3. He could be from Seminole, TX birthplace of country music legends Tanya Tucker and Larry Gatling.
2020 recruiting
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Apparently Lingberg and C Thompson Jr. committed recently (Georgia and Auburn).
Both had lots of CB's in Texas' favor. Any insight?
Both had lots of CB's in Texas' favor. Any insight?
From what I was able to gather online: Lindberg- the OL coach at Georgia really sold him. His mom was all Texas, and the assumption that he was a lock to Texas from all outside sources actually hindered Texas in his recruitment.
Thompson: was neck and neck until the end. Haven't seen anything on his recruitment as far as an explanation. Some people just want to leave home.
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Check out his tape. Very good get at CB! Speed for days but more importantly, great break on the ball. Most of his INTs are because he breaks back to the ball quicker than the WR. Very good ball skills, on deep balls he becomes the receiver. Once he gets the ball he's hard to stop on the return. Has some limited WR highlights but it does seem he could be a 4 star WR too if he wanted.
Lastly he is physical with a capital F. Very important skill for DBs in our league where you have to come up, take on a blocker and make a tackle in the quick WR screen game.
He will need to put some weight on, listed at 160 right now but I'd imagine he will be able to make progress on that on his own and then even quicker with Yancy.
4 Star Safety Jerrin Thompson
Lufkin High
Commits to The University of Texas
Lufkin High
Commits to The University of Texas
Would you rather...
Have Alfred Collins and Zach Evans or...
Kelee Ringo and Ty Jordan...?
Not that these are package deals or anything. Just a random thought I had
Have Alfred Collins and Zach Evans or...
Kelee Ringo and Ty Jordan...?
Not that these are package deals or anything. Just a random thought I had
Collins because we have Bijan. Ringo because he might be the best player in the country. Dude is NFL ready right now. (No Hyperbole) .
he is very good in high school but he is in no way, ready for the nfl. not by any stretch
Ringo is working out with a lot of NFL players and from reports he is more than holding his own. He runs a 10.4 100 meters. He is incredibly strong and he is making very advanced players have trouble getting off the line. I watched a video of him with an NFL trainer and he performed at an incredible level. If you enter his name into youtube you will see what I'm talking about. Honestly this kid is wasting his time playing college football.
When is the last time UT got someone from Lufkin? It seems like the Panthers put out a lot of D1 players, and they all go to A&M. Good get!
Texas lands a huge commit from Princely Umanmielen out of Manor. Came down to UT and A&M. If I can math correctly, this moves us to #6 in the 2020 rankings according to 247
Tim Cole was the LB buddy. Last player from Lufkin off top of my head was Carrington Byndom.
Keep an eye on two guys who may wrap up our DB recruiting (save for Ringo jumping on board late) by committing this week or next.
Joshua Eaton is a low 4 star CB (#335 overall) who has seen a lot of momentum for Texas recently. His recruitment has been all over the map as teams have seemed to be hot and cold on him as they have pursued other targets. Most recently this has been down to UT and TAMU with both schools seemingly pushing for his services. He's not the highest ranked recruit but he has a guy with the physical traits and skills that UTs defensive coaches covet. He would have time to develop behind upperclassmen at the position and then take over in several years.
https://247sports.com/player/joshua-eaton-46042923/
The other is safety Xavion Alford, a 4 star (#145 overall) out of Houston who is 7 on 7 teammates with Eaton. The two are close and while not a package deal would certainly like to play together. Their recruitments have been similar as well as a variety of teams have seemed to be the favorite for Alford at different times. More recently TAMU seemed to take the lead and has received multiple crystal balls in their favor. However, it seems Texas may be swinging things back in their favor as many Aggy mods are starting to back off on their prediction that he will be an aggy. He is one of the highest ranked safeties we offered this year and would be a welcome addition to the 40 acres.
https://247sports.com/player/xavion-alford-46051445/
Joshua Eaton is a low 4 star CB (#335 overall) who has seen a lot of momentum for Texas recently. His recruitment has been all over the map as teams have seemed to be hot and cold on him as they have pursued other targets. Most recently this has been down to UT and TAMU with both schools seemingly pushing for his services. He's not the highest ranked recruit but he has a guy with the physical traits and skills that UTs defensive coaches covet. He would have time to develop behind upperclassmen at the position and then take over in several years.
https://247sports.com/player/joshua-eaton-46042923/
The other is safety Xavion Alford, a 4 star (#145 overall) out of Houston who is 7 on 7 teammates with Eaton. The two are close and while not a package deal would certainly like to play together. Their recruitments have been similar as well as a variety of teams have seemed to be the favorite for Alford at different times. More recently TAMU seemed to take the lead and has received multiple crystal balls in their favor. However, it seems Texas may be swinging things back in their favor as many Aggy mods are starting to back off on their prediction that he will be an aggy. He is one of the highest ranked safeties we offered this year and would be a welcome addition to the 40 acres.
https://247sports.com/player/xavion-alford-46051445/
A few recruitments have wrapped up since I last considered how this class may finish and a few more commitments look likely before the season starts. Working with a number between 18-22, here is how this class likely wraps up.
+ = likely to be added to class
( ) = long shot for class
QB - 2 (Done)
Hudson Card (#57)
JaQuinden Jackson (#66)
RB - 2
Bijan Robinson (#18)
+ Ty Jordan (#426)
H-back - 1 (done)
Jaden Hullaby (#592)
WR - 2-3 (need 2)
+ Quentin Johnston (#67)
+ Javion Hester (#163)
+ LV Bunkley Shelton (#196)
(Johnny Wilson)
TE - 0 (done)
OL - 4 (done)
Jaylen Garth (#131)
Jake Majors (#168)
Logan Parr (#228)
Andrej Karic (#513)
DL - 4 (need 1)
Vernon Broughton (#81)
+ Alfred Collins (#157)
Princely Umanmielen (#230)
Van Fillinger (#376)
LB - 1-2 (need 1)
Prince Dorbah (#116)
(Josh White)
(Brennon Scott)
CB - 3 (need 1)
Ethan Pouncey (#156)
Kitan Crawford (#182)
+ Joshua Eaton (#335)
(Kelee Ringo)
S - 2 (need 1)
+ Xavion Alford (#145)
Jerrin Thompson (#193)
That's 15 commits with at least 7 guys to feel good about (Xavion Alford, Joshua Eaton, Alfred Collins Ty Jordan, Quentin Johnston, Javion Hester and LV Bunkley-Shelton). Numbers may get tight at we only have 18 certain scholarships though I am sure the coaches have an idea of what to expect in attrition and numbers always seem to work themselves out. This would be a very solid class if they close out with these 7.
+ = likely to be added to class
( ) = long shot for class
QB - 2 (Done)
Hudson Card (#57)
JaQuinden Jackson (#66)
RB - 2
Bijan Robinson (#18)
+ Ty Jordan (#426)
H-back - 1 (done)
Jaden Hullaby (#592)
WR - 2-3 (need 2)
+ Quentin Johnston (#67)
+ Javion Hester (#163)
+ LV Bunkley Shelton (#196)
(Johnny Wilson)
TE - 0 (done)
OL - 4 (done)
Jaylen Garth (#131)
Jake Majors (#168)
Logan Parr (#228)
Andrej Karic (#513)
DL - 4 (need 1)
Vernon Broughton (#81)
+ Alfred Collins (#157)
Princely Umanmielen (#230)
Van Fillinger (#376)
LB - 1-2 (need 1)
Prince Dorbah (#116)
(Josh White)
(Brennon Scott)
CB - 3 (need 1)
Ethan Pouncey (#156)
Kitan Crawford (#182)
+ Joshua Eaton (#335)
(Kelee Ringo)
S - 2 (need 1)
+ Xavion Alford (#145)
Jerrin Thompson (#193)
That's 15 commits with at least 7 guys to feel good about (Xavion Alford, Joshua Eaton, Alfred Collins Ty Jordan, Quentin Johnston, Javion Hester and LV Bunkley-Shelton). Numbers may get tight at we only have 18 certain scholarships though I am sure the coaches have an idea of what to expect in attrition and numbers always seem to work themselves out. This would be a very solid class if they close out with these 7.
With those additions, our class has a real possibility of top 5. Those additions would put us at #5 ahead of Georgia (not adding anything to what they already have). All in all, another top 10 class seems to be in the works.
Going to be too small for top 5 this year but could have more points that last year's top 5 class.
Yeah, I don't think we land in the top 5 but probably top 10 and with the smallest class and one of the top 3 or so avg star rankings.
To me the class average is most important, we are in the top 3 to 5 in average then we can't ask for more.
What's impressive about our class average is that we only have 1 5 star. That means we have so many highly ranked 4 stars that our average is remaining so high. Plenty of high quality players being added to our ranks.
Safety Xavion Alford is supposedly planning to commit at noon today. This is coming from an aggy mod (Brauninger I think), not Alford himself.
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Does the pope sh*t in the woods?
I ventured over to texags.com.
they are a resilient bunch, I think they are still in the denial stage. Saw lots of didn't want him and overrated talk. A few are coming to the conclusion that Texas is a blue blood and will never go away. You know that was hard for them to admit.
they are a resilient bunch, I think they are still in the denial stage. Saw lots of didn't want him and overrated talk. A few are coming to the conclusion that Texas is a blue blood and will never go away. You know that was hard for them to admit.
