LB recruiting has been pretty quiet this year. Why is that? As you have rightfully stated we are going mostly OOS because there are no elite LBs in state. This also means that our 9.95 don't have as much insights on the recruits. Just look at Houston, until last week, very few were projecting him to come to UT. Gbenda will probably commit if we push. That fact that we don't should be a hint that we currently feel could about the guys higher on our board. Last year Chip Brown (who ought to be fucked!) cost us Bonitto. Otherwise we would have gotten a pretty swell LB corps in him, AA, Hobbs, and Overshown (who I think will ultimately end up at Rover). Even without him, it is still pretty nice.
That's we I'm not too worried about LB recruiting at this point. I think there is a good chance Tongue will end up with us, Tufono loved his visit and getting him back on campus would be big (I think he is dropping his top 5 this week). Personally, I love Davis and would love for him to come to us, but I think UGA is the safe pick here (which would in turn increase our chances for Tongue). Cooper is a little bit of a dark horse at this point, but IIRC he is supposed to visit sometime this summer. There will always be a place for Bru, and we will see how this will play out. I think we will get at least one of those guys and there is a decent probability that we will get two. That's why the staff might not be pushing as hard for Gbenda right now. Could it backfire à la White? Absolutely, but only time will tell