2020 Recruiting - Football

Apparently we are still hard after 4-star 2020 LB, Josh White (Cy Creek) even after he committed to LSU. Sounds like he may be willing to take an OV to Austin before the summer dead period begins.
 
blOwU and Jase will kiss and make up. I think we get Bijan and one other guy that is rated as a 3'star

Bama gets Evans, Georgia gets Kendall Milton, blOwU will get both McCellan and Seth McGowan. Not sure who will wind up in aggsyville.
 
Joe Fan said:
RB Jase McClellan did make it to Austin for his OV

And I can tell you the ou people are definitely disturbed by this, so maybe it really does have legs?

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Good film. Big guy, pretty fast for his size. He does run high though.
Reminds me of the Bama backs of late.
 
Austin_Bill said:
If I had to chose between Bijan Robinson and Jase I'm taking Bijan every time. Bijan's game is tailor made for the Big 12. He isn't a 20 carries a game guy but he is explosive and will touch the ball 12 to 15 times a game for about 100 to 150 per game.

I keep saying this. Beware of Aledo kids. Jase looks amazing in his film but he is surrounded by so much talent that is well coached you just can't tell how much is him and how much is the guys around him.

What I see from Jase is what we got from Ced Benson, a guy that will be a work horse and give you 85 to 110 a game on about 18 carries, but he isn't explosive nor is he a guy that pound the opponent like Ricky Williams. This means that DC's aren't going to fear him like they would Bijan. No fear means they won't game plan to stop him. I want someone that puts fear into the opposing DC, so much so they game plan to stop him and in turn open things up for the rest of the offense.
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What we got from Cedric Benson?
Seriously?
Cedric Benson was an absolute stud of a college football player, and a legendary Longhorn. He did keep the coaches up at night in the offseason, but between the lines he was a problem every Saturday.
Dude ran for over 5,500 yards. #9 all time, of all backs. Ever.
You might be a little younger, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
But, if there is another Ced in this class, you sign him, and don’t look at another.
 
4-star CB Ethan Pouncey from Florida
We just offered him last week-made his top 5 list
 
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What we got from Cedric Benson?
Seriously?
Cedric Benson was an absolute stud of a college football player, and a legendary Longhorn. He did keep the coaches up at night in the offseason, but between the lines he was a problem every Saturday.
Dude ran for over 5,500 yards. #9 all time, of all backs. Ever.
You might be a little younger, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
But, if there is another Ced in this class, you sign him, and don’t look at another.
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I think the aspect being criticized was Ced's lack of breakaway threat. If he had that in his game, he'd have been another Ricky.
 
#2is#1 said:
What we got from Cedric Benson?
Seriously?
Cedric Benson was an absolute stud of a college football player, and a legendary Longhorn. He did keep the coaches up at night in the offseason, but between the lines he was a problem every Saturday.
Dude ran for over 5,500 yards. #9 all time, of all backs. Ever.
You might be a little younger, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
But, if there is another Ced in this class, you sign him, and don’t look at another.
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Ced was a work horse, he was called upon to carry the ball over 20+ times a game and with that he was an above average runner. I would rank him below guys like Jamal Charles and Priest Holmes. His best asset was his ability to take punishment and not get hurt. If you think about it, 5,500 yards in 4 years is about 1300-1400 yards per year. Which averages out to about 100 to 110 per game.

Like I said the best thing I remember about Ed Ced was he was a work horse. That is exactly how I see Jase McCellan, a work horse. He is about the same size as Benson and not overly fast like Benson, but a tough runner like Benson.

Two last things I wish to point our about Benson.

1. He ran for more yardage than Earl Campbell, but does anyone think he was better than Earl?

2. He was horrible against blOwU. In 3 games played against the gooners he rushed 170 yards total and 1 TD. In those 3 games his highest yards per carry was 4.0 his senior year.

Honestly, my biggest impression of El Ced was he was great against bad teams and pedestrian against good teams.
 
#2is#1 said:
What we got from Cedric Benson?
Seriously?
Cedric Benson was an absolute stud of a college football player, and a legendary Longhorn. He did keep the coaches up at night in the offseason, but between the lines he was a problem every Saturday.
Dude ran for over 5,500 yards. #9 all time, of all backs. Ever.
You might be a little younger, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
But, if there is another Ced in this class, you sign him, and don’t look at another.
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About Ced — and I always mention this — had he not collided with Mike Williams as they both tried to chase the Colorado LB who had intercepted Simms (again) in the CCG his freshman year (as I recall), he may have broken Ricky’s record. It took Benson a year to recover from the resulting neck injury.
 
#2is#1 said:
What we got from Cedric Benson?
Seriously?
Cedric Benson was an absolute stud of a college football player, and a legendary Longhorn. He did keep the coaches up at night in the offseason, but between the lines he was a problem every Saturday.
Dude ran for over 5,500 yards. #9 all time, of all backs. Ever.
You might be a little younger, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
But, if there is another Ced in this class, you sign him, and don’t look at another.
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Ced diid not get the national respect that he deserved and I wonder if an “overly politically correct” university did not promote him because of off the field issues. I personally believe that the treatment of him his senior year is the most glaring example of the b.s. they call the Heisman.
I will not argue that he should have won but that he get more respect from the voters.
2004 Heisman Trophy Voting | College Football at Sports-Reference.com
 
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dukesteer said:
About Ced — and I always mention this — had he not collided with Mike Williams as they both tried to chase the Colorado LB who had intercepted Simms (again) in the CCG his freshman year (as I recall), he may have broken Ricky’s record. It took Benson a year to recover from the resulting neck injury.
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Benson was never the same. Before that, he had more speed, and the ability to reverse field. Afterwards, he became a stud, straightaway power back, good enough for the NFL for over 6000 yards, too. He also helped us beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl! A good comparison would be Roosevelt Leaks, who before his knee injury WAS Earl Campbell (3rd in Heisman as junior), and afterward, was also a very good power back, in the NFL for several years.
 
Chinstrap said:
Ced diid not get the national respect that he deserved and I wonder if an “overly politically correct” university did not promote him because of off the field issues. I personally believe that the treatment of him his senior year is the most glaring example of the b.s. they call the Heisman.
I will not argue that he should have won but that he get more respect from the voters.
2004 Heisman Trophy Voting | College Football at Sports-Reference.com
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Wow, you are right about that statistics comparison on the Heisman list.
 
We only have 6 commits to date but .....

Top 10 recruiting classes using "Player Avg" --
Clemson: 95.00
Nebraska: 93.76
Texas: 93.52
Bama: 93.01
LSU: 93.01
Ohio State: 92.79
UGA: 92.66
Notre Dame: 91.84
ou: 91.5​
 
An Ohio State mod put in a CB for DT Vernon Broughton to Texas
This was after his OV to tOSU this past weekend
 
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And, just for fun, here is Card's mom back in 1988
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Some updates -

RB Jase McClellan (Aledo) apparently plays things close to the vest (no news from the visit). He did say he will rerun to Austin during the season.

ATH/WR Mookie Cooper did not make it this past weekend however he is supposed to be in for the pool party. They say he may arrive as early as tonight for that.

5-star 2020 WR Johnny Wilson of Calabasas, CA says he is saving his OV to Texas for a later date. So this coming weekend is an UOV even though he is supposed to have the family with him.

LB Prince Dorbah (Dallas Highland Park) is supposed to announce July 10.
Here is Mike Roach's (247) take on him-
"I’m told that confidence is high in landing Prince Dorbah. Out of all the recruits on campus this weekend, I was told that Dorbah opened himself up the most. No commitment happened, but I’d put Texas as the leader in the clubhouse...." MikeRoach​
 
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Here is IT on the Ransom visit --

"Salpointe Catholic’s (AZ) safety Lathan Ransom made a return trip to Austin after his unofficial visit in early June. It’s been known these two visits were key for Texas to make up ground and potentially take the lead. We feel they've done that.

Program sources say Ransom, who was hosted by Brandon Jones, loved his return to campus and that the Horns are in a great spot moving forward.

We think this has become a two-horse race; Texas and Ohio State. Ransom will visit Columbus for an official visit this coming weekend. That trip will tell us where Texas stands going into the dead period (6/24). At this point, Texas is more likely to land the Salpointe duo of Ransom and Bijan Robinson than to split them or land neither."
Inside Texas Inside Scoop - 6/17/19 - Inside Texas​
 
Joe Fan said:
We only have 6 commits to date but .....

Top 10 recruiting classes using "Player Avg" --
Clemson: 95.00
Nebraska: 93.76
Texas: 93.52
Bama: 93.01
LSU: 93.01
Ohio State: 92.79
UGA: 92.66
Notre Dame: 91.84
ou: 91.5​
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Where is aggy? Makes one think that this is either a made-up ranking paid for by Texas or aggy is so far ahead this is really 2-11.
 
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