'18 VA TE James Mitchell (Virginia Tech, potential transfer)

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Not that is really matters but why did he drop so far in rankings? He was a consensus 4* and inside the 250. Now he's in the 300's. He has a strong offer list and reports are always positive about his abilities. Just curious if anyone had some insight?
 
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Geronimo said:
Not that is really matters but why did he drop so far in rankings? He was a consensus 4* and inside the 250. Now he's in the 300's. He has a strong offer list and reports are always positive about his abilities. Just curious if anyone had some insight?
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Because he's seriously considering TN.
 
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MADISONGAVOL said:
I would say little of both. But u had a walk on in bullard who was second best te
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Think you meant Alex Ellis. Bullard was an OL.

Agree, We don't have any TE on the roster that can be a seam threat. Would have been nice to see what Croom could have done this year.
 
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BigorangeBoy said:
Think you meant Alex Ellis. Bullard was an OL.

Agree, We don't have any TE on the roster that can be a seam threat. Would have been nice to see what Croom could have done this year.
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I think Pope could be a solid tight end. Remember he went to CAK. They throw the ball like 50 times a game and even though he was listed as a tight end, he always played out wide or in the slot. Which makes me think he was way behind in the blocking aspect of being a tight end. He is a redshirt freshman and still has some time to develop.
 
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Geronimo said:
Not that is really matters but why did he drop so far in rankings? He was a consensus 4* and inside the 250. Now he's in the 300's. He has a strong offer list and reports are always positive about his abilities. Just curious if anyone had some insight?
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Not sure, but Mitchell might not have camped much this summer. So, out of sight, out of mind, maybe?
 
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dyllisvol42 said:
I think Pope could be a solid tight end. Remember he went to CAK. They throw the ball like 50 times a game and even though he was listed as a tight end, he always played out wide or in the slot. Which makes me think he was way behind in the blocking aspect of being a tight end. He is a redshirt freshman and still has some time to


Who is the guy with acl tear i think they moved him to oline
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MADISONGAVOL said:
dyllisvol42 said:
I think Pope could be a solid tight end. Remember he went to CAK. They throw the ball like 50 times a game and even though he was listed as a tight end, he always played out wide or in the slot. Which makes me think he was way behind in the blocking aspect of being a tight end. He is a redshirt freshman and still has some time to


Who is the guy with acl tear i think they moved him to oline
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Devante Brooks.
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RockyTopInBham said:
What's funny is everyone at the time thought Wolf was just a decent 2nd TE to play with our great TE recruit Daniel Helm. Not to start a "stars don't matter" discussion again...
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Wolf really wasn't under the radar though. He was a 4* on several sites and even the #5 TE in the country on Scout and he had a bunch of elite offers. He was very heavily recruited. Bama wanted him badly. The TE's we've signed since that class were not heavily recruited at all.
 
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vols 30 said:
Is it that , or is it the game plan not utilizing TE like we thought they would when Butch was 1st hired?
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I think they simply lack a big-time talent at TE and have struggled to land high end talent there. Butch's offense did an unreal job at Cincinnati utilizing Travis Kelce.
 
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Ethan Hooper said:
MADISONGAVOL said:
During the spring he still looked like he needed to add some more weight. I doubt we see much of him.
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This. He's a pretty huge project. We have a lot of project "OT" types right now on campus. That's why I'd be surprised if they took a 4th OL in this class unless it's just a guy with an insane ceiling like Faalaele.
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Montrell Hardy said:
Ethan Hooper said:
This. He's a pretty huge project. We have a lot of project "OT" types right now on campus. That's why I'd be surprised if they took a 4th OL in this class unless it's just a guy with an insane ceiling like Faalaele.
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I guess I don't see why elite te are not knocking down the door help wanted sign is there lol
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Montrell Hardy said:
I think they simply lack a big-time talent at TE and have struggled to land high end talent there. Butch's offense did an unreal job at Cincinnati utilizing Travis Kelce.
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I'm hoping this year with Scott calling the plays,and being a former tight ends coach, that he will utilize Wolf a lot more. Wolf's hands aren't completely proven, but he's sure been wide open a lot the past 2 years.
 
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I think we wanted to utilize our TEs more last year but Croom and Wolf were so inconsistent. Two of Dobbs INTs came from them handing the ball to a DB.
 
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Isn't the "hardest working TE in college football" a freshman at UT, James Brown?
 
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Montrell Hardy said:
Ethan Hooper said:
This. He's a pretty huge project. We have a lot of project "OT" types right now on campus. That's why I'd be surprised if they took a 4th OL in this class unless it's just a guy with an insane ceiling like Faalaele.
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I'm pretty sure he was talking about Austin Pope, I read it like you did the first time though. Brooks is up to 280, then you've got Tatum, Niehaus, Ryan Johnson (who was a 4 star let's not forget) and Locklear. All are works-in-progress but I think they can all contribute at some point.

From what I heard about Pope out of HS is that he's very athletic. He's 6'4 230 on the roster, about the same size as Eli. I could see him fighting for time with Johnson and Eli.
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