'19 NC OT James Parsons (PWO)

[MikeTheVol]

Welcome young man! Let's put on some weight and strength and knock some people down.

According to HUDL:
Position: Tackle
Height / Weight: 6'7" / 294
40 yd dash: 5.3
Vertical: 21"
Bench: 265
185 Bench Reps: 10
Squat: 500

Lower body strength, not bad. Needs upper body strength.

 

[sonofUT62]

i watched for a minute and never showed him pass block

Could say the same thing about Richmond’s sophomore and junior film.

 

[SmokinBob]

WELCOME TO ROCKY TOP!

 

[grobin4300]

One EASY thing to tell is check their weight and their bench press and if they can't bench their weight then they need a REDSHIRT to get upper body strength.....so, most likely a redshirt project....

 

[Nocleats]

Doug Mathews says this is the new OC, 18 year old Parsons!
Makes CJPs comments bout overrated OC make much more sense now!

 

[Pepe]

Welcome young man! Let's put on some weight and strength and knock some people down.

According to HUDL:
Position: Tackle
Height / Weight: 6'7" / 294
40 yd dash: 5.3
Vertical: 21"
Bench: 265
185 Bench Reps: 10
Squat: 500

Lower body strength, not bad. Needs upper body strength.

You can kind of tell that he lacks upper body strength just by looking at his pic. that was also the case with Richmond when he first came in

 

[jwilliams]

Welcome young man! Let's put on some weight and strength and knock some people down.

According to HUDL:
Position: Tackle
Height / Weight: 6'7" / 294
40 yd dash: 5.3
Vertical: 21"
Bench: 265
185 Bench Reps: 10
Squat: 500

Lower body strength, not bad. Needs upper body strength.

Too slow. We need some burners at OT.

 

[skelleher20]

Big Boy...Looks a little slow but Welcome to Rocky Top.

 

[HalfullVol]

Speaking of PWO, would like to see what Jarious Abercrombie looks like next fall. Came in at 6’4 325

'insider info' says the big PWO kid from Hoover, Darius Fitch, will be his roommate. Should make for an interesting situation.

 

[cHiZzLeVOL]

I think it says something that we have signed two PWO offensive lineman who are legitimately able to possibly fill a starting spot if something tragic were to happen with our O-line. Building this depth at that position this fast is absolutely incredible IMO.

 

[84Volfan]

Welcome young man! Let's put on some weight and strength and knock some people down.

According to HUDL:
Position: Tackle
Height / Weight: 6'7" / 294
40 yd dash: 5.3
Vertical: 21"
Bench: 265
185 Bench Reps: 10
Squat: 500

Lower body strength, not bad. Needs upper body strength.

Yea 185 for 10 is terrible

 

[VolsFan-TX]

Yea 185 for 10 is terrible

Benching 265 when you weigh 294 isn’t so hot either.

 

[84Volfan]

Benching 265 when you weigh 294 isn’t so hot either.

Exactly, needs a ton of Fitz help for that upper body strength.

 

[doublej]

Project for sure. Needs some footwork/agility/body leverage work but would have been a scholarship take for lower tier programs. I'm sure he passed up offers to walk on so hope for nothing but the best for him.

 

[orangemadam]

I seem to recall back in the day that we had a couple walk on linemen that ended up getting All SEC honors. Can someone help with the names? This was way back around the time of the Munoz period.

 

[Rizzo924]

I seem to recall back in the day that we had a couple walk on linemen that ended up getting All SEC honors. Can someone help with the names? This was way back around the time of the Munoz period.

You sure you’re not thinking of the twins that played for Kiffin? I was thinking ab that OL class that came in with Munoz the other day. I might be mistaken but I remember it as being stacked with highly rated guys - that ended up not being that great. Maybe a Brandon _____, can’t remember who all, but it was same year a friends’ OL son in Knox wasn’t recruited by UT (ended up being all-ACC his senior year & played in NFL for ab 6 yrs). So stars are definitely not everything.

 

[TN_Transplant]

Raw. Takes good angles. Understands concepts well. Great on sealing the end to the inside.

Needs tons of work on his footwork. Needs to increase physicality at the point of attack. Slowww in space. Needs heavy emphasis on footwork with focus of increasing speed.

Give him 3 years with a really good coach and might turn into a good lineman. Fulmer, in his day, could have turned him into a serviceable backup.

 

[LibertyVol]

Benching 265 when you weigh 294 isn’t so hot either.

Strength you can work on. Speed is a little harder to develop. Young man looks a little slow. However, he obviously loves him some Tennessee.

 

[BristolVol]

Big Boy...Looks a little slow but Welcome to Rocky Top.

Strength you can work on. Speed is a little harder to develop. Young man looks a little slow. However, he obviously loves him some Tennessee.

I wouldn't consider 5.3 40 slow for offensive lineman. That's probably about average for all lineman at NFL combine. I think Orlando Brown Jr ran 5.85 and he's doing fine with Browns.

 

[JohnD13]

Maybe you guys can knock the guy a little more huh. Geez, all you freaking experts who never played the damn game going off on a PWO. pathetic is what you are...

 

[arkivol]

'insider info' says the big PWO kid from Hoover, Darius Fitch, will be his roommate. Should make for an interesting situation.

Might get a little crowded in there!??

 

[HalfullVol]

Abercrombie and Fitch

c'mon man

 

[LibertyVol]

I wouldn't consider 5.3 40 slow for offensive lineman. That's probably about average for all lineman at NFL combine. I think Orlando Brown Jr ran 5.85 and he's doing fine with Browns.

Then why would this guy not have offers?

 

[BristolVol]

Then why would this guy not have offers?

I would say has more to do with strength and footwork.

 

[1974Vol]

Then why would this guy not have offers?

I think BV means the kids not slow a foot but he's certainly no Orlando Brown. Back in the day I could BP 185 12 times and max one rep 285 and that was at 5'9" and 170 so there's why no offers.