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Sounds like Ferrell is guessing at Trey's height. It's not the first time Farrell has sort of talked out of his @$$, touting his guesses, assumptions, opinions as though they're superior. Probably won't be the last.
 
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KBVol said:
3. The early read on Trey Smith


Trey Smith
One of the most controversial prospects this recruiting year is Tennessee offensive line commitment Trey Smith.

The reason? One recruiting site made him the No. 1 player in the country and the others, except for Rivals, followed suit by making him a high five-star. I’ve explained in this column our wait-and-see approach on Smith before but now that I have seen him in action in person I can expand a bit.

He’s a great-looking kid. He has zero bad weight, he is physically intimidating and he plays very aggressively. Everyone who knows me knows I like a mean streak in an offensive lineman and Smith has that. Despite the lack of competition he faces during the football season, he didn’t look out of place here on day one and more than held his own in one-on-ones. So all that’s great right? Right. But there are still some issues.

Smith appears to be closer to 6-foot-4 than the 6-foot-6 many have listed him at and he doesn’t have exceptionally long arms. He started off as a guard in practice and, compared to other offensive tackles in this class, he almost looks small (see Wilson, Isaiah or Leatherwood, Alex). So at 6-foot-4 and 300 pounds or so, he’s likely to be an interior lineman at the next level with his highest upside being a right tackle, unless he’s the second coming of former Alabama star Andre Smith who was a shade under 6-foot-4 and became an All American and first round NFL draft pick as a tackle.

So the question is – are we seeing Andre Smith Part II and should have him ranked in the nation top 2 (Smith was No. 2 in 2006 behind Percy Harvin) or are we looking at a very good guard prospect who should be in the 25-100 range (he is currently No. 97 in the country)? Smith won all three of his one-on-one reps Wednesday with excellent technique and footwork, but it was against two very undersized players in Tyree Johnson and Kwity Paye. We will see what happens when he gets tested a bit more this week in practice and the game. And in team play, he was solid but did miss some assignments.

The bottom line, at least for someone like myself who has been doing this for a long, long time and has seen a ton of offensive lineman, is that I didn’t see Andre Smith today but there were many things that impressed me.
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Anyone who's seen Smith next to other current UT olinemen know how ridiculous this "evaluation" is.
 
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What I learned from this thread.

Nick Saban is a midget football wizard.
We gon whip dey ass next year with JG and TS
 
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bignewt said:
Rivals will not bump Smith to a 5 star out of spite because of ESPNs ranking.
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Rivals is doing everything they can to become Scout...

They have lost their monopoly within the industry due to arrogance and the emergence of 247sports.
 
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Skullbone said:
No, I'm pretty sure he means Anthony, Michael's NFL Hall of Fame father.
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I'm pretty sure he means MICHAEL Munoz was already the second coming of Anthony Munoz at Tennessee...being his son and all. :)
 
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Farrell speaks the truth even though some of us probably dont want to accept it. Besides a couple camps Smith is completely untested. Yes he looks good from a physical standpoint and his film he shows a definite mean streak. If he's a true 5 star prospect, he will make his case against the best of the best this week. If he's truly the #1 player in the nation as ESPN suggests then his play should reflect that and he should get him bump to a 5 star by Rivals...
 
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Volunteer_Kirby said:
Farrell speaks the truth even though some of us probably dont want to accept it. Besides a couple camps Smith is completely untested. Yes he looks good from a physical standpoint and his film he shows a definite mean streak. If he's a true 5 star prospect, he will make his case against the best of the best this week. If he's truly the #1 player in the nation as ESPN suggests then his play should reflect that and he should get him bump to a 5 star by Rivals...
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Ummm, yeah that's exactly what he has done so far at practice. Thus the conversation. Dominating elite competition at every practice so far.
 
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Mike Farrell's early read on Trey Smith if he was an Alabama commit:

"OMG.....I wanna blow him!!"

- Mike Farrell
 
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So Mike says this guy is undersized but dominating smaller DLinemen? So you mean he's doing what most tackles do and dominating DEs who are 250-280lbs? Yeah sounds like he's a terrible guard and a hell of a tackle.

Also if Smith is closer to 6'4 does that mean he's still taller than 6'4? In the pic of him standing next to Urban Meyer he's at least 3-4 inches taller than him and I'm fairly certain Urb is around 6'2. So Smith is probably around 6'5 instead of 6'6 or as Mike says "undersized" just like a large portion of NFL tackles.

Smith might be a bust but this write up is a joke and doesn't actually go on to justify having Smith 100 spots lower than most services. But yeah sure thing Mike you're right buddy.
 
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