Report: Tennessee TE Eli Wolf receives scholarship offer from SEC East rival
Tennessee TE Eli Wolf’s name appeared in the NCAA Transfer Portal earlier this month, and now he’s fielding offers from other teams.
It appears another SEC East squad is interested in the rising redshirt senior tight end, as Wolf has reportedly received an intriguing scholarship offer.
Per Dan Harralson of Vols Wire, the Georgia Bulldogs have given Wolf a scholarship offer:
Eli Wolf receives a scholarship offer to play at Georgia. https://t.co/5MT3YFzP94
— Dan Harralson (@danharralson) January 28, 2019
The Bulldogs lost TE Isaac Nauta to the NFL Draft this year, so they’ll be looking to replace him for the 2019 campaign.
Wolf appeared in eight games for the Vols the last two seasons, recording eight catches for 78 yards and a touchdown. Whether he ends up at Georgia or not remains to be seen, but that’s certainly an intriguing offer.
If he’s not a regular starter at Tennessee, is he really worth a scholarship?
That’s a good question… I like Eli, he’s a good kid, but I never saw him as a real baller… maybe he will be better with UGA IDK..
He’s lean and weak for a TE, but maybe he plays well at a school with a better oline and qb. He’s not a great blocking TE, but I feel as though we never got the ball to him. As such, he could surprise at GA.
I think you’re being a little rough on the guy. He busted his tail but saw that he won’t get any play time next year.
Good luck Eli and I have you have 11 really good games.
I’m not saying he didn’t work hard as a preferred walk-on or that fans shouldn’t be grateful. My critique is that he’s a 230lb TE in the SEC, which generally doesn’t cut it, as shown by his playing time and productivity. At that size, being a blocking presence on the line is difficult.
Ask your brilliant coach. He made the offer… maybe Eli can educate him on fake punts.
I would tell Kirby to talk to Derrick Mason for pointers on how to own the hillbillies, but Kirby has that figured out.
His comment was a little unwarranted, but so is yours. Kirby is 2-1 vs UT. UT teams which were greatly exceeded in talent by the UGA teams he coached in the worst period in UT football history. The 2017 game was a blowout, but UT kept it close in between the hedges this past matchup (much more than the final score shows) relative to the talent differential. Not sure he can be crowned yet.
No, they didn’t keep it close.
That game was a boring, sloppy pushover.
And you’re right, the crown isn’t set yet. I’d say a 5 year minimum generally needs to come about before crowning a coach as “owner” of a certain series, but he’s 2-3 so far.
I wouldn’t beat my chest too much trailer trash, wasn’t it just 2-3 years ago Vandy beat jawja in Athens 17-16. By the way, is it true that in Georgia, if you get a divorce, you can still remain brother and sister…..
Man, I am floored by that comeback. I don’t even know how to respond. The fact that Vandy has beaten UT 3 years in a row surely has nothing to do with it.
@Kirby-It was 24-12 through much of the 4th, in a home game for UGA. You’re also disregarding the qualifier, relative to talent levels, in responding to my point. Compare the prior year to this year (even considering a younger UGA team vs same UT team). I’d wager Kirby felt the game was closer than it should have been.
No, I understand your point, but if a two score game is a “close” game, I do feel we can say the standard has been raised substantially, regardless of the talent differentiation.
And this year’s UGA team did replace 2 1,000 yard rushers, 3 LBs, (one Butkus Award winner) along with 3 DB starters, an All American left tackle, and their leading WR. All of them were upperclassmen, so this team actually ended up about the same age-wise. Therefore, I wouldn’t totally lean on calling them “the same team, but older”.
You are right in that as the talent gap increases, the MOV should as well. I just think it’s a little premature to say that Tennessee “kept it close” when they were 2 scores behind going into the 4th quarter and Smart began the mind-numbingly boring practice of handing it off to a backup RB rotation for the last half-quarter.
The same team comment referenced UT. I acknowledged UGA replaced a lot of talent, but still was much more talented than UT. The scoring and effort in this game, compared to better Vandy and Mizzou matchups with higher scoring disparities, indicates UT played better than expected and UGA worse. Yes-this is debating a moral victory, but most UT fans, the coaching, and several media members would argue UT played well here under the circumstances.
I guess we can agree on that they played better than expected, but that it wasn’t necessarily keeping it close?
Enjoyed the rational conversation.
Maybe he could educate your brilliant coach on how to beat Vandy?
He could add depth at TE, which we could definitely use. Besides Woerner, there isn’t anyone that’s had real playing time at TE.
The kid is about to have his 3rd of 4th different OC and Chaney doesn’t exactly love using TE’s as receivers.
If he stays at Kocky Flop he has to endure losing to Vandy for the 4th time and will not play in a bowl. He could get sucker punched and knocked-out cold by a teammate in the locker room. Or, if he witnesses a teammate raping a co-ed then he will have to endure threats from the coaches and teammates regarding cooperating with the police.
Transfer to UGA and win the SEC East with a great chance of winning the SEC Championship and earning a slot in the CFP.
Let’s see, UT = stale ramen noodles, UGA = filet migon at Morton’s.
Decisions, decisions …
Get back in the basement and give your mom back her computer you ignorant wretch.
Wow! Oh TheDawgsofWar is fired up tonight. Man, even in the off season he is worrying about TN.
Volbuc8, He may be a lot of things but worried about UT is not one of them.
Well, that escalated quickly.
Yep, everybody loves them some filet MIGON! I guess that participation trophy is better than nothing…
What is it with this Tennessee site that keeps these Georgia idiots coming back? Do you trailer trash residents not have a site of your own? Is jawja not that advanced yet? Could it be you are starting to worry about Tennessee now? Everyone in the country knows you CAN’T win the big one. All anyone hears is , “Oh we’re going 14-0 this year”, and year after year, you fall short. Are you pissed off about that and coming here and taking it out on this site. Everyone also knows that Smart is just Richt 102. Same plays, same outcome , same everything. Two words for the idiot jawja fans coming on here, HAIL MARY and FAKE PUNT….LOL.
I was in the Nashville area not long ago, amazing how mamy people in that part of TN refer to UT as “my bytches.”
But seriously, if the NCAA held a football tournament for TN teams I could see UT finishing a solid 3rd place behind Memphis and Vandy. I’d take UT over UTC and MTSU all day.
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but active users of SDS tend to comment on all teams’ articles, so I wouldn’t read too much into Georgia fans commenting on a Tennessee article. Minus the idiots and their asinine comments, it’s actually what makes this site interesting (cause lord knows the quality of articles is hit or miss); passionate, informed fans engaging in in-depth conversations, debates, and some (quasi) friendly trash talk — especially when opposing fan bases come together over a common enemy.
But maybe when Tennessee wins more than 9 collective games across two seasons, you’ll be in a better position to antagonize any other fan base. I would suggest a brick-by-brick approach to relevance by ending Vandy’s winning streak. Then maybe you can speak with a little bravado.
The level of discourse on this site is topnotch… lol. Some people get so worked up nowadays.
I think it is mainly the ArmyRetard.
And it’s the UT fans who give those comments the time of day. Makes UT fans look very smart…
Is he truly a veteran? I’ve known several and this guy is way too stupid. Pre-Vietnam, there were mandatory iq’s in the military. I guess we can see why that was a good idea, assuming he’s not going Nathan Phillips on us.
How dare you mock the Freon Rangers, the heroes of our country.
Hahaha
Lol, feel like they may be confusing Eli with Ethan??? Maybe they’re so desperate to get us back for stealing Gibbs and Chaney??? Regardless, this is great news for Tennessee.
I don’t see how it can be considered great news. He’s a good kid who works hard. He just doesn’t fit the offense.
Makes space for someone else at a different position. Tennessee is pretty stacked at TE: Wood-Anderson, Blakely, Pope, Bumphus, Fant, Brown, Warren, Lowe…
I wish him well. Like others have said, he’s a great kid, just not an SEC caliber TE.