re: Ishmael Wilson transferring to Baylor

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Not happening, but we'll take Ed Paris when he starts feeling homesick.

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He's a transplant he ain't gonna get homesick

see WBS posted it above. The part that worries me is he is or at least was very close with Daeshon Hall. They were friends from school (they went to different high schools but lived down the street from one another) and Wilson was instrumental in getting Hall to A&M. Hopefully Hall isn't mixed up in all this crap.

As far as talent and where he stood, he wasn't really making a dent on the depth chart yet. He has talent and probably would have but it's not some terrible blow. Lindblade will probably get a scholarship in '15. And Gus showed really well in spring.

There's some concern Ifedi will go pro after this year (that's how impressive he's been in his move to tackle) but the two JUCOs, Matthews, Cheek are all capable and could start next year which just leaves us one spot among the '14 class to fill.

A 1/4/93 bday would have made him 20 when he graduated right?

it's really rather rare for an OL to leave after 3 years. Joeckel doing so was quite the thing. I can't remember exactly, but I think they said a 3 year OL had never been drafted in the first round (but it may have just been top 10 picks) prior to Luke.

Ifedi also won't have ever played LT so he's going to have to be pretty exceptional to shoot up. If he has a great season, I think we'll recruit him like Jake and Ced and tell him LT is his. It can be pretty convincing as it is a massive difference in money to go top 10 vs end of 1st round.

Manziel (pick 22) 4 yrs, $8.25m
Jake Matthews (pick 6) 4 yrs, $16.43m

If I'm Ifedi, $8M and change looks like a very nice improvement from a few hundreds in my shoes on friday afternoon. I'd take even less.

But then again, IRL I'm ecstatic over a 9% gain in my Roth.