its definitely a dream come true, said hodge, whos the nephew of green bay packers wide receiver randall cobb, a former kentucky standout who played at alcoa (tenn.) high school. i mean, very excited. Its my first big offer. i still cant believe it, man. Im just speechless. I really cant believe it i mean, sec. I cant believe it.
they really wanted me to come to camp and stuff like that, so i came to camp, hodge said. the offer did kind of surprise me, but they did show a lot of interest. I think what stood out was my speed my size and my speed, for me to be so big, he said. i think that kind of stood out to them, and them seeing me in person for the first time and my size and my quickness, for me to be that big i think that kind of stood out.
me and coach weinke joke about this, but my favorite team is actually florida state, hodge said, referring to tennessee running backs coach chris weinke, a former heisman trophy-winning quarterback at florida state. hell joke around with me. Ive always rooted for tennessee. Whenever they play, ill root for them to win.
he said he expects to give tennessee strong consideration now that he has an offer from the vols, adding that staying home would be nice because he has always been more of a homebody. Itll be tough to beat them, hodge said. im going to treat them like any other school, even though theyre right down the road. I mean, theyve got some nice facilities down there. I like the campus. Its nice down there, so itll be tough.
