Four more Tennessee football players are set to enroll today, the first day of second session of summer classes.
Wide receiver E.J. Abrams-Ward, offensive lineman Carson Anderson, offensive lineman Preston Bailey and fullback Ben Bartholomew are expected in Knoxville.
Those four players join five freshmen who enrolled for the first session last month. Tailback Tauren Poole and fullback Austin Johnson enrolled in January and participated in spring practice.
Abrams-Ward is the most high-profile of UT's recruits enrolling for second session. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound native of Thomasville, N.C., was ranked Rivals.com's No. 11 athlete in the nation and the top prospect in North Carolina.
Bailey and Bartholomew, younger brother of former UT fullback Will Bartholomew, played last season together at Montgomery Bell Academy.
Anderson, whose father played with defensive coordinator John Chavis at Tennessee, is a 6-3, 275-pound lineman from Florence, Ala.
UT has 11 of its 18 players from this year's recruiting class on campus, and wide receiver Steven Fowlkes is expected to report Aug. 1.
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Comments » 27
givehim6 writes:
Great! Getting these young men into the collage way of life will help them get there feet wet. And hopefully some positive leadership will get them started on the wright path.
FatherVol writes:
OK, but what's the standing of the remaining seven? Where are they?
txsvol#372416 writes:
Academic casualties, or what other reasons? The missing seven may not be expected to play much, anyway, but I would think they'd show up before classes start this fall, and participate in Summer practices. Go Vols! SAVol
richvol writes:
No kidding Drew...could you flesh the story out a little bit. Maybe remind us of what each kid accomplished.
How about the defensive tackle we have been trying to get eligible for 3 or 4 years? What's his progress?
GreerVol22 writes:
richvol, keep dreaming. Adams has his puppets looking for 10% substance and 90% garbage. Imagine how good this web site and articles would be if he turned them loose?
APPLEJAX555 writes:
Fact - Every time a Bartholomew has bee on TNs roster, we have won a National Championship.
orangebloodgmc writes:
Any word on Warren?
Mansonlamps writes:
11 of 18 recruits reporting early. What's that about a 65% rate? That should be good for another one-year extension for Fulmer.
tnvol737 writes:
Anyone heard how Stevens and Coleman are progressing at QB?
Raynoch writes:
Both Marlon Walls and Gerald Williams are on the roster at utsports.com if that means anything.
dford9#209809 writes:
Come' on down fella's~! Welcome too Knoxville,
Home Of The Big Orange Nation. I will assure
you that you will love the schools program,
the scenery, the food, and the women. Just
make sure that you leave the booze and/or
drugs behind; as we have had enough problems
with those two factors in the past.
CoverOrange writes:
"receiver Steven Fowlkes is expected to report Aug. 1"
That leaves six, not seven, unaccounted for.
Maybe they are cylons yet to be revealed.
Would Gerald Williams and Brandon Warren be considered two of those six since they are transfers not necessarily recruited this year?
CoverOrange writes:
dford, don't forget that women, cell phones, and baseball bats are bad combinations too.
TommyJack writes:
Marc: If that article (above) doesn't explain the mind-set of mediocrity, I don't know what does. Simply amazing.
vol4gzus writes:
mansunlamps get over the junk posting please. All the lonely people who can't help themselves with unhappiness with coach(head that is) just keep piling on with same old stuff....stuff....stuff....
Good to have students on campus to get acclimated to the extremely different life from being at home with mom and dad.
gohawks1 writes:
Good article, marc_ash. Thanks for the link. David Climer usually writes his articles without bias, IMO. And I agree with him on this one too. Eight wins simply isn't an adequate measuring stick in college football today, especially at the University of Tennessee. As he points out, 8 wins can be obtained without beating any of our big rivals (UF, UA, UGA) or Auburn.
orangebloodgmc writes:
I usually DON'T agree with Vandy homer Climer, but actually do this time. If we got 8 wins without beating the ALA, FLA, GA or AUB, then I'd be pretty uneasy about that, would have almost nothing to crow about (except beating Spurrier yet again), and would see no reason for reward by contract extension. This scenario is possible, but not probable, in my opinion.
GerryOP writes:
Although I fully agree with Climer's article, I still advocate that the 8-win-extension-rollover clause is meaningless. If Fulmer is not performing up to expectations, and we all know the expectations are not 8 wins, he will be "encouraged" to retire. The big boosters are also fans. Loyalty does not have a lifetime guarantee!
thesavageorange writes:
The only one that shouldn't be enrolled by fall is Montori Hughes.I am not sure whether or not he is going Juco or the Hargrave route.I would prefer Hargrave, b/c we need him in 09'.
iowavol writes:
Can't remember the running backs who ran through Bartholomew holes, but I can remember the blocks. One in particular, against Alabama I think, but definitely later in the year. Tennessee was on the 2 yard line, 3rd down and the announcers just mentioned the LB was so good that Tennessee should throw for it. But this is a Fulmer coached team, mano y mano. He runs left and Bartholomew meets superstud LB in the hole - you could hear the hit clearly on TV. No friggin contest - the dude bounces back two yards. But Will aint finished cause the dude is still standing. Let's put it this way, our RB runs by Will lying on top of the LB 6 yards deep in the end zone. It was without a doubt one of the most dominating, butt kicking blocks I have ever seen. Sure hope the younger brother has the same kind of stones.
GerryOP writes:
Today on ESPNC at 2:00 PM EDT, 1999 UT vs FSU.
b_neas writes:
Lets hope Abrams did not have that same type of NC water Hardesty did. He was a high profile athlete from NC and could be amazing if he could stay healthy. Good luck young ones get UT back to top ten prowess.
orangebloodgmc writes:
We need more of 'em to drink the water that Hardesty does. He is one our more don't-quit-til-the-whistle-blows players, and we have not heard the last of him by a long shot.
philfan writes:
I am glad to see the prospects walking the campus in Knoxville.
I was watching the 1998 Tennessee and Florida State Fiesta bowl a little while ago(thanks, GerryOP)and was thinking how great it would be if Ward could develop into the player that Peerless Price was. This guy was catching some impossible passes from way out in center field. Hopefully, Clawson and company will be able to gain momentum in September and finish the season with an SEC trophy or at least a BCS bid. Half the fun of college football is hoping that your team will win the big games.
Ralph_Crampton writes:
In the first game against UCLA, the Vols must be ready for the ROPE-A-DOPE tactics of the Bruins in the Rose Bowl...usually in late August and for the next three weeks or so the Santa Ana winds blow into the Los Angeles area and the tempature is over a hundred degrees..and possibly 110 degrees on the field. It is a dry heat (sneaks upon you) unlike Knoxville heat and humidity whereby you sweat profusely. Last time Vols played out there, Peyton Manning and the Vols appeared on the way to an easy win,(24-3) at halftime...BUT a few minutes into the second half the confident Vols tired badly and UCLA began to move the ball at will as the exhausted Volunteers could not stop them. With only a few minutes left in the game..the Bruins had the ball and were rolling as they had just tied the gam e at 24-all. Skip Hicks, the powerful UCLA running back broke loose and headed for the goal line and a sure win for the Bruins. Last defender left for Tennessee was Leonard Little who although dog-tired himself lunged at Hicks and slapped the ball out his(Hicks) arm just before he crossed the Vol goal line, A Vol player fell on the ball and the Tennesseans managed to barely run the clock out..and won 30-24....The happy and tired Volunteers came within a whisper of being the victim of old " ROPE-A-DOPE- scheme. This idea came about after the 78' season at Knoxville when the Bruins and their coach arrived at Neyland stadium for a walk-thru, and discovered that the heat and humidity was so great that the Bruins' coach Troy Donahue blew his top before reporters and cancelled the walk-thru...complaining to all who would listen that Knoxville heat gave the Vols a big edge. The next day proved him right as Vols crushed the UCLANS 42-18. He Vowed from then on when Tennessee came to play UCLA on the coast...they will experience heat like they have never seen...The Santa Ana Winds in late August and first three weeks in Sept., at 5:p.m the temp is always a hundred degrees or more...The heat is so horrid on the field its like playing in "Death Valley"...Actually the heat is desert air from "Death Valley"...Don't fall for the ROPE-A-DOPE VOLS...don't punch yourself out again the first half.
TommyJack writes:
Bigfan: If this game is even close, look for a looooong year.
Ralph_Crampton writes:
Tommy Jack the Los Angeles area is so loaded with high school super stars that only Florida and Texas can compare weith them. Thus the Bruins could field a team that is different as day and night. The Vols easily could be in for a bitterly fought game to the very end...and they could be given a good licking. Over confident Volunteer teams have fared poorly on the west coast. History indicates that the Vols rarely win a game on the left coast. And then throw in that furnace-like heat on the Rose bowl turf that await Tennessee and it doesn't look good for the Vols.
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