'22 TN LB Elijah Herring (Tennessee signee)

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Can anyone confirm if he is an EE??

Part of the reason i am asking, is I thought in an interview somewhere he mentioned he was coming early...

But I was wondering there is any grades issues with him??

For some additional context i live in Murfreesboro and i am a Riverdale Alum, i was having conversation with one of my best friends who is also a Riverdale alum and he played football at Riverdale (Unfortunately he's a Bama fan, so he doesn't follow Tennessee recruiting), and this week he was talking to one of the assistant coaches at Riverdale about the recent signing day and how it went. The coach told my friend, they had a few signees. He alluded to one of the better defensive prospects that signed "could be" elite. --- "if" he can stay in school and make grades as its a struggle for this player to go to class.... i asked him, if the coach mentioned the players name, but he couldn't remember.

i told my friend that it may different player, cause Elijah the kid we signed is a really good prospect on defense, but i didnt think he had any grade issues. I do know that there were a couple other Riverdale kids that signed WEDs but it was to other smaller schools. So maybe it was one of them who just didnt have the grade to qualify at a D1 school...

I am not sure, which is why i thought i would ask about it on here.
 
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ERvolsfan said:
Can anyone confirm if he is an EE??

Part of the reason i am asking, is I thought in an interview somewhere he mentioned he was coming early...

But I was wondering there is any grades issues with him??

For some additional context i live in Murfreesboro and i am a Riverdale Alum, i was having conversation with one of my best friends who is also a Riverdale alum and he played football at Riverdale (Unfortunately he's a Bama fan, so he doesn't follow Tennessee recruiting), and this week he was talking to one of the assistant coaches at Riverdale about the recent signing day and how it went. The coach told my friend, they had a few signees. He alluded to one of the better defensive prospects that signed "could be" elite. --- "if" he can stay in school and make grades as its a struggle for this player to go to class.... i asked him, if the coach mentioned the players name, but he couldn't remember.

i told my friend that it may different player, cause Elijah the kid we signed is a really good prospect on defense, but i didnt think he had any grade issues. I do know that there were a couple other Riverdale kids that signed WEDs but it was to other smaller schools. So maybe it was one of them who just didnt have the grade to qualify at a D1 school...

I am not sure, which is why i thought i would ask about it on here.
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Elijah is an EE. He will be on campus soon.
 
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TNHopeful505 said:
Elijah is an EE. He will be on campus soon.
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Thank you... I thought so..

The Assistant Coach must have been talking about a different player from Riverdale, who struggles with school. Maybe one of those ended up at a UTC/ TTU / Aust. pea. Type..
 
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“I’m very excited to be with the guys,” Herring told GoVols247 a couple of days before he headed to Tennessee on Saturday. “I’m a little bit nervous because it’s going to take a little bit of getting used to. I think it’ll take a couple of days and I’ll be straight after that.”

Tennessee had gone more than two months without a commitment after hiring Josh Heupel as its head coach until Herring pulled the trigger in April. Since then he’s seen the Vols exceed expectations on the field with a seven-win regular season and the strong recruiting close it preceded.
Tennessee’s success has validated Herring’s decision to jump onboard with a new staff even though he wasn’t able to visit and meet them in-person before doing so.

“The way that they just made everything look fun,” Herring said of his decision, “and how they put God and family into everything that they did and just built the program back up to where everybody wants to be.”

He added: “It was very great to see (the on-field success in 2021). It made me feel like I made the best decision in the world.”

A few days before Herring’s move to Tennessee, Jean-Mary stopped by Riverside — his younger brother, Caleb, is a four-star edge rusher in the 2023 class — and the incoming freshman watched some film with his position coach and got excited about playing in the Vols’ defense.

“It’s been amazing,” Herring said. “He showed me some of the plays a couple of days ago and we’ve just been talking about how we want to do great, how high he wants the defense to fly around and just make plays.”

Herring, who qualified for the Tennessee state track meet in the 110-meter hurdles and also was a shot-putter in high school, said Tennessee “most likely” plans to play him at Mike linebacker. Among his earliest goals with the Vols are learning the plays, the calls and the responsibilities of the other players on defense in addition to adjusting to classes and being on time for everything. Herring said he wants to “be the best one in the class.”

Jean-Mary likes how Herring can plug holes as a run defender, the way he plays in coverage and his tackling consistency, and the Vols like his ability to communicate and get defenses lined up.

“It’s not really going to be new, but I’ve done it a couple of times during games,” Herring said. “If there’s a bunch of stuff going on, I call it out because I can see where the receivers lined up before just about anybody does because I’m on the edge. It won’t be brand new to me. … It makes you more like a captain, and I’m comfortable with it”

He added: “I want to improve on play recognition, look out for tendencies in players and just being smarter with my decision-making.”

The Vols certainly could use a boost of quality and quantity at linebacker, and Herring is looking to bolster his position during his freshman season.

“They’re all solid guys,” Herring said. “They can all make plays and I think it’s going to be fun competing with them. They all want to play and they all want one goal, just to make the defense better and get that national championship. … I’m going in there working to seize every opportunity that I can.”
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Some success stories don’t begin where everybody is reading.
 
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Maxwell865 said:
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Holy cow...I'm behind. I had no idea he was a 110 hurdle qualifier. That says a lot towards his speed/power/explosiveness. I was worried he might be a step slow, but obviously I was wrong.

allvolrecruiting said:
If Elijah played as more of a pure LB instead of an edge guy at Riverdale, I think he would be a consensus 4 star. He has a nice skillset
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I agree 100%. I think he could be one of the steals of this class at a position we desperately need help in.
 
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