Volquest answers your Tennessee football, basketball & recruiting questions in the May 2 mailbag

Volquest answers your Tennessee football, basketball & recruiting questions in the May 2 mailbag
00:34 CasWalker: Please give us some estimate on what NIL deals are really worth.
5:30 PeytonManningsDoppelganger: Do you think there’s anything to the narrative that NFL teams view having played in Tennessee’s offense as a detraction?
8:18 HardHatVol: With conyers hitting the portal…. Do we have anybody we feel comfortable playing against Chattanooga in the back end after top 3 or so dbs or will we just plays starters all the time like tank and company did
11:10 Swagger12: Which Edge and LB's are the Vols in the best shape with?
11:49 Volnugs1421: One player fans don’t really know the name of but will by week 6?
13:30 IndyVol80: If you could add one former Vol on both offense and defense for the ‘24 season, who would you pick?
15:01 Volslater: What is the most underrated position group going into fall camp?
16:43 Volken: Can you guys rank the individual coaches in a top 3 based not on their prior reputations but the developmental job they’ve done with their position group just at Tennessee in the Coach Heupel era?
19:20 Bigun: Since he reinjured his arm in long relief, would a 2 inning save/shutdown role be safest for AJ Russell to finish out the season?
22:48 Mr. UT: Rank what constituency at Tennessee has adjusted to the portal era from best to worst: players, coaches, fans, collectives, boosters
20:30 GoVols365: How will Barnes use the bigs next year compared to how he used Aidoo and Awaka? More inside out or bang down low on the blocks.
26:19 Iam410EC: With the commitments of McIntyre, Utley, and the two receivers from the Memphis area, what other in-state kids are being pursued by Tennessee, outside of Cam Sparks & Shekai Mills Knight?
26:56 The ADaug: How realistic is it for Tennessee to land these California kids? Is this a conscious decision to recruit nationally, or is this just where the talent happens to be?
28:10 Mtvols: For our transfers in for basketball plus returning players, who is the main replacement for: Vescovi? JJJ? Knecht? Aidoo? Awaka?
29:42 VolumeShooter: With the recent Pete Thamel article detailing how college football is barreling toward some revenue sharing as an offshoot of settling a couple massive lawsuits, won’t NIL become illegal again?
32:55 Athrun: Who’s faster in a foot race? Dylan Sampson or Squirrel White?
33:32 Funniest portal story you have heard to date?
34:06 What recruits could UT potentially miss on because they didn’t get in the boat solely because they want to commit closer to signing day if our class was full earlier rather than later?
34:51 Would this baseball season be seen as a missed opportunity if they don’t make it to Omaha considering the records they are breaking this year?
36:07 SreveisVol: The way too early 2025 NFL draft projections seems like a popularity contest. Which Vols, outside of JPJ, do you think could make a run at being drafted in the 1st round next year?
38:11 CorrytonVawl17: Do we think that all 3 of our major sports are poised for long term contender status?
41:57 Rheltney 4 Life: To confirm: Dylan Dreiling (True Soph) and Kavares Tears (RS Soph) are draft eligible? Other than money, how do you foresee their thought process to be in deciding whether to leave. I know rising seniors lose bargaining position if they don't sign.
42:52 Vol_fan89: Make a bold prediction about the 2025 signing class
43:26 Pine: Do you feel better about the corners or safeties?
43:47 LickMyVols14: With what the transfer portal is do you really ever stop recruiting kids out of high school? Seems like plenty of schools stay in contact even after they start at other schools (Proctor with Iowa) Reason I’m asking is since all of these 5 star OL we are after, would you see us maybe trying to pursue 2 of them instead of 4 w “lucrative” NIL deals and maybe wait and see if they even stay at another school?
47:17 SamSmith2233: Cain or fellow baseball intellectuals a trip to the hell hole known as Gainesville Florida this week to play that overrated fraud bum Jac Caglianone. Does Tennessee go at him or just don't let him beat you?
47:56 Thoughts on the Gators tons of talent but not tons of wins.
48:27 Do we see Tony finally give Phillips and/or Loy real run on an SEC weekend or does he ride his guys? Who's your DH?
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[@corybraswell510]

I agree on the linebacker room! I think they're gonna be very good if they stay healthy

[@gforce55]

Former players we could add? Jamal Lewis running against 6 in the box would have insane stats! On defense, adding Reggie White makes us a top 5 defense. It's nice to dream!

[@thomaswh31]

Reggie White or Eric Berry? I'd pick Berry at Safety since we're so deep at d-line

[@barrygaylord1666]

I love AP but the “ you know “ is a little hard to ignore! Surely someone has mentioned this to him!

[@dexculpepper-py1jr]

Grant the up and coming. Good at his job

[@benbowman5207]

These guys are a hoot

[@christopherwelch192]

Do you guys think Al Wilson would be able to drop in coverage the way linebackers in modern football have to do? He seemed like a hard nose run stopper to me. Thats the easy part these days. Not saying he couldnt pick it up and be awesome, just saying linebackers have to be different from what he was now. Not sure id start him just blindly based on what he did in his era.

[@coltonditmore9087]

I don't think the dolphins had a 3rd round pick, or I'm guessing they likely take him there

[@captainmutherlund6629]

Live the name Cas!

[@heathperry2635]

Elijah Herring's asking price is too much for Colorado!!! So I would really like to know how much he's asking for!!

[@markowenby4237]

Over/under how many times Auntin gets on his phone(looks down for a period of time) I’ve got 7 times.

[@christopherwelch192]

Recruiting is a continuous thing. He is an insider so he has his people keeping him informed.

[@andersonhutsell8368]

Not a high percent of Fans are contributing any $$ to our NIL

[@Adam-us5dv]

I’m sure that is equivalent to the number of people who hope to get a return on NIL investment

[@robertpewitt8935]

Great SEC football now will go on strike

[@robertduncan5696]

The transfer portal is going to kill college sports

[@christopherwelch192]

I like what Josh Pate had to say about it on Josh and Swain. Revenue sharing will be a thing. Just have it be at a rate per school. If you are a freshman it's this amount and then builds per year. You can transfer but if you do, you start over at year 1 pay at the new place. So a junior looking for a transfer would lose 3 years worth of built up Revenue sharing. That would at least slow transfers, but it would be available still.

[@andersonhutsell8368]

Come on AP work the "you know" out of your answers.

[@juliustucker9663]

OK SAY SOMETHING~ TENNESSEE HAS NO RUNNING GAME, THEY DONT HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE SECTIONARY AGAINST ALL THE BEST WR. IN THE SEC IF NICO THE 8 MILLION DOLLAR PLAYER DONT COME TRUE ITS ALL OVER FOR TENNESSEE

[@davidjohns4223]

Why can’t revenue share be based on the revenue generated by your sport? Volleyball players, Golfers etc… get a share of what is generated by their respective sport.