'25 Portal Thread

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#10,581
marcusluvsvols said:
Last season alone we grabbed:

Freshman AA. McCoy. Now all SEC and 3rd team AA.

Freshman AA Brazzell. Started all season, expected to make a big leap this year.

1st/2nd rd draft pick Omar N. Lott. All SEC type season, 2 sacks vs Bama

5* OTackle Heard. Improved all year, will likely start 2 more years at Left Tackle

TE Kitselman. Best TE, best hands on the team. Has NFL future. Starts in 25.

LB Pili. Got hurt but was our best LB.

Safety Jacobe Thomas. Was hurt, expected to contribute next season

In the past have landed WRs Tillman, Bru, Thornton etc. This staff has done a great job in the portal at plugging holes in our roster and landing impact players. Kitselman and ONL are examples of great scouting too. Coach Hype does great in the portal...just not early in portal season. Last class was all signed in mid to late January IIRC
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Last year was good pull. Starters with room to grow.
 
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EJVOL4LIFE said:
Surprise, Surprise!! If they are halfway decent it's either Georgia, Ohio State, or Oregon!! No tampering involved at all!!
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It’s frustrating to see the rich get richer and not have an issue with “numbers.” Their coaches make the “numbers” work to attract new talent.

I’d like to see the number of four and five star players on the “two player depth charts”
for Ohio State, GA, and Oregon.
 
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KingVFL said:
I don’t know where I said that but saying we would go for a starter quality guard (I was implying Pregnon) and me saying I think we need a guard are different and not inconsistent with each other.
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Situations change. Keep doing what you do, and bringing the info - it’s appreciated.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
And I can answer.

Because I appreciate posters who bring good information at no charge and hate to see them leave after other posters attack their credibility, as I’ve seen happen before.

Further, I hate sifting through these types of posts that serve no purpose other than personal attacks.

I won’t re-ask. You don’t want to answer and that’s fine. Maybe you’re just having a day.
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He’s being a butt hole from Farrah ggot
 
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So, I've questioned the Tate talk and never understood where it came from.

But... @KingVFL has answered nearly every question asked of him in the past day in this thread with the exception of questions around one specific player.

Now, I'm not saying that means anything, necessarily, but consider my interest piqued.
 
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KingVFL said:
(choosing words precisely)

The people that I have spoken to have indicated to me that they expect us to add at least one and likely two additional WRs. Their personal views (which they have relayed to me) is that one is a top notch type talent and another is more of a depth piece.
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Who is a top notch WR in the portal?
 
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UTK said:
Even thinking of the 4 teams still playing in drawing a blank on who could leave that’s “top notch”
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Everyone is secretly hoping for Carnell Tate… Give him wr1 and a huge stack of cash. Don’t waste your career being in Jeremiah smiths shadow.

He’ll end up staying in ugly Ohio.
 
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cncchris33 said:
So, I've questioned the Tate talk and never understood where it came from.

But... @KingVFL has answered nearly every question asked of him in the past day in this thread with the exception of questions around one specific player.

Now, I'm not saying that means anything, necessarily, but consider my interest piqued.
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Tate is a pipe dream. Doesn’t even deserve speculation, much less commentary from believed to be insiders.
 
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ForMyLosses said:
Everyone is secretly hoping for Carnell Tate… Give him wr1 and a huge stack of cash. Don’t waste your career being in Jeremiah smiths shadow.

He’ll end up staying in ugly Ohio.
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Tate would be a nice get but calling him “top notch” is a stretch at this point.
 
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Question. When someone in the portal "commits" to a team, do they sign something binding? If not, what's to stop us from recruiting a kid just because he's "committed" to another team? Until they actually enroll, couldn't we still talk to them?
 
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With the addition of AJ, I'm not convinced we need another WR. I mean if the coaches want one, they'll get one, but I could easily see a WR rotation this year of MM, Brazzell, Staley, AJ, and Boo. Bring in another and I could easily see someone being left out.

Still think we should be good on the OL if Elarbee has developed any of his HS guys, but bringing in another one isn't a bad idea.

If the freshmen are okay with not RS, we could make our RB room work.

Still would like another safety, even though I know it won't happen.

JMO, but a solid DT to add to our rotation might be our biggest need left.

Also, I'm very bored. Portal action needs to heat up.
 
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UTK said:
Tate would be a nice get but calling him “top notch” is a stretch at this point.
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He'd be top notch in this 2025 UT WR room. Dude is the 3rd leading receiver at OSU, and his stats would've made him the leader at UT in receptions, 51 yards shy of the team lead in yards, and tied for 2nd most TDs. He was also a 5-star coming out of high school and has largely looked like one, albeit one who was somewhat raw but has started coming into his own this year.

He may not be "top notch" in comparison to every WR in the country, but he'd almost certainly be WR1 here.
 
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