2021 Recruiting - Football

Alabama offered 2021 C James Brockermeyer

From one of their mods --
Alabama hosted four-star center James Brockermeyer and his brother five-star offensive tackle Tommy Brockermeyer for the second time in their recruitments for Junior Day on Saturday. The trip culminated in an offer for James. “I was just … it kind of felt like a dream,” James told BamaOnLine. “It’s the greatest college football coach of all the time saying you have the opportunity to play for him, it’s pretty cool.”

The visit overall impressed. “It was awesome,” James said. “I got to see everything again, spend some good, quality time with Coach Saban and Coach (Kyle) Flood. It was really good.” Nick Saban liked what he saw from James since the last time he was on campus for camp last June. “Just kind of talking about how much bigger I’ve gotten since summer,” he said of the conversation with the UA head coach, adding he checked in at 6-foot-3, 273 pounds. “He really liked my film. He said I have an offer there. So it was really good.”
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The Brockermeyer brothers will return to Tuscaloosa for spring official visits. Other schools in the mix include Texas, where their dad starred for the Longhorns, LSU, Auburn, and others. “I haven’t really narrowed it down yet,” James said of where things stand. “But obviously Alabama is going to be at the top or very near the top. They’re 100 percent up there. I’ll probably narrow things down soon.”

What has the Tide in the mix among top contenders? “Just the opportunity to truly compete for a national championship every year. Some schools talk about it, but Alabama is definitely one of those schools that does it every year.” James is rated the No. 3 center and the No. 330 overall player in the country, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite Rankings.​
 
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We offered 7 kids who were on campus this weekend

From Eric Nahlin -- In the 2020 cycle we saw the passive approach harm recruiting for an extended period of time. It sort of reminded of Tom Herman's ball control offense. Yesterday the staff went up-tempo and it was good to see. At 8-5 Texas isn't Texas, and it hasn't been in a while. Many kids will see a "late" offer from an 8-5 team and laugh even if the offer comes with an iconic logo. This is especially true with out-of-state offers. It's better to be early than late. If you have to take your foot off the gas of a recruitment, so be it, that's the nature of modern day recruiting.

Let's take stock of the offers that went out yesterday.

TE Landen King, Atascocita (Humble) - campus visit: Good flex weapon. Certainly looks the part. I saw him this season and at a camp and he impressed both times.

TE Elijah Arroyo, Independence (Frisco) - campus visit: He looks like the best TE in the state and I'm not sure it's particularly close.

LB Morice Blackwell, Martin (Arlington) - campus visit: Recently picked up Alabama. Plenty of athleticism to play in space.

DB Romario Noel, Cy Ranch (Cypress) - campus visit: Committed to the old Baylor staff in September but UT offering is a sign Dave Aranda will want to keep him. He'll be a linebacker, imo. 43" triple jump at this size (6-2, 195) is real good.

DB Isaiah Nwokobia, Skyline (Dallas) - campus visit: Reminds a bit of Atanza Vongor in 2018. Good twitch, closing speed, and coverage ability.

LB Martrell Harris, The Woodlands (The Woodlands) - 2022 - campus visit: Baton Rouge native. Was on JV last year due to transfer rules. It was smart to get ahead of him blowing up this season. Cousin of Theodore Knox.

DB Jaylon Guilbeau, Memorial (Port Arthur) - 2022 - campus visit: That class is loaded at DB. How the staff ranks these guys will be interesting to watch. Maybe grow into a nickel or safety.

WR Destyn Pazon, Edna Karr (New Orleans): Maybe the fastest recruit in the nation. Same school as Speedy Noil, but his nickname of "Fatt" doesn't seem as apropos. It should be FAT because he has legitimately elite speed.

DB Calen Bullock, John Muir (Pasadena, CA): A&M offered last summer so you know he's a safety. Middle class Deionte Thompson.
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It's good to see the aggression on offers. I also like that the staff isn't star-gazing. The February dead period will serve as a crash course for the class of 2021. If you feel behind, don't worry, we'll get caught up together. ​
 
BurntOrangeLH said:
Texas Going Everywhere for Recruits:

Texas continues offer spree for 2021 recruiting class
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Texas having to go outside of Texas for top talent is not healthy for Texas. Until the Texas HS Coaches' love affairs with ou, the B1G and the $EC are contained, you have to fight back with OS recruiting (which actually pushes the HS coaching clic in the wrong direction). Winning (and winning big against top tier out of conference teams) consistantly would help a lot. Maybe someday before we all die we will be able to uncover who (Brown or Strong) destroyed Texas' relationship with the Texas HS coaches.
 
ViperHorn said:
Maybe someday before we all die we will be able to uncover who (Brown or Strong) destroyed Texas' relationship with the Texas HS coaches.
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I've suspected it was both. I think the erosion started toward the end of the Brown era and continued / grew into the Strong era.

Your right, only winning as you outlined can change the program having to go out of state for talent.
 
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WorsterMan said:
I've suspected it was both. I think the erosion started toward the end of the Brown era and continued / grew into the Strong era.

Your right, only winning as you outlined can change the program having to go out of state for talent.
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One important thing is how hard it is for “regular” people from those high schools to actually go to UT. Here, kids with 4.0 GPA and 1400 SAT—real example this week—don’t get into UT but did get in to ATM. I also have friends—both spouses doctors and UT alums with a senior in HS with almost that high of academics and a lot of other resume items... also going to Aggie bc did not get in UT. I suspect that has happened to pretty much every Texas HS coach, so their allegiance changes. I also have friends whose kids are going to OU for the same reason.
 
VYFan said:
One important thing is how hard it is for “regular” people from those high schools to actually go to UT. Here, kids with 4.0 GPA and 1400 SAT—real example this week—don’t get into UT but did get in to ATM. I also have friends—both spouses doctors and UT alums with a senior in HS with almost that high of academics and a lot of other resume items... also going to Aggie bc did not get in UT. I suspect that has happened to pretty much every Texas HS coach, so their allegiance changes. I also have friends whose kids are going to OU for the same reason.
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Interesting about the state of things at UT and sad for those kids wanting acceptance.....
 
WorsterMan said:
I've suspected it was both. I think the erosion started toward the end of the Brown era and continued / grew into the Strong era.

Your right, only winning as you outlined can change the program having to go out of state for talent.
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I've stated here before I don't get the big deal about relationships with high school coaches. There's been major talent defections over the years to programs that were winning a lot of games/championships when we supposedly had that great relationship. Winning cures all IMO and when that happens a high school coach can do all he wants to hinder Texas but that kid and his parents will say "soooooo WHY can't we talk to the defending national champions?"..... We talk a lot about Texas not being a football factory and proud of that but that will get you zero commitment from the players in this state or anywhere else.
 
zuckercanyon said:
I've stated here before I don't get the big deal about relationships with high school coaches. There's been major talent defections over the years to programs that were winning a lot of games/championships when we supposedly had that great relationship. Winning cures all IMO and when that happens a high school coach can do all he wants to hinder Texas but that kid and his parents will say "soooooo WHY can't we talk to the defending national champions?"..... We talk a lot about Texas not being a football factory and proud of that but that will get you zero commitment from the players in this state or anywhere else.
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Zucker, the HS coaches control access to the kids. If they like you the kid gets all of the mail from that school as soon as it arrives. If they don't like you the player will get the letter at some point. Then if the college coaches try to go around the HS HC and contact the kid directly, that college coach and school become persona non-grata.

It happens; I experienced it in 68 and 69, and I was just a fast white boy who could run the intermediate hurdles.
 
ViperHorn said:
Texas having to go outside of Texas for top talent is not healthy for Texas.
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Tell that to Alabama, Clemson, LSU, aOSU, Oregon, Georgia .......

No time to be provincial if a school wants to recruit the best talent like we did in AZ and SoCal. Errrbody from Errrwhere. The only question is buy in and effort.

Might recall that Akers took the best player from Ohio and Oklahoma.
 
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