Adopt-a-Recruit

by Joel Hollingsworth on Sep 5, 2008 6:06 AM EDT in Tennessee Volunteer Football

Another great idea worth stealing, this one from Burnt Orange Nation. It's Adopt-a-Recruit!

Here's how it works. You adopt a player to watch on behalf of the rest of the RTT community. Once a week or so, you do a FanPost filling in the rest of us on the status of your player -- how he performed in his high school game that week, any news on their recruitment, etc.

Details:

WHEN: The player draft will be today at high noon. Eastern.

HOW: First come, first serve. Once the post goes live, the first person to draft a player in the comment thread has rights to that guy.

WHO: The draft will cover two categories of players:

Members of the 2009 Tennessee recruiting class. If you draft a player already committed to Tennessee, your primary responsibility will be to inform the rest of us of news on the player's season. At a minimum, you should plan on looking up your player's performance on Friday night to report his (or his team's) stats. More comprehensive reports might include injury reports, scouting reports, and other news items on the player.
Potential members of the 2009 Tennessee recruiting class. If you want to grab a player who may yet commit to the Vols, feel free.

A few notes:

As with everything we do on this site, the whole thing is dynamic and subject to change. It's informal, meant to be fun.
If you have the ability to actually go see your guy play, that would be ideal.
You have responsibilities, son. If you don't want to be bothered to write up a short summary or at least post a link or two with brief commentary, then don't draft anybody. You're not a giant car manufacturer, you know. You can't buy up all of the innovative patents and then just sit on them.
Again, informal. Whatever works and is fun.

Here's a list of some of the players available:

2009 Commitments	Pos	Rivals Stars	Ht	Wt	40	RR	Hometown
Dominique Allen	RB	3	5-11	235	-	5.7	Paris, TN
Antonio Foster	OL	3	6-4	285	5	5.6	Valdosta, GA
Jarvis Giles	RB	4	5-11	175	4.5	5.9	Tampa, FL
Edwin Herbert	DT		6-3	295	4.81	-	San Francisco, CA
D.J. Hunter	DB	4	6-0	196	4.4	5.9	Middletown, OH
Nigel Mitchell-Thornton	LB	3	6-2	228	4.72	5.6	Stone Mountain, GA
Josh Nunes	QB	4	6-3	208	4.85	5.8	Upland, CA
Bryce Petty	QB	3	6-2	212	4.7	5.6	Midlothian, TX
Aubrey Phillips	OL	3	6-6	310	5.1	5.6	Olive Branch, MS
Kevin Revis	OL	3	6-4	265	5.13	5.6	Evensville, TN
Zach Rogers	WR	3	6-2	170	4.47	5.6	Nashville, TN
JerQuari Schofield	OL	3	6-6	298	-	5.7	Aiken, SC
D.T. Shackelford	LB	3	6-1	220	4.7	5.6	Decatur, AL
Je'Ron Stokes	WR	4	6-1	178	4.44	6.0	Philadelphia, PA
D.J. Swearinger	DB	3	5-10	191	4.44	5.7	Greenwood, SC
Damien Thigpen	ATH	4	5-8	170	4.44	5.8	Manassas, VA
Toney Williams	RB	3	6-1	227	4.6	5.5	Alpharetta, GA

A list of other prospects after the jump.

2009 Prospects
Name	Pos	Scout Stars	4HT/ WT/ 40	Schools of Interest
Rueben Randle	WR	5	6-3/195/4.50	Alabama, Florida, LSU, Miami (Fl), Michigan, Tennessee, USC
Marlon Brown	WR	5	6-5/205/4.50	Florida, Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame, Stanford, Tennessee, USC
Tavon Austin	RB	5	5-7.5/170/4.47	Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Penn State, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia
Kendall Kelly	WR	5	6-3/220/4.50	Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Tennessee
Darius Winston	CB	5	6-1/180/4.30	Arkansas, Clemson, Michigan, Mississippi, Tennessee
David Oku	RB	5	5-10/185/4.50	Florida State, Louisville, Nebraska, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio State, USC
Logan Thomas	TE	4	6-6/219/4.68	Clemson, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, West Virginia
Pete White	OL	4	6-5/325/5.30	Florida State, Maryland, Miami (Fl), North Carolina, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Tennessee
Keenan Graham	DE	4	6-4/225/4.60	UCLA, Colorado, Michigan, Tennessee, USC, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin
Johnnie Farms	OL	4	6-2/280	Alabama, Auburn, Florida, LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee, UCF
Travis Hawkins	CB	4	5-11/185/4.42	Miami (Fl), Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, Tennessee, Virginia Tech
Richard Wilson	TE	4	6-3/222/4.69	BYU, LSU, Miami (Fl), Stanford, Tennessee, Utah, Washington
Frankie Telfort	LB	4	5-11/205/4.41	Clemson, Florida, Ohio State, South Florida, Tennessee, USC, Wake Forest
Morgan Moses	OL	4	6-7/332/5.20	Florida, Miami (Fl), Michigan, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia
Ray Ray Armstrong	LB	4	6-3/220/4.60	Florida, Florida State, LSU, Miami (Fl), Notre Dame, Tennessee, UCF
Ronnie Wingo	RB	4	6-1/212	Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee
Dion Sims	TE	4	6-5/230/4.60	Georgia, Miami (Fl), Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Tennessee, UCLA
Barkevious Mingo	LB	4	6-5/210/4.75	LSU, Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas A&M
Darren Myles	DB	4	6-2/180/4.50	Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, LSU, Tennessee
Jerrod Askew	LB	4	6-0/230/4.55	Alabama, Clemson, Maryland, North Carolina State, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia
Jamil Merrell	LB	4	6-4/210/4.60	North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, West Virginia
Stan Hasiak	OL	4	6-6/315/5.60	California, UCLA, USC, BYU, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington
Arthur Jeffery	DT	4	6-4/285/4.90	Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, South Florida, Tennessee
Chris Bonds	DE	4	6-4/275/4.80	Alabama, Florida State, Miami (Fl), Notre Dame, South Carolina, Tennessee, USC
Eddie Lacy	RB	4	6-0/210/4.44	Alabama, Florida State, Tennessee, Oklahoma
Justin Brown	WR	4	6-3.5/210/4.48	Kentucky, North Carolina State, Oregon, Penn State, Rutgers, South Carolina, Tennessee
Darrington Sentimore	DT	4	6-2.5/266/4.82	LSU, Alabama, Arkansas, Miami (Fl), Oklahoma, Tennessee
Nyshier Oliver	DB	4	5-10/170/4.40	Boston College, Michigan, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Penn State
Chad Bumphis	WR	4	5-10/180/4.40	Alabama, Mississippi State, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Mississippi, Tennessee
Brandon Moore	OL	4	6-5/320	Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, LSU, Miami (Fl), Mississippi State, Tennessee
Jason Ankrah	DE	4	6-4/250/4.80	Penn State, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, West Virginia
Eric Gordon	DB	4	5-11/186/4.40	Alabama, Louisville, Miami (Fl), Mississippi State, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee
Stephon Gilmore	WR	4	6-2/181/4.50	Clemson, Florida, Florida State, South Carolina, Tennessee
Eric Sproal	OL	4	6-4.5/300	Boise State, Hawaii, Michigan State, Nevada, TCU, Tennessee, Tulsa
Tony Straughter	LB	4	6-0/215/4.60	Kansas State, Mississippi, South Carolina, TCU, Tennessee
Akiem Hicks	DT	4	6-6/295	Arizona, Kansas State, Oregon, Purdue, South Florida, Tennessee, Washington State