2019 Recruiting - Football

[zuckercanyon]

Conner Williams as I recall was a 3*. That turned out pretty well for us.

Rivals had him as a 5.8 rated 4 star.

 

[Pomspoms]

If the play calling is good....ummm. No amount of talent can overcome that flaw. Seen it lately? It can frustrate you.

I would rate last seasons play calling at b+ or a-. Much better than the season before which I would give a c at best.

 

[Pomspoms]

Rivals had him as a 5.8 rated 4 star.

I believe he was rated as a 3 star

 

[zuckercanyon]

I believe he was rated as a 3 star

Connor Williams

OL

Coppell, TX

6'5"

271


5.8

9/5/14
SIGNED

 

[zuckercanyon]

Connor Williams

OL

Coppell, TX

6'5"

271


5.8

9/5/14
SIGNED

Connor Williams, 2015 Offensive tackle - Rivals

 

[dukesteer]

Connor Williams, 2015 Offensive tackle - Rivals

Perhaps Rivals re-rated him after he signed but I recall a 3-star as well. See the link below from 247:

Texas 2015 Football Commits

He was a lower ranked prospect who surprised everyone once he was on campus.

 

[zuckercanyon]

Perhaps Rivals re-rated him after he signed but I recall a 3-star as well. See the link below from 247:

Texas 2015 Football Commits

He was a lower ranked prospect who surprised everyone once he was on campus.

I admit I don't have 2015 data at my disposal only what it says now. I believe some of our recruits this year have gone up from their prior rankings. Will we think they're 3 stars a few years from now, even if they went up in ranking in the last several weeks? Aggies don't agree with those increases. I think it makes some on this board "feel" better if we got a "lesser ranked" guy who did well. I am a true believer in said rankings as we've "discussed" when I tried to make the argument that when your stars are twos and threes you're not competing for a cfp bid, which made some here completely insane...

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Anybody notice that Joshua Rowland put his name in the portal?

 

[Joe Fan]

Inside Texas' Eric Nahlin says he likes our chances with grad transfer OL Parker Braun. Hand has let him know we need him at OG and told him he feels like we are just that one piece away on the OL.

Also, Coach Herman previously recruited Braun while at UH. Braun played his senior year at Hallsville. He'll visit Feb 15. And Braun has a younger brother who is a 2020 OL out of Florida.

 

[Garmel]

Inside Texas' Eric Nahlin says he likes our chances with grad transfer OL Parker Braun. Hand has let him know we need him at OG and told him he feels like we are just that one piece away on the OL.

Also, Coach Herman previously recruited Braun while at UH. Braun played his senior year at Hallsville. He'll visits Feb 15. And Braun has a younger brother who is a 2020 OL out of Florida.

Next year's OL?
LT-Cosmi
LG- Braun
C- Shack
RG- Angilau
RT-Kerstetter

 

[Joe Fan]

TFB's SuperK says he was in Arizona recently and went into a high school there, which is coached by Eddy Zubey. That coach had recently attended the Adidas All-American game. Super K says as soon as he saw the coach, he went off on De'Gabriel Floyd --

Said the young man is an absolute beast and predicted that Floyd will see the field immediately.​

Open Post | Weekend, February 1st - 3rd - The Football Brainiacs - UT Edition

 

[Joe Fan]

Next year's OL?
LT-Cosmi
LG- Braun
C- Shack
RG- Angilau
RT-Kerstetter

That's probably close. I have been thinking Okafor would be the swing OT but there is growing sentiment that he is a more natural OG. So maybe he will get a chance to compete there too.

 

[Joe Fan]

Inside Texas on Shepherd --

Javonne Shepherd: Though there was certainly some distortion in the message along the way, this boils down to what we heard earlier in the cycle: Whoever hosts Shepherd last will most likely earn his signature. Last but not least is UT with the visit. Something Texas also has going for it is Tyler Johnson, a player for Shepherd to mirror upon arrival. Johnson is seen as the type of positive influence to help Shepherd transition to college life. We never really thought Shepherd would go far from home and (aggy) is almost certainly going to come up short. Any report stating Jimbo Fisher backed off is as accurate as saying (aggy) backed off the SEC West title.
Shepherd was visited by Corby Meekins and Tom Herman on Thursday.​

 

[Joe Fan]

With regard to the possible need to pick to pick up a transfer RB, there are several out there (See Oreg, Ole Miss, FSU, South Car). Ironically enough, if you look at the portal, the 2nd ranked RB transfer is Toneil Carter from Texas.

But too late to try and reel him back in
Former Texas RB Toneil Carter announces transfer to Sam Houston State

 

[Chop]

Inside Texas' Eric Nahlin says he likes our chances with grad transfer OL Parker Braun. Hand has let him know we need him at OG and told him he feels like we are just that one piece away on the OL.

Also, Coach Herman previously recruited Braun while at UH. Braun played his senior year at Hallsville. He'll visits Feb 15. And Braun has a younger brother who is a 2020 OL out of Florida.

Braun's a stud. He'll start here right away.

 

[Chop]

With regard to the possible need to pick to pick up a transfer RB, there are several out there (See Oreg, Ole Miss, FSU, South Car). Ironically enough, if you look at the portal, the 2nd ranked RB transfer is Toneil Carter from Texas.

But too late to try and reel him back in
Former Texas RB Toneil Carter announces transfer to Sam Houston State

Awful what D. Brown is going through. Hoping for the best and a full recovery.

Meanwhile, football-wise, I'd look for the O-staff to start drawing up plays and formations for Whittington and Bru at RB (and maybe even Jake). Also, if Danny can hold on to the ball, he'll be getting a lot of carries this year. We can only expect Ingram to tote the pigskin so many times per game without taking a beating.

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Awful what D. Brown is going through. Hoping for the best and a full recovery.

Meanwhile, football-wise, I'd look for the O-staff to start drawing up plays and formations for Whittington and Bru at RB (and maybe even Jake). Also, if Danny can hold on to the ball, he'll be getting a lot of carries this year. We can only expect Ingram to tote the pigskin so many times per game without taking a beating.

The better our O line gets, the safer the game becomes for our running backs.

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[bystander]

We're gonna' have to at running back. Some sort of work around may need to be in the offering....

 

[Joe Fan]

A confirmed OL Javonne Shepherd sighting in Austin on his OV.

And JUCO LB Lakia Henry brought his mom with him to Austin for his OV.

 

[HornHuskerDad]

The better our O line gets, the safer the game becomes for our running backs.

Key point, Sangre. The better the team is in the trenches, the more they can dominate the opponent - on both sides of the ball.

 

[Joe Fan]

...And JUCO LB Lakia Henry brought his mom with him to Austin for his OV.

This does not sounds so great -- IT says Lakia Henry will go back to Piggy tomorrow for another visit. He has already OVd there. I thought we had positioned ourselves perfect with his last OV. But who knows what those SEC teams are doing.

 

[Joe Fan]

From someone on the 247 board --

Watched his Instagram live just now during the photo shoot, and a bunch of aggs were talking mess in the comments and Javonne goes “man, f*ck A&M” ​

Shepherd OV

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[rick mueller]

I'll believe this dude is a Longhorn when his name is on the paper. Even then, I'll reserve judgment as far as what we really have.

 

[I35]

So when I’m bored and nothing good on TV I make some popcorn with salt and butter and go check out Texag for entertainment. I just read T Hamm believes he’s a Horn. Before this weekend I read on texag the Aggies were laughing at us because they thought we were going to sign J Shepherd. Now they are already calling him a failure that he won’t last. He might be, but that wasn’t what they were saying when they thought they were getting him.

 

[Horns R Back]

 

[Joe Fan]

This does not sounds so great -- IT says Lakia Henry will go back to Piggy tomorrow for another visit. He has already OVd there. I thought we had positioned ourselves perfect with his last OV. But who knows what those SEC teams are doing.

Lakia Henry has been on campus since Thursday, with his mom. He is headed home now -- sounds like it is between us and Pigpen.

 

[Joe Fan]

So when I’m bored and nothing good on TV I make some popcorn with salt and butter and go check out Texag for entertainment. I just read T Hamm believes he’s a Horn. Before this weekend I read on texag the Aggies were laughing at us because they thought we were going to sign J Shepherd. Now they are already calling him a failure that he won’t last. He might be, but that wasn’t what they were saying when they thought they were getting him.

It's all Georgia's fault now