'25 Portal Thread

[RikidyBones]

You mean the kid that could have come here last year but spurned us for bama?

FSU wr

 

[cascade11]

Malik Benson will visit Tennessee this week

yuck

 

[BigALWiLson]

Meh

 

[vols4lfe]

FSU wr

Bama WR first. Was previously recruited by Pope. Still, hard to get excited about this one.

 

[AngryButchJones]

Lol everyone freaking out over MM and the state of the WR room, then get news about the former No. 1 JUCO player who actually put up as good or better numbers in 2024 than any of UT's returning WRs despite having horrendous QB play at FSU and all the reactions are "eh" or "yuck."

Y'all make me laugh. No I don't think he's amazing based off his college career, but he would be a solid addition IMO.

 

[IMissTheMidRangeGame]

Yeah the Martinez crap is overblown. We have improved and have good guys coming back.

Our pass defense has significantly improved. We went from the number 64 at passing yards per game (221.4) in 2023 to number 30 this season (189.3). We were number 127 in 2022 with 289.5 years per game 1 yard less than Vandy…

 

[Blake25p]

Malik Benson will visit Tennessee this week

Yuck

 

[Adam Sandler]

You mean the kid that could have come here last year but spurned us for bama?

Pretty sure that was two years ago. Played this season at fsu I think.

 

[JacketVol]

But I was torched for saying this yesterday

Just like AP. . It was 50/50. Glad you are so happy to be right poster child for the Idiot Margin

 

[LotteryPick]

To be fair, FSU didn’t have many air yards to go around. IIRC, Benson is like a 10.5 guy in the 100m.

 

[Type Orange+]

Bama WR first. Was previously recruited by Pope. Still, hard to get excited about this one.

The kid originally was a JUCO, is that correct?

 

[Mountvol]

Whats the purpose of deleting it? If hes in, keep the tweet up

Name isn’t appearing in the portal yet. Doubt anyone is in the office working today except coaches.

 

[Weezer]

Maybe it's just the New Year blahs, but feeling like next season will be a step back. Especially at WR. Losing Matthews will be a blow. Coaches obviously wanted to keep him.

 

[rockytop25]

Yuck

This won’t be the only WR move we make

 

[RandomUTfan]

If you were ever the least bit excited about Malik Benson coming out of JUCO, then why aren't you now? Forget his production—irrelevant as a predictor of future success. No one succeeded at FSU. I think it's dumb to hold against someone they played in a bad program. They were smart enough to get out of it.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Malik Benson will visit Tennessee this week

Nothing to get excited about

 

[mr.checkerboards]

If Matthews leave, there's gotta be more to it than the Nico stuff.

Pope has to go.

 

[Jackcrevol]

@dascoop @KingVFL

Ill gift you $1000 Shrute bucks for an update.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Lol everyone freaking out over MM and the state of the WR room, then get news about the former No. 1 JUCO player who actually put up as good or better numbers in 2024 than any of UT's returning WRs despite having horrendous QB play at FSU and all the reactions are "eh" or "yuck."

Y'all make me laugh. No I don't think he's amazing based off his college career, but he would be a solid addition IMO.

If he can catch a ball, he would be an improvement over most of the WRs that have left so far.

 

[Christian Lowe]

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@dascoop @KingVFL

Ill gift you $1000 Shrute bucks for an update.

Or 3 beets

 

[T2P_Priceless]

Malik Benson will visit Tennessee this week

Eh

 

[TrippieRedd]

Malik Benson will visit Tennessee this week

lol trash

can’t wait to beat the breaks off ETSU with this kid.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Or 3 beets

beets...

 

[LotteryPick]

If you were ever the least bit excited about Malik Benson coming out of JUCO, then why aren't you now? Forget his production—irrelevant as a predictor of future success. No one succeeded at FSU. I think it's dumb to hold against someone they played in a bad program. They were smart enough to get out of it.

His Hutchinson highlights were pretty electric.

He had a lot of camp hype at FSU but obviously didn’t have anyone to get the ball to him. I don’t mind this one at all.

 

[Type Orange+]

I don't recall much about Malik Benson as I didn't follow his recruitment.
Was his reason for leaving Alabama because of lack of playing time?