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| *TennesseeTuxedo | Mar 14 2013, 07:36 AM Post #1 |
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Jalen Hurd Running Back Hendersonville, Tennessee Beech Senior View Map Ht:6'3" Wt:233 lbs Jalen Hurd Rivals Bio Jalen Hurd 247 Bio Jalen Hurd ESPN Bio Jalen Hurd Scout Bio
Edited by TennesseeTuxedo, May 23 2013, 02:08 PM.
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| *JollyVolly | Mar 14 2013, 07:39 AM Post #2 |
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A Very Manly Man
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Holy Crap!!! What a week for Jones! Maybe AV can relax a bit now about his ability to recruit???? |
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| *TennesseeTuxedo | Mar 14 2013, 07:59 AM Post #3 |
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| SPUTNIK | Mar 14 2013, 08:00 AM Post #4 |
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Recovering Lurker
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Per his quote from article (with photo in UT cap & orange tie) already up in the Tennessean, currently 6'3", 231 lbs. |
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| *OrangeRev | Mar 14 2013, 08:05 AM Post #5 |
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Tree hug'n, bleed'n heart, lazy luv'n, global warm'n token liberal
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I'm still of the mindset that BJ struggles to recruit, however getting Hurd and TK this week and EARLY is huge. Both players were thought to be natural leans to Tennessee, so these are the players that should be in orange ... but getting them early is nothing short of amazing. Just for reference, this is just the opposite of Dooley losing Andrew Jelks in the 2012 class - a player who was about as orange blooded as they come, yet he signs with Vandy. |
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| *TennesseeTuxedo | Mar 14 2013, 08:14 AM Post #6 |
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Hurd was looking for a reason to attend UT. He grew up a UT fan. His family members are Vols fans, his girlfriend is a huge Vols fan (her parents were classmates and a team mate of mine). Getting him excited about the program was important and he found a reason to pull the trigger. Now that he is on board, Hurd, Todd Kelly Jr, Vic Wharton, and Coleman homes will hopefully get all of the top players in their areas to stand up and take notice of the Vols. Great players want to play with one another. There are two other kids in the middle Tennessee area, whom we need badly and would give us another shot in the arm are Derek Barnett and Josh Malone. Both are thought to be UT leans. This may send them over the edge. I believe that Barnett is the best football player in the state of Tennessee regardless of position. |
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| *TennesseeTuxedo | Mar 14 2013, 08:15 AM Post #7 |
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My only beef with BJ's recruiting is the idea of recruiting to a system, which we have covered. You need the biggest and baddest big bullies in the trenches in the SEC. Tall skinny offensive tackles will lose to many battles against the big bullies. |
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| LonzoVol | Mar 14 2013, 08:16 AM Post #8 |
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Very interesting that you won't allow yourself to celebrate this commitment, but instead must come with a skeptical comment. Oh well, to each his own I guess. Meanwhile, in Columbus, Ohio, Urbans Meyers just pissed all over himself. Wharton and Kelly, Jr. have been working Hurd for weeks. I found this interesting since Kelly, Jr. just committed last weekend. Butch's fence around the state of Tennessee is going up a hell of a lot faster than Barry Soetoro's fence on the Mexican boarder!
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| LonzoVol | Mar 14 2013, 08:21 AM Post #9 |
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The tall, skinny offensive tackle signed with Arkansas! Best I can tell, the three offensive linemen in this year's class and the recent commitment are all 300 pounders, are thereabouts. Don't see the same thing you do with this system recruting you speak of. Looks like to me they are going after the best players available, period. |
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| *TennesseeTuxedo | Mar 14 2013, 08:24 AM Post #10 |
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Give BJ some credit. He has brought in an energy level that has been missing in Knoxville for close to 15-20 years. |
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| *OrangeRev | Mar 14 2013, 08:28 AM Post #11 |
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How you can interpret my use of words such as "amazing" and "huge" to be a lack of celebration is perplexing. Edited by OrangeRev, Mar 14 2013, 08:28 AM.
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| *TennesseeTuxedo | Mar 14 2013, 08:42 AM Post #12 |
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Hurd's family on hisncommitting to UT;
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| *TennesseeTuxedo | Mar 14 2013, 08:45 AM Post #13 |
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I have seen some folks try to compare him and his style to Eddie George. I do not see that at all. He runs much like Eric Dickerson. Must have been some Ohio State fans who tried to make the EG comparison. |
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| *Zippy | Mar 14 2013, 09:03 AM Post #14 |
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Burning Man, 2009 FOREVER
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This is what I've been needing. Not good opinion, but some actual GOOD NEWS about UT's team. edit: also, he's not Eddie George. He's Eric Dickerson. Best HS RB film I've seen since Jamal. Edited by Zippy, Mar 14 2013, 09:10 AM.
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| *Zippy | Mar 14 2013, 09:15 AM Post #15 |
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Burning Man, 2009 FOREVER
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This is not really true. The excitement level under Kiffin was through the roof. But otherwise, yes very true. BJ may very well be a Bruce Pearl. I'm still in 'show me' mode...but I'm feeling pretty good about it right now. |
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