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In the days after Vanderbilt football’s loss to Tennessee on Nov. 30, Langston Patterson was going to afford himself a moment to take a step back and think where his football career was at, where it was going and if Vanderbilt football was going to continue to be the place where he pursued it.
It didn’t take long for the Nashville native, who will enter his junior season this fall, to make the decision that staying home was his best choice. That decision came despite several Vanderbilt players — including friend, and former CPA teammate London Humphreys — entered the transfer portal, after the Commodores’ 2-10 season (0-9 in SEC), Patterson made his choice to stay public five days after the conclusion of the season.
“I wouldn’t say there was initially a thought,” Patterson said after Vanderbilt wrapped up its third day of spring football practice last Saturday at the McGugin Center “You always have to take a step back and assess, but for me I never really wavered. Throughout my talks with coach (Clark) Lea and the defensive staff about where we are headed and the money that’s been put in this program by (athletics director) Candice Lee is really amazing.”
Patterson said he tried to convince Humphreys to stay, but respected the freshman wide receiver’s decision to transfer. Humphreys committed to Georgia Dec. 19 after finishing 2023 as Vanderbilt’s second-leading receiver with 439 receiving yards and four touchdowns.
“We did our best to try to get him to stay,” said Patterson, who played three seasons with Humphreys at CPA and played in three TSSAA Division II-AA state championship games, winning the 2020 title together. “But for him and his family, that was the best option for him.”
Patterson’s decision to stay with Lea and Vanderbilt had to do with his ascension as a 6-foot-1, 230-pound linebacker. He led the team…
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Author : The Tennessean
Publish date : 2024-03-26 10:08:12
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