'25 Portal Thread

[TrippieRedd]

Or Kennesaw State, where Jerry Mack just became the Head Coach.

Ohhhh duh. Good call.

 

[Carp]

We are in a situation now that is absolutely not even remotely close to what we had going into 2021. Night and day. Apples and oranges.

Bishop, Lewis, and Seldon (if he remains) EACH have exponentially more experience than the entire returning RB in 2021 COMBINED.

It's not the same. At all.

None of our returning RBs have much experience. It's simply a fact.

 

[vol9799]

Bishop in SEC: 45 carries for 211 yards. 4.68 avg.

Lewis in SEC: 30 carries for 98 yards. 3.26 avg


Why we need a RB. I’m done arguing over it and posting about it.

Love all yuns.

Edit: best of luck to Keith. He would kill it at a GT or WKU type team.

I hear you on Lewis, but in fairness to Bishop, his injury changed those numbers significantly. His numbers were on track to be very strong for a redshirt freshman.

I've got no issues taking a portal back and spreading the carries, but only looking at Bishop's numbers isn't totally reflective of his performance.

 

[Vols410]

Bishop in SEC: 45 carries for 211 yards. 4.68 avg.

Lewis in SEC: 30 carries for 98 yards. 3.26 avg


Why we need a RB. I’m done arguing over it and posting about it.

Love all yuns.

Edit: best of luck to Keith. He would kill it at a GT or WKU type team.

Tough competition though. I think Bishop's been really good and Lewis has improved as the season went on. I have both around where Wright / Sampson were at the same point in their careers.

 

[NighthawkVol]

None of our returning RBs have much experience. It's simply a fact.

That's fair to say, given that "much" is a relative term. But the conversation was about comparing what's returning in 2025 to what was returning in 2021.

These 2025 returning RBs have MUCH more experience than what was returning in 2021. Again...that team returned ONE RB with a single college rushing attempt...Jabari Small, who had 117 yards in garbage time. That was the entirety of the returning RB production in 2021. That's it.

Bishop and Lewis have both had meaningful carries against NC State, Oklahoma, Florida, Alabama, Vanderbilt, etc., when the game was in doubt. Seldon also has more experience than Small had going into 2021.

No comparison.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Tough competition though. I think Bishop's been really good and Lewis has improved as the season went on. I have both around where Wright / Sampson were at the same point in their careers.

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@vol9799 and you are right. I’m a little too hard on Bishop and not being entirely fair to him.

Let me rephrase and go back to my original stance…we need someone to compliment him** imo

And at the end of the day, if we do get someone and Lewis ends up being better, that’s fine! I just figured an older body would help that room out a lot. That’s all.

 

[Vols410]

@vol9799 and you are right. I’m a little too hard on Bishop and not being entirely fair to him.

Let me rephrase and go back to my original stance…we need someone to compliment him** imo

And at the end of the day, if we do get someone and Lewis ends up being better, that’s fine! I just figured an older body would help that room out a lot. That’s all.

Totally fair. I'm not too interested in spending money on RBs for the most part. Spend it on some quality OL and a couple of Bishop / Lewis / others will put up similar numbers in this system.

 

[LittleVol]

I’m going to go ahead and say it - how to you know the first thing about what the people around Seldon say to him?

All I know is Lewis and Bishop fought like hell to come back from injury to help Sampson carry the load…

That’s what’s matter to me.
I don’t care what you think or @Go Fight Win thinks about this.

He’s at Tennessee for himself imo.

 

[LittleVol]

Bishop in SEC: 45 carries for 211 yards. 4.68 avg.

Lewis in SEC: 30 carries for 98 yards. 3.26 avg


Why we need a RB. I’m done arguing over it and posting about it.

Love all yuns.

Edit: best of luck to Keith. He would kill it at a GT or WKU type team.

Yes but a lot of those carries were short yardage and 3rd conversion runs Trippie.

They were crucial hard runs

 

[Carp]

That's fair to say, given that "much" is a relative term. But the conversation was about comparing what's returning in 2025 to what was returning in 2021.

These 2025 returning RBs have MUCH more experience than what was returning in 2021. Again...that team returned ONE RB with a single college rushing attempt...Jabari Small, who had 117 yards in garbage time. That was the entirety of the returning RB production in 2021. That's it.

Bishop and Lewis have both had meaningful carries against NC State, Oklahoma, Florida, Alabama, Vanderbilt, etc., when the game was in doubt. Seldon also has more experience than Small had going into 2021.

No comparison.

The point is more that we had a roster full of Freshman and Sophmores with very little experience and no clear starter at RB.

 

[TrippieRedd]

Yes but a lot of those carries were short yardage and 3rd conversion runs Trippie.

They were crucial hard runs

…. I guess?? Depends on what you call short yardage


I have more screenshots as well.

 

[Vols410]

I'll share one more of these for now and stop cluttering the thread lol. Here's a breakdown of our returning players on offense. Assuming Sampson / Thornton are gone after this year.

Disclaimer: I use recruiting grades to help estimate / predict a player's production (this gets phased out over time as they play), but that still only gets you so far with the players that have seen minimal / zero playing time, so take what you see on the OL with a grain of salt.





I feel totally fine at the skill positions. We'll see a lot of growth there I'm sure. The OL scares the crap out of me. Heard / Johnson have played but they've been inconsistent at best. Maybe the young guns will be alright but there's no way to know for sure.

 

[jasonvol18]

Bishop in SEC: 45 carries for 211 yards. 4.68 avg.

Lewis in SEC: 30 carries for 98 yards. 3.26 avg


Why we need a RB. I’m done arguing over it and posting about it.

Love all yuns.

Edit: best of luck to Keith. He would kill it at a GT or WKU type team.

We didn't need one last year, but clearly kicked the tires with the Oregon St transfer. He just wanted way too much money. I can see us atleast kicking the tires on a RB, especially if Sampson declared. JMO

 

[MarcoVol]

Bishop in SEC: 45 carries for 211 yards. 4.68 avg.

Lewis in SEC: 30 carries for 98 yards. 3.26 avg


Why we need a RB. I’m done arguing over it and posting about it.

Love all yuns.

Edit: best of luck to Keith. He would kill it at a GT or WKU type team.

What if…..what if they got better after another year

 

[WilliamDuVOL]

Is there ANY chance for Shady?

Slim

 

[Adam Sandler]

~me rn watching trippie and gfw cat fight~

Daytime Television

Tune in tonight for the real show

 

[rockytop25]

Yes but a lot of those carries were short yardage and 3rd conversion runs Trippie.

They were crucial hard runs

You have absolutely no idea the severity of the injury he was/is dealing with. Just because Sampson/Bishop come back doesn't mean that Seldon is trying to protect himself.

 

[Adam Sandler]

I’m going to go ahead and say it…

I’m not sure Seldon has the right people around him in his life .
I think they’ve blown up his head about making the NFL, and to “protect” his body.

So he’s always careful. Too careful. Even his super low output in HS was to lessen his wear and tear. It’s been 4 years now we’ve all known this kid and hes had some kind of injury this whole time.

Seldon might RS but he still won’t be carrying the practice reps through spring and fall. He absolutely will not, and he’ll get further down the depth chart because the coaches won’t worry about him anymore being depended on.

He’s been here two years, man…. Two YEARS!
Wright didn’t even play his Sr year of HS. That dude came in slim at 195 lbs and had 1,000 yards after his first two years…

Lewis is contributing after his shoulder.
Bishop is back after hurting his ankle.
Keith is fine but not good enough get over those guys. Seldon?? 6’2 220 lbs and ripped! Runs a 4.3 fowty!! “You going to the league cuz!”
Yeah . I bet that’s what his circle is telling him. Undermining his own development.

Say less

 

[Adam Sandler]

…. I guess?? Depends on what you call short yardage


I have more screenshots as well.

Lewis numbers aren’t that great because all we do is run him up the gut. Next year he’ll get much more diversified usage.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Totally fair. I'm not too interested in spending money on RBs for the most part. Spend it on some quality OL and a couple of Bishop / Lewis / others will put up similar numbers in this system.

This is my mindset as well, I like our RB room and like the coach there.

We've done well with seeing our HS talent develop and produce. Small, Wright, Sampson... I think Lewis & Bishop both could become the next workhorse. They may not surpass Dylan's season, but if they can reach what Wright and Small were doing the offense will do well.

Better OL will have a bigger impact on seeing our running game improve imo.

 

[Adam Sandler]

Yall sleeping on Seldon, making up stories, speculating about transfer simply because you haven’t seen what was hyped coming out of high school. Dude had to learn the rb position and sit behind Jaylen wright (nfl draft pick), Jabari smalls (5 year contributor), and Dylan Sampson (record breaking rb).

I’m convinced had he not missed time in spring/summer/fall camp he would have been our number 2 this season. I expect him to lead the backfield next year with bishop and Lewis splitting 2nd string carries. He’s a stud and he’s going to be healthy and prove it next year.

Tell em, @Plove23. These fools trippin.

 

[SoullessGinger32_]

Seldon is just fine. Yall need to shut your trash mouth. Name one season under Heup where we struggled to run the ball. We've rushed over 8 thousand yards since he arrived. Enough said

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

 

[NighthawkVol]

Wow.

Venables really screwed the pooch on this one. Never should've benched him. Not only did he screw up the kid's development and psyche, he lost his trust.

I bet someone will turn him into a good QB.

 

[SGMVols]

Wow.

Venables really screwed the pooch on this one. Never should've benched him. Not only did he screw up the kid's development and psyche, he lost his trust.

I bet someone will turn him into a good QB.

They would’ve won another game or two had they just stuck with Arnold. Venables overreacted to him having a bad night against our vaunted D

We’d probably be hosting a playoff game instead of traveling too, because we’d have another ranked win.