'20 TN RB Tee Hodge (UT SIGNEE)

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de1 said he is working on speed, which is a gift that is woefully developed down here. Hopefully he will run through the T faster than he could have last spring.

Sorry if i come off as direct, just the way I am. The kid can play, his speed worries me. If that can be fixed, he should be abke to help us. Really would be great as a Shawn Bryson, one if my childhiid favorites.
 
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loosecannon said:
de1 said he is working on speed, which is a gift that is woefully developed down here. Hopefully he will run through the T faster than he could have last spring.

Sorry if i come off as direct, just the way I am. The kid can play, his speed worries me. If that can be fixed, he should be abke to help us. Really would be great as a Shawn Bryson, one if my childhiid favorites.
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I appreciate objective opinions based on data.
 
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loosecannon said:
Every guy you mentioned other than Lendale ran in the 4.55 range which is 11.0 to 11.5. He is way behind that. I am not bashing the kid, just stating facts. He might not be fast enough for sec play. For everything there is an exception, and I love power football too, but I would rather take kids who are skilled and athletic enough for the position. No doubt he had the skills, his measurable speed seems to be lacking. Maybe I am wrong about him, but college coaches can see his times and the other kids times and when they compare the two it is a red flag. Player 1 is 6-2 210 and runs 11.3 catches well, sees we'll, . Player 2 is 6-2 225 and runs 11.9 catches well, sees we'll. Who do yoI think the coach is going to take? The one he had bad data for or the one he has good data for? If I am trying to keep my job and feed my family, I am picking the one who has a higher likelihiod of being successful.
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Emmit Smith ran 4.7...

Samaje Perine is who Hodge is like. Build wise and speed. Hodge has very good feet as well. Good balance and lean as a runner.

No he's not naturally fast. Injury or no. (I referenced this myself a few pages back)
I am just saying that you can't say a person isn't good enough because their mediocre 40. And I'm also not saying he would be a star player. But what he is, is a hammer that can play all 3 downs and help the offense stay on schedule.
 
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loosecannon said:
de1 said he is working on speed, which is a gift that is woefully developed down here. Hopefully he will run through the T faster than he could have last spring.

Sorry if i come off as direct, just the way I am. The kid can play, his speed worries me. If that can be fixed, he should be abke to help us. Really would be great as a Shawn Bryson, one if my childhiid favorites.
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If this kid runs in the 4.7 range, I won't be perturbed. We need him to run through people, not by them. Between the tackles, power runner like Jalen Hurd was. Right now Tim Jordan is filling that role, and he's a little small for it. He does a solid job, but 6'2 230 would be more ideal.
 
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LittleVol said:
Emmit Smith ran 4.7...

Samaje Perine is who Hodge is like. Build wise and speed. Hodge has very good feet as well. Good balance and lean as a runner.

No he's not naturally fast. Injury or no. (I referenced this myself a few pages back)
I am just saying that you can't say a person isn't good enough because their mediocre 40. And I'm also not saying he would be a star player. But what he is, is a hammer that can play all 3 downs and help the offense stay on schedule.
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Showing my age:eek: Tee Hodge reminds me of former LA Rams running back Lawrence McCutcheon.
 
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Does he have any linebacker skill? that could be where he ends up if speed is an issue- At middle linebacker. I saw somewhere on here somebody said he ran a 4.5 before his injury. Is that true? I worked at D1 in Memphis and if he is training at the knoxville facility , I can get his actual stats and will post them here. btw- too many bama alumni at D1 knoxville. Antonio langham has been there a long time and deterred players from going to UT until Pruitt came along. Could you blame him though , if he was trying to do the best thing for his clients?
 
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peaygolf said:
I want Earl Campbell's clone!:p
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m1al said:
If I could clone a RB, Earl is the FIRST person I would collect DNA from...
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Earl was a beast, but I prefer this guy:

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6'1", 227 lbs, 4.13 40
 
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benholt06 said:
If this kid runs in the 4.7 range, I won't be perturbed. We need him to run through people, not by them. Between the tackles, power runner like Jalen Hurd was. Right now Tim Jordan is filling that role, and he's a little small for it. He does a solid job, but 6'2 230 would be more ideal.
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Tim Jordan LOVES to bounce all of his runs outside for some reason. If I had hair, he would make me pull it out.
 
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UTMVol76 said:
Vision is far more important for a RB than pure speed. How do you quantify that?
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Easy... you put him on the practice field, watch him carry the ball, and you count the vision. 1 would be the worst, ie, not much vision. 10 is a lot of vision. Ideally we'd get the guys with close to 10 vision.

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