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JUCO DT Tyrell Chavis .

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with the way we recruit and our scheme we should bring in at minimum one juco dt a year.

Saban's a beast at recruiting and he regularly supplements his dl with juco players.
 
gogeta4 said:
with the way we recruit and our scheme we should bring in at minimum one juco dt a year.

Saban's a beast at recruiting and he regularly supplements his dl with juco players.
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Good DTs do not want to play in our scheme though... We haven't landed 1 stud dt since golden arrived.
 
So this kid was in the 2012 class, then headed to Prep school for 2012 season, then went to UVA and red shirted for 2013 season, then headed to Nassau JUCO for 2014 season. So when he finally returns to FBS for 2016 he should have 2 years to play 2 seasons. **** that is a long road.

http://www.streakingthelawn.com/2013/8/7/4596182/first-year-profile-tyrell-chavis-looks-to-contribute-early

First Year Profile: Tyrell Chavis Looks to Contribute*Early

After committing to Virginia back in the summer of 2011, Tyrell Chavis is finally on Grounds. Chavis, a defensive tackle from Richmond's Varina High, originally signed with the Cavaliers in the 2012 class, before spending a year prepping at Fork Union Military Academy. Tyrell was one of three Fork Union players to sign with Virginia in February, joining defensive end Max Valles and safety Malcolm Cook. Before that, Chavis was a high school teammate of current Hoos Maurice Canady and Tim Harris at Varina.

As with most players that spend a year at Fork Union, Chavis comes to Charlottesville much more field-ready than he would have been a year earlier. FUMA coach John Shuman heaped praise on UVa's new #95, calling him one of the most talented defensive tackles he'd ever coached. That's high praise from the head coach of one of the nation's most prolific prep programs. At 6'4" 285 lbs, Chavis is a mountain of a man. The great programs around the country are able to rotate defensive linemen in and out frequently throughout games to keep them fresh, and that's exactly what new defensive coordinator Jon Tenuta would like the Hoos to be able to do this year. Chavis and fellow freshman Donta Wilkins can come in games and stuff the run, as well as occupy blockers and free lanes for blitzing linebackers and pass rushers off the edge.

Tyrell Chavis has a ton of potential, and he will be one of a few freshman that we will see play significant minutes in their first year. If Chavis is able to pickup the little nuances of the position and combine it with his raw power and athelticism, then the Virignia staff will be thrilled that they were able to land early in his recruitment, and keep him on board after a down year in 2012.
 
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gogeta4 said:
with the way we recruit and our scheme we should bring in at minimum one juco dt a year.

Saban's a beast at recruiting and he regularly supplements his dl with juco players.
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They grab one every now and then, the last one DJ Petteway was a former Bama player kicked off for involvement in an armed Robbery.

A lot of kids come from the Missippi JUCO system, so they have built-in recruting/scouting advantage. All those kids hear about is SEC SEC. FSU lost the #1 JUCO DT to Ole Miss of all places.

Hopefully a non-SEC team wins the Championship again and Finebaum and his followers all kill themselves.
 
I like the potential of the 2016 high school DT's from Georgia more than Chavis. The good thing is there will be room in UM's 2016 class for quite a few DT's. So adding this dude early could start to generate dline recruiting momentum.

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gogeta4 said:
with the way we recruit and our scheme we should bring in at minimum one juco dt a year.

Saban's a beast at recruiting and he regularly supplements his dl with juco players.
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True. He loses guys to the NFL while we lose guys that just aren't D1 material.
 
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I'm a bit surprise the staff hasn't attacked DTs as they have LBs in this class.We lose 4 scholarship Dts after this season and only 1 LB in Kirby and Mccord who is more of a DE.
 
Odin said:
I'm a bit surprise the staff hasn't attacked DTs as they have LBs in this class.We lose 4 scholarship Dts after this season and only 1 LB in Kirby and Mccord who is more of a DE.
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Why that would have make too much sense. Did you see the CB recruiting this last cycle? Not offering high talent kids in the backyard but complaining about numbers. You underestimate how dumb El Foldo is. Plus the DT recruiting should have been in high gear last cycle.....we got Fines. Smh
 
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gogeta4 said:
with the way we recruit and our scheme we should bring in at minimum one juco dt a year.

Saban's a beast at recruiting and he regularly supplements his dl with juco players.
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I would like to see staff make a run at recruiting to BAMA transfer Dee Liner as well as look at the JUCO players.

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http://alabama.scout.com/story/1525344-defensive-line-looks-solid-this-spring

Defensive Line Looks Solid This Spring
No matter the offensive style faced by a football defense, Job One is to stop the run. And that starts with the defensive front, ends and tackles. Job One-A is to make life miserable to the quarterback. Bama has men up to the task.

Alabama is listed as a 3-4 defense, meaning the base defense for the Crimson Tide is three defensive linemen, four linebackers, and four defensive backs. As has been pointed out, Bama almost never is in that defense, perhaps 20 per cent of the time. More often, a linebacker is taken out and replaced by a nickel back, an extra safety known as Star in the Alabama nomenclature.

Coach Nick Saban’s squad begins spring practice this week, a Friday workout that is 10 days ahead of practice number two, which is March 23. The 15 spring practice dates conclude with the A-Day Game in Bryant-Denny Stadium on April 18. This is one in a series looking at positions.

A dozen men will be in spring practice working at the defensive line spots. Although some are tackles and some are ends, in many cases the athletes are capable of playing either. Moreover, those defensive changes that take Bama out of a 3-4 sometime include a four-man front look, usually with an extra end inserted, making the front three ends and a tackle.

With the advent of hurry-up offenses, Saban has been recruiting some different type athletes for the edges, but the Tide coach still favors big, strong men on the defensive line. They seem to have a little more quickness, but size and strength continue to be obvious attributes of the defensive front.

A couple of guys are gone from the group that finished last season. Brandon Ivory finished his career as a back-up nose tackle and end Dee Liner, who had played almost not at all in his first two seasons, elected to transfer.

There’s also one newcomer as Jonathan Taylor (6-5, 225) came in with the 2015 signing class after finishing junior college.

The emphasis in the spring may be in developing depth behind established starters. No one doubts the credentials of three men who collectively had a total of 38 of a possible 42 starts last year. All are legitimate all-star candidates. They are:

Jarran Reed, 6-4, 310, senior end, who (with good reason) considered going into the NFL draft this year, but elected to return for his second and final year at Bama. His first year was quite a good one. Reed came from junior college as what seemed to be something of a tag-along with D.J. Pettway, who was returning to the Tide. Reed, who had originally been Florida-bound, finished last year as the leading tackler on the defensive front. He was in on 55 tackles (22 primary) and had one sack and was in on seven tackles for loss. He also broke up five passes.

A'Shawn Robinson, 6-4, 320, junior defensive tackle, who was in on 49 tackles (16 primary) and was in on seven for loss. He has four quarterback pressures, broke up three passes, blocked a kick, and forced a fumble.

Jonathan Allen, 6-3, 264, junior defensive end, who was in on 33 tackles (16 primary) including being in on 12 tackles for loss and six sacks. He had seven quarterback pressures and blocked a kick. Quite an important kick, as it turned out, the extra point try by Arkansas in Fayetteville as Bama escaped with a 14-13 win.

Beyond that are more than a few proven performers, starting with Pettway, a 6-3, 250-pound senior end. He was in on 23 tackles (13 primary) and had three tackles for loss, two sacks, three pass break-ups, and five quarterback pressures. He had one start and played in every game.

Dalvin Tomlinson, a 6-2, 287-pound junior defensive end, also played in every Bama game last year and was in on 22 tackles, including six for losses and two sacks. He had two quarterback pressures.

Other end candidates had less playing time last year, but will have future opportunities. Those certainly include Da’Shawn Hand, a 6-4, 262-pound sophomore who showed in brief moments last year why he had been considered by many to be the nation’s top defensive line prospect. He was in on seven tackles, two of them sacks, in his first year. Korren Kirven, 6-5, 281 junior, was limited last year by injury. Johnny Dwight begins his second year after having been redshirted as a freshman. He’s 6-3, 293.

Darren Lake, a 6-3, 324-pound senior, is top back-up to Robinson at nose tackle. He was effective last year in extensive playing time against the tough running game of LSU. Josh Frazier, 6-3, 330, sophomore, had playing time in half of Bama’s games as a true freshman. O.J. Smith, 6-3, 320, was redshirted last year as a true freshman.
 
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Paranos said:
I like the potential of the 2016 high school DT's from Georgia more than Chavis. The good thing is there will be room in UM's 2016 class for us to lose quite a few DT's. So adding this dude early could start to generate the dline recruiting, commitment and decommitment process.

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FIFY

We will eventually end up with a 345lb 1.2 star who AG's "sources" find 2-4 months after losing all the top recruits on signing day. Then the slurpers will proclaim he is the next CFB AA and give him a name like "Mount (insert name here)". Kid will fail and never produce. He will get labeled a JAG. Meanwhile, our JAG corches will get a contract extension into 2030 so we remain "consistent".
 
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