2027 Recruiting: 2027 Recruiting Thread

[bamadwain]

Tennessee flips Bama commit four star LB Kenneth Simon

Vols flip Bama LB

Doesn't surprise me, dad was a very good player there, I'm sure family and the money bag played alot in the flip

 

[bamaga]

I think DeBoer stole his girl in middle school, guy can do right by him.

Pretty ignorant comment.

 

[bamaga]

You spin it how you want but you do this every year so relax and enjoy the success. You don't see what is coming as you have not for the last two years and the fact is this is going to be a small class. Either keep up with recruiting or quit making negative comments that are not accuracte.

Which comment is not accurate? That There were 38 third year sophomores, juniors and seniors? That Bama is dead last in the SEC in football recruiting by 247? Or that there is only one player committed outside of 3 skill positions or specialists?

 

[CrimsonTitles]

Honestly if we just got Gayles and someone like Simmons it would initially be disappointing but Gayles is pretty elite and Simmons is solid. Even with those 2 only think about the last couple years:

-Brooks (already very good to elite)
-Meadows (excellent upside)
-CD Morgan (elite upside and already showing out in practice)
-three mysteries in Mathis, Sabb, and Brown where if at least one becomes productive you clearly hit on that class with Morgan
….because this is all not counting the portal!

We still got Ryan Williams too. He may be best served sticking around another year, simply because he reclassified. You reclassify, and then you leave a year early, that's 2 years you're missing of development. I personally believe he's gonna have a monster season, and then he's not really gonna have a choice, but regardless, it's still a bit of an interesting decision. Regardless of where he's picked, I think he would be well served spending 4 seasons in college. Amobi Okoye comes to mind. He was a defensive tackle out of Louisville about 2 decades ago now, and he went to college early and was a top 10 pick at 19 years old. He showed some promise in the league early on, but fairly quickly fizzled out. Ryan will be slightly older at 20, but it's still a cautionary tale I would look at if I were him. It's not really the age so much as missing out on some crucial developmental years. The NFL is not gonna wait around for you, no matter high they drafted you.

I'm still holding out hope we'll get both Gayles and Sales, because I'm hearing that Gayles' decision will have zero effect on Sales, and we have the money for both, but if we don't get both, I don't really think it's that's big of a deal. We still got guys at receiver. You just wanna get at least one top receiver in this class. Gayles fits that mold.

 

[Ledsteplin]

Tennessee flips Bama commit four star LB Kenneth Simon

Vols flip Bama LB

I kind of expected this. He's Viles through and through. As others have said, his Dad played for the Viles.

 

[AlexanderFan]

Pretty ignorant comment.

Right in line with your recruiting posts.

At this point team retention and transfer portal > high school recruits. You can pay $350k for a known commodity with college football experience, or you can pay $350k for a kid who might work out.

It’s pretty simple: spend the money you have on what you know and guys who have proven they can compete at the college level.

A football program will not stay competitive letting upperclassman leave every year. A football program will not stay competitive with first and second year linemen playing. This staff will continue to send underperforming players packing and brining in guys they think can help the program. Those guy will not always be high school recruits.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

I don’t care who said what about whose mama first.

Stop the, “I’m rubber, you’re glue,” back and forth. Confine the discussion to facts and their interpretation,, not personal characterization.

That is not a request.