2014 Recruiting Discussion

Offers (83)

QB (3)
Justice Hansen (Edmond, OK) OU commit
Kyle Allen (Scottsdale, AZ) COMMIT
Brandon Harris (Bossier City Parkway, LA) LSU commit

RB (4)
Leonard Fournette (NO St. Augustine, LA)
Varshawn Nixon (Austin Lake Travis) COMMIT
Joe Mixon (Oakley, CA)
Terence Williams (Ennis) Baylor commit

WR (17)
KD Cannon (Mt. Pleasant)
Speedy Noil (NO Edna Carr, LA)
Trey Quinn (Lake Charles Barbe, LA)
Armanti Foreman (Texas City) tu commit
Jamal Jeffery (Lufkin) COMMIT
Malachi Dupre (NO John Curtis, LA)
Keyan Williams (NO Lusher, LA)
D'haquille Williams (JUCO Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C.) Auburn commit
Mark Andrews (Scottsdale, AZ) OU commit
Dallis Todd (La Mirada, CA) OU commit
Lamar Parker (Miami, FL) WVU commit
Davion Hall (Texarkana) Baylor commit
Jacory Washington (Westlake, LA) LSU commit
Bryce Dixon (Ventura, CA)
Jeffery Mead (Tulsa, OK) OU commit
Josh Malone (Gallatin, TN)
D.J. Chark (Alexandria, LA) LSU commit

OL (14)
Braden Smith (Olathe, KS)
Jermaine Eluemunor (JUCO Lackawanna C.C) COMMIT
Garrett Brumfield (BR University Lab, LA) LSU commit
Koda Martin (Manvel)COMMIT
Joseph Paul (NO St. Augustine, LA) UF commit
Kealvin Davis (Garland Lakeview Centennial) COMMIT
Cameron Robinson (West Monroe, LA)
Andy Bauer (Saint Louis, MO) Ole Miss commit
Roderick Johnson (Florissant, MO)
Demetrius Knox (FW All-Saints) Ohio State commit
Chad Mavety (JUCO Garden City CC)
Denzel Ward (Chicago, IL)
Connor Mayes (Van Alstyne) Minn commit
Zach Ledwik (La Grange) COMMIT
Casey Tucker (Chandler, AZ)

DE 11)
Solomon Thomas (Coppell)
Gerald Willis (NO Edna Karr, LA)
Myles Garret (Arlington Martin) COMMIT
Qualen Cunningham (Chandler, AZ) COMMIT
Jarret Johnson (Katy Seven Lakes) COMMIT
Deondre Clark (Oklahoma City, OK) LSU commit
John Thornton (Mobile, AL) Auburn commit
Andrew Williams (Mcdonough, GA)
Chad Thomas (Miami, FL) Miami commit
Derick Roberson (SA Brennan) tu commit
Derek Barnett (Brentwood, TN)
Davon Godchaux (Plaquemine, LA) LSU commit

DT (3)
DeShawn Washington (Nederland) COMMIT
Josh Frazier (Springdale, AR)
Chris Williams (Tyrone, GA) Ole Miss commit

OLB (7)
Hoza Scott (La Porte) COMMIT
Edwin Freeman (Arlington Bowie)
Josh Walker (Gilmer) COMMIT
Otaro Alaka (Cy Falls) tu commit
Dillon Bates (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL) UT commit
Vincent Jackson (Tampa, FL)
Cameron Hampton (Dallas Carter) tu commit

MLB (3)
Zack Whitley (Houston North Shore)Bama commit
Kenny Young (NO John Curtis, LA)
Clifton Garrett (Plainfield, IL)
Nyles Morgan (Crete, IL)

CB (7)
Tony Brown (Beaumont Ozen)
Nick Watkins (Dallas Bishop Dunne)
Nick Harvey (Richmond Travis) COMMIT
Ced Collins (Dallas Skyline) COMMIT
Adoree Jackson (Gardena, CA)
Jermaine Roberts (NO St. Augustine, LA) tu commit
Chris Hardeman (Alief Taylor) LSU commit

S (7)
Jamal Adams (Carrolton Hebron)
Dylan Sumner-Gardner (West Mesquite) COMMIT
Hootie Jones (Monroe Neville, LA)
Quincy Wilson (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Ed Paris (Mansfield Timberview) LSU commit
Steven Parker (Jenks, OK)
Budda Baker (Bellevue, WA)

ATH (3)
Kevin Shorter (Newton)tu commit
Armani Watts (North Forney) COMMIT
Marquis Ware (Los Angeles, CA)

P/K (1)
Gary Wunderlich (Memphis, TN) UVA commit

Hoza Scott may have my favorite highlights I've seen in a long time. I like how he seems to try to take the ball and score every down. Defenders with a nose for the ball almost always turn out.

Nice thread, I RA'd for the sticky btw. Who are our mods on this board?

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WR Armanti Foreman -- the current OU commit has some pretty interesting comments about facilities: "I liked both of them really (A&M and tu)," Foreman said. "It's really the same to me. They want me to play the same position and do the same things. Both of them have great academic programs. Texas A&M, the new facilities that they built, they're way better than what Texas has from what I saw. That's one thing I really liked about Texas A&M." We're pretty much expecting him to flip but he has a twin brother that OU may offer and muck up the works with. Probably the best slot in the state this year.

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Foreman officially decommitted from OU today. Will be interesting. The sips seem to think he's a big lean to them after he went to their Spring Game. However the above quote suggests he likes A&M a lot and I think he's coming to FNLs.

Also, everyone is saying he's a package deal with his brother and I'd be shocked if we offer his brother. So obviously if that's true, we won't get him.

Just some notes heading into the weekend spring game

- 2014 WDE Sione Teuhema and 2015 OL Maea Teuhema visited Wed. They've been touring around and been to Austin and Norman already. Both have offers from OU and tu. They apparently loved the visit. We told Sione that we already have 2 DEs committed in this class. We offered to greyshirt him and he would be the same class as his brother.
“It was everything we expected and hoped for it to be,” said guardian Robert Taliaferro. “We knew it was probably going to come down to three schools, with A&M being one of them. Their facilities are in the top two that we’ve seen. Liked the coaches, liked everything. And then we meet with Coach [Kevin] Sumlin and he lays out a plan. The plan included Sione sitting out a year. No other school has brought up the word 'redshirt,' " Taliaferro said. “Me and Sione had talked about the possibility of him redshirting, but what we don’t like is the grayshirt, which leaves him at home for nine months. It would take an incredible amount of family discussion and praying for that kind of a decision to be made,” Taliaferro said. “I believe there is a different decision that would require a whole lot less discussion to be made. But it’s not my decision, all I can do is educate them.”

- 2015 QB Kyler Murray is on campus today. We haven't offered any 2015 QBs yet. Not sure when that will be forthcoming but it wouldn't surprise me if they wait til a bit later as we sort out the position and what our needs are (what happens with JFF, Kohl, '14 class, injuries, etc)

- there are a ton of visitors this weekend. I think we're expecting 3-4 commits. DE Jarrett Johnson is almost certainly going to be one. If what we told Teuhema is true, I guess we should expect at least one more DE commit. Qualen Cunnningham, Deondre Clark and Myles Garrett will all be in attendance (I'd guess Cunningham is #2 but we could see a 3rd in Garrett)

- with Alaka committing to Texas, we are back to the drawing board at WLB. We're pretty well set at SLB (13 Claiborne, TR Hilliard, and 14 Walker, and both the big safeties could spin down - Wiggins and Washington) but WLB could be more of a problem. Wade was the only one in this class and Hoza Scott is a grade risk. I expect we'll take one more but not sure we've identified him yet. Most Texas prep OLBs are SLB types who are smaller and better in space.

- QB Justice Hansen is down to A&M and OU. We both have spring games saturday and supposedly whichever game he chooses to attend is who he will commit to. QB Kyle Allen from AZ will also be visiting Saturday. Will be interesting how we handle that if Hansen does indeed choose us.

- S Jamal Adams will be there Saturday. We cooled on him for some reason but have recently turned around and gone full court press on him. His comments on the visit: “I’m excited about heading down to Texas A&M. They are definitely on the rise. Coach (Kevin) Sumlin is getting them right down there. Johnny Manziel doing a great job of leading the team too. I’ve been to pretty much all of the Big 12 so I want to see something different. I want to see what the SEC is all about.”

Thanks TMC for all the updates! Much appreciated!

Who all is going to be an LSU-ATM battle?

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CB/S Darrion Johnson -- still hasn't been offered but it has officially gotten out he is a grade risk so I'll just say it. He was told if he can get his house in order, an offer may be forthcoming. Not sure if he or we will wait on that though

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Darrion withdrew from school at Brenham after having been told he wasn't welcomed back to the athletic program (he was suspended last season by coaches but no idea as to what the situation is). Hopefully he gets it together for his own sake but I think that may be the end of any interest we may have had

Any battles with the Horns?

Depends on what you mean. The only real head-to-head I can think of that is left is Jamal Adams.

Long run I think there'll be a few others and guys like Shorter or Johnson are probably down to the two of us but I think we're slowplaying both of those. But if you just mean offers, virtually every serious target of ours they have offered as well except for the QBs (Allen and Harris).