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We are one week closer to spring ball which begins on March 22nd. *More on Sawyer Goram-Welch to the offensive line. The Longview (Texas) native made the move last weekend, and despite his initial lack of interest in the position, it appears after speaking to coach Kyle Flood this week that he is viewing the transition as a new opportunity. Goram-Welch will graduate in December. If he likes the switch, and defensive line coach Bo Davis doesn't move him back in June, which we do not expect, he'll be headed toward a master's degree next spring. Goram-Welch lives with two other offensive linemen, which should help his progression. He'll also be a member of the Pancake Factory this fall, so paying his part of rent should be even easier. He is viewed as an interior lineman and will work mostly between right and left guard this spring. He not only adds a much-needed body to the O-line room before the big 2022 recruiting haul arrives this summer, he improves the athleticism, too. Though he would have struggled to become a full-time starter at Texas on defense, he’s not out of place on that side of the ball. *Is there one player that doesn't get the fanfare but is making a strong impression on the team? Jonathon Brooks. Working behind Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson, the second-year running back is getting a first-round lesson in how to conduct himself as his profile rises. Brooks handles himself like a professional and you can give partial credit to the duo of Robinson and Johnson. Brooks was already a strong prospect, and with a bright future when his number is called, he's taking full advantage of the opportunity. He’ll see increased carries this year before assuming a much larger role after Robinson and Johnson depart. Robinson and Johnson are also aiding Jaydon Blue's transition from high school to college. That appears to be going better by the week. *Another player earning his respect is Jaylen Garth. The redshirt sophomore from Port Neches (Texas) Port Neches-Groves has had a few injuries derail his start on the Forty Acres. But he's worked his way back to health, added strength, and is ready to hit the field running this spring. Garth lines up at left tackle and could see some time at right tackle as well. With the small number of O-linemen on campus for the spring he is going to receive a lot of reps and coaching. The athleticism is still there and the return to health has added to his confidence. *How about one more player who hasn’t been mentioned much but is turning up the intensity? Prince Dorbah. Maybe the clear path to playing time has revved him up, or maybe he’s simply matured, but whatever it is, Dorbah is putting together a solid offseason. He entered this portion of the calendar needing to turn things up and he has. As we’ve mentioned, players are being graded on a number of factors that boil down to doing the right thing. Videos that make it to public feature players in orange shirts, but those shirts have to be earned. There are other colors for underperformers. Dorbah has an orange shirt. We’re not ready to place him back on the trajectory he was on as a prospect, but he could give the Buck position a needed jolt. *While the path to Buck is wide open, Dorbah will not only compete with Ovie Oghoufo and Derrick Harris Jr., but also some cross-training Jacks like Barryn Sorrell, David Abiara, and Justice Finkley. From our vantage, it sounds like the Texas coaches are going to mix and match the outside linebackers. One would think Ochaun Mathis (if they land him) at Jack and Barryn Sorrell would be the best run-stopping tandem, however the staff wouldn’t want Sorrell dropping into coverage. Dorbah can drop rather seamlessly, or at least, he could in high school when IT saw him at All-American bowl practices. Sources remain high on the second-year player Sorrell. He has really taken to this bloc of weight training and looks like a full-grown man. *Strength numbers are indeed improving across the board. Will it show up on the field? Hard to say, but there’s no faking the strength gains being made. A lot of players are hitting new bench-marks. *The fastest player in the program won’t come as a surprise — that’s Xavier Worthy. The second fastest receiver may surprise — that’s Jordan Whittington. Whittington is also checking in at around 210 pounds. Slot. Machine.

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Screen_Recording_20220215-104551_Instagram.mp4 Marion is doing a damn good job of promoting himself and his WRs. Damn Neyor looks explosive.

Neyor kool-aid for my dark mode family. For those who sound surprised, remember, Neyor had as many touchdown catches for Wyoming last season as Xavier Worthy had for Texas (12). And Neyor did it in a run-heavy offense that ranked No. 117 nationally (of 130) in passing offense. Wyoming’s emphasis on the run is a big part of why Neyor (pronounced Nay-OR) entered the transfer portal after catching 44 passes for 878 yards and 12 TDs. “He told me, ‘Coach, I think I can do more,’” said Laban DeLay, who coached Neyor at Arlington Lamar and is now the head coach at South Grand Prairie. “Because of the offense he was in (at Wyoming), he only got two or three targets per game.” Thanks to Chris Gilbert, UT’s director of high school relations, the Longhorns, who were late to the recruitment of Neyor, got involved just in time, because Neyor was this close to shutting down his recruitment and signing with Tennessee. “Chris (Gilbert) called me about Isaiah,” DeLay said. “I told him, ‘I’ve been expecting your call, but you might be too late.’ “But Sark (Steve Sarkisian) called Isaiah right after that, and then Sark and Jeff Banks went in-home with Isaiah, and two days later, he was in Austin enrolling. “I think Sark did a good job of selling Isaiah on how well he’d fit into his offensive system and stressed the opportunity to contribute right away. I think those things got through to Isaiah.” So far, the feedback from team sources on Neyor has been almost as universal as it was for Worthy once Worthy got on campus last June. “This dude (Neyor) is cold as (expletive),” one team source said. “Fifty-fifty balls are his.” Another source said Neyor has blown people away with his route running during throwing sessions and has “the same competitive fire that Worthy has and makes for a big target with his length. “This guy’s got a long stride and covers a lot of ground,” the source said. “And then he goes up and snatches the ball. He’s got oven mitts for hands — huge.” So, what’s Neyor’s story and how did he end up with only one Division I offer (Wyoming) coming out of Arlington Lamar? Neyor was a basketball player who had never played football when he transferred to Arlington Lamar as a sophomore after moving to Texas from Minnesota. It was in a computer animation course taught by then Arlington Lamar receivers and junior varsity coach Daniel Wilkinson that Wilkinson noticed “a slender kid with what looked like size 15 shoes,” DeLay said. “We always tell our coaches, ‘Recruit our own hallways,’” DeLay said. “And that’s where we found Isaiah. We talked to him about joining our off-season strength and conditioning program in the spring of his sophomore year, and he didn’t sound too sure about it. We asked him to give it a try, and I told all of our players and coaches to take Isaiah in and encourage him. And he stayed with it. The rest is kind of history.” Isaiah Neyor (Photo: Icon Sportswire, Getty) Neyor played on the JV team as a junior, because of his late transfer to Arlington Lamar (in the spring of his sophomore year) and because he’d never played football before. “He tore our varsity up on scout team,” DeLay said. “Any time the JV got in trouble, we just threw it up to him. He went up and tore the ball out of the sky and made a play.” DeLay said one of his strongest memories of Neyor at Arlington Lamar was in the 7-on-7 Championship Bracket in College Station the summer before his senior season. “It can get really hot in College Station during that 7-on-7 tournament,” DeLay said. “And I just remember Isaiah making one acrobatic catch after another. Some guys were getting worn down in that heat, but Isaiah wasn’t. We were down by six against Arlington High and had one play left. Literally, the ball was snapped as time ran out, but Isaiah caught a 35-yard touchdown pass, and we advanced. He wanted the ball in the big moment.” In Neyor’s senior season, he caught 35 passes for 813 yards and eight touchdowns, averaging 23.2 yards per catch. He was one of three receivers on the Arlington Lamar team who ended up getting attention from college recruiters, including 2020 Oklahoma signee Trevon West and 2021 Stephen F. Austin signee Cameron Brady. In addition to his massive hands, seemingly tireless endurance and big-play capability, Neyor showed a passion for blocking. DeLay said he had a chart for pancake blocks by his offensive linemen at Arlington Lamar but started one for the receivers, too, because of the blocks being delivered by Neyor and West. “Isaiah’s a great teammate, because he’s a really humble kid with a strong work ethic,” DeLay said. “He’s not going to be the one beating on his chest, saying, ‘Give me the ball more.’ He just wants to do whatever it takes to help his team win.” Because Neyor was such a late bloomer in terms of his initial college recruiting process, the offers weren’t there. “By the time Isaiah started breaking out in his senior year, we were pushing hard to get the word out there,” DeLay said. “But Wyoming was really the only one who said they had a scholarship available for him. We were really thankful for that, and because Isaiah had spent time growing up in Minnesota, he didn’t mind going to Wyoming, where he knew he’d be playing in the cold. Some guys from Texas don’t like doing that. Isaiah didn’t mind.” Neyor redshirted as a freshman at Wyoming in 2019 and then started showing he could play at the college level in 2020 by averaging 31.0 yards per catch (eight catches for 248 yards). In 2021, Neyor was named second-team All-Mountain West with his 12-touchdown season. Side note: Former Longhorns’ player and defensive line coach Oscar Giles was announced last week as Wyoming’s new defensive tackles coach by head coach Craig Bohl. Neyor’s recruiting process the second time around was completely different. He took a visit to USC and Tennessee and loved both. He committed to Tennessee, because coach Josh Heupel and the Volunteers were on him quickly and appeared to have immediate playing time available. Neyor was just about to shut down his recruitment when Chris Gilbert called DeLay, and Sarkisian then made contact with Neyor. “Texas got involved maybe a week after interest in Isaiah started blowing up,” DeLay said. “Oklahoma was three to four days after Texas. Notre Dame called after that, and by then, Isaiah had already narrowed his list and wanted to be done with the recruiting process. It came down to the offensive system and his ability to contribute right away, and I think that’s why he ended up picking Texas.” DeLay still laughs when he thinks about how Neyor ended up playing football. “Football wasn’t a thing of his until Coach Wilkinson pulled him out of that computer animation class in the spring of his sophomore year,” DeLay said. “I remember him being sore as hell after that first day in our offseason program. But I told the coaches and our kids, ‘You make sure he comes back tomorrow.’” Sarkisian has said Neyor’s recruitment out of high school was impacted by COVID-19. But it wasn’t impacted by the global pandemic as much as it was by his late move to Arlington Lamar and by his never having played football before — and by playing only one year on the varsity (as a senior). “We kept telling recruiters, ‘We don’t know his ceiling,’” DeLay said. “I know he’s really grateful to Wyoming for giving him an opportunity. He made this move, because he has a deep desire to be more involved in the offense, expand his ceiling and play in the NFL.”

Rue is a straight crackhead now lol

Soooo this obanor guy isn't gonna miss tonight is he?

Playing exactly how I thought we would.

Is that Tyler Owen's? Lol

Squat test

This is embarrassing.

Love that guy

I'm not sure what you guy we're expecting. The show was somewhat unrealistic(like breaking bad)from the beginning. I still love it though.

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