2021 Recruiting - Football

Clean said:
Looking at the rankings, this class isn't that bad. 17th on 247 and on another site I looked at. 16 signed + Grad Transfer + 2 more commitments.

By the way, Mack has North Carolina in 12th place on one site. Just sayin... the man can recruit.
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It's OK on D, but not on O (with two exceptions)
 
Clean said:
Looking at the rankings, this class isn't that bad. 17th on 247 and on another site I looked at. 16 signed + Grad Transfer + 2 more commitments.

By the way, Mack has North Carolina in 12th place on one site. Just sayin... the man can recruit.
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Let's hope this is a transition class.
 
Jaden Alexis --

How he fits at Texas: South Florida speed. Alexis runs a 4.41 40, 10.75 100m, and 22.27 200m. His high school would put him in the slot and let him run wheel routes around natural rubs by other receivers to build up speed. He’d also just run by people for easy vertical shots. There’s not a ton of nuance to his game yet but he’s an explosive scoring threat either on a perimeter screen or a vertical go route. In Texas’ offense where the slot receiver will get more vertical under Mike Yurcich, that’s where he’d fit best. – Ian Boyd​
 
Juan Davis -- makes him sound a little bit like Lil’Jordan Humphrey

Ian Boyd on Davis: Davis is a big, flex tight end prospect already checking in at 6-foot-4, 217 pounds as a sophomore. Davis has excellent ball skills and at times even ignores the smaller CBs assigned to cover him and simply goes through them to win jump balls. Some of his more intriguing clips though feature him willingly going over the middle, finding seams, and fighting through tacklers after the catch. He’ll eventually be a plus athlete for his size, which figures to be 6-foot-5, 245 or so when he’s in college, and his skill and agility will pay off. He may not ever be a blocker but stay outside as a full-time flex tight end, in which case he figures to project to the slot or X for Texas.​
 
Derrick Harris Jr -- 6'2.5, 220 pounds, wore size 16 shoe in the 11th grade so he may not be done growing

“I’ve always wanted to go to Texas since seeing Vince Young back in 2006. I’m excited for the opportunity to play at Texas, and we’ll see how my body grows and where I end up playing in college down the road.”​

He is also a competitive swimmer
 
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At 6-3 and 208 pounds, Cooks is a rangy linebacker who thrives at making plays in space for a talented Shadow Creek team. He showcased those talents in the spring at a Rivals camp, where he took home linebacker MVP honors.

“He can line up in various spots in either a three- or four-man front and act as an edge-defender or sit back as a traditional stand-up linebacker. Cooks is explosive off the ball with excellent burst off the line and speed to cause havoc on a given play,” said Rivals.com recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman. “While he is not always reactive, Cooks makes up for it with an elite blend of speed and power in pursuit, which opens the door for a ton of splash plays behind the line of scrimmage.” ​
 
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Byron Murphy --

Eric Nahlin on Murphy: Good ball get-off, quick and easy mover in all directions, some bounce to him, uses low-man advantage at a position it’s most important. I mentioned to him he moved like a big running back and he responded that was his position until he grew out of it. I’ve liked his tape and been in contact with him since his sophomore year but I figured lack of length would always be an anchor around his neck. He’s grown. I think he has the potential to be better than Tank Jackson because of his lateral agility. Murphy has a high floor. He doesn’t have Albert Regis’ athletic upside but he’s a much better defensive tackle at this point.

Gerry Hamilton on Murphy: Go ahead and name your best college football defensive tackles at 6-foot-1 or less from Texas in the last couple of decades, save the G.O.A.T Casey Hampton, and Murphy could be next in line. The former linebacker and running back is a powerfully built defensive tackle with excellent agility, flexibility and strength to go with 10-inch hands. A terrific early evaluation by Baylor, which can be said numerous times in the 2021 class. ​
 
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That is everyone signed who committed, except the one who got arrested


DL Barryn Sorrell from Louisiana is also sill possible - supposed to be lunchtime announce for him. Prev committed to Northwestern. He says it is us vs. ASU (Herm Edwards), Louisville, Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Virginia
Only a 3-star but a good player, we do want
 
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Clean said:
Looking at the rankings, this class isn't that bad. 17th on 247 and on another site I looked at. 16 signed + Grad Transfer + 2 more commitments.

By the way, Mack has North Carolina in 12th place on one site. Just sayin... the man can recruit.
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Only 2 of the top 35 players in the state of Texas is very bad... This class is horrible and if we have another like it in 2022, which we will since CDC dropped the ball, we will be buried for years and might not be able to get out of it. We don't even have an offensive player nationally ranked...I think that's the top 300 players in country. Hello Tennessee...

2021 Rivals.com Texas Top 100
 
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JD Coffey -- played 50 varsity games in hs and started every one
Has a 3.8 GPA - took care of business on and off the field.

How he fits at Texas: Coffey is currently a pretty versatile player in high school whose film tends to consist largely of two types of plays. The first type shows off some range and good positioning in the deep field, breaking up some passes and often separating the receiver from the ball like an old school safety. In the second style he’s helping to fit the run in the box where he shows a real knack for avoiding the wash and real stopping power when he hits ballcarriers. His awareness and skill deep is real but his range is a bit limited. He’s going to project best as a box safety or spur linebacker who fills out his frame and can play at 210+. He seems at his best moving downhill rather than laterally, so boundary safety or will linebacker (if he can grow into it) might be his best projections down the line. He’s remarkably similar to current safety Chris Brown but has the frame to get bigger than Brown’s 5-foot-11, 190. – Ian Boyd​

 
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Morice Blackwell --

“He's 6-1, he's in the 200-pound range, but he's got outstanding length. He plays safety for his high school. I've heard of him running really well for his high school coach's clock. “That's the kind of athleticism and body type that is the modern-day linebacker.”
-- Barton Simmons​


It wasn’t too long ago that the 6-foot-1-inch, 196-pound Blackwell would’ve been viewed as too small to hold up at the second level in a Power Five league. However, data collected and presented by 247Sports national analyst Charles Power on the last 27 off-the-ball linebackers taken in the NFL draft suggests Blackwell is the kind of prospect who fits in with where the game is trending.

“To recap, the average top linebacker draft pick in recent years is around 6-foot-2, 215 pounds with a 4.61 40-yard dash, 4.36-second shuttle and 35.1-inch vertical jump."
-- Charles Power​
 
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Jonathan Brooks --

How he fits at Texas: Brooks is a power back in the mold of Keaontay Ingram or Roschon Johnson. He has exceptional change of direction and short area quickness that he uses to manipulate defenders in order to help create creases and windows in the narrow spaces between the tackles. He has some size and power to him to blast through those holes. Brooks can also hit the edge and plant and go like a wide zone RB. He can flex out and run some routes and catch the ball. Essentially, he’s a perfect fit for being a volume back in the inside zone scheme that can flex out and execute the 11 personnel spread sets as well. – Ian Boyd​
 
No problems at all with Brooks. I'll think he'll turn out to be a good one, provided that "...in the mold of Keaontay Ingram" doesn't include the fumbling.
 
Chop said:
No problems at all with Brooks. I'll think he'll turn out to be a good one, provided that "...in the mold of Keaontay Ingram" doesn't include the fumbling.
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Hope you are right, something seems wrong though that he only had 6 offers - Texas, Texas State, Houston Baptist, Louisiana, Okie State, and UTSA...
 
Joe Fan said:
Jonathan Brooks --

How he fits at Texas: Brooks is a power back in the mold of Keaontay Ingram or Roschon Johnson. He has exceptional change of direction and short area quickness that he uses to manipulate defenders in order to help create creases and windows in the narrow spaces between the tackles. He has some size and power to him to blast through those holes. Brooks can also hit the edge and plant and go like a wide zone RB. He can flex out and run some routes and catch the ball. Essentially, he’s a perfect fit for being a volume back in the inside zone scheme that can flex out and execute the 11 personnel spread sets as well. – Ian Boyd​
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Joe

Any word on LJ Johnson?
 
Just because we haven't finished as a top ten team in awhile doesn't mean we should be out of the top ten in recruiting.
See Oregon, Michigan, USC for example. Seems to me that TH's poor relationships with Texas HS coaches has really hurt recruiting. His hubris gets in the way of all things football: coaching in game decisions, coaching players up to get into the NFL, relationship building with HS coaches, relationships with alumni, etc.

Capt Obvious just walked in and asked me to quote him: "I'll be really glad when that mensa prick is gone."
 
Looks like OU is getting the Top Rb, Top Qb, the #2 WR, #2 OG, #4 OT in country... Dallas might need to add an additional digit to the scoreboard in the Cotton Bowl in case they hang 100 on us...
 
Texas is now relegated to recruiting at the level of the rest of the UT umbrella schools like UTSA, UTEP, etc....It isn't changing any time soon as A&M will now own the state along with Oklahoma. Texas is now a bottom feeder. Tom Herman --Program Killer.
 
Handler said:
Looks like OU is getting the Top Rb, Top Qb, the #2 WR, #2 OG, #4 OT in country... Dallas might need to add an additional digit to the scoreboard in the Cotton Bowl in case they hang 100 on us...
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Yep...I've raised this^^^^^ in on the field a few times. Based on where we both are and current recruiting momentum between the two schools.....looking like a perfect storm for a handful of bad years relative to our rivals up the interstate.
 
Joe Fan said:
Juan Davis -- makes him sound a little bit like Lil’Jordan Humphrey

Ian Boyd on Davis: Davis is a big, flex tight end prospect already checking in at 6-foot-4, 217 pounds as a sophomore. Davis has excellent ball skills and at times even ignores the smaller CBs assigned to cover him and simply goes through them to win jump balls. Some of his more intriguing clips though feature him willingly going over the middle, finding seams, and fighting through tacklers after the catch. He’ll eventually be a plus athlete for his size, which figures to be 6-foot-5, 245 or so when he’s in college, and his skill and agility will pay off. He may not ever be a blocker but stay outside as a full-time flex tight end, in which case he figures to project to the slot or X for Texas.​
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cnb said:
It's best not to make ourselves sick by looking at bama's, tosu, blow u's classes.
We're beating the bushes after grad xfers from McNeese St. Holy Cross, Ark.St.
Bama loading up on 5*s.
We play them in 2 yrs.
Gulp.
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cnb said:
He's being projected out as a WDE. But freakish athlete. They can play him at DE, LB or TE .
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Run Pincher said:
That height & weight in HS makes me think Overshown PII. Hopefully better.
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Is being a two way player out of the realm of possibility?
Sanders would be a freak at tight end and linebacker. Dude is lights out at catching the ball. Great hands and has good enough speed to get open as a tight end. I think he would be a star at tight end. The problem is we don't throw the ball enough to the tight end. But if he makes good cuts that's an automatic first down due to his catching ability.! Reminds me of Thomas in our 2005 championship game where he caught six or seven passes. I think his name was Thomas. We need this kid on the field all the time.
 
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