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The Bills’ No. 1 receiver, Stefon Diggs, skipped voluntary offseason workouts and made it to mandatory minicamp practices only after head coach Sean McDermott said he was “very concerned” about Diggs’ absence. But another wide receiver stood out for his work in the offseason. That was Trent Sherfie...

Wow, 114 names on the roster... lots of players with new numbers for 2023...

https://vucommodores.com/sports/football/roster/

The first thing I noticed about it was the true freshman defensive tackles... De'Marion Thomas reported in as 6-2, 321, and Ted Gregoire reported as 6-3, 311!!! That's an awesome pair of bookends. Here's a photo of Thomas... he looks like a full-grown man who's ready for action. [img=https://pbs.twi...

Here's something interesting... THREE freshman walk-ons on the roster are guys who played for the state runner-up MBA team last season. Two of them are defensive backs: Ty Bartholomew and Payne Daniel. A third is MBA's three-time state wrestling champion, Gabe Fisher. I recall that he's attending VU...

Just want to make sure I understand these positions. STAR is hybrid DE/LB and ANCHOR is hybrid LB/Safety. Is that right? Yep, there's a little note at the top right of the roster page that makes that clear. Also, Jovan Haye is the position coach for the STARs; and while Dan Jackson is the assistant...

Brent do you have an estimate on how many scholarships are available for 2024? It’s my understanding that the Covid exceptions are ending soon and it looks like we still have a ton of promising prospects according to some of the free portions of recruiting sites. Thanks. As I explained in another t...

Not entirely sure yet, but I think Dooley has committed to Vandy. Waiting to confirm.

RB Jason Patterson from Sneads, Fla. is a 4-star recruit who took official visits recently to Rutgers, Kentucky, Boston College, Cincinnati, and Vanderbilt, with Vanderbilt getting the crucial final visit. Patterson was in a video interview with the Naples newspaper and seems convinced that Coach Le...

Cardenas says his commitment is coming on Friday, July 7... he is down to Vandy and Missouri.

Not sure how many years now I've been closely following Vandy recruiting, but it goes back at least to the late 1990s. However... I can say with pretty much certainty that Vandy has NEVER had 19 commitments by July 4 before. Not Franklin, not Bobby Johnson, not Widenhofer... What has happened? 14 of...

Chose Vandy over Missouri, but also reportedly had offers from Kentucky, Colorado, Oregon, Texas Tech, Georgia Tech, and many others... he had previously committed to Texas Tech back in January, but de-committed in April... An ACL Injury abbreviated his junior season, but he nonetheless put up 1,041...

OMIGOSH! I SEE THAT VANDY'S LATEST COMMITMENT WAS RATED 4 STARS BY [ONE OF THE POPULAR RECRUITING SERVICES]!!! FOUR STARS!!! WOO-HOO!!! I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SEASON! COACH LEA DEFINITELY HAS THIS PROGRAM ON THE RIGHT TRACK!!! MAKING BOWL PLANS NOW!!!! SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, HERE WE COME!!! (happy da...

Commitment No. 21... teammate of Alvin Williamson, Jr. (who committed last week)... a bit of a surprise to me, but maybe it shouldn't have been!... Chose Vandy over Nebraska, Texas Tech, Washington, Baylor, Missouri (!), and others... his last official visit was to Vandy on June 26, and that evident...

On3.com ranks Carter as a 4-star recruit, 247 and Rivals only give him 3. And he is not ranked in the ESPN 300.

There, I’ve just given you the most meaningless fact you will learn all day today.

From the SEC: SEC Network - Wed. July 19, 7 pm ET Roy Kramer: A Vision for the SEC – A retrospective of the life and career of the visionary former SEC commissioner Roy Kramer. Kramer became SEC commissioner in 1990 and transformed the conference with the additions of South Carolina and Arkansas, an...

A couple of Vandy commitments have tweeted out a composite photo of Vandy's #EarnItEvery24 recruiting class's commitments to date. It's interesting because it provides info about what position each recruit projects as... Presumably, this has been distributed privately to the recruits by VU's social ...

What was his initial contract and how many years have been added this time? Does anyone know? The terms of all Vandy coaches' contracts are generally closely guarded secrets... although the Tennessean did report recently that Lea made about $3 million in 2021, his first year at Vandy, based on tax ...

In the presentation of SEC Supervisor of Officials John McDaid Tuesday, he showed a play from last year's VU-UT game. Vandy had the ball. A UT coach was standing near the line of scrimmage and clapped vigorously before the ball was snapped. It caused the VU center to snap the ball prematurely; predi...

Q. Ethan, good morning. ETHAN BARR: Morning. Q. Would you mind just kind of talking about the excitement of this team entering 2023 season and looking to build off of what you guys did last year? ETHAN BARR: Yeah, we're really excited. We have so many guys coming back, returning, especially on the d...

Q. What was it like leaving workouts this morning and putting on that jacket, and coming down the street to kick off college football season here? JAYLEN MAHONEY: Yeah, that's a good question. You know, it was a lot trying to get over here but blessed to be in this position. You know, excited to be ...