To be fair, the entire narrative involving OL recruiting across every aggy site is that Texas doesn’t develop players especially OL. Ad infinitum.
the average aggy has only heard from Tarp, HammLite, Looch, Imart, jmlittle, etc ... so they think the Texas OL still looks like Charlie Era crossed with their own pile of shit OL.
How can Texas possibly be better than aggy? Jimbo and The Marine handpicked *checks notes* Jenkins, Blanton, Matthews, Clement
“well that was a transition class”
*checks notes again* Green, Robinson, Trainor
uhhh...
Morris, Ogunbiyi, Chibuzo, Bankhead, Jefferson
they LOVE those guys. Ask them. They admit they need more T bodies but they LOVE these guys. Because they’ve been told to love them ad nauseam.
To me there’s 2 really good guard prospects in Green and Morris. (Though Green clearly should not have been playing last season, as much as he did) and 2 serviceable depth interior guys in Ogunbiyi and Bankhead. Guys that are fine but that you don’t want starting or playing much.
on aggy forums Layden Robinson is considered a monster soon to dominate the SEC — which I think started with IMart... he seems like a good hardworking Manvel kid that if he stays 4-5 years could give you a decent RS JR/SR year (a la KState) at C. He can play, but their expectations are now set at “Bama style mauler” instead of “good project prospect at C that may yield a solid 2 year starter”.
brought to you by a bunch of guys who will still tell you that Reggie McNeal was better than Vince Young.