Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[JP_UT_O&W]

From ESPN’s top 50 impact newcomers article:

17. CB Jermod McCoy

Transfer: Oregon State to Tennessee

McCoy started five games as a true freshman for Oregon State before making his move to the SEC. The 6-foot, 193-pound corner is still young and growing but is off to a terrific start for the Vols, allowing just nine catches for 107 yards in pass coverage, according to TruMedia, with four pass breakups plus an interception in their road win at Oklahoma.

Ranking the 50 most impactful newcomers in college football at midseason

How have the big-name transfers and top recruits fared through the first half of the season? We break them down.

www.espn.com

Wayyy too low

 

[UTProf]

Heupel just confirmed Pili tore his ACL and is out for the season

Damn. Does that mean he's done here? What we got of him was amazing. Way better than I expected.

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

Damn. Does that mean he's done here? What we got of him was amazing. Way better than I expected.

Think so. Not sure how he can get any more eligibility

 

[SpringBokVol]

Damn. Does that mean he's done here? What we got of him was amazing. Way better than I expected.

It might mean he is done playing football.

Not sure there is a landing spot in the NFL with his age and injury history and likelihood for more in the future.

 

[drvenner]

My grandfather poured his blood, sweat and tears into his career.

Amazing man. Horrible chef.

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

From247:

It’s the third season-ending injury the seventh-year senior has suffered and his second with the Vols, a cruel and unfortunate situation for a player who has become beloved in the program since transferring in from BYU in 2023.

Pili was making a tackle on a pass play in the first quarter on Saturday night when he went down grabbing at his right knee. It looked like the emotion kicked in immediately for a player who suffered a season-ending knee injury three games into the 2021 season at BYU. Pili went to the locker room not long after and watched the second half on crutches with a large brace on his right leg.

After suffering a triceps injury in the 2023 opener and missing the rest of the season for Tennessee, the 26-year-old from Las Vegas, who began his career at BYU in 2016, got an NCAA waiver to extend his eligibility to this season and had 29 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and three quarterback hurries in five games and a handful of plays before the injury.

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

“I’m not sure there’s a better representative of what a Volunteer is than Keenan Pili,” Heupel said after Saturday’s win. “You talk about a selfless guy that cares about the people around him way more than he cares about himself, that’s an elite competitor, great leader, tough as nails, athletic, explosive – everything that you want. Just … he’s a dude, man. Special dude.”

 

[UTProf]

From ESPN’s top 50 impact newcomers article:

17. CB Jermod McCoy

Transfer: Oregon State to Tennessee

McCoy started five games as a true freshman for Oregon State before making his move to the SEC. The 6-foot, 193-pound corner is still young and growing but is off to a terrific start for the Vols, allowing just nine catches for 107 yards in pass coverage, according to TruMedia, with four pass breakups plus an interception in their road win at Oklahoma.

Ranking the 50 most impactful newcomers in college football at midseason

How have the big-name transfers and top recruits fared through the first half of the season? We break them down.

www.espn.com

Wayyy too low

Especially considering where we were. I don't see how any corner could have a bigger impact if for no other reason than for how bad our corner problem was but when you combine that with the level of play he's brought, it's beyond huge. Like going from last to first.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

i hate that Clemson is ahead of us in the top 25 again.

And looking at their schedule - it’s a joke. Not a chance they drop another game.

ACC is such trash

 

[pharmvol10]

If we’re getting pressure with the other guys, use JPJr to spy Milroe.

Give Pearce half the field and let Arion Carter have the other half

 

[JCVol00]

Have Pearce spy Milroe and have a safety help shadow and double cover Williams and we should be alright

 

[JCVol00]

Where has @Glitch been?

 

[drvenner]

Is this for real? Uncanny.

Didn't even look to see if he was ok. Maybe hyper focused, but still....

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

“Obviously, having a brother down like that — a great leader on our team who plays a great role on our team — having him go down, next-man-up mentality, as Coach Inge always says, and we just have to go out there and play for him,” Carter said after Saturday’s game. “I said that I wanted to go out there and, as a unit and as a defense, we had to go out there and play for Keenan Pili. That’s our brother and we’ve got to go fight.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Where has @Glitch been?

twss!

 

[drvenner]

Have you heard of the new movie called “Constipated”?



















It hasn’t come out yet

 

[Jackcrevol]

Have Pearce spy Milroe and have a safety help shadow and double cover Williams and we should be alright

Considering it's Bama, and their offense. We know they're going to score early and often. Can D make enough plays?

Less concerned with that than I am our absolutely stagnant offense. Move Heard to Guard and DD to LT.

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

Considering it's Bama, and their offense. We know they're going to score early and often. Can D make enough plays?

Less concerned with that than I am our absolutely stagnant offense. Move Heard to Guard and DD to LT.

Are they though?

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

Lol about Staes “being a miss” from the beginning of camp. He & Kitselman have been great.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Did Mickey Mouse ever wear suspenders?

I wonder if more people who were pissed in an oversized way about the game were bettors angry that the Vols didn't cover, because we did win.

They’re looking almost unbeatable

I kid.

 

[Jackcrevol]

Lol about Staes “being a miss” from the beginning of camp. He & Kitselman have been great.

To me the best thing you can say about a Tight End is you seldom hear his name. If it is, he's usually holding or whiffing a block.

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

Who was backing up Telander? Spillman is 3rd on depth chart (for what that’s worth)…

I saw Jalen Smith & Kalib Perry, but not Spillman.

 

[JP_UT_O&W]

To me the best thing you can say about a Tight End is you seldom hear his name. If it is, he's usually holding or whiffing a block.

Yeah he whiffed on a noticeable block vs Arkansas next to Heard

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

I’m stuck in the customs line in Brussels Belgium. The lady in front of me in line is wearing a bright orange power T sweatshirt. Talking some football while we wait. We are everywhere!

The Grand Place In Brussels in an incredible area.

 

[mrMet]

Not gonna lie, I want to see Army and Navy both make the playoffs. Would be wild to see teams have to prepare in a week for that

Except the Vols of course