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HOF Academy: 2021 offensive tackle Savion Byrd is one to watch ByBILL GREENE 49 minutes ago Share CANTON, Ohio -- Last week's Pro Football Hall of Fame Academy featured several of the top 2020 prospects in the country but there were also a handful of 2021 recruits are also members of the USA team that will compete in the World Bowl later this year in Mexico City. Offensive tackle Savion Byrd, Duncanville (TX), is currently rated as the No. 13 overall prospect in America for the class of 2021 by the industry-generated 247Sports Composite, and he certainly showed why. Possessing great length and quick feet, Byrd competed hard and more than held his own going against older players. His athleticism is striking and he has a frame that is going to fill out to 300-pounds by the time he plays college football."This has been an awesome experience being at the Hall of Fame and I feel blessed to be here," Byrd stated. "The best part of this experience is that I got to bond with some of the top players in the country and learn from some great coaches. "The one thing they talked to us about that really hit home with me is that we should not be afraid to leave our legacy," he added. "It was good to be coached by guys that played in the NFL.""I know I need to put in a lot of work to get to where I need to go," he continued. "I'm tall (6-foot-5) and I can run a good forty time, but I need to work on every part of my game. There is really no part of my game that I could say I'm satisfied with right now."With offers from several top Power Five programs, Byrd has put himself on the recruiting radar and that offer list is only going to keep rising."I have a lot of offers right now and I think I have around 25," Byrd explained. "There are a few schools that have not offered yet that I would like to hear from, like Clemson, Oregon, Miami, and Florida. As a kid, I always looked up to Miami and that was who I rooted for growing up. I just always liked how serious they played and the brotherhood they had.""Of the ones that have offered, Texas shows a lot of love to me and I have offers from most of the schools in-state," he said. "Texas football is amazing and they also take things very seriously, which I like a lot. I have been there twice and really like the school a lot." "Texas A&M has also offered but they're not recruiting me too hard," he noted. "I think once my junior year starts they will really start to talk to me. I did talk to Oklahoma the other day, and they have offered me. I like them and they have a really good program."Even though Byrd still has two years of high school football remaining, he already has an idea of what he is looking for in a college.I am a person that asks a lot of questions and I'm looking for loyalty from a coaching staff," Byrd exclaimed. "Football is not everything to me, so I'm looking for a college that can make me a better person as well as a better football player."
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Recruiting Vernon Broughton -- through a mother's eye ByDAMON SAYLES 46 minutes ago The correspondence never ceases. Multiple cellphone text messages and direct messages via social media come through in bunches from college coaches. It's the neverending lifestyle of a busy recruiting process. And that doesn't even touch what the actual recruit goes through. When a recruiting process becomes high-profile, few fans who follow the wanted high school target realize that the best college recruiters make the entire family -- and not just the player -- a priority. And the elite college recruiters know that the mother oftentimes has the last word, so recruiting her is equally vital. That said, Houston four-star defensive lineman Vernon Broughton's upcoming commitment is one to watch. He is ranked a national top-100 player and a national top-10 defensive tackle in the 2020 class for a reason. But every word and every action by Yolanda Wells-Broughton is key. The mother of the 6-foot-5, 286-pound Cy Ridge High School standout has been integral in his process as he inches closer to publicly announcing his verbal commitment. Entering the weekend, Broughton has a top five, in alphabetical order, of Arkansas, LSU, Ohio State, Texas and Texas A&M. Broughton hears from multiple coaches -- in and out of his top five -- on a daily basis, but he handles everything with maturity. It's almost to where his mother never has to worry. "It's really been a humbling experience, particularly if you knew his back story and where he comes from," his mother said. "You hear kids always saying how this has been a lifetime dream. Vernon didn't quite have that story. It's only been two years of Vernon playing football, so for him to have this opportunity, I'm just ecstatic for him." Broughton will eventually commit, potentially early next week, but all the coaches in his top five have done a solid job in recruiting Wells-Broughton, as well. And that's important because she's a former college basketball coach who knows all of the tricks of the trade with recruiting. Wells is a former head women's coach at Texas Southern. She also has been an assistant coach at LSU and TCU, among other places. Wells-Broughton played basketball at Grambling and helped the program earn its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament in 1994. If football coaches don't know her coaching and recruiting background, it could be detrimental in recruiting her son. It's tough for some to sell to a former salesman. Fortunately for Broughton's top-five programs, those coaches have been on top of their games in recruiting both him and his mother. Currently, it's the middle of the NCAA dead period, and Wells-Broughton said communication between her and coaches has slowed down significantly. Add in the fact that her son has been focused on finishing summer-school courses, and the conversations among coaches have been at a minimum. But when the open period returns, a routine day of communication for Broughton can get somewhat strenuous -- and just as hectic for his mother. "A typical day is him telling me, 'Hey, mom, you got a minute? Can you talk to this coach?'" she said. "He's one of those kids who watched me work as a former collegiate coach. He's juggling it and tries to answer every call, but he doesn't have the time to always get into detail." That's when Mom comes in. And because of what's she already knows, a football coach has no choice but to come correct. "Football coaches are pretty demanding, but at the same time, I think they know I won't be interested in a lot of hype. I want them to get to the substance of everything," she said. "How soon can Vernon graduate? When does he need to apply for school? What about application fees? That's our focus. "This is not a three-, four- or five-year decision; this is a 40- or 50-year decision. This is bigger than football, and when I talk to coaches, I don't want to hear the glitz and glamour. I'm not interested in pool parties or things of that nature. At end of day, you want him to maximize the opportunity. You've got to get more out of school than what the school is offering you." Wells-Broughton has something specific she likes about each school in her son's top five. Ohio State has a respected hospital specializing in orthopedics on campus. Arkansas has a staff with a lot of veteran coaches and a head coach in Chad Morris who, like Wells-Broughton, climbed the ladder and gradually moved up. She likes his foundation for building. LSU is Wells-Broughton's old stomping grounds, and she is a big fan of the strong support group there. Texas is a school that has done a good job in recruiting the entire family, and she feels the staff can maximize her son's potential. When discussing Texas A&M, Wells-Broughton spoke about how the staff took an interest in Broughton very early. She also knows that Jimbo Fisher is someone who knows how to turn programs around. My❤️ "They are one of the first teams that said this kid has a career in football," Wells-Broughton said of the Aggies. "He was playing AAU [basketball], we weren't even thinking about football, but Coach Robinson kept saying how he has a career in football. They would come to the school to watch him play basketball. Vernon would say, 'Mom, this is getting serious.'" Wells-Broughton added: "I know that having an Aggie Ring opens doors for people. I'm looking at graduation and what you're going to do after sports. How can we market you with an entrepreneurial and business aspect? There's no doubt in my mind, A&M can help him with that." A decision could come as early as next week for Broughton. Nothing, she said, will happen until his she returns to Texas. She is currently in Chicago and is expected to be back later this weekend. The winning school will get a playmaker with a high ceiling. With a decision coming, the process will see its slowdown not only for him but also for his mother. It's a process she said she'll never forget. "I just pray that Vernon will make the right decision," she said. "I know he has to make the decision, but Mom will have to approvespan widget
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National top-100 DT Broughton nearing decision VIP ByBRIAN PERRONI 50 minutes ago FRISCO, Texas – Houston Cy Ridge four-star defensive lineman Vernon Broughton was not with the rest of the prospects when they arrived at check-in for The Opening Finals on Sunday. The 6-foot-5, 286-pound defender had long had a family reunion planned for this past weekend, so he did not arrive in Frisco until Monday afternoon. The nation’s No. 70 overall prospect will hit the field on Tuesday but he is also focused on recruiting as well. Having taken his five allotted official visits over the past couple of months to Arkansas, LSU, Ohio State, Texas and Texas A&M, Broughton is nearing a decision. “Right now - I think…a week from now - me, my mom and my grandmother are going to go to a nice restaurant, bring a notebook and pencil and write down and see where I’m going,” he said of a timeline and figuring out his future destination. As for whether a particular school was standing out as he prepared for the meeting with the two main women in his life, Broughton was not quite ready to say that. “I mean, I have several, to be honest,” he said of schools sticking out. “But one? No, not really. That’s why we want to sit down, write it all out and see where I’m really focused at.” Broughton says he is looking for an environment that feels like home to him. “Every school is nice, so it’s really where I’m going to fit in at,” he said. “Living, see if I’m going to stay in Texas or not. That’s the majority things. And, a big family thing. I know every school shows that they love my family, but see where it’s really down.” A&M received the final official visit, hosting Broughton just before the dead period began last month. “It’s amazing. It’s nice,” he said of Aggieland. “The culture and everything is nice there. The college itself, the people – it’s a great place. Coach Price and coach Jimbo, they’re all good people. “I’ve been talking to coach Price here lately. We’re just going over things. He sent me a depth chart and everything else like that.” A couple weeks prior to his official visit, Broughton camped at A&M and then spent the night in College Station. He says it helped the Aggies in his mind quite a bit. “They have,” Broughton said about things picking up with A&M as of late. “They’ve been off for a minute but they got back on the wagon. “Still talking to coach Price. Letting him coach me at that camp and just walking around. I’ve been to Texas A&M plenty of times.” Broughton weighed in at 286 pounds this past March and is ranked as a defensive tackle by 247Sports. However, A&M is recruiting him as a defensive end. That is his preferred spot, but he is more open now to playing on the interior. “That’s a good question. I know I’m going to grow some more so [some] people are saying d-tackle,” Broughton said. “But I don’t care, to be honest. I just want to be on the field. That’s all I’ve got to say.” Broughton has narrowed things to the five schools where he took officials so it’s not surprising that he mentioned coaches from each program as the ones he communicates with the most. “There’s several,” he said. “Coach Giles from UT, coach Johnson from Ohio State, coach Price from Texas A&M. And I’m good with coach Morris from Arkansas. He and I are like cool friends. And coach DJ, the defensive line coach at LSU.” Broughton’s younger sister is a recruit in her own right as a basketball player. Whoever lands him could be getting both siblings. “She does want to follow me,” he said. “My mom wants us to stay close to each other. It could be a good chance (we go the same place
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King's recruitment a reminder that A&M will battle under Fisher ByDAMON SAYLES 57 minutes ago Share 8 Comments It's late Friday morning, and Longview, Texas, 4-star quarterback Haynes King is still uncommitted. Will he decide where he'll play college football by the end of Friday? Maybe in the afternoon or early evening? Or ... will he just wait until later in the summer? Cue the suspense music. 247Sports' Gabe Brooks and Charles Power, in addition to GigEm247, have been following King's moves of the past few hours thoroughly, and one thing remains to be consistent -- King's simply not ready to make a decision. He has four schools on his list -- Texas A&M, Tennessee, Auburn and Duke -- and all four could end up winning over the stud dual-threat quarterback. King's recruiting process in the last couple of weeks has been a booming national topic of discussion, as he is the nation's top-ranked uncommitted quarterback. The Elite 11 Finals will run today through Sunday in Frisco, Texas, and originally, he was supposed to have a decision made before check-in, which is set for around midday Friday. What have we learned from any of this? Big picture, it re-establishes Texas A&M as a regular contender for some of the nation's best talent, and it reminds Aggie recruiting fans of that. A slightly smaller picture, it reiterates just how good Jimbo Fisher and the coaching staff can be when they put on their full-court press in going after a prized target. A friendly reminder: King has 28 reported offers. According to his 247Sports profile page, Texas A&M was the second-to-last school to offer back on May 1. Only Purdue offered later, on May 14. Tennessee offered King back in January, and he took an unofficial visit to Knoxville in March. Duke offered King in April. Texas A&M may have come late to the party, but it managed to get one of four big dances, so to speak, in an official visit. King's first official was to College Station the weekend of May 31. He then officially visited Tennessee the following weekend and Auburn the weekend after that. Duke got a midweek official visit June 19-21. Credit Fisher, offensive coordinator Darrell Dickey and every other coach involved in King's process. The Aggies weren't a blip on the recruiting radar earlier in the spring. While at the Dallas stop of the Under Armour All-America Camp Series in February, King told GigEm247 that he, at the time, had not heard much from Texas A&M but was keeping all of his options open. King then added that in looking for a winning program, he wanted to be at a place where there is a "consistency of the coaching staff" and a place where he can develop as a quarterback. King also spoke about how he wanted to be at a degree where, academically, he could be set. And here we are today. Texas A&M can check all of King's boxes, as well as win the proximity argument against the other three schools. That said, Duke is an academically recognized institution who also just had a high first-round draft pick in quarterback Daniel Jones. Tennessee arguably has built the longest relationship with King, and Auburn just watched quarterback Jarrett Stidham get selected by the New England Patriots to potentially become the successor to Tom Brady. Still, King's recruitment brings back what Fisher said after the 2018 signing period. He spoke of how he expects to compete for a top-three finish every year with his recruiting classes. He and his staff would go after the biggest fish -- and land a few of them. For many Aggie recruiting fans, the results since then have been a refreshing site. Adding King to the 2020 class would be just another example of what Fisher spoke about. King is ranked the nation's No. 2 dual-threat quarterback and No. 32 player overall in the 2020 class by 247Sports. He threw for nearly 3,900 yards and 42 touchdowns, rushed for nearly 700 yards and eight touchdowns, showed that he can consistently run the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds and, back in December, led Longview High School to a UIL Class 6A Division II championship and an undefeated 16-0 record. King's a big fish, and Texas A&M is that close to having another success story for its recruiting class. Contrary to what the naysayers believe, that says something. As we all continue to tune in to the uber-suspenseful episode that has become King's recruitment, let the Texas A&M fan base be reminded of just how impactful this recruitment has become. Three months ago, King's best options to stay in Texas were with Baylor and TCU, which would have been solid places for him to develop under highly respected coaches in Matt Rhule and Gary Patterson, respectively. But Texas A&M has shown once again that it can up its recruiting game under Fisher -- and the Aggies hope to ultimately close the deal soon on one of the country's most coveted targets
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5-star Demas has confidence in himself and A&M recruiting VIP By BRIAN PERRONI When Tomball five-star wide receiver Demond Demas committed to Texas A&M back in September of his junior year, there were a lot of people at the time that did not thing the pledge would last long. However, that has not been the case. The 6-foot-3, 182-pound standout is the leader of a top-10-ranked Aggie class and is in College Station seemingly every chance he gets. That included this past weekend. Demas wanted to use his official just before the dead period, but had a birthday party for his brother. However, he still made sure to get to town on Saturday afternoon to do some recruiting on a big weekend. His efforts have already paid off with one player as four-star offensive guard Akinola Ogunbiyi, a one-time early Aggie pledge, flipped his commitment back to A&M from Georgia on Sunday. "It was fun. It's home, so it was just a normal weekend for me," the nation's No. 15 overall composite propect said. "But, I wanted others to make sure to feel like it was home, too. "I talked to Aki. We got him back on board. He just needed to see what made him commit in the first place. This class is like a family and he knew that. It was an easy decision for him." Another player in town on an unofficial visit was North Shore five-star Zachary Evans, the top-ranked running back in the country. "With Zach, he sees what's going on in College Station," Demas said. "I'm doing everything I can to make sure of it, too. You see I got Aki back on board. Obviously, [Evans] needs an o-line." Evans recently failed to include any in-state programs in his top 5. While Demas does not want to put words in his fellow prospect's mouth, he says there's a reason the running back made the trip to Aggieland. "All I'm going to say is, he's going to that school for a reason," Demas said of Evans' visit. "He's going to that school for a reason. He didn't just show up because he was bored. "It was the same thing with me. When I didn't include A&M in my top 5, look where I ended up. Vernon (Broughton), he wasn't talking about A&M too much for a while there but, again, look at his actions. He's been there now twice this month." Next up for Demas is The Opening Finals this coming weekend and next week in Frisco. His 7-on-7 team for the event is absolutely loaded and he has high expectations for it. "Oh man, my team, I'm excited. I think we're going to win it all," Demas said. "It's Bryce Young at quarterback, Zach Evans at running back. Then me, Julian Fleming, Gee Scott, Troy Omeire, Parker Washington at receiver. I don't see anybody stopping us. You've got the top running back in the country, the top receivers in the country. Double one of us, there are ton of other threats." While he wants his team to show out, Demas wants to make a big impression individually as well. He is not shy of having a goal of being the No. 1-ranked player in the country. "You know I've never lacked confidence," he said. "I want to show that I'm the top player in the country. Period. This is my chance to do that and I can't wait
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