Who will be the "2012 Obligatory East TN Kid"?

[orangespirit]

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[DocVOLiday]

Next year is going to be an interesting recruiting year from an instate perspective. IMO, there are several kids instate that would be very beneficial to us going forward. This may be one of the better (if not the best) overall classes from the state in some time.

There are 3 legit RB prospects out of Memphis (Kimbrow, Walton, Robinson) in addition to Mathers and any others East of Memphis. Then you have Browles (WR) out of Jackson. OL wise, you have 2 (maybe 3) SEC caliber prospects from Memphis (Still, Colcollough), and I believe there is at least 1-2 more across the state. In the secondary, you have Alex Dale out of Memphis (not sure what else is across the state).

I know that Memphis has often been a challenge for UT given the geography and what not, but Dooley and Co. have been well received by coaches and players so far from everything I have heard. In fact, it has been a lot more positive than it has been in recent memory.

That's awesome. As a memphis area vol, I wish we would get more of the memphis athletes and hope we can from now on.

And I think robinson is the real deal, I played him this year and he can run. Waltons fast but not sure how he would do in the SEC
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[LittleDTO]

last year it had to have been orleans darkwa......kid is tearing it up as a starter this year.

I really liked Darkwa coming out of Highschool. He almost had a 1000 yard season and was only the starter for the last few games.

He also can catch the ball out of the backfield pretty well too. I still think that a few BCS schools missed out on a good back.

 

[RichRollin]

I really liked Darkwa coming out of Highschool. He almost had a 1000 yard season and was only the starter for the last few games.

He also can catch the ball out of the backfield pretty well too. I still think that a few BCS schools missed out on a good back.

They sleep on LOTS of guys from Tenn. This yr is one of the best state wide I can remember. And yes, next yr looks REALLY good. Those big uglies coming outta West Tenn.... Gotta have'em. That WR from Jackson...gotta have'em.

I also think many of this kids from Tenn that do get noticed are under-rated. Yeah I understand the competition factor. But there are some VERY GOOD programs in which these kids are well coached. I'm not saying it's on par with Ga, Oh, or Fla. But I've lived here since 94' and I can tell you the football has VASTLY improved. East Tenn is growing, as is Metro Nashville. the 13 county Metropolitan area of Nashville has grown 500,000 people since 1990. Metropolitan Nashville has 1.7 million people now. Hard to believe there are not many good players there, I know there are some good programs.

 

[orangeblur]

Next year is going to be an interesting recruiting year from an instate perspective. IMO, there are several kids instate that would be very beneficial to us going forward. This may be one of the better (if not the best) overall classes from the state in some time.

There are 3 legit RB prospects out of Memphis (Kimbrow, Walton, Robinson) in addition to Mathers and any others East of Memphis. Then you have Browles (WR) out of Jackson. OL wise, you have 2 (maybe 3) SEC caliber prospects from Memphis (Still, Colcollough), and I believe there is at least 1-2 more across the state. In the secondary, you have Alex Dale out of Memphis (not sure what else is across the state).

I know that Memphis has often been a challenge for UT given the geography and what not, but Dooley and Co. have been well received by coaches and players so far from everything I have heard. In fact, it has been a lot more positive than it has been in recent memory.

Graham Shuler is a as well....He will get offers from alot of schools.....2012 will be more top heavy in terms of stars...IMO and deep as well..I agree it will be a good year..one of the states best ever..