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Wasn’t Floridas class completely full when they got a really high rated guy to “walk on” and just pay him nil money to cover his scholarship?
 
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volnbama_ said:
Janzen Jackson is probably the best one we’ve had since Berry and they played together at least 1 year. Gaulden is the only safety that’s been drafted since Berry
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Thiugh he wasn't drafted, Jaylen McCollough has had a great rookie season with the Rams. He's recorded stats in every game except Game 1 and has 4 INTs.
 
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MarcoVol said:
Many on VN said he didn’t have SEC speed. Somehow has NFL speed tho. Good stuff.
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NFL values knowing your assignment, being in the right place, and being a professional day-in-day-out almost more than your raw talent.

And when everyone is doing their jobs every play there's less opportunity for a guy who lacks something to get exposed.

If a safety is getting burned at the second level by a ball carrier it's because everyone else failed to do their jobs. Yeah, you love to have an Eric Berry or Ed Reed back there to clean things up but they're few and far between.

Jaylen McCollough always did his job. Rarely made "WOW" plays and wasn't the fastest guy on the field. But always where he was supposed to be it seemed. That's why he played over younger, faster guys.
 
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volinexile17 said:
JMO, Brian Randolph was very good. If not for a couple injuries I think he would have been in the league.
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Randolph was pretty solid from what I remember and I’m pretty sure he stuck around a couple years as an UDFA. Him, Todd Kelly, McCollough all fell into that solid but not a game changer category imo. I might be remembering wrong because 2010-2020 Tennessee football all runs together in my head
 
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volnbama_ said:
Randolph was pretty solid from what I remember and I’m pretty sure he stuck around a couple years as an UDFA. Him, Todd Kelly, McCollough all fell into that solid but not a game changer category imo. I might be remembering wrong because 2010-2020 Tennessee football all runs together in my head
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TKJ's injuries ended his career. He was a stud as a freshman and sophomore. I think he would've been in the league if he hadn't dealt with that (or jumped off a ledge bc he was mad at his gf - that whole story is still wild to me).
 
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SoilVol said:
TKJ's injuries ended his career. He was a stud as a freshman and sophomore. I think he would've been in the league if he hadn't dealt with that (or jumped off a ledge bc he was mad at his gf - that whole story is still wild to me).
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Not sure how I missed that one, but I did.
 
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SoilVol said:
NFL values knowing your assignment, being in the right place, and being a professional day-in-day-out almost more than your raw talent.

And when everyone is doing their jobs every play there's less opportunity for a guy who lacks something to get exposed.

If a safety is getting burned at the second level by a ball carrier it's because everyone else failed to do their jobs. Yeah, you love to have an Eric Berry or Ed Reed back there to clean things up but they're few and far between.

Jaylen McCollough always did his job. Rarely made "WOW" plays and wasn't the fastest guy on the field. But always where he was supposed to be it seemed. That's why he played over younger, faster guys.
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Having high football IQ, always being in the right place and finishing the play makes a guy look much faster than he is naturally.
 
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SoilVol said:
NFL values knowing your assignment, being in the right place, and being a professional day-in-day-out almost more than your raw talent.

And when everyone is doing their jobs every play there's less opportunity for a guy who lacks something to get exposed.

If a safety is getting burned at the second level by a ball carrier it's because everyone else failed to do their jobs. Yeah, you love to have an Eric Berry or Ed Reed back there to clean things up but they're few and far between.

Jaylen McCollough always did his job. Rarely made "WOW" plays and wasn't the fastest guy on the field. But always where he was supposed to be it seemed. That's why he played over younger, faster guys.
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The NFL is a different level of speed. If you ain’t fast at safety you ain’t playing in the NFL.
 
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