Yeah, you're right. I looked him up 71 overall, number 3 in the state. We just heard so much about him here because he was from the mid-state I guess.
You think? He would have been part of a three headed monster at TB if everything goes right. I don't know if any of the three (Foster, Hardesty or Coker) would have been household names but all would have been around 800 yards a piece and Tennessee wins a lot more games. Coker's biggest plays, aside from the UGA catch and run, came against the Marshalls and Mississippi States on the schedule
I thought that was against UF. Or at least I remember a play with Ainge handing off end round to Lucas Taylor and he threw it to Coker ....
I don't think he really stood out at Hampton. He also seemed to get hurt every game. He had the speed to do some things on his own, with zero OL help (which is what he got from the 2006 unit), but overall I don't think he was any better than Hardesty or Foster.
Hardesty has to be about the unluckiest guy ever what with injuries and coaches forgetting he was there.
Maybe Foster would have actually been the humble, hard nosed, and in shape player that his cheering section at VN claim he always was.
And Coker was an odd bird. He hated being a "celebrity" so to speak on campus. He wanted to be left alone.
Should have been recruited over. He had a decent freshman year because Fulmer only let him kick the easy ones. But it was obvious he had no leg and there were plenty of Tennessee guys in that timeframe that could have outdone him had we brought them in.
At least Burke never jeopardized the teams success by roiding up and attempting to become a power lifter.
I could care less if his balls shrivel up and talks like mike Tyson. If it helped Burke make that chip shot at Auburn, then I would personally inject him in his ass.