UT LB's Problems Current and Future......

#26
#26
This may be far fetched! Anyone think a few DEs we have now or coming can switch to LB? Ben Martin looks like a pretty good Sam or Will because the few times in coverage he has done good! Just a thought?
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#27
#27
Lord Vader said:
Owens may be set, but he will be back for an official at some point. He is still interested. I think our LBs will be about the same next year, but with better depth overall. Not a big dropoff imo...

Alot of the guys that are playing now (King, Lathers, Mitchell-Thornton) are all freshmen. Give them some time. They will be very good 4 years from now, and alot better next year imo. We can't expect them to be world beaters right now...

King is going to be a monster...
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In 2 years, I see AJ Johnson having an immediate impact. Will probably be the #1 recruit out of the state of Georgia, and top 3 overall at his position, the kid is a beast. The way ESPN is talking, he has locked down a 5* and possibly a top 10 recruit.

As far as Luc is concerned, his stock went down on rivals as soon as he started talking to UT, funny huh. From what I've seen, he is a prototype linebacker with devastating closing speed.

King is a future all-sec
Askew has the talent to be great, we'll wait and see.

And Chris Donald is the biggest disappointment ever, excluding Nuke
 
#28
#28
Reviez still has a year and Frazier was a sophmore I think. Pending on rehab and readjusting, they should contribute. Or we could clone Rod Wilks and he can play all three LBs. I heard Wilks actually is No. 14 but Berry has paid him to get the credit.
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#29
#29
I would leave Martin at DE. Williams too, because we have enough slow LB's, well atleast they were slow yesterday. Luc is a very bad need, we need that middle clogged up, and Taylor is gonna just bust people in the mouth. King is gonna be good, but as you see now, injuries are gonna happen. And our depth sucks and doesn't look to be getting better unless we sign 2-3 QUALITY LB's not just warm bodies that will never see the field.
 
#30
#30
pastorfreeze said:
Reviez still has a year and Frazier was a sophmore I think. Pending on rehab and readjusting, they should contribute. Or we could clone Rod Wilks and he can play all three LBs. I heard Wilks actually is No. 14 but Berry has paid him to get the credit.
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With Reviez it's tricky, he might come back stronger than ever. Then again could hinder his speed and mobility, something we really need right now at the position. We need LB's that are smart as well and tough. So when injuries hit, it might be easier to move them around to other positions.
 
#32
#32
Luc and C Jones could both be added to this class. Both would also see the field as freshmen IMO.

I think Askew will come back from his redshirt looking solid.

I am not as concerned about LB as about DT as Hughes playing DT well as a freshman this year is an exceedingly rare thing. Could Quarles or Whittaker or Thornton or Calvin Smith play as a freshman at UT and make an impact? We will have all world DE talent, but we need some great DT play.
 
#33
#33
there is no need to panic yet about the lb position. the jump players make between their freshman yr and sophmore season is astounding. for the most part, freshmen are still adjusting to the college lifestyle, speed of the game and whatnot. i think most will be pleasantly surprised at the progression you see by many next fall, but especially the lb's. there's a difference between being slow and playing slow. most of McCluster's big runs were a result of a young middle lb playing slow. if you watch the replays, lathers was a fraction of a second off on many of those runs from stopping him for short gains. but our defense as a whole seemed to be moving at a comepletely different speed than D. McCluster.
 
#34
#34
BOLD=have playing time

Darryl Vereen
Herman Lathers
Robert Nelson
Nigel Mitchell-Thorton
LaMarcus Thompson
Savion Frazier
Josh Hawkins
Shane Reveiz
Jerod Askew
Greg King
Nick Reveiz

Commitments:

Michael Taylor
Ralph Williams (likely to switch, but he's committed right now)

Prospects we have a chance at:

Jeff Luc
Christian Jones
Bruce Irvin
CJ Mosley


I think we will be fine with 2-3 guys from this class.
 
#35
#35
jrobison said:
I think King could end up being as good as, maybe even better than, Rico McCoy. He's pretty much an athletic freak and, by most accounts, was generally underrated coming out of HS.

That said, Askew has been slow to grasp the system (which is okay) and he should be ready to work his way into the rotation in the spring. Luc is pretty much a must-get. We need a physical MLB. I think that if we can pull Christian Jones, we'll be sitting pretty in 2011.
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I agree 100%. King will be better than Rico IMO. He's faster and he's physical. Once he gets settled in the defense he will be a good one.
 
#37
#37
I've been saying all along LB is a huge huge huge need in this class.

The LB's Tennessee have now just aren't that good or athletic enough to be big-time SEC players. Of course this is what the staff inherited. I think a few of the current freshman could potentially become solid players but that remains to be seen. The upperclassmen as a whole are just not good and not very talented.
 
#38
#38
govols182 said:
BOLD=have playing time

Darryl Vereen
Herman Lathers
Robert Nelson
Nigel Mitchell-Thorton
LaMarcus Thompson
Savion Frazier
Josh Hawkins
Shane Reveiz
Jerod Askew
Greg King
Nick Reveiz

Commitments:

Michael Taylor
Ralph Williams (likely to switch, but he's committed right now)

Prospects we have a chance at:

Jeff Luc
Christian Jones
Bruce Irvin
CJ Mosley


I think we will be fine with 2-3 guys from this class.
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I disagree. I think they need to add another 2-3 LB's. They have to increase the talent level at LB in a very big way.

Just because they are getting playing time doesn't mean tney are any good. You have to play someone at the position and that list of guys are the cards this staff was dealt.
 
#39
#39
Montrell Hardy said:
I disagree. I think they need to add another 2-3 LB's. They have to increase the talent level at LB in a very big way.

Just because they are getting playing time doesn't mean tney are any good. You have to play someone at the position and that list of guys are the cards this staff was dealt.
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Yeah, I said 2-3 of those guys. If we can pull Luc, Taylor, Irvin, and Jones I would be more than pleased. Pulling 2-3 of those guys is what I am expecting at this point.
 
#40
#40
govols182 said:
Yeah, I said 2-3 of those guys. If we can pull Luc, Taylor, Irvin, and Jones I would be more than pleased. Pulling 2-3 of those guys is what I am expecting at this point.
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I agree. Early PT is an absolute given at LB next year if we get talented enough players.

I would not be surprised at all to see LaMarcus Thompson and whoever is penciled in at MLB to lose their starting jobs. They simply are not good enough to play at this level.
 
#41
#41
I don't know...Reveiz was playing lights out before he got hurt. And he's been referred to as to QB of the defense, gonna be hard for a Freshman to overcome the lead Reveiz has right now unless he comes off of injury not playing the same way. Which for Reveiz would be unlikely IMO.
 
#42
#42
I agree with the playing time post. Time doesn't equate to talent. We don't have SEC level talent currently on the team. If so, someone would have really stood out so far. We need some top tier recruits this class. If not, the LB Corps will start to resemble the OL with the prpblems there.
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#43
#43
alwaysorange81 said:
I don't know...Reveiz was playing lights out before he got hurt. And he's been referred to as to QB of the defense, gonna be hard for a Freshman to overcome the lead Reveiz has right now unless he comes off of injury not playing the same way. Which for Reveiz would be unlikely IMO.
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Coming back from his injury 100% healthy is a huge question mark. The MLB spot is there for the taking IMO.
 
#44
#44
I just don't really see the problems for the future. Right now we do have problems, but looking to the future Askew has the skill sets to be a great player for us when he gets the system down and King has shown some flashes of what he can do. These freshman will only improve under Monte and Thompson, then you throw any highly touted signees and we are looking good.
 
#45
#45
Montrell Hardy said:
I agree. Early PT is an absolute given at LB next year if we get talented enough players.

I would not be surprised at all to see LaMarcus Thompson and whoever is penciled in at MLB to lose their starting jobs. They simply are not good enough to play at this level.
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I like Lamarcus. I pull for him but i agree. He's to slow. We need fast and physical. That's why i really tink King will be good.
 
#47
#47
There's a chance. The staff has to convince him to take the extra classes that are required for him to be able to enter a school in the SEC. He doesn't want to do that at this point...
 
#48
#48
We have had at least 4 starting DEs this year and 4 DEs coming next year and Miller is the only to me that has DT potential in a Turk McBride-model, Underwiegth but tough as heck. SOmeone going to LB even with redshirt possibilties. I just need someone to explain what will play out because 8 that can play DEs is too many no matter how you look at it.
 
#49
#49
Three of those guys will be seniors next year (Martin, Walker, and Williams). Bohannon and Fowlkes did okay but Jacques, Corey, J.C., and Brandon if he stays at DE should move ahead of them. Besides, that's the way Coach O wants his D-lines, a la Ole Miss. I think we all know how that one went................
 
#50
#50
milligan_vol said:
Three of those guys will be seniors next year (Martin, Walker, and Williams). Bohannon and Fowlkes did okay but Jacques, Corey, J.C., and Brandon if he stays at DE should move ahead of them. Besides, that's the way Coach O wants his D-lines, a la Ole Miss. I think we all know how that one went................
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Thanks but Bohannon was pretty solid, Delvin Jones or any other possible DE we could get, mess up the numbers?
 
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