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Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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On Texas released their player rankings/grades for the Texas Class Generally Gerry’s rankings make a lot of sense but few things surprised me. First, I am a bit shocked to see Jonah Williams ranked first overall given the other top end talent in the class. Understand he is super athletic and fluid, but safety usually takes at least a year or two of seasoning to understand the position. His baseball practices will take away study time and reps, which could slow this development further. Even Caleb Downs, who has elite speed and probably came in with the best understanding of the position of any high school prospect in recent memory, took multiple games to get comfortable. I’m also surprised to see Lance Jackson and Michael Terry ranked so “low”. Both players stand to make huge athletic/strength games coming from “normal” high schools instead of power programs like Katy, Allen, or Southlake. Lance Jackson in particular might be the most athletic recruit in the class AND one of the most likely to maximize based on work ethic, etc. Just an absurd combination. Finally, not sure if Kaliq Lockett is ranked too low or too high. Receivers are weird to project, but it seems like those without elite speed are less likely to become superstars (although this is purely observation and not based on any kind of data). Lockett only has average long speed and is raw as a route runner, which would ordinarily temper expectations. While he has the burst and fluidity to still somehow achieve just enough separation in high school and in camp 1-on-1 settings, it isn’t a sure thing that he can do this consistently at the P2 level. But despite those short comings, he is truly ELITE at body control and contested catches. I don’t know if Texas has ever had a prospect with these skills, maybe the $9.95er mythologized practice version of Troy Omerie that no one got to see. He looks like Matthew Golden catching the ball. If he learns to run better routes and has at least moderate improvement athletically, I could see him outplaying this ranking. Curious if anyone else has final thoughts on the class. -
2024 Week 17 - Cotton Bowl CFP Semifinal Texas vs Ohio State
Professor Chesney replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football
Curious what running scheme those teams used if they primarily got those yards running between the tackles or running outside plays. It seemed like our outside zone scheme floundered against faster, more athletic lines like Georgia or ASU, and flourished against bigger “stronger” lines like A&M. Ohio State’s D isn’t as athletic as Georgia imo, but they are close and in theory have the makeup speed to catch up to our outside zone/screen plays. I wish Sark would have a little more willingness to run Gibson on inside zone because that sets up the RPO plays (like we did against Michigan and Florida), but I don’t think he has the willingness to change it up this late in the season. -
From the USC boards, good size and athleticism but has been constantly injured and hasn’t picked up the playbook very well. In his defense, he was coached by Alex Grinch who didn’t teach or develop anyone else there. Pre-injury, would compare to a less athletic Xavier Filsamie. Now? Its anyone’s guess.
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Shockingly prescient post.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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This is like adding splenda to your morning coffee and finding out it’s cocaine. -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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On tackle, took me a minute. Well done. On WR, im curious to see if we go for more than one *star* transfer. Last year, we had zero proven returners. Cook had 8 catches but hadn’t learned the offense or shown out well in practice. Moore had shown out in practice but had multiple drops in garbage time. Wingo was a talented 5 star, and ended up getting the most run with Moore. We took 3 transfers. This year, we have two proven returning guys (Wingo and Moore) that are both studs with complete games—talent, attitude, blocking. Beyond that, we have one guy the coaches like and want to include (Niblett), and two talented five stars (Lockett and Ffrench) who are both enrolling early. For recruiting purposes, the coaches would likely give some snaps to the five stars unless they are just totally not ready. With that in mind, would we have the snaps available to justify brining in two premier transfers? I can see us for sure taking a premier speed WR that would add a dynamic to the offense that no one brings (other than Wingo). But given what we have returning and the needs at DT, it would be tough to see us take the same approach as last year. But after typing this out, Sark is getting spoiled with top end talent and I don’t know if he has the discipline to turn away proven offensive firepower that wants to come.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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As in, agitating the agent that they couldn’t use Texas as a stalking horse or agitating the family in that they may actually have had to go with A&M? -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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The level of spin the LSU $9.95ers are putting on the Phillips flip is quite impressive. They are somehow whining that “the only reason recruits flip from LSU is money” but at the same time clarifying “oh but LSU still has a very competitive NIL program and definitely knows what they’re doing” in a bizarre attempt to keep their viewers from checking out. Some of the highlights: - described the appeal of Texas as “they have a lot of resources”, as if it doesn’t matter that Texas is a playoff team with a coach who doesn’t act like a sociopath. - LSU’s still has a great NIL program, and was offering $800k over two years while mean ol’ Texas offered $1m for 1 year because they aren’t fiscally disciplined and LSU is (but still could have matched if they wanted to). - “are you willing to spend an unlimited money on a single high school player, or would you rather find an immediate impact guy in the portal?”. Why not do both? -
Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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It would be hilarious if some booster paid the family to cancel the visit for the Kentucky game. -
You are a monster.
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Sadly this has been my experience too. Quality is nowhere close to the original Richmond location, and frankly it’s not worth ordering anything other than the sides. Some satellite bbq locations work out, like Terry Blacks in Dallas, but there is something fundamentally wrong with the Pit Room’s execution.
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This thread could very well be about how, despite several buffoons on this board loudly complaining otherwise, this former walk-on safety has been the best player on the field for short stretches despite playing on one of the most talented Texas defenses in recent memory. Or for the Blake Gideon and Dylan Haines jokes. Frankly it’s unbelievable this thread title is said without irony or sarcasm. But I also wanted to highlight and memorialize Taaffe’s postgame remarks in response to that heinous game day sign, because the remarks demonstrate remarkable character and why he is an exemplary representative of this program. For the uninformed, some red ass “blue collar salt of the earth” ag inexplicably brought a sign to College Gameday making fun of deceased Texas walk on Jake Ehlinger, who tragically passed away in a fentanyl-related accident. Obviously this behavior doesn’t represent the entire Texas A&M fanbase. Most alumni would condemn this once understanding the context, and many already have (although I am sure everyone here has met exceptions and can debate in another thread). But unlike most game day signs and taunts, this one actually provokes a reaction. Austin is now a big city but it is still a small community in a lot of ways. The Ehlingers live and work here. If you’ve met this family and know what they have been through in the past, that gameday sign gets even more odious. So in the postgame press conference Michael Taaffe somehow trumps his cathartic performance on the field with remarks far better than anything I could have come up with: “I want to say I feel sorry for the person that posted that sign. I feel sorry for him because I don't know what he's going through, how much he's dealing with in life. To think that that was a good idea, to think that was OK, to think that was appropriate for anything, no matter what rivalry. I just wanted to make that clear." The national media and our fanbase will quickly move on from this win because at the end of the day we just beat a middling 8-4 SEC team. But I felt that Michael Taaffe’s maturity and passion deserves special recognition and it shouldn’t get buried in a game thread. Proud he’s a Longhorn.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2025: Duck Around and Find Out
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I know you probably meant Joe Jamail, but I chuckled the thought of Jamaal Charles throwing a Jamail-esqe tantrum as Brown was “killing himself” in Florida. Fun fact: Ricky Williams is technically a booster and endows a scholarship at the Law School.
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