Where's the Beef?

[wagee12]

CLK, Jim Chaney, Cregg and Mitch Browning know exactly what they are looking for in potential offensive tackle recruits. If you've read the story posted in another thread where Randy Moore dissed the hell out of Tennessee's offensive lines, starting with the lumbering '05 bunch, then you will quickly understand the list below. This is Scout's current list of offensive tackles being recruited by this staff. Long, lean, athletic, not a friggin 300 pounder in the bunch!!


Nat'l
Rank Nat'l
Rating Name
School, Hometown Video HT/ WT/ 40 Interest
Level Offer? Schools of Interest
3 James Hurst
(Plainfield HS)
Plainfield, IN 6-5/271/5.18 Med Yes Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Tennessee
10 JaWuan James
(North Gwinnett HS)
Suwanee, GA 6-6/285 Med Yes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, USC, Clemson
11 James Stone
(Maplewood Comp HS)
Nashville, TN 6-4.5/280 Med Yes Alabama, Louisville, LSU, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
15 Matt James
(St. Xavier HS)
Cincinnati, OH 6-7/260 Med Yes Cincinnati, Duke, Florida, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Stanford, Tennessee
NR Mekale Carter
(Central HS)
West Helena, AR 6-5/265 Med No Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Stanford, Tennessee
NR Shun Coleman
(Olive Branch HS)
Olive Branch, MS 6-7/275 Med No Arkansas, Auburn, Memphis, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Oklahoma State, Tennessee
NR Watts Dantzler
(Dalton HS)
Dalton, GA 6-7/294/5.44 Med No Georgia, Tennessee
NR Veronricco Jenkins
(Mitchell Road HS)
Memphis, TN 6-6/265 Med No Cincinnati, Mississippi, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Ohio State, Purdue, Tennessee
NR Dan Koenig
(Cape Coral HS)
Cape Coral, FL 6-6/255 Med Yes Alabama, Duke, Miami (Fl), Oklahoma State, Southern Miss, Tennessee, Wake Forest
NR Wes Rea
(Harrison Central HS)
Gulfport, MS 6-5/290 Med Yes Florida State, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Southern Miss, Stanford, Tennessee
NR Rodregus Scruggs
(Mitchell Road HS)
Memphis, TN 6-6.5/280 High No Mississippi, Tennessee, Duke, Louisville, Miami (Fl), Mississippi State, Purdue
NR Mark Shuman
(Fork Union Military Academy)
Fork Union, VA 6-6/270 Med Yes Duke, Rutgers, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech
NR Logan Stewart
(Boiling Springs HS)
Boiling Springs, SC 6-4/260/5.07 Med No North Carolina State, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Virginia
NR Gifford Timothy
(Middletown HS)
Middletown, DE 6-6/280 None No Committed to BYU
NR David Yankey
(Centennial HS)
Roswell, GA 6-5/266/5.53 Med Yes Duke, Florida, South Carolina, Stanford, Tennessee, Wake Forest

[GhenghisVol]

I thnk the trend is going to be toward lighter, more athletic offensive linemen. Thats one of the reasons Daniel Hood makes sense at 255. You can make a guy like that into anything you want.


Give me quickness over size. Monte Kiffin

[rocketcityvol]

...were fun to watch....and I think Browning had a lot to do with that as the O-line coach. They were usually highly ranked in rushing stats, as I remember. I do know they chewed up a Joe Kines coached defense at Alabama in the Music City Bowl one year.

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I thnk the trend is going to be toward lighter, more athletic offensive linemen. Thats one of the reasons Daniel Hood makes sense at 255. You can make a guy like that into anything you want.

The Vols zone blocking scheme is all about blocking downhill, meaning that the linemen have to have the athletic ability and quickness to move off of initial blocks to the next level down the field.

Watch any UT blocking schemes from the past several season.....how often did we see our linemen down the field blocking someone? Our guys were getting destroyed at the line of scrimmage.

[wkuvol]

to get downfield to block. They were just supposed to follow the play and recover the fumbles! :biglaugh::biglaugh:

[bluegrassvol]

We had at least three stud offensive linemen that visited the scrimmage today. The beef is a comin'

[vik]

Our guys were getting destroyed at the line of scrimmage.

I'm assuming you've watched the film? Because such a statement would not be possible :icon_smile: without having had the benefit of the film...

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[egbert]

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