Matthew Tant declares

[ksgovols]

I'm a big Harpeth fan and I think the world of Matthew Tant, but what's up with this? Either he's got his degree and is tired of Vandy's losing ways and wants to move on one way or the other, or he doesn't have his degree and doesn't think he's gonna get it next year and is tired of Vandy's losing ways. Remember when Brad Gaines declared? All it got him was the annual ESPN story on Chuckie Mullins. I wish Matthew would've stayed one more year. It couldn't hurt. What about you guys?

[goldenboy]

I'm shocked by this news. I played against Tant in high school a few times and thought he was a good back and I knew he would be a decent back at Vandy but I never imagined him going pro. I think this is a terrible decision for him, if he has already recieved his degree he should stay and play his last year to help raise his stock if he has any dream of the NFL. I seriously doubt anybody outside of the state of Tennessee has ever heard of Matt Tant. What happened to the other RB Harpeth had Tant's Senior year, I want to say his name was Ewing or something like that, he was pretty good also.

 

I just searched the Vandy website and there are no results for Matt Tant so he probably isn't attending school anymore.

Edited January 18, 2005 by goldenboy

[coach15]

This is not a good move on his part

[ksgovols]

Yeah, I read in the Tennessean where 3 of the 49 underclassmen who declared were from Vanderbilt and that Tant was expected to get an invitation to someone's camp. Why not get another year of a Vanderbilt education paid for and do the same thing? I agree coach15..........bad move.