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Recruiting Thread 2018

Mid-Summer Recruiting Big Board Update
The DB and LB class is nearly complete at this time with the commitments of Ayodele Adeoye, Jalen Green and our trio of safeties. We still are awaiting a commitment from D'shawn Jamison and may pursue an additional LB commit (recent visit by LSU commit Damone Clark). Anthony Cook will be the big fish that we will stay on until NSD.

D-line continues to be the biggest area of need. Keondre Coburn is still a strong Texas lean and would make a great NT commitment. We are still after Bobby Brown and Joseph Ossia but they are considered Bama and TAMU leans. The staff will continue to have to work hard on the d-line front.

Committed players are highlighted in burnt orange if for the good guys and red if committed elsewhere. Looking at the offered players + who visited will give a good idea of the legitimate targets at this time. Feel free to offer up any edits.

DE: Expected to take 2
Xavier Thomas (SC) 5 star - no offer, Clemson
Max Wright (Tx) 4 star - offered, TAMU
Aggie lean but Texas gaining momentum. Win on the field and another Aggy collapse and he could be ours.
2/25 - Junior Day Visit
4/25 Spring Game visit
5/22 Texas listed in top 11
Ron Tatum (Ok) 4 star - offered, OU
2/17 - Visited Texas
4/15- Spring game visit
4/20 - Texas listed in top 5
4/26 - Commits to Texas
6/12 - Flipped to OU
Tyreke Smith (Oh) 4 star - offered, uncommitted
4/28 - Texas listed in top 12
Jarell Cherry (Tx) 4 star - offered, LSU
Ronnie Perkins (Mo) 4 star - offered, uncommitted
9/8 - OV planned
Joseph Ossai (Tx) 4 star - offered, uncommitted (50%)
2/25 Junior day visitor
4/15 - Spring game visit
6/13 - Unofficial Visit
Jarell Cherry (Tx) 4 star - offered, LSU
Jamarcus Chatman (Ga) 3 star - offered, Tenn
Daniel Carson (Mo) 3 star - offered, uncommitted
Tyler Lacy (Tx) 3 star - no offer, Ok St.
2/25 Junior Day Visit
Miles Emery (Ks) NA - no offer, Kansas
2/25 - planned to attend Junior Day, did not make it
Taylor Upshaw (Fl) 3 star - no offer, Florida
2/25 - planned to attend Junior Day, unable to make it
Iziah Filikitonga (Tx) - 3 star - no offer, uncommitted
2/25 Junior Day Visit

DT: Expected to take 1-2
Taron Vincent (Fl) 5 star - offered, Ohio St.
Keondre Coburn (Tx) 4 star - offered, Texas
2/25 - Junior Day Visit
3/25 - Unofficial Visit
4/15 - Spring Game visit
6/13 - Unofficial Visit
Bobby Brown (Tx) 4 star - offered, uncommitted (45%)
Trevor Trout (Mo) 4 star - offered, uncommitted
6/12 - Texas excluded from top 10 list
Calvin Avery (Tx) 4 star - offered, Illinois
5/12 - Texas listed in top 12
Shabazz Dotson (Tx) 4 star - no offer, uncommitted
2/25 Junior Day Visit
Vernon Jackson (Tx) 3 star - offered, uncommitted
Israel Antwine (Ok) 3 star - offered, uncommitted
Jordan Redmond (Fl) 3 star - no offer, uncommitted
7/21 - plans to visit
Jordan Kelley (Ok) 3 star - no offer, uncommitted
2/25 Junior Day Visit
Josh Landy (Tx) 3 star - no offer, uncommitted
2/25 - Junior Day Visit
4/15 - Spring game visit

LB: Expected to take 2
Palaie Gaoteote (NV) 5 star - offered, USC
Teradja Mitchell (Va) 5 star - offered, OSU
Ayodele Adeoye (Mo) 4 star - offered, Texas
4/25 - Texas offers
5/12 - Texas listed in top 10
6/3 - Plans to unofficially visit Texas
Alston Orji (Tx) 4 star - offered, Vanderbilt
3/4 - Unofficial Visit
Bumper Pool (Tx) 4 star - no offer, Arkansas
Chad Bailey (Tx) 4 star - no offer, Missouri
Xavier Peters (Oh) 4 star - offered, Kentucky
Damone Clark (La) 4 star - no offer, LSU
Amari Gainer (Fl) 4 star - offered, FSU
4/2 - Texas listed in top 6
5/22 - Texas listed in top 4
Byron Hobbs (Tx) 3star - offered, Texas
2/25 Junior Day Visit
3/25 - Unofficial Visit
4/7 - Commits to Texas
4/15- Spring game visit
Deshaun White (Tx) 3 star - no offer, TAMU
4/8 - unofficial visit planned
5/25 - Texas not listed in top 7
Tajh Brown (La) 3 star - no offer, Houston
2/25 Junior Day visit
3/25 - Unofficial Visit
Jacob Doddridge (Tx) 3 star - no offer, uncommitted
3/25 Unofficial Visit
Dakalen Goodson (Tx) - no offer, Houston
2/25 Junior Day visit

CB: Expected to take 2-3
Anthony Cook (Tx) 5 star - offered, uncommitted (70%)
2/25 - Junior Day Visit
3/25 - Unofficial Visit
4/8 - Unofficial Visit
Houston Griffith (Fl) 4 star - offered, uncommitted
6/14- Texas listed in top 7
Jalen Green (Tx) 4 star - offered, Texas
3/25 - Unofficial Visit
4/10 - Lists Texas in Top 13
4/15 - Spring game visit
Brendan Radley-Hiles (Fl) 4 star - offered, Nebraska
D'shawn Jamison (Tx) 4 star - offered, uncommitted (90%)
2/19 - Unable to attend Junior day due to ACT/SAT prep, visits early
3/25 - Unofficial Visit
4/1 - unofficial visit
4/15 - Spring game visit
Corione Harris (La) 4 star - offered, Kansas
Verone Mckinley III (Tx) 4 star - no offer, Oregon
Trevon Meohring (Tx) 3 star - no offer, TCU
Gemon Green (Tx) 3 star - offered, Michigan
2/25 Junior day Visit
3/12 Offered by Texas
Tre Douglas (Ga) 3 star - offered, uncommitted
Trent Gordon (Tx) 3 star - no offer, Penn State
3/25 - Texas not listed in top 10
Starrland Baldwin (Tx) 3 star - no offer, Oklahoma
4/15 Spring game visit

S: Expected to take 2-3
BJ Foster (Tx) 5 star - offered, uncommitted (99%)
#1 safety in the nation. Early Top 5 Texas, TCU, Ohio St, Michigan, LSU
2/25 - Junior Day Visit
3/25 - Unofficial Visit
4/15 - Spring game Visit
5/12 - unofficial visit
6/5 - Commitment date
Caden Sterns (Tx) 4 star - offered, LSU
5/6 Unofficial Visit
5/7 Flips from LSU to Texas
Leon O'neal Jr (Tx) 4 star - offered, TAMU
2/25 - Junior Day Visit
4/1 - Texas listed in top 12
4/15 - Spring game with Fast7v7 teammates
Joshua Proctor (Ok) 4 star - offered, Ohio St.
2/25 Junior Day Visit
5/6 Unofficial Visit
DeMarvion Overshown (Tx) 4 star - offered, Texas
2/25 - Junior Day Visit
5/30 - Commits to Texas
Atanza Vongor (Tx) 4 star - offered, TCU Commit
Top 3: Texas, TCU, Baylor
2/25 - Junior Day Visit
3/11- Commits to TCU
Myles Sims (Ga) 4 star - offered, Michigan
Isaiah Humphries (Tx) 4 star - no offer, Penn State
Cam'ron Jones (Tx) 4 star - no offer, UCLA
Jordan Moore (Tx) 4 star- offered, TAMU
2/25 - Junior day Visit
4/1 - Plans to visit Texas
Tyrese Heard (Tx) 4 star - no offer, UAB
Trey Dean (Ga) 4 star - offered, Tennessee
Patrick Fields (Ok) 3 star - offered, OU
Prudy Calderon (Tx) 3 star - no offer, uncommitted
4/15 - Spring game visit

Kicker
Cameron Dicker (Tx) 3 star - Number 1 K in the nation
 
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A flurry of commitments occurred yesterday as players wanted to lock up a spot before the dead period began.

TAMU picked up commitments from stud WR Jalen Preston and 3 star WR Caleb Chapman but missed out on their top remaining CB recruit Verone McKinley who committed to Oregon. Oregon as scored 4 star WR Miles Battle while Az State picked up WR Stanley Lambert.

None of the above commitments affect UT as we are already set at WR and CB for 2018. The real impact was from the 2019 and 2020 classes, even though it's way too early to know what exactly that impact will be. Stud 2019 WR Areji Henderson also committed to Oregon while 2020 RB Jase McClellan committed to OU. Both guys Texas would love to have and I'm sure we will continue to pursue.
 


We made the top 3 for Cook. Not surprising but still good news. Looks like Clemson has dropped out. As expected, this is down to Texas and OSU.



Recent Ole Miss decommit. Already has some CBs to Texas. Would be a good get, hopefully to pair with Coburn.



4 star LSU LB commit from LA. Would be a nice cherry on top for our LB class. Not sure how much interest there is being a LA kid committed to LSU but sources say "don't close the book on this one".
 
swVAHorn said:
Just got a surprise commit from Dominick Wood-Anderson. #1 Tight End in JUCO. Herman is killing it!!
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With the commitment of DWA at TE, we have room for 1 more HS TE. Luke Ford, Mustapha Muhammad and Malcolm Epps are the main remaining targets and all would be great gets with Ford and Muhammad being the better prospects compared to Epps.

 
Bwilk55 said:
With the commitment of DWA at TE, we have room for 1 more HS TE. Luke Ford, Mustapha Muhammad and Malcolm Epps are the main remaining targets and all would be great gets with Ford and Muhammad being the better prospects compared to Epps.

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I would say that if you needed a TE to play right away that Ford or Muhammad might be a take over Epps...but I think longterm Epps will be better than both of them. He is only scratching what he will be able to do. When you get basketball AND football offers it shows you are a great athlete. I would take any of the 3 and be very happy.
 
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Remembering Thomas killing it in 2005 against USC. Or JMike over the middle against OU. Boy to we need a TE that can convert 3rd downs.
 
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2018 will remain intriguing through the month of August, with multiple writers alluding to several more Texas commits this month.

Coburn and Epps are both expected to commit later this month, and Israel Antwine is a new name but one to watch as well. All 3 are strong Texas leans. D'shawn Jamison is another guy who I would not be shocked to see commit any minute. Ghirmai could also pull the trigger soon.

Bobby Brown is set to announce Nov 2nd. I think we may have 2 DTs prior to that and I think he is headed elsewhere anyways.

We have 15 commits and only about 10 more spots. Things are getting interesting.
 
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Not sure Epps commits to Texas. Seems like he is getting slow played to see how Ford and Muhammad shake out.
 
Longyac said:
Not sure Epps commits to Texas. Seems like he is getting slow played to see how Ford and Muhammad shake out.
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I agree, it does seem that Herman is walking a fine line with this one. Hopefully we end up with at least one of those 3.
 
BringBackRoyal said:
Coburn makes it official!

Hope we see some more beef in this class soon!
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Finally landed a DLine recruit. Coburn will be a great fit at the nose position. He is short (6'1) and stout, 325 but word is he has a great motor, good get off, and is agile.

We could be done at nose seeing as we only put one on the field at a time. We could look to add on Israel Antwine and will certainly be looking for some bodies at DE (Tre Brown, Jo Ossai)

 
And with the Coburn commit, Texas moves back up to number 3 in the composite, with an average ranking of 93.28 that is only best by Ohio State. We have 1 5 star and 11 4 stars. Our 4 3 stars include the number 1 kicker in the nation and number 1 TE. Our other 3 stars are Byron Hobbs and Reese Moore who are guys that could come in, develop and contribute down the road. We have 8 players in the top 104, and 12 in the top 300. We have 7 of the top 13 players in Texas (#WRTS).

This is an impressive class with a lot of guys that will make an impact. A few more linemen on both sides of the ball and this is a solid, balanced class. The additional WRs, TEs, and DBs we are looking to land are icing on the cake at this point.
 
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Need to keep the big guys coming.

If we are going to compete with the elite of College Football we must dominate the LOS.

When you get right down to it, control the LOS and don't turn the ball over and you win way more games than you lose.
 
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Cotton #12 said:
Coburn was very much needed on the defense side of the ball as this class is shaping up great but I question "where is the beef"? I hope we can get a little more.
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Certainly still in need of some beef but Coburn certainly isn't filler. Antwine would provide some good depth while Tre (Bobby) Brown would be a huge get (think he is Alabama bound). Who knows what we get at DE. Jo Ossai looked all Aggy but Texas has made a strong push and he may end up with whoever has the better season. I'm still hopeful we can flip Max Wright or get Ronnie Perkins on campus for a visit at least.

We are looking for 2 more OL to partner with Reese Moore. Angilau and Ghirmai are the top names. Ghirmai is committing in 2 weeks, between us and UCLA. Angilau hasn't announced a timetable but is looking at us and Utah. Getting one or both would be huge. After those two we are looking to flip someone or find some diamonds in the rough.
 
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Cotton #12 said:
Coburn was very much needed on the defense side of the ball as this class is shaping up great but I question "where is the beef"? I hope we can get a little more.
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As already covered, DL in talent, in Texas for 2018, is very limited chances are good that it will have to be filled by guys that blow up in their senior year or from OOS. 2019 has a bunch of DL talent.
 
Longyac said:
As already covered, DL in talent, in Texas for 2018, is very limited chances are good that it will have to be filled by guys that blow up in their senior year or from OOS. 2019 has a bunch of DL talent.
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Didn't UT take 6 D Linemen a year or 2 ago? How many are still left?
 
No. 7 TE Malcolm Epps commits to Texas over Texas A&M

On the recruiting trail, Tom Herman continues to embarrass the Aggies in the Houston area.
 
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