'19 TN CB Wesley Walker (transfer commit to UT)

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It may just be a matter of seeing who fits where, not to mention there will be plenty of defensive snaps to be had. Our secondary, especially our safeties, need more speed. The playing time is there. Truthfully, we could probably use another one or two DBs. Maybe another CB and another Safety. Burrell was beaten a lot last year, and I like Tank, but he's a bit slow. He'd be better, IMO, bulking up and moving to ILB.
 
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Weezer said:
It may just be a matter of seeing who fits where, not to mention there will be plenty of defensive snaps to be had. Our secondary, especially our safeties, need more speed. The playing time is there. Truthfully, we could probably use another one or two DBs. Maybe another CB and another Safety. Burrell was beaten a lot last year, and I like Tank, but he's a bit slow. He'd be better, IMO, bulking up and moving to ILB.
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I agree on McCullough. Too slow. Needs to play LB
 
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allvolrecruiting said:
Tyler Baron's stepbrother. Dad is pretty excited. He left UT after this season and doesn't plan on coaching anymore at least team wise. Working camps and such. He facetimed Tyler at a camp I was covering today and Baron didn't even know Walker finally announced his commitment lol. Was kinda cool to be next to him doing that. Hooker was hanging out with Baron. Crouch in Knoxville hanging out with Banks over Crouch's spring break and was surprised that the people here still cared a ton for him. HB doing well out there for UNLV
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I hope HB lights it up at UNLV. So all his haters look like idiots!😭
 
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Weezer said:
It may just be a matter of seeing who fits where, not to mention there will be plenty of defensive snaps to be had. Our secondary, especially our safeties, need more speed. The playing time is there. Truthfully, we could probably use another one or two DBs. Maybe another CB and another Safety. Burrell was beaten a lot last year, and I like Tank, but he's a bit slow. He'd be better, IMO, bulking up and moving to ILB.
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Ups the competition at S and NB. My guess is he wins a job somewhere - if it's NB then we have a much more experienced and productive player there than we otherwise would (I like Slaughter, but he's relatively inexperienced); if it's S than we have more speed at one of those positions than we've had the last 2 seasons.
 
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Nashvegas31 said:
The hope is Turnage can grab a CB spot but regardless we need depth and options. I think slaughter will be tough to beat out at star
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Hadden/Turnage/Des Williams is a really talented Top 3 CB rotation. I'm in the no-more-#4 camp, fwiw.

I wonder if Slaughter can vie for a S spot? He's got much better speed than the current incumbents, but obviously no experience back there.
 
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jvols1999 said:
Hadden/Turnage/Des Williams is a really talented Top 3 CB rotation. I'm in the no-more-#4 camp, fwiw.

I wonder if Slaughter can vie for a S spot? He's got much better speed than the current incumbents, but obviously no experience back there.
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I haven’t given up on Warren for the Simple fact that he has length and experience… I’ve never seen a player in position as much as 4 and make so few plays it’s crazy but he is usually in the right spot just rarely makes a play on the ball… If those 3 and Warren are our top 4 corners I think we will be pretty good at corner… I like flowers I think christian Charles, McDonald, and slaughter should all get more PT this year they are much more athletic than flowers Theo n JM… hoping Theo film study rubbed off on the younger guys… I think our secondary n DL will be solid im most worried about the LB spot.
 
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BoroVol93 said:
I haven’t given up on Warren for the Simple fact if he has length and experience… I’ve never seen a player in position as much as 4 and make so few plays it’s crazy but he is usually in the right spot just rarely makes a play on the ball… If those 3 and Warren are our top 4 corners I think we will be pretty good at corner… I like flowers I think christian Charles, McDonald, and slaughter should all get more PT this year they are much more athletic than flowers Theo n JM… hoping Theo film study rubbed off on the younger guys… I think our secondary n DL will be solid im most worried about the LB spot.
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I hear you on Burrell, but I'm not sure that doesn't come down to "you have instincts or you don't," and so far he's shown zero.

Agree on the young guys though, all have promise. I also think that Thomas and Harrison could fight their way into some PT - I'm high on both.

My take on LB is that a) Banks should be even better, b) Beasley can probably get a little better too, c) Willis and Mohan have talent and now a full year in the system/watching, d) Perry and Herring are talents who are both going through Spring, (perhaps most importantly) e) Mitchell will be back, and f) we should add another player from the portal.

Mitchell was a starter before getting injured/whatever happened and came from a major program where he was incredibly productive. He played just so-so in the very few snaps he got at the beginning of the season after not having been at spring practice but I'm willing to write that off. Getting him back is effectively like getting a portal addition given that he barely played, so between that and the above, and (HOPEFULLY) a guy like McCaskill from ULL we should be much deeper and much more talented across the board at LB. That is to say, I expect to see very, very little of 38 and hopefully not much of 24 either.
 
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jvols1999 said:
I hear you on Burrell, but I'm not sure that doesn't come down to "you have instincts or you don't," and so far he's shown zero.

Agree on the young guys though, all have promise. I also think that Thomas and Harrison could fight their way into some PT - I'm high on both.

My take on LB is that a) Banks should be even better, b) Beasley can probably get a little better too, c) Willis and Mohan have talent and now a full year in the system/watching, d) Perry and Herring are talents who are both going through Spring, (perhaps most importantly) e) Mitchell will be back, and f) we should add another player from the portal.

Mitchell was a starter before getting injured/whatever happened and came from a major program where he was incredibly productive. He played just so-so in the very few snaps he got at the beginning of the season after not having been at spring practice but I'm willing to write that off. Getting him back is effectively like getting a portal addition given that he barely played, so between that and the above, and (HOPEFULLY) a guy like McCaskill from ULL we should be much deeper and much more talented across the board at LB. That is to say, I expect to see very, very little of 38 and hopefully not much of 24 either.
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To add, if we were able to pair Agude across from Young, add another presumed starter/contributor in the secondary (e.g., Riley), and a presumed contributor/starter at LB (e.g., McCaskill) I think the defense can make a HUGE leap this season.
 
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jvols1999 said:
I hear you on Burrell, but I'm not sure that doesn't come down to "you have instincts or you don't," and so far he's shown zero.

Agree on the young guys though, all have promise. I also think that Thomas and Harrison could fight their way into some PT - I'm high on both.

My take on LB is that a) Banks should be even better, b) Beasley can probably get a little better too, c) Willis and Mohan have talent and now a full year in the system/watching, d) Perry and Herring are talents who are both going through Spring, (perhaps most importantly) e) Mitchell will be back, and f) we should add another player from the portal.

Mitchell was a starter before getting injured/whatever happened and came from a major program where he was incredibly productive. He played just so-so in the very few snaps he got at the beginning of the season after not having been at spring practice but I'm willing to write that off. Getting him back is effectively like getting a portal addition given that he barely played, so between that and the above, and (HOPEFULLY) a guy like McCaskill from ULL we should be much deeper and much more talented across the board at LB. That is to say, I expect to see very, very little of 38 and hopefully not much of 24 either.
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Yeah I’m a huge fan of banks if you see my posts he plays with that dog in em you can’t coach… but yeah the culture this staff is building will develop players I kinda like 24 but hope Mitchell is completely healthy and 24 is the backup I agree with you on 38 😂… either way I feel we will be a better defense in year 2 of a system compared to last year especially with RG at DL coach and some DL with good potential.
 
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SockeyeVol said:
Past two seasons:

Walker: 92 tackles /2.0 TFL /6 PD/ 0 INT / 0 S / 2 FF
Flowers: 144 tackles/ 3.5 TFL / 6 PD/ 2 INT/ 1 S / 1 FF
McCollough: 92 tackles / 6 TFL / 7 PD / 1 INT / 1 S / 1 FF

So basically, Flower and McCollough have both had superior production, against better competition. Doesn't mean we can't still use Walker of course.
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I'm not saying Walker is a huge improvement, but you have to factor the high number of snaps our defense faced due to our fast offense. That inflates the tackle numbers for sure.
 
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jvols1999 said:
I hear you on Burrell, but I'm not sure that doesn't come down to "you have instincts or you don't," and so far he's shown zero.

Agree on the young guys though, all have promise. I also think that Thomas and Harrison could fight their way into some PT - I'm high on both.

My take on LB is that a) Banks should be even better, b) Beasley can probably get a little better too, c) Willis and Mohan have talent and now a full year in the system/watching, d) Perry and Herring are talents who are both going through Spring, (perhaps most importantly) e) Mitchell will be back, and f) we should add another player from the portal.

Mitchell was a starter before getting injured/whatever happened and came from a major program where he was incredibly productive. He played just so-so in the very few snaps he got at the beginning of the season after not having been at spring practice but I'm willing to write that off. Getting him back is effectively like getting a portal addition given that he barely played, so between that and the above, and (HOPEFULLY) a guy like McCaskill from ULL we should be much deeper and much more talented across the board at LB. That is to say, I expect to see very, very little of 38 and hopefully not much of 24 either.
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Supposedly Mitchell was playing with a shoulder injury the entire time he played and then shut it down. I’m sure that affected him
 
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Boom!
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Devo182 said:
Well their HC is 2-16 so far. Can't get any worse...
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It does make me laugh….. people were talking like he was going to transfer to a rival SEC school and instead ends up at a smaller division school that won 2 of its past 18 games.
 
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