This is a short, daily column idea I will be trying out this week to gauge interest in this sort of feature. If the community likes it, it is something we may look to instill as a regular staple of my offseason content. The topics will be mostly Longhorns-related with occasional OT musings about life, the NFL, fantasy, hunting and fishing, pop culture, etc. If people don't like it, they will certainly let me know. We're only on the third edition and one has already caused such a fuss that Ketch had to delete it.
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The Daily Short #3: Wednesday, May 31st 2017
An offseason weekday short-form article addressing a topic du jour
2018 RB Keaontay Ingram commits to the Texas Longhorns
BOOM.
This is going to be an interesting one to get used to the spelling for. If he stays committed to Texas, and plays his full allotment of seasons for the Longhorns, the only guarantee I have about his career is that there will still be numerous posters on Orangebloods who will be misspelling his name up until graduation and beyond. It's the "a" between that "e" and the "o" that's going to throw most for a loop.
Texas' 9th commitment of the 2018 class is a game-breaker with a skillset and physical profile that is not really that similar to any RB the team has on the roster. The closest might be Toneil Carter. However, Ingram's mix of suddenness, size, power, wiggle and full-field, game-breaking vision reminds me most of class of 2016 stud Devwah Whaley who averaged 5.5 yards a carry as a freshman in the SEC playing for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Ingram is not as "smooth" or maybe as creative a runner as Whaley, but he's a better one-cut back, which will benefit Ingram greatly in a Texas inside zone run-game that will place a much greater emphasis on decisiveness than creativity.
I spoke with members of two recruiting staffs in the state of Texas, both of whom had offered Ingram, and the consensus among them is that Ingram is the best RB in the state for the 2018 class. He's also ranked as the No. 1 RB in the class in Ketchum's most recent LSR Top 100 - and by virtually every other outlet.
I texted with current TexAgs recruiting analyst and former OB staffer Jason Howell about Ingram, who he has had the opportunity to see live and speak with frequently as a creepy stocker of young boys:
From Howell:
"He's a big-bodied, all-around back -- an every down contributor."
"Really a big fan, good, hard-nosed kid with some shake. He's not a pounder but he's plenty big."
I texted back that he's definitely a tall kid, probably over six feet and asked if he's gotten a recent weight on him:
"He may be 200 pounds now, and he's got room to add some good weight from there."
I said that with that kind of height, he looks like a guy who can certainly fill out as his arms look kind of lanky almost like a WR and he's slender:
"Yep, he runs real upright"
"But he does a good job getting his pad-level down when getting through the hole."
"A really good get."
Then, he echoed the sentiment I'd heard from the only opinions who really matter in the grand scheme of things: the scouting staffs who give offers:
"Best RB in Texas."
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The Daily Short #3: Wednesday, May 31st 2017
An offseason weekday short-form article addressing a topic du jour
2018 RB Keaontay Ingram commits to the Texas Longhorns
BOOM.
This is going to be an interesting one to get used to the spelling for. If he stays committed to Texas, and plays his full allotment of seasons for the Longhorns, the only guarantee I have about his career is that there will still be numerous posters on Orangebloods who will be misspelling his name up until graduation and beyond. It's the "a" between that "e" and the "o" that's going to throw most for a loop.
Texas' 9th commitment of the 2018 class is a game-breaker with a skillset and physical profile that is not really that similar to any RB the team has on the roster. The closest might be Toneil Carter. However, Ingram's mix of suddenness, size, power, wiggle and full-field, game-breaking vision reminds me most of class of 2016 stud Devwah Whaley who averaged 5.5 yards a carry as a freshman in the SEC playing for the Arkansas Razorbacks. Ingram is not as "smooth" or maybe as creative a runner as Whaley, but he's a better one-cut back, which will benefit Ingram greatly in a Texas inside zone run-game that will place a much greater emphasis on decisiveness than creativity.
I spoke with members of two recruiting staffs in the state of Texas, both of whom had offered Ingram, and the consensus among them is that Ingram is the best RB in the state for the 2018 class. He's also ranked as the No. 1 RB in the class in Ketchum's most recent LSR Top 100 - and by virtually every other outlet.
I texted with current TexAgs recruiting analyst and former OB staffer Jason Howell about Ingram, who he has had the opportunity to see live and speak with frequently as a creepy stocker of young boys:
From Howell:
"He's a big-bodied, all-around back -- an every down contributor."
"Really a big fan, good, hard-nosed kid with some shake. He's not a pounder but he's plenty big."
I texted back that he's definitely a tall kid, probably over six feet and asked if he's gotten a recent weight on him:
"He may be 200 pounds now, and he's got room to add some good weight from there."
I said that with that kind of height, he looks like a guy who can certainly fill out as his arms look kind of lanky almost like a WR and he's slender:
"Yep, he runs real upright"
"But he does a good job getting his pad-level down when getting through the hole."
"A really good get."
Then, he echoed the sentiment I'd heard from the only opinions who really matter in the grand scheme of things: the scouting staffs who give offers:
"Best RB in Texas."
