re: Taylor Hamm & Billy Liucci make SWEET LOVE in 2019 + Football Recruiting Thread

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From horn247 last week

– I spoke with the father of 2019 DB target, Demani Richardson (Waxahachie, TX). Richardson was expected to be in Austin this past weekend for the Texas jr day. He did not make it. Richardson’s father said they had a basketball conflict but said they will absolutely reschedule the visit.

Richardson will take a return visit to Texas A&M this weekend.

Don’t panic just yet…

Texas A&M is definitely a threat right now. They’ve had Richardson on campus once already this month and Jimbo Fisher has been in communication with Demani’s father and they’re building a good relationship. But if Richardson holds off on a commitment and makes it down to Texas, I think that’s where Texas will be able to make up the ground. Richardson grew up a Texas fan.

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Some melting there

-That's a kick in the balls. At least that means they're probably done at safety

-Everyone knew that Jimbo was gonna pull in a good first class to aggy, but this is more than a little odd feeling, don't ya think? It's still early in the process and things may normalize a bit, but still feels like something odd is happening.

-OMG our only commit is Justin Watkins and aggy is pulling all these good kids we're doomed (until Hobbs commits on April 7)

-isn’t it obvious? herman caught lightning in a bottle on the recruiting trail last cycle. it was a fluke and it’s not happening again. we’re $#@!ing doomed, dude, and jimbo is gonna make our lives hell for the next 10 goddamn years. it’s $#@!ing awful.

-We weren't struggling to even get guys to visit the camps this time last year. For Jimbo & Co. to come in and immediately have so much pull in the state, especially in the D/FW area, is unnerving and definitely not normal.

-So aggy is signing all the DBs who are scared to compete with the best DB class in the history of recruiting. Advantage, aggy.

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Brian Perroni: Houston Opening: A&M recruiting news and notes

There were quite a few Texas A&M targets in action at the Houston Opening on Sunday and there was a lot of Aggie news to come out of the event.

Texas A&M is still in very good shape with five-star Atascocita offensive tackle Kenyon Green. The top 10 national prospect says he plans to officially visit A&M, Alabama and Oklahoma but it would not be a huge shock if the latter two trips did not happen. Even if they do, the Aggies still feel quite confident about him.

A&M's other big offensive tackle target in attendance was Javonne Shepherd of Houston North Forest. He was in Aggieland on Saturday and the coaches spent a lot time with him, including 20 or 30 minutes one-on-one with Jimbo Fisher. Shepherd and Green want to play at the same place in college and A&M looks like a good bet to land both. Some close to Shepherd believe it's going to be very hard for anybody to beat the Aggies with him.

Katy Mayde Creek defensive end Marcus Stripling had the best day of any defensive lineman in the one-on-ones. He came in at 6-foot-3, 265 pounds, which is only five more pounds than he weighed a year ago. He says A&M is recruiting him as a weakside defensive end. The Aggies made a huge impression on him at the Super Bowl Sunday event and it continued with his trip over the weekend. He will officially visit OU on Apr. 15 but that's the only one he has set up. He says it 'might be awhile' before he makes a commitment but the Aggies are in good shape there and feel pretty confident on him.

Four-star receiver Arjei Henderson of Fort Bend Travis has a final three of A&M, Alabama and Oklahoma and will officially visit all three this spring. OU is the only one set up right now, though, as he will be there for the spring game along with a number of other top prospects. The Sooners are also the main competition for A&M at this point. Oklahoma has made big strides with both Henderson and Theo Wease so it will be interesting to see the battle down the stretch for the pair of wideouts that want to play their college ball together.

A&M commit Chase Lane has put on over 10 pounds and grown an inch or so since a year ago as he came in at 6-foot, 184 pounds. He was recruiting for the Aggies all day.

Plano Prestonwood tight end Austin Stogner made an early commitment to Oklahoma but remains in contact with the A&M staff and plans to visit at some point.

Class of 2020 North Shore running back Zachary Evans had the highest SPARQ score at the event and he was in Aggieland on Saturday with several of his teammates. It has been 18 years since A&M signed a North Shore prospect but the 6-foot, 207-pound Evans is a player the Aggies have a very real shot with. He says he is growing more comfortable each time he visits campus. LSU and Texas are going to be the biggest competition there.

Spring Dekaney cornerback Marcus Banks, who earned an invitation to The Opening finals, showed up in an A&M sweatshirt but then the 6-foot, 166-pound cornerback put on Texas gloves for workouts. He was in College Station yesterday and really enjoys it but Texas feels pretty optimistic about eventually landing him.

Fellow cornerback Erick Young of Fort Bend Bush told people he recently came close to committing to LSU but then the Tigers stopped pursuing quite as hard. However, this is still likely an A&M/Oklahoma battle. Best friend and Aggie commit Bobby Wolfe is in his ear all the time and the two were again in College Station this past weekend. Young came in at 6-foot, 194 pounds on Sunday.

It is still very, very early for class of 2021 offensive tackle Reuben Fatheree of Richmond Foster but Jim Turner has made a big impression on the 6-foot-7, 285-pound freshman, who was in College Station on Saturday. Baylor has offered in basketball as well and Fatheree, whose dad is the head basketball coach at Foster and who is averaging a double-double, could attempt to play both sports in college.

A few prospects that did not end up making it on Sunday were A&M defensive tackle commit Josh Ellison, Seven Lakes defensive end David Ugwoegbu and class of 2020 North Forest receiver Demond Demas. All three were in Aggieland Saturday, though, and Fisher spent quite a bit of one-on-one time with Demas as well. Diknson tight end Jalen Wydermyer was also not there on Sunday and was at Houston on Saturday.

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