Corey Smith
Corey Smith, a four-star wide receiver by 247.com and Rivals.com from Akron, Ohio, announced his commitment to the University of Tennessee on Friday.
Smith, a 6-0, 175-pound member of the class of 2012, chose Tennessee over North Carolina, West Virgina and Illinois, as well as having a strong interest in Ohio State. He also had offers from Alabama, Georgia, Notre Dame and Penn State before narrowing his choices.
However, Smith, who transferred midway through high school, has academic issues heading into what would be his senior season at Buchtel High School.
His coach there, Ricky Powers, told the Akron Beacon Journal that, while Smith was eligible to come back and play one more season there, the fact that he has been in high school four years, and the fact that he has Division I interest means that the school "won't allow him to come back here and play high school football" because they feel like he deserves his chance to play collegiate football.
Smith will attend East Mississippi Community College as he tries to become eligible for Tennessee. He joins Imani Cross, a 6-0, 215-pound running back from Gainesville, Ga., as Derek Dooley’s first two commitments for the class of 2012.
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Comments » 82
VFLBryan writes:
nice!
voldog89 writes:
good news but seems odd. Dooley tends to stay away from kids that have academic risk this early in the recruiting process. im sure he has confidence in the kid. he wouldnt offer otherwise i suppose. Happy Friday the 13th everyone! GBO!!!
VOLtage writes:
Scout gives him 3 stars.
voloffaith writes:
For those from Loma Linda California(insert Arnold's accent) optomostic is the turbo version of optimistic.
Nice ,but as earlier stated juco commits mean nothing til they graduate and redo their recruiting in many cases.
orangecountyvols writes:
Deadhead and other Vols,
I would have to agree on this one. We have one who touts his pedigree and infinite knowledge, then true to form rattles off the negativity.
GreerVol22 writes:
do you ever wonder how a guy that spells 72 with 3 letters ever knows how to get through a playbook? The pictures must be increadible....just sayin'
voloffaith writes:
That was ure best shot ang a zinger. Ewe really think I don't know how to spell HIS name? Since this is a sport site I didn't think proper to use that way,thus the soundlike sir.
I am more than comfortable(to a point) where my faith is now as long as I keep humble like JESUS and continue to grow in HIS character. Just out of curiosity does the Dead_head come from being a fan/follower of the Jerry garcia group the grateful Dead? Just curious why the gloomy moniker ewe use.
ProwlinAndGrowlinSmokeyDog writes:
Great Pick Up!!
He chose Tennessee over North Carolina, West Virgina and Illinois, as well as having a strong interest in Ohio State. He also had offers from Alabama, Georgia, Notre Dame and Penn State..This is a pretty impressive list, and there is no possible way to spin this...Hopefully he will not be in a JUCO for very long until his grades are up to par.
Smokey is still on the prowl for more recruits.....
brokendownoldvol writes:
Gotta love our public school system today.
rudy123 writes:
My opinion, for what it is worth, is that it is not the public school systems fault. There are plenty of students who were in poor performing schools, yet EARNED college degree's.
With some students at school "A" perform poorly and other students at school "A" go to college, I see it as an individual issue.
It is students fault for not placing a high regard on education & it is the parents fault for not helping the student.
Rich_Is_Re-born writes:
5* offer list. Good get, and creating a pipeline in Ohio is ALWAYS a good thing.
agohn writes:
Please use your grammar correctly.
Ewe is not the correct spelling for you.
Ure is not your or you're.
Kids today...need to stop texting and write a letter once in awhile.
tree_em_smokey writes:
And what does your volxtra name say? agohn is not a word. Stop with the grammer ploice and micro managing!
Can't we all be excited we got another great reiever who wants to come to UT above Al, Ga, Penn St.,ND etc. I am excited!!!
Ironcity writes:
Duke I may be wrong but I think he is going to a JC to finish high school and he would be able to sign next year with UT if he graduates from high school and can meet the testing requirements. As of right now he has a lot of work to do.
SEC1 writes:
this proves how bad things have been on rocky flop..... excited about a player that's not even eligible... sad!
voloffaith writes:
You have been on since 2007 and possibly have read many of my posts b4 that have such nonwords in them also. I put them there to see if readers are really paying attention. YOU were so YOU passed. I was not using textease as YOU apparently misconstrued eye was. I realize ewe is a mountain animal and ure isn't your. OK grammar lesson over for now class. YOU said write a letter now and then. Should it be B? Q? which letter should we write now and then? FYI in schools around our country many don't require writing skills since they have computers. Writing a letter becomes doing an actual letter that isn't cursive,but printing instead. I guess better than nothing huh?
NashvillePreds writes:
Yeah, all those other schools that offered were a second tier group. Remember when you looked in the mirror, and knew, without a shadow of a doubt what a tool you are? I know its been difficult since that day, but no reason to try to bring everyone else down.
GO VOLS
murrayvol writes:
Thanks for your insight Duck.
Rich_Is_Re-born writes:
Now that you have cleared the air, he'll find something else to cry about. I'm pumped about this. Recruiting Ohio is a great thing. With the recent growth in Georgia (mainly Atlanta), along with other areas gaining ground in the overall quality and # of blue chippers (S.C., La, Maryland, Alabama), it's almost as if Ohio has been put on the back burner when it comes to NATIONAL recruiting. But they breed tough hard nosed kids up there, MANY coming from extremely tough backgrounds. Ohio recruiting isn't as deep as Fla, Texas, Cali, or Georgia, but the best prospects coming from there are as good as it gets. But I can't help but wonder what would happen if you would take a kid from Dade or Broward Co. Florida and made him play a late Oct football game in East Cleveland with vicious winds and snow coming off of Lake Erie? I'd bet Ohio prospects would be respected a bit more if someone would do that. And the recent downfall of Pa recruiting makes it that much more difficult to get a good player out of Ohio. So don't kid yourselves, this is a FANTASTIC get by coach Dooley and staff.
Rich_Is_Re-born writes:
Hey titty boy, he was offered by Bama.
Rich_Is_Re-born writes:
On a serious note, I'm generally not crazy about taking dudes like this either. Being that this will be a small class and we will only take 20-22 players, I would say that Dooley isn't big on taking chances either. If it were a RB, LB, DT, or DE and he didn't have his grades in order we probably wouldn't fool with him. We need guys who can produce ASAP in those positions. But being that we are deep at WR, I think this was a risk worth taking. He's a heck of a player, plus it gets our foot in the door in Ohio.
voloffaith writes:
Sir/mam just responded to his post. Glad to know that you aren't the final judge. OK my cutesy comment in the middle on which letter obviously went sour and shouldn't have been there at all. Confession and asking God grant repentance.
BTW you didn't answer my query as to your post name. Guess you didn't think worth hitting a few more key strokes to respond. I was just curious if Jerry Garcia(yes I know he is deceased) and his band follower.
voloffaith writes:
Last comment is I'm not going to get into a name calling"hypocrite" mode since I really don't know your heart as YOU don't know mine. If a true follower of Jesus Christ you should encourage toward Holy living and not disparaging me. "Let us reason together."
volinlouisiana writes:
I don't think Dooley would take him if he didn't think he could become eligible for this next years clas, as RichRollin pointed out. He's only going JUCO this one year, since he transferred, got behind, and ALREADY has 4 yrs high school, so he still could come for the class of 2012.
Dooley must be getting expectations up, if the negative nancys are now complaining about 4 star recruits. GBO!
Rich_Is_Re-born writes:
The last comment you made was funny, but true. Almost as funny as the little Bama Boy and his comments, ESPECIALLY considering that Bama offered the kid, LOL.
TommyJack writes:
Maybe. But Hammy did one thing right. He got rid of the Pottamus. He has my eternal thanks for that.
Hounddog writes:
To some who post on this website...I say food can't possibly taste good to you. Always negative, I bet to you ice cream taste like onions. Go, and get a life please! Hounddog
Rich_Is_Re-born writes:
Also seeing on VolNation where a JUCO WR who played with Mo Couch is walking on. He's actually from the 11' class, but wasn't very heavily recruited. He dislocated his shoulder and couldn't play last year. However, dude's listed as 6'4" 200lbs, but Mo Couch is saying he's up to 215lbs.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/tennessee/foo...
Colliervol writes:
Might be a bunch of Ohio recruits available after the NCAA drops the hammer on the Buckeyes.
Colliervol writes:
Phil's gone. Get over it.
8ball writes:
Sad that an ala fan is on our site, Auburn 28 ala 27..end of story
crimsonviper writes:
Bwahahaha!...Duke got round housed with that one.
dvols writes:
make some friends down there in east mississippi and bring em back Corey.....TN will be waiting
.......and don't be a knucklehead!
Rich_Is_Re-born writes:
And that swinging door goes both ways in regard to this recruit as well. Yes we will have to get him to stick to his commit. On the other hand, if he stinks it up or suffers a major injury in JC we don't have to take him.
SEC1 writes:
6-7..... paid unc 750,000 to just go away!!!
Rich_Is_Re-born writes:
Maybe a few, but them dudes grow up dreaming of playing for OSU. I've said before, Ohio St. and LSU might be the LUCKIEST SOB's in NCAA football. Both being the only major programs in their states, yet both are top 5-6 nationally in HS talent annually. Florida has better talent overall, but has 3 MAJOR football powerhouses, along with USF and UCF. Ga has 2 major programs within an hour of each other and UT and Auburn right across the border. Cali has Cal, UCLA, USC, Fresno St, San Diego St, Stanford, just plain ridiculous, LOL. Texas has Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, TCU, Texas Tech, and June Jones is LITERALLY bringing SMU back. Even Alabama has Bama and Auburn. OSU and LSU can sit back like fat cats. Even though the entire nation tries to invade them, for the MOST part their instate kids are EXTREMELY hard to pull.
HOWEVER, getting kids like this is EXACTLY how we are gonna get in with some of the Ohio boys.
harveyupdyketreehugger writes:
We know your heart's in the right place - you're just a bit of a tool. Hey..."toolvol4gzus" Nice!!
thetrollhunter writes:
You sir, are a broken record. Don't you have trees to murder?
Alabama: doing the least with the most!
SEC1 writes:
hey, that is just a embarassment to the sec, leave it up to the vols to once again stain the sec by running from a basketball school.... the big boys bama,fl,lsu,au would never pay a acc school to act like a jenie and disappear
Outdated writes:
Dooley & staff appear to be working hard.. making progress for future..welcome the change
voloffaith writes:
I know you are not the WWF former Vol BBal center Kevin Nash,but I deeply regret you having to name me a tool. I prefer wrench, pliers, or hammer,but tool is just too plain. But thank you for the artful and classy comment(I think). My heart really is in the right place. So as long as the Lord is satisfied then I'm ok. He is satisfied with me cause HIS dear son took my place and penalty on Calvary so when HE looks at me HE sees HIS SON"S righteousness instead of my filthy sin. Have good evening and I hope you enjoyed having a little fun (apparently) at my expense. GO VOLS beat the Bengal tyger beezbol team!!
thetrollhunter writes:
Lol your not even trying hard enough to troll us anymore. How sad is it to be bad at trolling? HAHAHAHA You are pathetic! Get your act together and try again Bammer, and maybe grab a grammar book so you don't make the rest of your state look bad. Oh wait, your state is bottom of the barrel in education, never mind.
Boom roasted
HAHAHAHAHAHA
VolGrad writes:
Sometimes sarcasm can be refreshing....
At least, it was entertaining. :)
allvol32 writes:
Does your mommy and her baby-daddy know that you spend your every waking moment trolling on a UT sports web site? Whatever the state of AL or TN sports your obsession with UT is sad and pathetic.
VolGrad writes:
Actually, I wish everyone was as obsessed with Tennessee as SEC1.
Go Vols!!!
orangecountyvols writes:
VolGrad,
Ease up a bit with SEC1. He's losing his trolling touch here.
Remember, he's trying to get ready for the Junior Senior prom. The big problem is finding another troll to go with him.
thetrollhunter writes:
....Are you just lurking waiting for people to mention Florida? Kinda creepy...mostly sad. Hahaha
thetrollhunter writes:
BWAHAHAHAHAHA wow creepy and stupid! Not to mention your obsession with wearing woman's clothes you used to love and talk about. Gator nation would be shaking their heads in embarrassment hahahah
thetrollhunter writes:
LOL Marlette? Is that the best you can do? I'm not the one wearing woman's clothes hahahahaha
SEC1 writes:
vols want get past cinny, will be looking ahead dreading SEVEN IN A ROW vs gators..... bearcats can win at nebo just ask that awful ucla team that beat the vols two years in a row
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