UTwild82
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As a freshman, Hurd was maybe 215 and he couldnāt outrun linebackers. He was never anywhere near as fast as they said he was in HighSchool. In nearly 600 carries at Tennessee, never had a 50 yard run.Hurd bulked up and lost his burst. Even getting back to under 230 to play WR, he never got back the burst he had as a junior in high school. He was under 210 during that time.
I love the Vols, but I can't imagine turning down the opportunity get a free education from a university the caliber of IU only to pay to go to school at UT.
Here is my question though....if his grades were good, could he not apply for Tennessee Hope and other scholarships to pay his way (or at least most of it) until granted a scholarship? I'm sure Pruitt laid out a plan of when a scholarship could be granted and how to pay for school in the meantime.
Hurd was 225 his freshman year. Not 215.As a freshman, Hurd was maybe 215 and he couldnāt outrun linebackers. He was never anywhere near as fast as they said he was in HighSchool. In nearly 600 carries at Tennessee, never had a 50 yard run.
And again, after slimming down to 220 at Baylor, after 5 years of strength and conditioning and all kinds of concentrated speed work (remember the videos of him on the treadmills?) in the offseason and in preparation for his ProDay.....he ran 4.68.
As a freshman, Hurd was maybe 215 and he couldnāt outrun linebackers. He was never anywhere near as fast as they said he was in HighSchool. In nearly 600 carries at Tennessee, never had a 50 yard run.
And again, after slimming down to 220 at Baylor, after 5 years of strength and conditioning and all kinds of concentrated speed work (remember the videos of him on the treadmills?) in the offseason and in preparation for his ProDay.....he ran 4.68.
If it is verified at a certified event then it is legit. What is the story in this case?When he got to Tennessee as a 215-220 lb running back he looked like a 4.6-4.7 guy, BEFORE he bulked up. AT NO POINT in his freshman year, after a spring and summer of collegiate strength and conditioning, was he even close to sniffing a 4.37, unless all those linebackers who were chasing him down and eliminating angles in the secondary were running 4.1s.
It really is amazing to me how many times guys/fans buy this stuff, that kids are running legit 4.3s and 4.4s in HighSchool, only to see those same kids run 4.5s and 4.6s at their pro days or at the combine, 4-5 years later, after 4-5 years of elite strength and conditioning training in college.
Also, Hurd's junior year, he was the fastest high school player I had ever seen in person in the state of TN. That was over 30 years of watching TN high school football. Fernando Bryant was the second fastest.As a freshman, Hurd was maybe 215 and he couldnāt outrun linebackers. He was never anywhere near as fast as they said he was in HighSchool. In nearly 600 carries at Tennessee, never had a 50 yard run.
And again, after slimming down to 220 at Baylor, after 5 years of strength and conditioning and all kinds of concentrated speed work (remember the videos of him on the treadmills?) in the offseason and in preparation for his ProDay.....he ran 4.68.
Didnāt Hurd have a knee injury as a senior and missed a good portion of the season ?As a freshman, Hurd was maybe 215 and he couldnāt outrun linebackers. He was never anywhere near as fast as they said he was in HighSchool. In nearly 600 carries at Tennessee, never had a 50 yard run.
And again, after slimming down to 220 at Baylor, after 5 years of strength and conditioning and all kinds of concentrated speed work (remember the videos of him on the treadmills?) in the offseason and in preparation for his ProDay.....he ran 4.68.
Hurd ran a 4.47 at BaylorAs a freshman, Hurd was maybe 215 and he couldnāt outrun linebackers. He was never anywhere near as fast as they said he was in HighSchool. In nearly 600 carries at Tennessee, never had a 50 yard run.
And again, after slimming down to 220 at Baylor, after 5 years of strength and conditioning and all kinds of concentrated speed work (remember the videos of him on the treadmills?) in the offseason and in preparation for his ProDay.....he ran 4.68.
Heāll get a scholarship as soon as itās greenlit. Vols have an epic PWO program.Kids like this you hope have good enough grades to earn an academic scholarship to replace an athletic scholarship they passed up elsewhere. As a PWO he will get all or most of the other benefits of being on the team besides money.
I would think Albert Davis was one of the top 10 high school players ever to play in Tennessee. he was a man among boys.Davis' grandfather is the best player to ever come out of Blount County, no exceptions. After high school he signed with Tennessee but I think grades might've kept him out so he went to Tennessee State and played running back with the Philadelphia Eagles after his college career concluded. Davis' dad was a heck of a running back at Alcoa during his high school days as well. The kid comes by his athleticism honestly.
I would think Albert Davis was one of the top 10 high school players ever to play in Tennessee. he was a man among boys.
In ā66ā I was 5 years old living in Flint, Mi. I do remember seeing the game headlines in the paper the next morning if memory serves me right.Mentioned this in another thread....The '66 Maryville/ Alcoa game was a classic. Crowd was estimated at 5-10k. AD was leading the state in scoring if I remember correctly. MHS won a nail biter led by Parade All American Larry Johnson.
AHS won the state bb championship the next spring.