2015 Recruiting Season is in full swing

[BevoBlake]

I'm not fretting. It's a new regime and a new time. No empire was built in a day.

 

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4 star defensive end Sterling Johnson out of North Carolina on Twitter, "I'm trying to visit Texas soon. Hooke'mhorns".

 

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North Shore staff being told #Texas is going to offer 2015 RB Tristian Houston at JR Day. #longhorns

Per Gerry Hamilton

 

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Another Sterling Johnson Tweet, "Texas has great fans".

 

[Agmaniacmike]

Not a bad idea to get an in to the North Shore campus early on. Haven't seen the film, but I assume ya'll have room for at least 2-3 RBs this year, as Juan Grande posted. Is the Jordan Stevenson commit recognized by the Strong staff?

 

[Juan]

New Rivals 250

http://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-3404/2015

We have one commit that I see

#232 Patrick Vahe OL Euless, TX Trinity 4 stars 6'3" 290 Texas

Campbell is outside the 250.

aggy has a bunch.

 

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Looking at the top 250, I think we have legit shots at getting Cameron Townsend, Soso Jamabo, Keke Coutee. We lead on all three of those guys.

There's about 10-15 other guys we are in play for, but at this moment I would say there's a good chance we get all three of those guys above.

Kind of why I don't like Rivals. There's no reason Jordan Stevenson shouldn't be in the top 250, a current Longhorn commit. He's in the top 250 on 247.

 

[buice77]

Looking at the top 250, I think we have legit shots at getting Cameron Townsend, Soso Jamabo, Keke Coutee. We lead on all three of those guys.
There's about 10-15 other guys we are in play for, but at this moment I would say there's a good chance we get all three of those guys above.

Kind of why I don't like Rivals. There's no reason Jordan Stevenson shouldn't be in the top 250, a current Longhorn commit. He's in the top 250 on 247.

jordan is #149 on the espn 300 rivals must be stupid or something.

 

[Agmaniacmike]

Bradford and Stevenson aren't in the upper echelon of backs this year IMO. However, the old mantra that speed kills lends credibility to a staff's willingness to take their commits and see how things unfold once they are on campus.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

Really stinks to see that young men are starting to feel that Texas is not a "popular" school...doesn't take much to fall from Grace does it. This upcoming season is big, the team needs to look and feel different.

Curious what makes a school "popular". Is it ESPN hype and coverage? Is it new uniforms? Is it not having to go to class?

Or is it something else? $$$?

 

[HornNdriftwood]

Curious what makes a school "popular". Is it ESPN hype and coverage? Is it new uniforms? Is it not having to go to class?
Or is it something else? $$$?

Twitter followers.

 

[TheContractor]

Mack is a guy that Texas needs to push for all season long. Rumph and Strong need to live in Gladewater. Not only is Mack one of the best DTs to come out of the state in a couple of years, but he's a Jake Raulerson type leader of the class. I don't think it's impossible to switch him, but we are going to need Strong to have a really good first year and aggy to drop off to have a chance IMO. The fact that we do have a new coaching staff has opened the door slightly. Had we kept Mack and the previous staff we would have had zero shot.

Agree completely. Both must happen:us recruit him hard and Texas must have a better year on the field.

If D.Mack comes, we will get a few other nice pieces on the D side of the ball.

I think M Jefferson is the other guy that is very very important on the D side. He can get other talented guys to join also.

 

[Juan]

Dillman is coming.

Mack is not.

All of this was borrowed from elsewhere:

Updated list for the first UT Junior Day (2/22) --

Attending

QB, Ryan Agnew, Southlake Carroll

QB, Kevin Dillman, Denton Guyer

QB, Nathan Elliott, Celina

QB/ATH, JW Ketchum, Fort Bend Marshall

RB, Tristian Houston, Galena Park North Shore

WR, Jaelan Austin, South Grand Prairie

WR, John Humphrey, League City Clear Falls

WR, Denver Johnson, Casady School (Oklahoma City, OK)

WR, Ryan Newsome, Aledo

WR, Kemah Siverand, Cypress Ridge

OL, Connor Lanfear, Buda Hays

OL, Ronnie Major, Huntsville

OL, Patrick Vahe, Euless Trinity

OL, Toby Weathersby, Spring Westfield

DT, Bryce English, DeSoto

DT, Josh Uluocha, Houston Stafford

DE, Landis Durham, Plano East

DE, Lonzell Gilmore, Spring

DE, Charles Omenihu, Rowlett

DE, Chauncey Rivers, Stephenson (Stone Mountain, GA)

DE/LB, Anthony Wheeler, Dallas Skyline

LB, Jeremy Cox, Santa Fe (Edmond, OK)

LB, Riley Garner, A&M Consolidated

LB, Cameron Townsend, Fort Bend Ridge Point

CB, Jalen Campbell, Corpus Christi Flour Bluff

CB, Holton Hill, Houston Lamar

CB, Xavier Lewis, East St. John (Reserve, LA)

CB, Antonio Parks, East St. John (Reserve, LA)

CB, Ashton Preston, Santa Fe (Edmond, OK)

CB, Jordan Tolbert, Fort Bend Ridge Point

S, PJ Locke, Beaumont Central

S, Gary Woods, Casady School (Oklahoma City, OK)

ATH, Louis Brown, Burton

ATH, KeKe Coutee, Lufkin

Possible

QB, Jarrett Stidham, Stephenville

QB, Chason Virgil, West Mesquite

WR, James Proche, Dallas Prime Prep

OL, Connor Dyer, Mesquite Horn

OL, Keaton Sutherland, Flower Mound Marcus

OL, Josh Wariboko, Casady School (Oklahoma City, OK)

DT, Darrion Daniels, Dallas Bishop Dunne

ATH, Jeff Gladney, New Boston

ATH, Blake Lynch, Troup

Not Attending

RB, JaMycal Hasty, Longview

RB, Ronald Jones, McKinney North

RB, Jacques Patrick, Timber Creek (Orlando, FL)

RB/ATH, Chris Warren, Rockwall

WR, Tyron Johnson, Warren Easton (New Orleans, LA)

WR, Carlos Strickland, Dallas Skyline

DT, Daylon Mack, Gladewater

LB, Arthur McGinnis, Warren Easton (New Orleans, LA)

CB, Kendall Sheffield, Fort Bend Marshall

S, Larry Pryor, Sulphur Springs

S, Deionte Thompson, West Orange-Stark

ATH, Deshawn Capers-Smith, Warren Easton (New Orleans, LA)

ATH, Derrick Dillon, Pine (Franklinton, LA)

2016

QB, Keaton Torre, Santa Fe (Edmond, OK)

QB, Josh White, Walton (Marietta, GA)

RB, Kameron Martin, Port Arthur Memorial

RB, Devwah Whaley, Beaumont Central

DT, Vessy Parrish, Santa Fe (Edmond, OK)

 

[Juan]

WR DaMarkus Lodge (Cedar Hill) on not coming for Jr Day --

“It’s not anything to worry about. I still like Texas a lot. Honestly I think I would rather go by myself instead of to their junior day. I’d rather catch them another time where it’s not crowded with too many people. That would give me more time with the staff and would allow me to not be rushed when meeting them.”

 

[Juan]

Seems that the state is wide-open to poachers these days.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Big offer for Scout300 RB Jordan Stevenson -- By way of Alabama. <a href="https://twitter.com/SOC_recruiting">@SOC_recruiting</a></p>— Greg Powers (@GPowers79) <a href="

https://twitter.com/GPowers79/statuses/436234008360255488">February 19, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

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Blake Munroe of 247 is reporting that Texas is right in the mix for 5 star QB Josh Rosen. Rosen apparently listed us a school that caught his attention.

 

[Juan]

random tweet

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>From 1951 to 2012, there were 215 Texas high school football games that had 108 or more total points.

It happened 54 times in 2013. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23txhsfb&src=hash">#txhsfb</a></p>— Dave Campbell's TF (@dctf) <a href="

https://twitter.com/dctf/statuses/436235609258999809">February 19, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Juan]

#1 OLB in the 2015 class (#8 in ESPN 300).

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Texas hasn't offered i loved watching them play when i was young</p>— JeffHolland JR (@holland_jeffery) <a href="

https://twitter.com/holland_jeffery/statuses/435890208471810049">February 18, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Juan]

Sterling Johnson Strong-Side Defensive End Clayton, NC (Cleveland) Ht: 6-5 | Wt: 274

247 Composite #10 SSDE

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I'm trying to visit Texas soon <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HookEmHorns&src=hash">#HookEmHorns</a></p>— sterling johnson (@HighlightReal90) <a href="

https://twitter.com/HighlightReal90/statuses/435919805322117120">February 18, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Juan]

Attendee QB Josh White (6'5, 220) from GA (2016):

"I love Texas. I grew up loving Texas. I was a big Vince Young fan," White said. "I feel really comfortable there with all the coaches. I'm looking forward to meeting them, but the main thing is meeting coach Strong. Ever since he was at Louisville, what he did with Teddy Bridgewater, I could see myself in that role. That's going to be a highlight for me. I've heard he's a great guy, a great coach."
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"I've talked to coach Koenning. He said he doesn't have a lot to do with offering. I haven't even played a snap for varsity yet. Mississippi State did take a chance on me so they're my number one," White said. "If Texas took a chance on me, that would be the biggest thing in my recruitment."

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"I'm so excited for this trip, I can't even explain. Just to be able to have opportunity to go to Texas is a blessing. I have a lot of family in Houston, so they might be able to come see me," White said. "If I ever go there, my grandmother could come see me play, so that would be huge for me. My mom's whole side of the family lives in Houston. And meeting coach Strong, as a man, that's a great accomplishment in my eyes. That will be a big moment in my recruitment."

rest at OB

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