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4* JUCO OT Dontavius Blair commits to VOLS
Posted on 10/8/13 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 10/8/13 at 12:06 pm
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Dontavius Blair ?@gotmy_weightup 35s Just called my future head coach and the coaching stuff and told them I'm all in!!!!! My next school will be the University of Tennessee!!!
This post was edited on 10/8/13 at 6:27 pm
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Posted on 10/8/13 at 12:11 pm to NorthGAVol
Posted on 10/8/13 at 12:15 pm to Crompdaddy8
Huge pick up if true, major need heading into next season.
Posted on 10/8/13 at 1:21 pm to Tennessee Jed
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Huge pick up if true, major need heading into next season.
Ya'll definitely got lucky with Auburn having a logjam at OT. Blair is a rare OT talent and was likely a one a done. Auburn has 2 returning starters at OT and the 2 deep is filled with two 5* that are SO
Posted on 10/8/13 at 1:23 pm to NorthGAVol
I thought he was leaning aubbie or a&m?
Posted on 10/8/13 at 1:27 pm to TRUERockyTop
That's what the "experts" have been saying. Not sure what happened but there have been 10 projections to Tennessee today.
Posted on 10/8/13 at 1:28 pm to GenesChin
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Ya'll definitely got lucky with Auburn having a logjam at OT. Blair is a rare OT talent and was likely a one a done. Auburn has 2 returning starters at OT and the 2 deep is filled with two 5* that are SO
Here we go again
Posted on 10/8/13 at 1:29 pm to NorthGAVol
We need AR to pull a PFM and stay for a fourth season.
Posted on 10/8/13 at 1:44 pm to Tennessee Jed
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Posted by Tennessee Jed We need AR to pull a PFM and stay for a fourth season.
Tiny/Blair bookends plus JHurd?
Posted on 10/8/13 at 1:56 pm to NorthGAVol
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Here we go again
he was JUCO teammates and friends with Nick Marshall, fwiw... playing time was huge for DB. Can't blame him for that.
Posted on 10/8/13 at 2:11 pm to NorthGAVol
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Patrick MacCoon ?@PatrickMacCoon 23m
Appears the #Vols are close to not only getting JC four-star DT Dontavius Blair, but five-star No. 1 OLB for C/o 2014 Clifton Garrett also.
Not sure who that guy is, but he just threw that up. Huge on Blair, and on Garrett. Garretts twitter is all retweets about UT fwiw. I think we made a big statement with him here on Saturday, but it's hard to imagine him not picking LSU right now. Some random arse guy on 247 just made the first pick for him to UT today.
Posted on 10/8/13 at 2:14 pm to TRUERockyTop
If Butch manages to pull a player of Garrett's caliber, we'll know he's the man for the job.
This is shaping up to be our best recruiting class in well over a decade.
This is shaping up to be our best recruiting class in well over a decade.
Posted on 10/8/13 at 2:25 pm to NorthGAVol
Time to break out the jergens.
This post was edited on 10/8/13 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 10/8/13 at 2:29 pm to Bassmanbruno
Exactly
Posted on 10/8/13 at 2:42 pm to TRUERockyTop
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Clifton Garrett
Sleeping giant beginning to wake. UT will have monster 2014 and 2015 class
Posted on 10/8/13 at 2:44 pm to Crompdaddy8
Clifton Garrett knows he'll start right away. UT has zero LB besides AJ Johnson and Maggitt.
Posted on 10/8/13 at 2:54 pm to NorthGAVol
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Still supremely confident in what I posted earlier. Not so sure on the timing. Blair told me this morning that he would be annoucing his choice today. He was just waiting to hear back from his academic advisor, who was "making sure everything was still good for him to enroll in December."
We now know for a fact that said advisor has reached out to Tennessee. That, in itself, says a lot.
Anyway, I have no idea if the advisor has gotten back to Blair yet, as Dontavius has shut off contact with the media this afternoon. So while I still think he has chosen Tennessee, the timetable is uncertain. I have no idea what exactly the holdup is. I don't think there's anything to be worried about on the academic side. If there is, I'm not aware of it.
I wish I could provide some sort of real timetable for his announcement, but that is impossible. Blair's teammate, Tyreek Hill, tweeted that the announcement is still on for today. That's all I have for now.
Rob Cassidy
Posted on 10/8/13 at 3:05 pm to NorthGAVol
quote:That has been the news on Auburn's side since August. The kid is from Anniston, Alabama. Played with Marshall at JUCO. And is related to Roc Thomas.quote:Here we go again
Ya'll definitely got lucky with Auburn having a logjam at OT. Blair is a rare OT talent and was likely a one a done. Auburn has 2 returning starters at OT and the 2 deep is filled with two 5* that are SO
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"Playing time," Blair said. "It's all about playing time. That's it. I honestly don't know which one I can play at the most. I know I can play a lot at Tennessee, so I want to go down there and see."
Posted on 10/8/13 at 3:07 pm to TRUERockyTop
We have a very legit possibility to finsh with:
WR Josh Malone 4*
ATH Berry Bros 4*/3*
DE Dewayne Hendrix 4*
OT Dontavius Blair 4*
DT/DE Derek Barnett 4*
NT Charles Mosely 4*
LB Clifton Garrett 5*
If this happens I will fricking cry tears of joy
Also, VQ had this to say about Garrett
WR Josh Malone 4*
ATH Berry Bros 4*/3*
DE Dewayne Hendrix 4*
OT Dontavius Blair 4*
DT/DE Derek Barnett 4*
NT Charles Mosely 4*
LB Clifton Garrett 5*
If this happens I will fricking cry tears of joy
Also, VQ had this to say about Garrett
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He'll be taking that LSU visit last, with Ole Miss receiving a visit as well. Starting to feel like it's a three-team race with Tennessee, Ole Miss and LSU right now and Tennessee has some momentum, but is it enough is the question."
Posted on 10/8/13 at 3:12 pm to Crompdaddy8
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Clifton Garrett knows he'll start right away. UT has zero LB besides AJ Johnson and Maggitt.
Bates/Weatherd/Garrett/Mouhon/Bryant would be our best LB class in god knows how long.
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