Rocky Top Talking Points: recruiting, creepy but woooooo!!! edition

by Joel Hollingsworth on Feb 7, 2007 7:16 AM EST in Tennessee Volunteer Football

Wooo! National signing day! UTSports.com has an all-day ticker so you can keep up with all of the latest newest Vols. Of course, you can also find great stuff at Rivals.com and Scout.com .
MapGameDay has been busy and will be even more so today. You've probably already seen his recruiting maps via the Wiz or Every Day Should Be Saturday. I was going to link to Tennessee's after signing day, but just so I don't appear to be too uncool, here it is now.

The current list of commits we're hoping will actually ink today:

Name	Pos	Hometown	Size
Anthony Anderson	WR/DB	Knoxville	6-2, 175
Deshaun Barnes	S/LB	Tallahassee, Fla.	6-2, 195
Eric Berry	ATH	Fairburn, Ga.	5-11, 195
William Brimfield	DT	Neeses, S.C.	6-6, 320
Todd Campbell	WR	Franklin	6-1, 185
B.J. Coleman	QB	Chattanooga	6-4, 195
Kevin Cooper	RB	Chattanooga	6-1, 240
Lennon Creer	RB	Tatum, Texas	6-1, 202
Chris Donald	LB	Huntingdon	6-3, 225
Art Evans	ATH	Lakeland, Fla.	6-1, 180
C. J. Fleming	CB	Richmond, Va.	5-11, 175
Savion Frazier	TB/LB	Woodbridge, Va.	6-1, 208
Cory Hall	DL	Chattanooga	6-5, 260
Josh Hawkins	RB	Loudon	6-1, 190
Gerald Jones	WR	Oklahoma City, Okla.	6, 190
Donald Langley	DT	Germantown, Md.	6-2, 295
Tyler Maples	WR/DB	Maryville	6-2, 175
Ben Martin	DL	Cincinnati	6-5, 255
Nevin McKenzie	S	Athens, Texas	6-2, 210
Rolando Melancon	DT	Lutcher, La.	6-1, 260
Darnius Moore	Ath.	Tatum, Texas	6-0, 175
Kenny O'Neal	WR	Oakland, Calif.	6, 195
Cody Pope	OL	San Diego, Calif.	6-5, 275
Dennis Rogan	RB	Knoxville	5-11, 183
Darris Sawtelle	OL	Birmingham, Mich.	6-5, 285
Daryl Vereen	RB	Huntersville, N.C.	5-11, 187
Brent Vinson	WR	Hampton, Va.	6-2, 180
Chris Walker	LB	Memphis	6-3, 220
Rufus Williams	DE	Titusville, Fla.	6-3, 225
DeAngelo Willingham	CB	Calhoun, S.C.	6-0, 205

Assuming these guys sign, the class includes six, count 'em six, five stars, according to Scout.com (Marvin Austin, Eric Berry, Chris Donald, Ronald Johnson, Ben Martin, and Brent Vinson, per Scout.com (Vinson's not on my list, as he committed last year, but didn't qualify and so went to Hargrave Military Academy), and, according to Rivals.com, five five-stars (Berry, Donald, Vinson, Martin, and Kenny O'Neal. The drama for the day centers around four-stars Ahmad Paige, Brandon Paul, and Dwight Jones, among others.

Update [2007-2-7 7:22:10 by Joel]: I don't post at work (unless it's already been pre-written and it's just a matter of hitting "publish"), so do us all a favor and keep everyone informed by leaving comments as the drama unfolds today.

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Early returns

According to Volquest: BJ Coleman, CJ FLeming, Cory Hall, and Tyler Maples are offical.

According to this article in the Monroe, LA News-Star, 4-star receiver Ahmad Paige committed to UT last night and will announce such at 9 am.

by CornFromAJar on Feb 7, 2007 8:38 AM EST reply actions

Jones

Dwight Jones is staying with UNC

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=8&c=1&nid=2418412

by Smitty @ Rocky Top Talk on Feb 7, 2007 11:35 AM EST reply actions

Midday Update

Add to Coleman, Fleming, Hall, and Maples:

Nevin McKenzie, Josh Hawkins, Savion Frazier, Darrius Moore, Daryl Vereen, Brent Vinson, Eric Berry, Kevin Cooper, Chris Donald, William Brimfield, Rolando Melancon, DeAngelo Willingham, Kenny O'Neal, Ben Martin, Ahmad Paige, Dennis Rogan, and Lennon Creer.

Take Marvin Austin and Dwight Jones off the board, both signed with UNC.

by CornFromAJar on Feb 7, 2007 11:40 AM EST reply actions

Memory either fleeting or just plain bad

Yeah, I'm not sure where I got Marvin Austin to begin with. I put him in the post b/c I saw it somewhere this morning, but couldn't find it later. Ah, well.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Feb 7, 2007 12:06 PM EST up reply actions