Hog Futures: TJ Smith...

[OneTuskOverTheLine™]

Awesome piece by Tim Cooper with Arkansas Online. Looks like we got a real gem in TJ...

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jul/15/defensive-end-has-room-left-grow/

[micali]

Would be interested in reading but...

[flagstaffhog]

Would be interested in reading but...

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Go HOGS Go!

[oldfart]

looks like we got a steal here.. and an Uncommon Man!!  sort of a diamond in the rough, but very athletic and capable of great improvement

[SooiecidetillNuttgone]

looks like we got a steal here.. and an Uncommon Man!!  sort of a diamond in the rough, but very athletic and capable of great improvement

I hope you're right.  He sounds really good, but this:

"...Also had offers from Missouri, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Charlotte, Central Florida and Georgia Southern."

Does have me a little worried.  Late bloomers seem to always have higher ceilings though, so I like the pickup, but I'm crossing my fingers at the same time.

[HogFanatic]

I hope you're right.  He sounds really good, but this:

"...Also had offers from Missouri, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Charlotte, Central Florida and Georgia Southern."

Does have me a little worried.  Late bloomers seem to always have higher ceilings though, so I like the pickup, but I'm crossing my fingers at the same time.

Missouri has played in two consecutive SEC Championship games.
It still amazes me that people can't understand that Missouri is a damn good football program.

[RebelW]

I hope you're right.  He sounds really good, but this:

"...Also had offers from Missouri, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Charlotte, Central Florida and Georgia Southern."

Does have me a little worried.  Late bloomers seem to always have higher ceilings though, so I like the pickup, but I'm crossing my fingers at the same time.

Go to ESPN recruiting and look at Trey Flowers offers coming out of high school..

[SooiecidetillNuttgone]

Missouri has played in two consecutive SEC Championship games.
It still amazes me that people can't understand that Missouri is a damn good football program.

Go to ESPN recruiting and look at Trey Flowers offers coming out of high school..

I never said Missouri wasn't any good.  Usually though, a well thought of player will have a Baylor, Texas Tech, and say....a West Virginia in there as well.  After Mizzou, the drop off leads me to believe that this guy is a sleeper, has some work to do, or was considered a good gamble.

And for the Trey Flowers comment, what does that have to do with the cost of tea in China?  Are you suggesting that some players exceed what numerous large programs projected for them?   Intriguing.   I'd never considered that.

Every year there will be a handful of players that don't live up to their star potential, and there will always be a handful of players that exceed their star label.

We've beat this horse to death, so I'm not going to write a booklet, but some people are simply trying to justify what they want justified when they continue to ignore the facts that 3 stars bloom at a much lower percentage rate when compared to 5 stars, and all the other stats, etc.

And as I stated above, this guy sounds great, and I'm hoping for the best.  He's in a good place, and he sounds like a good pickup.  Here's hoping for the Hogs best and his best.

Sheesh.

[Mike_e]

Guys, his sr year of hs was only his second year of football.

I think we can cut him a little slack.

[JaketheSnake]

Mizzou, Wake, UNC, and Vandy are pretty good offers.  Not Bama, Ohio State, etc, but respectable.

I never said Missouri wasn't any good.  Usually though, a well thought of player will have a Baylor, Texas Tech, and say....a West Virginia in there as well.  After Mizzou, the drop off leads me to believe that this guy is a sleeper, has some work to do, or was considered a good gamble.

And for the Trey Flowers comment, what does that have to do with the cost of tea in China?  Are you suggesting that some players exceed what numerous large programs projected for them?   Intriguing.   I'd never considered that.

Every year there will be a handful of players that don't live up to their star potential, and there will always be a handful of players that exceed their star label.

We've beat this horse to death, so I'm not going to write a booklet, but some people are simply trying to justify what they want justified when they continue to ignore the facts that 3 stars bloom at a much lower percentage rate when compared to 5 stars, and all the other stats, etc.

And as I stated above, this guy sounds great, and I'm hoping for the best.  He's in a good place, and he sounds like a good pickup.  Here's hoping for the Hogs best and his best.

Sheesh.

[Hoggish1]

Mizzou, Wake, UNC, and Vandy are pretty good offers.  Not Bama, Ohio State, etc, but respectable.

I have to take note that Arkansas was among his offers.  Pretty solid when Arkansas offers...!

[cubsfan5150]

It's a good thing we got him this year. Three of his former teammates just got charged with murder.

[Hawgzinbowlz]

H
I have to take note that Arkansas was among his offers.  Pretty solid when Arkansas offers...!

"In Georgia, especially south Georgia, football is year-round," Propst said. "He was used to working out three days a week for a couple of hours a day. He comes here and it's five days a week, five hours a day."
TJ may be a redshirt candidate. He is still early on the learning curve.
CBH, Coach Segrest, CRS and CBBs input in his development should maximize his God given talent.
Mr. Smith has an Arkansas attitude.

" GO HOGS "

[dsgreen]

"Even before I got my first [recruiting] letter, I decided I wasn't going to be an average player," Smith said. "Coach [Bret] Bielema was talking about 'Be uncommon.' That hit home with me. I never knew I was striving to be a Razorback until I got there."

Well I'm on this kids bandwagon now.  Love that last sentence.

[RebelW]

I'm saying a players star rating should not make you worry about the outcome of the player. Not in this program

[onebadrubi]

Mizzou, Wake, UNC, and Vandy are pretty good offers.  Not Bama, Ohio State, etc, but respectable.

Exactly, these offers also tell us something else.  The man has an IQ that is smart yet able to learn and grow.  He has a body that herb can manipulate and the head that our coaches can coach up.  Seems like a Bielema recipe for the Draft if you ask me. 

[bennyl08]

Watching his highlights, he looked like one of our best gets on the DL. Usually in HS you will see some guys who have that crazy burst OR will just throw OL players around. Rarely do you see a guy doing both.

[Hawgzinbowlz]

" I never knew I was striving to be a Razorback until I got there."

Just get 'em on campus.

" WOO PIG "

[redeye]

Missouri has played in two consecutive SEC Championship games.
It still amazes me that people can't understand that Missouri is a damn good football program.

Missouri also has a reputation for developing underrated DE's.