This is revisionist history. I've written about the guy's journey in multiple threads. You imbeciles that forget that recruiting and roster management aren't snapshots, usually whenever there is some exception somewhere that you get excited about bubbling up, can go fuck yourselves.
Blue was a take. He then got kicked off of his team/quit to "focus on college". The staff expressed displeasure at that development. He asked to come back to the team. His team told him to fuck off. He looked into getting recruited by other powers, none of whom showed him a lick of interest (those dumb motherfuckers!!! hahahahaha, Greenspoint had it the whole way!!! haahaha!!!). Texas pursued Jam Miller and Leveon Moss in earnest to replace Blue. Miller bailed for somewhat comical reasons that I've posted about here several times and Moss was bought for numbers that didn't make sense to anyone but aggies. So Texas and Blue were left with each other.
Blue shows up to campus with an attitude and expects early PT. Whines a bunch. Gets mentored by Johnson and Robinson, calms down and works hard, showing signs of growth. Then Blue announces that he's going to enter the portal. He waits to see all of the outreach from other schools before filing his paperwork. No one of consequence makes any sort of NIL offer (those dumb motherfuckers!!! hahahahaha, Greenspoint had it the whole way!!! haahaha!!!). Texas tells him if he enters the portal, good luck, but there is no coming back. They'd be happy to keep him otherwise. He decides to come back in the spring of 2023 and works hard, showing glimpses of hope.
Guy starts getting snaps in semi-relevant time and looks fine, then fumbles on a close out drive against Wyoming. Buzz that he's in the doghouse. Not a single fucking poster on this entire site is telling us anything positive or hopeful about Blue being some sort of force during the middle of the 2023 seasons (those dumb motherfuckers!!! haahahahah, Greenspoint was thinking, not posting, but he was thinking he had it the whole way, hahahahahaha!!!!). Then Brooks gets hurt. Blue shows promise in his snaps and closes out the year well, except for the UW fumble. Now there is transfer interest. Blue locks up NIL help and is here for another year. Greenspoint and his ilk smirk as they realize they've fucking crushed this guy's journey .
The staff, people around Blue, Robinson, NIL, recruiting, everyone thought at multiple points in time this guy was gone. He even announced he was leaving with a social media megaphone. This is the exception to the rule, and good for us and Blue with the way it's turned out.