2023 Recruiting - Football

Vasek is not going anywhere. He just gettin free tickets and escorts. If he was coming to Texas he would have pulled the string.
 
erbutch said:
Vasek is not going anywhere. He just gettin free tickets and escorts. If he was coming to Texas he would have pulled the string.
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Mods are thinking otherwise. Kid is torn. He's been looking to go out of state. Originally it was thought to be Oregon. His fam wants him closer to home. Oki entered the picture late. My money is on him eventually going to UT but it may play out to Feb.
 
5* TE Deuce Robinson will take an OV for the TCU game. Says he likes what he's seen from Sanders at the TE position. It's a long shot but good he is visiting.
 
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Cojoe was at the oki lite- tcu game. Word is that he did not inform Sark or any other coaches. We'll see where this one goes.
 
Pickle_Nuts said:
I love that Connor is going to every game and enrolling in the Spring!
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I saw him play Frisco Lone Star a couple of weeks ago. Man v. Boys. The other Man on his high school team is a wide receiver who is as tall as Conner with great speed and hands. He is headed to SMU.
 
The only reason to attend SMU over Texas is a violent conviction in the Methodist faith or money, lots and lots of money.
 
dukesteer said:
What it feels like being a recruit entering the stadium:

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Dionysus suggested that I provide some context, so here goes. This is a HornFans story. (Sorry if I get carried away.)

My grandson, now 6’ 2” 217, just started playing high school football in April, in Mexico. In 2019 he attended school in Ireland (no football), and when he returned to Mexico for school in the fall of 2020 there was no football due to Covid…until literally April, 2022, 6 months ago.

He tried out for and made what was essentially an all-star team, the Borregos, in Monterrey. Next he was named a captain, to the chagrin of many parents there whose sons had been playing in Mexico for years. The Borregos went undefeated and they won the championship.

Unlike most parents here, his parents didn’t know anything about American football and frankly, they didn’t care. “Rodri” became interested in football because of his obsessive grandfather who started taking him to Texas games at an early age. That included a trip to the USC game at the Coliseum in 2017 where we took a picture with then President Fenves.

After the Borregos, I explained to the family that if he was to have any chance at D1 football (his dream) in the States, he would have to play his “senior year” in the US. Easier said than done. Due to UIL restrictions in Texas and worse, CIF rules in CA, he could not play in 2022. So essentially, unless he reclassified as a Junior and sat out a year, he would not be able to play here.

Enter IMG. No such restrictions in FL. We sent IMG his highlights, and the LB coach was very encouraging. They wanted him, so he went to Florida and started, game one, for the Varsity White team. While most of his teammates had been practicing since July, due to visa restrictions, he couldn’t join the team until August 1.

In August, I contacted SabreHorn, knowing his connections to the Texas program. SH saw the highlights and was encouraging, starting a process that culminated in the unofficial visit to the ISU game.

His mother and yours truly attended. It was one heck of an experience, and folks like CDC (and his office) and Taylor Searels, UT Recruiting Coordinator, were extremely helpful. Taylor was wonderful.

At the event, Rodri was able to connect with LB Coach Choate, so we shall see. Of course, we are working all angles, and
looking at other schools. But Texas is the dream, and there may now be a glimmer of hope. Rodri has the physical attributes and the drive, but he’s raw. He also has people skills off the charts. (I’ve been in Sales for 45 years and have achieved quite a bit of success, but at age 17, he possesses intangibles I only wish I had.)

The Texas visit and this fabulous opportunity would not have happened if not for HornFans! For that, and SabreHorn’s efforts, I (we) will be forever grateful.
 
dukesteer said:
Dionysus suggested that I provide some context, so here goes. This is a HornFans story. (Sorry if I get carried away.)

My grandson, now 6’ 2” 217, just started playing high school football in April, in Mexico. In 2019 he attended school in Ireland (no football), and when he returned to Mexico for school in the fall of 2020 there was no football due to Covid…until literally April, 2022, 6 months ago.

He tried out for and made what was essentially an all-star team, the Borregos, in Monterrey. Next he was named a captain, to the chagrin of many parents there whose sons had been playing in Mexico for years. The Borregos went undefeated and they won the championship.

Unlike most parents here, his parents didn’t know anything about American football and frankly, they didn’t care. “Rodri” became interested in football because of his obsessive grandfather who started taking him to Texas games at an early age. That included a trip to the USC game at the Coliseum in 2017 where we took a picture with then President Fenves.

After the Borregos, I explained to the family that if he was to have any chance at D1 football (his dream) in the States, he would have to play his “senior year” in the US. Easier said than done. Due to UIL restrictions in Texas and worse, CIF rules in CA, he could not play in 2022. So essentially, unless he reclassified as a Junior and sat out a year, he would not be able to play here.

Enter IMG. No such restrictions in FL. We sent IMG his highlights, and the LB coach was very encouraging. They wanted him, so he went to Florida and started, game one, for the Varsity White team. While most of his teammates had been practicing since July, due to visa restrictions, he couldn’t join the team until August 1.

In August, I contacted SabreHorn, knowing his connections to the Texas program. SH saw the highlights and was encouraging, starting a process that culminated in the unofficial visit to the ISU game.

His mother and yours truly attended. It was one heck of an experience, and folks like CDC (and his office) and Taylor Searels, UT Recruiting Coordinator, were extremely helpful. Taylor was wonderful.

At the event, Rodri was able to connect with LB Coach Choate, so we shall see. Of course, we are working all angles, and
looking at other schools. But Texas is the dream, and there may now be a glimmer of hope. Rodri has the physical attributes and the drive, but he’s raw. He also has people skills off the charts. (I’ve been in Sales for 45 years and have achieved quite a bit of success, but at age 17, he possesses intangibles I only wish I had.)

The Texas visit and this fabulous opportunity would not have happened if not for HornFans! For that, and SabreHorn’s efforts, I (we) will be forever grateful.
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Cool. Thanks for the context. It's most excellent that Rodri has had the opportunity to have international living experience. I know a number of people who lived around the world growing up and, virtually without exception, those people were more mature, well rounded than people without that experience.

Best of luck to Rodri. Sounds like he will do well regardless of football.
 
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