'05 TN WR Patrick Turner (USC signee)

[Buckskin86]

Wide Receiver / Athlete
Nashville (TN)
Goodpasture

Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 210 pounds
40-yard dash: 4.55 seconds
Bench max: 265 pounds
Bench reps: 10
Squat max: 355 pounds
Vertical leap: 31 inches
Shuttle time: 4.29 seconds

Insiders and Rivals 5 star

Biography:
Patrick Turner made 56 receptions for 955 yards and 12 touchdowns during his junior season. He also participates in track on the 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams. Turner projects as an academic qualifier.

2.7/19 ACT/Oct retake
Coach's Comments: "Patrick is an outstanding young man who works very hard," said Head Coach David Martin. "He has unlimited potential because of his talent. Patrick has a natural instinct for getting open and going for the ball."

Scouting Report: Patrick Turner is the prototype for the current trend of tall receivers in college football. He has an excellent combination of great size and good speed. Patrick posseses tremendous hands, concentration and body control.

Nike Camp:
Height: 6-5
Weight: 201
40-Yard Dash: 4.66
Vertical Jump: 29"

"I think a lot of them come in expecting a skinny kid. But when they see him in person, they’re shocked at what a great-looking developed kid he is. He walked in here like that as a freshman. I knew we had something special." -Goodpasture coach David Martin
"He has such natural instincts as a receiver. He has tremendous hands. He catches everything with his hands, and they’re very soft. He can adjust to the ball well while it’s in the air. And obviously, he’s just a great physical specimen. " -Goodpasture coach David Martin

Allen Wallace free

Turner Likes That Miami Weather
Vols and 'Canes Looking Strong
By Allen Wallace

National Recruiting Editor

"Tennessee is my hometown school--they're close by," says WR Patrick Turner (6-5, 210, 4.6), of Madison Goodpasture. "Coach (Phillip) Fulmer is a legend and they've got a good coaching staff. Coach (Pat) Washington (WRs) is a real good recruiting coach. Their program is huge--about 108,000 people show up for the games.
Patrick Turner

Tennessee WR/TE Patrick Turner (6-5, 210, 4.6) says Tennessee (camp) and Miami (visited) lead slightly over Florida, USC, LSU, Texas and Oklahoma. All have offered as well as Michigan, Louisville, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Mississippi and Ohio State. All schools are recruiting him as WR.
"Tennessee is my hometown school--they're close by," says Turner, of Madison Goodpasture. "Coach (Phillip) Fulmer is a legend and they've got a good coaching staff. Coach (Pat) Washington (WRs) is a real good recruiting coach. Their program is huge--about 108,000 people show up for the games. The fans there are crazy. They've got an offense that has always produced good WRs, and they get top rated QBs to go there. I think the atmosphere there is really supportive and that's a huge thing for me.

"Miami has a great program that has been so dominant. And I like the hot weather down there. You know that if you go to Miami that you're going to win there and there's not a chance that you wouldn't. They produce good players and I want to win.

"Florida has a great offense. They're known down south for producing good WRs and I think it would be a good place to play. Plus a rivalry game between Florida and Miami would be huge.

"USC has a good program going on over there. They have an explosive offense and they like to pass the ball. That's pretty much what I'm looking for. The coaching staff there is down-to-earth and it's USC--they know what they're doing and they have a great tradition. Coaches Pete Carroll and (Todd) McNair (RBs) are great guys. And the WRs coach (Lane) Kiffin recently came to one of my games and we got to talking about taking a visit there.

"LSU is coming off a great season and they always have good wide outs. Coach (Nick) Saban is an all-around good person making his players part of his family. The coaches want to get me down there and they tell me that I'd be good for their offense."

Turner will officially visit USC (9/10), Oklahoma, Florida, Miami and Texas. He says he's been to Tennessee enough to know he will not go there for an official visit and LSU is close enough to drive to.

Three game (2-1) stats: 14 rec/232 yds/2 TDs.

2.7/19 ACT/Oct retake

We are obviously not a favorite but it was worth noting that we have offered another big time WR. It is clear that we still want a big play maker at wideout (Rouse, Williams, R. Smith, Turner, Lymon).

[wstripes]

I think they would have moved gwaltney up to #1..if it wasn't such a big move.....


Patrick Turner committed to SC.....Tenn fans didn't listen

[USCemper]

wstripes, I don't know how you do it, but you called it, again.

[osugrad21]

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by Garry Paskwietz of WeAreSC.com, January 19, 2005 at 5:29pm ET

Patrick Turner Profile

We just spoke with Turner and he confirmed that he has made a decision about his college choice "Yeah, the decision has been made. I'll be a Trojan, yes sir."</td></tr></tbody> </table>

[Welsh0913]

He's going to be a good one. Congrats SC.

[methomps]

This makes up for me feeling bad about not going to class!

[Cavball9]

Turner is going to be a great one, not just a good one. What a prospect. Looks like SC is gonna clean some house again this year. Doesn't look like they're going to stray from the top for some time. Hopefully we can get a shot at 'em and knock 'em back off.

[NoVABuck]

We can only hope that Carroll gets bored, goes back to the NFL (taking Chow with him) and USC hires Paul Hackett again.

In the mean time, thank God for scholarship limits.

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

Soon enough they'll have the #1 class once they add the best back, too.