'19 TN DT Elijah Simmons (Tennessee signee)

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“I asked him the other day, ‘how much do you weight?’ and he said 352,” Pruitt continued. “I told him, ‘when we offered you a scholarship, our agreement was that you had to be 325,’ and he said, ‘well coach, I can dunk a basketball right now,’ and I said, ‘well I want you to video and send it to me’.
“Well, he did dunk it, but it was an alley-oop, so I told him that he had to get to 325 so he could get off the ground with a ball in his hand to do it. So that tells you a little bit about how he can move.”
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Pruitt Tells Story of Incredible Athleticism of Vol Defensive Signee | RTI

SIAP but being able to dunk a basketball at 6-foot, 352-pounds is amazing to me.
 
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Pepe said:
He needs to go on the Brian Williams PB & J diet.
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Hahaha! Solid basketball player for us. Could have averaged more points a game if his touch was just a little better. My nick name for Brian was "Point Blank Klank"!
 
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ScottishVol said:
Hahaha! Solid basketball player for us. Could have averaged more points a game if his touch was just a little better. My nick name for Brian was "Point Blank Klank"!
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baby faced Williams. seemed like we got about 10 minutes of solid play from him, and that was it. Good player but seemed to have a ceiling he could never get thru.
 
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LouderVol said:
baby faced Williams. seemed like we got about 10 minutes of solid play from him, and that was it. Good player but seemed to have a ceiling he could never get thru.
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That ceiling was 6 inches above the rim. Missed more 1-2 footers off the rim...
 
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I love this kids potential. I think this class seams to have a lot of leaders and will make a change for the good. These kids attitudes will become contagious in a good way. Like I said, in this class we have some upgrades and some building blocks for the future.
 
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ScottishVol said:
Hahaha! Solid basketball player for us. Could have averaged more points a game if his touch was just a little better. My nick name for Brian was "Point Blank Klank"!
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What I remember most about Brian was that when he received the ball down low he would invariably toss the ball up for a soft layup which bounced around on the rim and then fell out when the easy thing to do should have been to slam the thing through the hoop. He just never figured out how to assert himself as a big man.
 
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Talk about vertical, the Fridge had something ridiculous -- I'm thinking I remember over 40".
 
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m1al said:
Maybe on the moon.. Haaa.. The physics of William Perry getting his massive body 40" off the ground just sounds impossible to me...
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I couldn't find the number, but when they drafted him, they had him jumping up onto a table from a standing position. ESPN mentioned a 360 dunk of a basketball. He had some thighs on him.

It was unbelievable till you saw it.
 
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