Phillips Update
January 30, 2009 – 1:45 amOlive Branch, Miss., offensive lineman Aubrey Phillips (6-6, 322 5.1) appears to be down to Arkansas and Florida State for his college decision.
Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden was at Olive Branch high school for four hours on Thursday while Arkansas sent assistant coaches Mike Summers and Reggie Johnson to visit with Phillips in the afternoon.
Phillips will likely choose between the Razorbacks and Seminoles on signing day.
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16 Responses to “Phillips Update”
Richard:
Has BP visited with Phillips? If not, are there any plans to do so?
By 73Hog on Jan 30, 2009 @ 5:16am
This one is a MUST.
By bigfoot on Jan 30, 2009 @ 7:33am
Petrino visited with Aubrey last week.
By Richard Davenport on Jan 30, 2009 @ 7:46am
RD,
I know you have seen it here a lot but THANK YOU for the knowledgeable, reliable, and expedient information. I am in SW LA and all I get is tigger talk.
By Hogfanatic on Jan 30, 2009 @ 7:58am
I too am a RD beleiver.
I would have never thought Phillips would seriously look at the Hogs based on what the so-called Vol recruiting experts have said over the past few weeks. I didn’t thinks Wingo would pick us, because of what “other” experts were saying. But now I hang on what Richard says.
Great info you provide!
By Porknoxville on Jan 30, 2009 @ 8:17am
RD,
What does Aubrey say about TENN? He told a reporter there was was 90% a vol. PLEASE help me know how that went from 90% to 0% so quickly. Thanks!
By Jt on Jan 30, 2009 @ 8:32am
Anyone know who the player that de-committed was? Rivals, which had us at 31 commits yesterday, now has us at 30…but wasn’t sure who it was they dropped. Even though they dropped someone, our “star average” actually went up though.
By Byron on Jan 30, 2009 @ 11:21am
Ricky Johnson.
By Gary on Jan 30, 2009 @ 11:27am
Thanks, Gary!
By Byron on Jan 30, 2009 @ 12:04pm
c’mon in Aubrey !! On behalf of all of Razorback nation , we’d genuinely love to see you come on board and help us to the promised land…With your help , we can and will achieve some great things. Lookin forward to watcin ya run through the A !!
By mike on Jan 30, 2009 @ 12:43pm
Richard
What can you tell me about Phillips visiting Auburn this weekend. In knoxvill they are reporting that his very good friend and HS teamate (a LB) was offered and accepted a scholarship from the Tigers. This same team mate is visiting this weekend also. It sounds like Auburn’s staff is really working hard. Does this change his top two?
By Porknoxville on Jan 30, 2009 @ 1:27pm
I do not see Auburn being a factor for Phillips.
By Richard Davenport on Jan 30, 2009 @ 1:42pm
From ESPN- “Here’s another projection — current Tennessee commitment Aubrey Phillips will sign with Florida State on National Signing Day. Seminoles offensive line coach Rick Trickett has done an excellent job with the 6-foot-6, 310-pounder and it appears that Florida State is close to closing the deal.
Bobby Bowden visited Phillips at his school on Thursday and the big offensive lineman called it an “honor” to speak with the legendary head coach. He also told ESPN affiliate NoleInsider.com that he and Trickett were “real tight” and that the pair had a “real good relationship”. While he stopped short of saying he was switching his commitment, sources indicate it’s as close to being a done deal as you can get.”
Richard, do you think this is right?? They didn’t even mention us, but i have to believe that we are in the hunt. Thoughts??
By Razorhog on Jan 31, 2009 @ 2:51pm
Update from an MSU poster on Rivals.com:
” … right now Aubrey is headed to FSU but he really..really wants to play DT in college and Ark will give him that shot…AU is not sure if they want him as a DT..so it it’s over yet…but it’s FSU,ARK,and AU…also he doesn’t have a firm offer right now from TN.”
He didn’t have great things to say about Aubrey as an Offensive Tackle. That was a bit surprising to me. Said that he had an Up and Down season.
He summed it up by saying the Phillips was a “very nice kid”. Hope we get him!
By 73Hog on Feb 3, 2009 @ 4:46am