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Draft expert: Bray, Hunter, Patterson should return to UT

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photo Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray

KNOXVILLE – Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray likely will have an important decision to make at the end of the season.

Justin Hunter and Cordarrelle Patterson, the Volunteers’ talented receivers, face a similar fork in the road.

Should they play their senior seasons at Tennessee or declare for the NFL draft as juniors?

Nearly any projection or player rankings out there has the trio of Vols high enough to make an early exit an appealing option, but ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay already knows what he’d decide if he were in their shoes.

“All three of those players, turn down the money and go back to school and get better at your art,” he said during a conference call on Friday. “A year from now you could be so much more prepared to play in the NFL. Forget where you’re drafted. That would be my advice to those three.