'25 Portal Thread

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Adam Sandler said:
Uga has 4 5star RBs on the roster. Travis Etienne, branson r, Roderick r, Nate Frazier. Plus others. Can you (or someone else) explain to me how they’re able to attract that type of talent given how loaded the backfield is? I just don’t get it.
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Same reason as Alabama.

D'Andre Swift
Nick Chubb
Zamir White
James Cook
Sony Michel
Keith Marshall
Todd Gurley

That's an attractive success rate, and each one believes they're better than the other.
 
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Adam Sandler said:
Uga has 4 5star RBs on the roster. Travis Etienne, branson r, Roderick r, Nate Frazier. Plus others. Can you (or someone else) explain to me how they’re able to attract that type of talent given how loaded the backfield is? I just don’t get it.
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They don’t worry about “running somebody off”
 
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TrippieRedd said:
Personally, I wish they would give Seldon a shot at LB.

His instincts would kill it there. Already played WR and RB, so he is definitely athletic enough and at 6’2, 225 he is definitely big enough.
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We don’t have enough in game experience to really know. I was excited we got him but it seemed like he really didn’t finish his runs. I like Bishop much better.
 
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NighthawkVol said:
Jalin Hyatt is proof of the contrary. His hands were as bad if not worse than Nimrod's. He couldn't catch an STD in Ybor City on a Saturday night during the 2021 season. He won the Biletnikoff the following year.
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I agree with this post and the sentiment. In fairness to the counter argument though...Hyatt was WIDE open for most of those catches so they were uncontested which is a lot easier. Nobody hitting him early or pulling 1 of his arms down etc. Pass interference and especially HOLDING by the Oline were just completely ignored this season in the SEC
 
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Weezer said:
Like 9 of those are walk-ons, not scholarship. Our returning scholarship WRs are Squirrel, Matthews, Brazzell, and Staley. Smith and Jackson are EE's. Dodson will join in the summer. So 7 scholarship WRs next year with 3 of them being freshmen. Seems light, but I trust the coaches until they give us reason not to.
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Yep. Correct. Good post Weezie.

This staff has done an amazing job in the portal too. Guys they get have won the starting job what 80% of the time? The ones that didnt sometimes were due to injury also. We worry every year...then they close like champs and get great players we need.
 
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Adam Sandler said:
Uga has 4 5star RBs on the roster. Travis Etienne, branson r, Roderick r, Nate Frazier. Plus others. Can you (or someone else) explain to me how they’re able to attract that type of talent given how loaded the backfield is? I just don’t get it.
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Yet they were 15 in the league in rushing yards per game.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
I agree with this post and the sentiment. In fairness to the counter argument though...Hyatt was WIDE open for most of those catches so they were uncontested which is a lot easier. Nobody hitting him early or pulling 1 of his arms down etc. Pass interference and especially HOLDING by the Oline were just completely ignored this season in the SEC
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All of these things are true. But I would point out that catching wide open passes was an improvement from 2021, when he dropped a lot of wide open passes.

Then you had Ramel Keaton. Who can make the most difficult of catches, but drop every wide open pass.
 
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Go Fight Win said:
i am not buying Fluff as a starter for Tennessee ever

he will do fine in the pac. he experienced what running in the sec looks like when he averaged 1.7 yards a carry against LSU. He crushed it against a 1-11 southern miss, an 0-12 NW state, 5-6 Appy st, and a 5-7 ULM and disappeared against teams with talent. I am sure he's exciting if you look at only numbers but upon examination.... nah
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You’re absolutely right about that.
He has that stiff legged running style that Laneth Whitehead had for us.

We’re way past that as a program.
Honestly we just let go of a RB that was at least as talented as Fluff…
Keith was absolutely just as good as him
 
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walkenvol said:
Any chance of moving him into Bru’s role?
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No.

Their plan was always to make him a RB that can flex out wide and create mismatches.
He’s stayed at RB for 2 years.

They’re just patently waiting on him to get healthy.

With us moving to more 12 personnel, fewer WRs will be on the field
 
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