OT: Former Michigan LB commit Darrin Kirkland transferring
Tennessee linebacker Darrin Kirkland, Jr. is going the grad transfer route and leaving Tennessee. He was originally committed to Michigan in the 2015 class before signing with the Volunteers. He had 111 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 interception in 2015 and 2016 combined, but he missed 2017 with an injury. He was committed to the Brady Hoke regime, so I'm not sure whether the current staff has any interest, but I thought it was noteworthy, anyway.
UPDATE: So now it seems as if he's not transferring.
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/f…
Lord please guide me on this journey
Isnt he a junior then
15 Freshman. 16 Sophomore. 17 junior. Help me.
2015: Freshman (played)
2016: Sophomore (played)
2017: Junior/redshirt sophomore (injured, did not play)
2018: Redshirt junior
2019: Fifth year senior
Its still 2018 isnt it? I mean that infinity gauntlet didnt fuck shit up that bad did it? I guess Im an idiot. Hasnt the guy only played 2 seasons?
This ain't rocket surgery, Jibbroni.
He played football at Tennessee in 2015-2016 (freshman). He played football at Tennessee in 2016-2017 (sophomore). He redshirted in 2017-2018 (junior/redshirt sophomore) due to injury, and is graduating here in 2018.
Now he will have eligibility to play in 2018-2019 (redshirt junior) and 2019-2020 (5th year senior).
You have 5 years to play 4 seasons. He has been in college for 3 years, but he has only played 2 seasons. So he has 2 seasons left.
So if I graduate in 1 year I can grad transfer for 3 yes and be immediately eligible?
you are Doogie Howser, M.D. You will be busy making love stains in the back of Harold's car.
yes. You graduate, you can transfer and play immediately.
can't offer the post-grad degree the original school does. So since Michigan (last I checked) doesnt offer a doctorate in Fellating Peyton Manning, he would be immediately eligible.
Other way around. The new school has to offer a post-grad degree the original school does not have.
I believe that that restriction has been removed. Degree programs don't matter.
Jesus. Yes. It’s not complicated. Grad transfer means graduate transfer. Meaning you’ve graduated.,if you’ve graduated, you can transfer and be eligible immediately. You don’t have to be in school for four years in order to graduate. Most football players are in line to graduate in three as long as they take the proper courses at the proper times and don’t change their major.
Thanks.
surprised if he was interested in UM. Our depth at LB is deep, I would think he would transfer somewhere where playing time is pretty much assured.
you can never have too many Champions of Life!
he wouldnt crack our 2 deep at LB. no way he wastes his grad transfer to ride the pine.
Is that true, though? He's a two-year starter. Right now we have Devin Bush and ??? at the inside linebacker spots. Nobody really knows how Devin Gil, Josh Ross, etc. will pan out on the field. I think Kirkland would definitely be on the two-deep. The only guy I'm confident is better than him is Bush.
Hasn't Brown been raving about our LB depth this spring? I assumed that meant he was comfortable with the 2nd string MLB as well.
We heard good things about Mike Wroblewski too.
Every coach, ever, always raves about his team in the off season. This isn't to say that they aren't good, but take it with a grain of salt.
Mike Zordich would like a word with you...
I still find it hilarious how negative he was on the CB situation which turned out to be pretty darned good. Master motivational tactic, perhaps?
He would absolutely be in the two deep.
while its possible he would be in our 2 deep, its not a slam dunk. Althought we do not have any proven LB's in our 2's, we have some freaking fast ass LB's, and DB really values that.
Plus, we do not know what the effects the injury had on him.
Kirkland had a great frosh season. Was on his way to being a great playa prior to injury. Not so sure now
Can he play fullback? Insurance for Ben.
Which Ben?
Dover.
We already have a Ben as insurance for Ben. A few other guys listed at FB including Jared Wangler.
Yet another scholarship at fullback is simply too much. We’re already sitting at too many going into the fall right now
He will now be known as Ben Wangler.
he sailed ship a long time ago.
not a position of need for Michigan, so i'd stick to kids who committed to the program
I tend to agree. Kid was committed, had his chance to play at Michigan, and decided to play elsewhere after a Harbaugh was hired. I would rather see the scholarship go to someone else. I don’t think either party is interested at this point....probably a moot point anyhow.
That's not true. Kirkland decommitted in early November of 2014, which was about 2 months before Jim Harbaugh was hired.
Yeah, I live in Knoxville. I remember this recruitment well. The writing was on the wall that December that Harbaugh was going to be the next coach at Michigan. Instead of waiting and reconsidering Michigan, he went ahead and picked Tennessee that December....which is fine. Kid has to do what he thinks is right. However, at this point Kirkland is probably not a player that UM needs to be using a scholarship on.
Well, then you also probably remember that Jim Harbaugh was hired on about December 29 and Kirkland was an early enrollee who started at Tennessee on January 7. But hey, the kid didn’t pin his future on a guy who was coaching NFL players and never recruited him up until possibly a week before he started college (if that), so screw him... Some of you take the decisions of 18-year-old kids very personally.
Oh my Magnus, forget it. My point was that he decided not to come to Michigan, we are all full at LB. Time for you and everyone else to move on.
We don't know that we are full at LB. If the coaches think he can contribute and help the team, why wouldn't they take him? They have taken lesser talent as grad transfers.
The fact that people curse out other people (from behind their keyboards) on here for having an opinion is what is really pretty pathetic. Talk about taking things a little too personally.... lol.
Who cursed you out?
Good god just admit you remembered incorrectly.
Remembered what incorrectly?
I believe he was attempting to reply to the comment above yours.
Look just below. 1464 had a meltdown.....
Listen, If the kid can get healthy and he wants to come to Michigan....and the coaching staff likes him, then I’ll trust their judgement. It would be nice to have a grad transfer who has two years eligibility. Consider my position reconsidered.
people in the media calling Michigan a mess and deep skepticism that we even had a shot at Harbaugh.
Even after Jim was hired, it was January 6 before he hired Durkin, a couple more weeks before his staff was complete. He wasn't recruiting EE candidates. His first commitment came around the end of January.
What kind of garbage point are you trying to make? If a kid makes a tough decision due to coaching uncertainty, that means that any interest they had in Michigan must have completely washed away? And Michigan, being... what? Petty as shit? Michigan decides that since the kid decommitted, they would never entertain the option of allowing him to come ever? That'll sure show that punk kid not to mess with us, huh?
How the fuck do you know whether either party is interested? Any basis for that assertion? Don't have shitty opinions on the internet, Jimmy.
Easy there, chief.....