re: Sumlin Gets 5 Million Per Year w/ 5 Million Buyout

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This will be the first year that most of your highly rated recruits are on defense.

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Well, with offense ratings don't matter as much. Any Arky fan should know it is easy to find diamonds in the rough on that side of the ball. JFF, Evans, and even past leaders like Tannehill were three stars.

Also here in Texas, high schools put an emphasis on offense. Many have moved to a spread system, so there is an abundance of elite offensive players but less elite defensive players than 20 years ago to recruit.

When you are talking about defense, especially on the line, you know who the good players will be when they are in junior high. It is much less about execution and more about being born with a combination of size and speed. The hardest fought recruiting battles every year are over defensive lineman for this reason.

In the past, even when A&M was signing enough four stars for consistent top 25 classes (so Arky level), we weren't signing up elite defensive lineman. But the top Texas D lineman in 2013 already signed with A&M, and the top Texas D lineman of 2014 is about to. That is where Sumlin is earning his money.