2019 Recruiting - Football

[Pomspoms]

ESPN 4-star/5-star commits as of Dec 10:

Alabama 23
Texas, ND, aggy 16
UGA, ou, Oregon 15
FSU Clemson, Michigan 14
FLA, MSU 13
LSU, Auburn 12
tOSU, PSU 11
Tenn 10
South Carolina, Piglet, USC, Wash, OleMiss 9

Alabama has 23 now I understand that kids are pressured and they feel like they must play for the top team but when will they ever see playing time not until their Junior and senior years. might as well go to another team so they can play earlier

 

[LongestHorn]

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[Joe Fan]

Another possibility at RB
From Katy

 

[Joe Fan]

Another possible RB is JUCO Rhamondre Stevenson who is supposed to OV to Texas in Jan. Wont sign until NSD2

 

[Joe Fan]

OVs this weekend are QB Roschon Johnson, LB De'Gabriel Floyd and WR Jordan Whittington. Whittington is still in the playoffs.

 

[Joe Fan]

Turns out Powell is sneaky and did visit Baylor
And may go see TTU as well. Both schools are saying he can play early at QB. Not sure what our coaches think about all of that

Also Powell's dad played at Baylor. Did not know that

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[Dionysus]

Another possibility at RB
From Katy

Deondrick Glass took over Kyle Porter’s spot at Katy. I didn’t know we had offered.

 

[Pomspoms]

That guy is already built like Senior....kinda reminds me of
Me.

 

[Joe Fan]

Spoiler

Probably Johnson

 

[Joe Fan]

Brayden Liebrock senior film

 

[Joe Fan]

Also Powell's dad played at Baylor. Did not know that

He also has a teammate committed to BU

 

[Joe Fan]

Warren makes the most sense

LSU did visit with Myron Warren but, as far as I can tell, hey have still not offered.
Would be nice if he signed early with us to put this to bed

 

[Joe Fan]

As far as I can tell, we did not offer any of JUCO OL Jay Williams, OL grad transfer Tommy Kennedy or DT Antoine Whitner (IMG Academy) this weekend. Supposedly the reason may be bc Herman did not get to meet with them face-to-face, which he does before we offer. So it could still happen for one or more of them. We will see

Sounds like we will not be offering Tommy Kennedy or Jay Williams for now

 

[Joe Fan]

Sounds like JUCO OL Myron Cunningham will not make it to campus for a visit. And so we are out of it

Cunningham to Piglet

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[Joe Fan]

Caleb Johnson supposed to be deciding shortly, maybe even this weekend or next week. His final 4 are Colorado, Oregon, Pigpen and Texas. We need him, IMO

Johnson pushed back his announce date to allow him to visit Colorado, who just hired Mel Tucker, the former Georgia defensive coordinator

 

[Joe Fan]

Sounds like we will not be offering Tommy Kennedy or Jay Williams for now

We do have a new yet unnamed 4-star OL visiting this weekend

 

[Joe Fan]

Deondrick Glass took over Kyle Porter’s spot at Katy. I didn’t know we had offered.

He says we did
And Bama too

 

[Joe Fan]

We do have a new yet unnamed 4-star OL visiting this weekend

This is in addition to Isaiah Hoofkin
My first thought was Andrew Coker (TCU commit) but he is not a 4-star

 

[Joe Fan]

There are some rumors floating around out there about a de-commit coming from WR Marcus Washington but he shut that down pretty quick

 

[Chinstrap]

Texas has a history of great DT’s. Why can’t Tom get them now?

 

[SabreHorn]

Texas has a history of great DT’s

And yet our greatest had no offers, and Akers had to be beat on to take him.

Remember the days of developing talent?

Thank you Mike Parker & Leon Fuller

 

[Austin_Bill]

Texas has a history of great DT’s. Why can’t Tom get them now?

Texas is doing pretty well with DTs right now. Just 1 cycle ago we signed the top 2 Dts in the State. There wasn't a single 1 Technique DT in the state worth offering.

If you haven't been following recruiting Peter Mpengi has grown in to a DT and will likely be a damn good one judging by the fact that at 280 lbs he is still cat quick.

As was already pointed out Texas has had a few DTs that came to Texas as something other than at DT, we have had RBs spin down DE spin down TE Spin Down. You name it.

Jimmy Johnson at Miami was a master at bringing in a Safety and turning him into an All American Lb, or LB and turning him into an All American DE and a DE and turning him into an All American DT.

 

[Joe Fan]

The Gatorade clip on Jake

 

[Joe Fan]

And a clip on JWhit

 

[Joe Fan]

Jake on Bru --

Well, he actually direct messaged me when both of us were down to Texas and USC. We kind of shared our thoughts. He asked me which school I was leaning towards, and I told him Texas. He told me he was leaning USC. We were going to do a joint commitment video, but that’s why we didn’t end up doing it.I saw him on his official visit for the Texas-USC game, and I think it all changed there. I have a feeling he might be leaning Texas at this point. ​

 

[Joe Fan]

Another Cal grad transfer RB, with 3 yrs of elg left

 

[rick mueller]

One week till early signing. I love this new deal. Something to look forward between the last game and the bowl game. Also relieves some of the angst on waiting for the traditional February date and worrying about top recruits getting swayed by competitors.
True that some 'cruits want to stretch things out and continue drawing as much attention as possible, but many are clearly over the pressure and want to get it done.