Who is the biggest over-achieving Vol in history?

#101
#101
Lol. Sullivan twins played because no one else was here. The one was terrible. The other was okish. None of them woulda started with the line we have now.
 
#102
#102
How about Joey Kent? Anybody remember if he was a highly ranked recruit? Had a helluva career--including one of the greatest Vol TDs ever.

Majors should have won the Heisman but of course he and the Vols got di--ed by the voters who gave it to Hornug on a 2-8 Notre Dame team. Of course Jim Brown finished 5th in voting--and John Brodie 7th!
 
#104
#104
My vote goes for Graig Faulkner. He may have the best hands of any wide receiver ever to play at Tennessee dude was money.
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mountainmanvol said:
My vote goes for Graig Faulkner. He may have the best hands of any wide receiver ever to play at Tennessee dude was money.
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Faulkner could catch and there's something to be said for timeframe but I think you'll find most conversations of this type deservedly go something like "Who had the best hands that wasn't named Larry Seivers.".
 
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B-moreVol said:
Al Wilson was a 4-5 star rated safety/LB coming out of HS. He may have even been a HS AA his senior year unless I'm remembering wrong. Although he played FB and LB his sr year, the only school that recruited him as RB was Notre Dame. He didn't overachieve, everyone expected him to be awesome.

The TB on that JCM team, Wesley Barlow, was also heavily recruited. Not sure what happened to him, he may have had grade issues.
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Remember RB Rodney Butler from JCM? Dude was an absolute stud and decided to skip college. He sadly ended up dead...drugs. :(
 
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esarmstrong said:
Not sure if serious. If serious you better think about this again.

He was H. S. All American. He was regarded as something of an underachiever in his first three years at UT. In his senior season he absolutely exploded and was a consensus first team All-American.
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Who awarded him as an All American?
 
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LurtzVol109 said:
You all dissapoint me. Al Wilson was a 2-star RB/FB coming out of high school. Became a all pro LB and probably was one of the best of all time if he hadn't had the career ending injury.
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Save the disappointment as Al Wilson was a actually a highly rated prospect coming out of High School.
 
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bnhunt said:
He was mentioned quite a bit as well. Daryl Dickey came to mind for me and maybe Rick Clausen.
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Daryl would be my pick. For somebody that was never supposed to see the field, except from the sideline, and ending up in prints on so many walls.
 
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Vol Main said:
The defense was not porous in the Auburn game. I was there; somebody knocked Bo Jackson out of it.
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Great memory! I was there too and it was what made me go to school at UT. TRob was awesome and Bo didn't know $&@? that day.
 
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hndog609 said:
Faulkner could catch and there's something to be said for timeframe but I think you'll find most conversations of this type deservedly go something like "Who had the best hands that wasn't named Larry Seivers.".
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Seivers had beastly hands- caught anything remotely near him.
 
#116
#116
Tim Townes way before most of yawl played with maybe greatest defensive backfield we ever had Bobby Majors Tim Priest David Allen Conrad Graham and Townes was the nickel back probably 170 lbs but the old expression would knock your D- -k off(walk on)
 
#117
#117
IMO Chris White (football) stands out as a guy who was not highly thought of out of high school but had some career numbers in interceptions that were incredible to me..
 
#119
#119
JJ McClesky, Bill Bates, Jason Julian and Craig Faulkner come to mind.

I would also through in Tim Priest. As Jon Ward says, check the stats. Tim had a knack for making interceptions. Only the Eric Berry broke some of his records.
 
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UTGnome said:
JJ McClesky, Bill Bates, Jason Julian and Craig Faulkner come to mind.

I would also through in Tim Priest. As Jon Ward says, check the stats. Tim had a knack for making interceptions. Only the Eric Berry broke some of his records.
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I love Tim Priest on Vol Radio Network too. I think he is the best analyst on radio. Is excited about the Vols, but he provides some really erudite analysis on the radio too both pro and con. Lives and breathes VOLS.
 
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#125
I don't know what Mark Jones' recruiting Stars and all that were, but the kid was a Football Player. He did it all while playing for the Orange and White. Playing WR caught the longest pass in UT history vs. UGA, caused game changing pick at Miami in 03 and up until recently had our most recent kick return. That guy could play.
 
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