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Clemson, Tennessee battle over who is 'WRU'


by - Assoc. Editor -

Football offseason has truly begun as schools are recruiting and taking jabs at each other on social-media. The latest is Clemson and Tennessee debating on who is the better school at producing NFL wide receivers.

Tennessee's wide receiver coach Zach Azzanni posted the following Twitter poster on Tuesday afternoon stating that his school is 'The original WRU'.

The Volunteers have had 10 wide receivers drafted in the 80’s and one receiver drafted each year in the 90's besides 1993. Some of their famous wide receiver alumni include Donte Stallworth, Peerless Price, Da'Rick Rogers, Stanley Morgan and Alvin Harper.

However, only Cordarrelle Patterson and Robert Meachem have been drafted from Tennessee since 2007. Tennessee's wide receiver stats in the NFL last season were 80 receptions for 1,111 yards and four touchdowns.

Clemson's Jeff Scott is recruiting very hard this off-season and posted a Twitter message on Tuesday stating that the "WRU Takeover has begun" and "Can't live in the past forever" which obviously disagreed with UT's assertion of their self-imposed title of 'WRU'. Clemson's NFL wide receiver roster of Sammy WatkinsSammy Watkins
Wide Receiver (2011 - 2013)
#2 6-1, 205
Fort Myers, FL

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, Jacoby FordJacoby Ford
Wide Receiver (2006 - 2009)
#6 5-9, 175
Royal Palm Beach, FL

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, Jaron BrownJaron Brown
Wide Receiver (2008 - 2012)
#18 6-2, 205
Cheraw, SC

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, Martavis BryantMartavis Bryant
Wide Receiver (2011 - 2013)
#1 6-5, 200
Calhoun Falls, SC

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and Nuk Hopkins is quite impressive.

The Tigers also responded with an interesting video on Tuesday afternoon showing the NFL stats and videos of former Clemson wide receivers and calling Clemson 'the New WRU'. Clemson's NFL wide receivers had 194 receptions for 2,970 yards and 23 touchdowns last season.

Clemson's first round draft picks include Rod Garner (2001), DeAndre Hopkins (2013) and Sammy Watkins (2014). Other Tigers drafted include Derrick Hamilton (2004), Airese Curry (2005), Chansi Stuckey (2007), Jacoby Ford (2010) and Martavis Bryant (2014).

On Wednesday, Azzanni posted the following Twitter post about their wide receiver legacy.

Thirty minutes later on Wednesday, Scott posted the following Twitter post showcasing Clemson's wide receiver video.

Tennessee responded with their own hype video about their wide receivers called "Get Back" on Wednesday afternoon.

Get Back from VFL FILMS on Vimeo.

As a recruiting sidenote - Both schools are vying for the services for 4-star wide receiver Diondre Overton from Greensboro, N.C. and want him to know they produce a lot of NFL wide receiver talent. His top two schools are Clemson and Tennessee.

Other schools that certainly could also lay claim to 'WRU' include Southern California (11 WR draft picks since 2001) and LSU (14 WR draft picks since 2000).

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TigerNet News®
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TigerHawk76®
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chromedoutsoulja
spacer 'Canes have you both beat...
Cold Gin Dawg
spacer thumbs up but you left out..
under11par
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Tigerman1978
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mnparris
spacer Re: 'Canes have you both beat...
Tigerman1978
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Tigerman1978
spacer Notice the Tenn coach makes it all about him
camdentiger09
spacer Here is their response video
Playdough
spacer Re: Here is their response video
Jcantrell86®
spacer Two things:
Rocky the Tiger®
spacer Is it in black and white ??
under11par
spacer I stopped watching when I saw Buster Keaton***
Tickled Orange
spacer I don't know if anyone noticed the add for an article
TigerGrant8®
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Jcantrell86®
spacer yeah, i cant recall seeing that live.***
jtiger1®
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jtiger1®
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CUPeake19
spacer What UT WRs are in the NFL? Peerless Price is like 50 by now
jtiger1®
spacer Tennessee response video.
courtneyb78®
spacer Dang they are fast- Clemson Media Gurus that is. I posted
Tickled Orange
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92TigerJohn
spacer That's cute. Who still uses Vimeo?
JeffersonStTiger
spacer That's awesome***
El Tigre 1
spacer If FSU or OK State or USC wanted to challege that's fine
PenthouseTiger
spacer Tennessee: 6-6 U
sgraupn
spacer I love how the first one said, "Don't call it a comeback..."
TigerGrant8®
spacer Mr. Overton - consider the "X" factor
ALLIN4CU®
spacer Haha, was that standard definition in some of those UT clips***
BentZero
spacer Tennessee has nothing on Clemson...
TigerLight