When you read up on new UT CB commit Tanner Ingle, you get the feeling very quickly that he feels overlooked due to his being “only” 5’10. He mentions it often, and while it appears to motivate him it certainly does not enter his mind when he is bringing the lumber on the field. The kid can obviously hit from the DB spot, which will give him a chance to potentially be a jack of all trades guy in the secondary who can play all of the CB/NB/S slots. But I’m not a scout, so my film analysis ain’t worth much.
What I can do is learn a lot about a prospect by looking at a few things, and when you do that it’s very easy to become very excited about this addition to the commitment list:
1) He earned his UT offer at a camp in front of the entire staff by showing out at the Big Cat Camp in Memphis. So they’ve seen him up close and worked him out very recently.
2) This wasn’t his only strong performance. He performed well at the Opening Regionals in Orlando, running a 4.5-second 40-yard dash with a 4.15-second shuttle and also registering a 35” vertical jump for a rating of 105.06. He was also a standout performer at the adidas 3 Stripe Camp in Macon, GA two weeks ago, prompting Woody Wommack from Rivals to note “Ingle is a classic case of a highly productive player who is under recruited because of his size, but when given the chance to showcase his skills in front of coaches he excels and ends up getting the recognition he’s earned.”
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3) Speaking of recognition, Ingle has 30 offers, and has earned about half of them in the last two weeks after these camp showings. Along with the one from UT, Ingle earned recent offers from Stanford, UNC, and Wisconsin to go with other notable offers including one from Bud Foster at VT.
4) So it’s not like he’s completely overlooked. In fact, Chris Hays of the Orlando Sentinel recently called him “arguably the best all-around football player in Central Florida and one of the best in the talent-rich state of Florida.”
5) He’s played in big time games and made big plays: On the way to Dr. Phillips eventual loss in the 8A FL State Championship Game, Ingle returned a punt for a TD in the semifinal.
6) He’s also a track athlete. Earlier this spring, he ran an 11.32-second 100-meter dash and 23.17-second 200-meter dash for the Dr. Phillips track team. He also participated on the 4×100 relay team and in the long jump, where he finished 6th in the state with a leap of 22-0.75 feet.