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Texas recruits were not good last year. Chavis had Tyrel Dodson as his #1 target and Mike Divinity (LSU) as his #2 at linebacker. Ed Oliver (UH) was A&M's top target along with TD Moton (TDB) at defensive tackle. A&M prioritized Brandon Jackson (Sips) and Mark Jackson (OU), but they both wanted to start immediately.

A&M whiffed last year, but it wasn't with the kids from TX. It was with the LA kids that they wanted that ended up at LSU (Divinity, Lewis, and Greedy Williams), McTelvin Agim (Arky), and the CA kids who chose USC (Oluwole Betiku and Jack Jones).

This is not true First 26 of the 52 composite 4/5 stars were defensive players. A&M targeted DTS: Ross Blacklock, and Ed Oliver. They slow played Chris Daniels and circled back to him late in the cycle and whiffed on all 3.

A&M targeted DE Mark Jackson and whiffed on him. They slowplayed DE Isiah Chambers but in hindsight should've taken.

A&M targeted LB Sewo Olonilua and Jeffrey McCulluch- they missed on both.

A&M targed DBs Brandon Jones and Eric Cuffee- another 2 misses.

Texas was much deeper defensively in 2016 but the staff couldn't close.

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Posted by Chill98

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Posted on 5/25/16 at 11:24 am to Twelfth

McCullough, Blacklock, and Cuffee were not a priority targets. A&M slow played them as they looked at others.

Sewo was a running/ H-back target. Stoops convinced Mark Jackson that he was to small for the SEC and would have more opportunity to start at OU at a hybrid LB/DE position.

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