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ALABAMA PLAYER PICKS ORANGE !!!

Austin High School player D.T. Shackelford from Decatur Alabama committed to Coach Phil Fulmer today.  Shackelford picked ORANGE over Crimson.  Shackelford is a 6'-2" 235 lb. Linebacker and as a junior he led his team with 102 tackles, He also had 7.5 sacks,  and with a nose for the football He had five fumble recoveries. Shackelford is a hard hitter and is rated a 3 * player by Scout..com.  Alabamas loss will be Tennessee's gain.

Shackelford picked Tennessee over Auburn, Mississippi, Miss St.,South Carolina,Stanford, Vanderbilt, and Alabama.  Welcome to Big Orange Country. Go Vols !! More News To Come,   Old Smokey

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Nigel Mitchell-Thornton from Georgia is on board as well.

by Hooper on Aug 1, 2008 4:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Dang! Declined Stanford and Vanderbilt too?

A bad a$$ on the field and in the classroom? Well welcome aboard sonny!

(UT fan from Knoxville livin in D.C.)

"RICH PEOPLE'S WAR...POOR PEOPLE'S BLOOD."

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Aug 2, 2008 2:35 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Wait a minute

As a UT fan, I must admitt bama did not offer him a scholarship. Check out Scout.com. Saban is locking down that state and none of the truly special players are leaving. He was number 18 in the state.

Either way though…. maybe he’s under the radar. Welcome to Vol Land Son!

by c-dude on Aug 7, 2008 2:21 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I have a question about Scout's listings.

Do they list all of the schools that offer, or only the ones that he’s expressed interest in? I’ve never known. Rivals lists Alabama as one of his “college choices” – another term that could carry either meaning.

But if Alabama didn’t offer, that might be because he spent his three camp visits at Auburn, UT and MSU. With that kind of summer, it’d seem that Alabama wasn’t in the running anyhow. But however the whole thing happened – Alabama offer or no – he seems pretty hyped up on UT. That usually means good things. (And Scout has him up to 12 (overall) in the state, but I don’t give that much thought. The rankings don’t tell how much distance is perceived between any two recruits, so it’s a little hard to interpret correctly.)

by Hooper on Aug 7, 2008 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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well in answer to your question, Scout list most of the schools that have offered, how ever looking back I did see that Alabama was not on their list,oops my bad, I must have seen Alabama listed on another story. you can go to Scout.com site and go to inside Tennessee and click on player commitments and player name to get all the info on that player. hope this helps. Old Smokey GO VOLS !!!

OLD SMOKEY

by volman on Aug 8, 2008 11:43 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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