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Early visitors list for Friday's event, from TFB: https://texas.thefootballbrainiacs.com/2018/07/open-post-tuesday-july-24th/

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RB Zach Evans – North Shore (Houston, TX) – Maybe

RB Ty Jordan – West Mesquite (Mesquite, TX)

CB Jaylon Jones – Steele (Cibolo, TX)

CB Lorando Johnson – Lancaster (Lancaster, TX)

DB Bryson Washington – C.E.King (Houston, TX)

DL Princely Umanmielen – Manor (Manor, TX) – Probable

ATH Michael Henderson Jr – Ranchview (Carrollton, TX) – maybe

 

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Also a couple notes on Bryce Young and Zach Evans:

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***2020 5-star QB, Bryce Young tweeted out that he will announce his decision this upcoming Wednesday. Young visited Texas twice and we do believe we’re in his unreleased top three. But ultimately this one will come down to USC and OU with USC likely winning out.

I did speak with Young’s father recently who made an interesting comment on Texas and the appeal of Texas which holds true regardless of Young’s decision, “Texas has spread concepts that they marry with pro-style confidence. That helps better prepare a quarterback for the NFL”. He further added, “USC is huge out here but it doesn’t hold a candle to what Texas is out there”. – (Super K)

***A source close to 2020 5-star RB, Zachary Evans tells us that Evans plans to be in Florida for potential visits to FSU and Florida. Having said that, Evans has had transportation issues in the past. So, if the Florida visit falls through, we’ll be on the lookout to see if he makes it to Austin this weekend.

This one is still trending Texas.

We’ll keep you updated on travel plans as we receive them. – (Andrew)

 

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IT breakdown on Jaylon Jones:

Jaylon Jones - CB, Cibolo Steele (2020)
6-foot-2, 185 lbs. Self-reported: 4.6 40-yd, Shuttle 4.15, vertical 35”, 12.15 100m
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How he fits at Texas: The newest product of DB High (Cibolo Steele), Jones has the length that everyone covets at the position nowadays at 6-foot-2, 185. He's a very well rounded DB overall, having played some deep coverage and providing good run support on the perimeter, but his most exciting potential is as a press corner. He has some nice clips where opposing receivers can't get anything going against him because his length and footwork cuts off all their angles. At Texas he projects as the next boundary corner that can play on an island at times to free up the safety or mix it up on the edge as a run stopper or blitzer. - IB

Coach says: Strengths - Excellent height with room to add bulk. Long arms. For a sophomore appears to have great awareness on the field. More agile than fast but shows good speed running down breakaway runners. Vertical is reported anywhere from 35” to 40” and he seems to show good lower body explosion on Hudl. Has featured in several coverages on Hudl. Played in zone and press man on tape. Played outside receiver to both boundary and field. Seems to have good eye discipline. Reads the ball well in the air and high points it on jump balls. Shows good hands with several interceptions as a sophomore. Excellent use of boundary on medium to deep throws. Does not commit his hips too soon. Appears more than willing to come up and play the run. Laid some good hits on some solidly built runners. Military family. Appears well-spoken and thoughtful in comments. Former teammate of Caden Sterns. Will have many more offers once more tape is out there. Did not expect to see this polished a player on sophomore tape. Areas for Improvement/Concern - As a sophomore, highlights and opponent film are a little limited but seemed to see more action as season went on. Would like to see more physical play when pressed up as it seems he’s capable. Would like to see more tape of him in the open field with the ball in his hands. Quality of Hudl is sometimes limited by lack of wide angle.

How this affects Texas: Another Cibolo Steele defensive back with immense talent. This long-legged corner with track and smack. He's also only a junior with offers from some of the biggest schools in the nation. Texas and Tom Herman have shown a penchant for nabbing the best defensive backs in the state. Jones would be another on that list. He's set to visit on Friday at DKR, and the Horns are in a good position early in his recruitment. One coach says he might be safety if he keeps growing, but you're a CB until you aren't. - JW

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56 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Already has offers from Bama', Georgia, OUsucks, aggy, and TCU.

I don't really use Bama or Georgia offers as indicators, as they both offer everyone with a pulse in Texas

He's a stud though. I bet an offer is coming once Giles wakes from his summer hibernation 

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I don't really use Bama or Georgia offers as indicators, as they both offer everyone with a pulse in Texas

He's a stud though. I bet an offer is coming once Giles wakes from his summer hibernation 

FACT: the term for hibernating during summer is 'estivation.' 

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Inside Texas: The 2020 and 2021 Cycles are Stacked on the OL

The most important position to the long-term health of your program is the offensive line, so when your primary recruiting grounds are loaded at the position it's time to feast.

The state of Texas has had its ebbs and flows along the o-line with a mix of below average, average, and above average classes in the recent half-dozen years.

2019 is a good class with at least five players among the state's top 25 players.

2020 may not have the look of being as good as its predecessor, but it's certainly deeper and I expect many prospects to make a leap in play this upcoming season. Remember, offensive linemen are on a different developmental curve from other positions.

2021 has the look of being an all-time great class in the state of Texas. It's early, but a number of quality players have surfaced, with at least two of them looking like future five-stars.

Let's take a look at some of the offensive linemen in the classes ahead.

2020

This class has some of everything. Left tackles, right tackles, swing tackles, guards, centers, projects, can all be found in the class ahead.

Chad Lindberg, Clear Creek, 6-6, 305: Reminds of former Longhorn Mason Walters in high school. A huge, upside guard but athletic enough and with legitimate length for right tackle. Terrific drive blocker and asset in the run game. Lindberg is very intelligent and education will be a major factor. He's a top 100 type in my book.

Recruiting: Lindberg is wide open. His brother will attend Texas beginning this year. That helps Texas a bit, but it's certainly not a deciding factor. He's visited UT a number of times but if he goes anywhere this weekend it will be either OU or Arkansas. With Texas losing out on Walker Little and Branson Bragg to Stanford recently, losing Lindberg would be another blow, but like I said, this one has a long way to go.

Jake Majors, Prosper, 6-4, 280: Last week I mentioned North Shore's Damieon George as the 2020 version of Javonne Shepherd. Majors would be in the mold of Branson Bragg as a player who moves well enough that he could play tackle but he may be destined for guard. Bragg has a nasty streak and I think we'll see that with Majors as he gets stronger. Majors may actually move a little better. Also like Bragg, Majors is under-rated in the early going as a three-star. I have him as an obvious offer. Potential center too.

Recruiting: Majors was supposed to attend Texas camp in June but couldn't because of an illness in the family. Upcoming visits are slated for [trigger warning] Stanford on the 27th and Washington around the 30th.

Jaylen Garth, Port Neches-Groves, 6-4, 285: He's on a good trend-line and will emerge from teammate Roschon Johnson's shadow this season. The right tackle is raw and gets off balance some, but he moves well and has a lot of untapped potential. He's made tremendous strides on the field and in the weight room the last year. His best football is well ahead of him.

Recruiting: His rating of .8678 speaks to his tape, his impressive offer list speaks to his upside. Sometimes I wonder what the hell is actually being rated. With Roschon as the quiet leader of the 2019 class it's hard to see Garth ending up anywhere but Texas, however I wouldn't be surprised to see him take some visits and enjoy the process some. He holds offers from Alabama, Ohio State, A&M, Arkansas and others.

Logan Parr, O'Connor, 6-3.5, 270: Hopefully he grows a bit more because he's a tackle athlete, but if not he could be an exceptional guard or center. He moves well as evidenced when climbing to the second level. I'm not sure how many interior players Texas will want in 2020 but Parr is known to be tough and smart, so if center isn't clearly filled in 2019 Parr should definitely factor in.

Recruiting: He has camped at Texas and was invited to the camp this Friday, which is pretty telling. He won't be able to make it because he'll be on vacation. Other schools he's hearing from the most are Oklahoma, TCU, Arizona, Duke, and Texas Tech. Parr started liking Texas during the Colt McCoy years.

Courtland Ford, Cedar Hill, 6-6, 305: Big kid who can get low and uproot in the run game, but I'd like to see him move his feet a little quicker. Not a whole lot of tape on him and I understand he was dinged up in the spring. I hear he's a good, hard-working kid, though still a bit dependent on his size advantage. I should say when talking about young linemen a lot of caveats apply.

Recruiting: Ford picked up Georgia and Alabama over the spring but you know how that goes. He has the tools to emerge as an offer and press guy for Texas but the tape doesn't quite justify that yet.

Damieon George, North Shore, 6-6, 320: The comparison to Javonne Shepherd tells you he's giant, mobile, and with tons of potential, though the tape isn't quite there yet. North Shore has a great football culture so I'm expecting some impressive tape this season as George continues to develop. He's probably a right tackle in college but it's too soon to know for sure.

Recruiting: He holds tons of big offers and has visited Texas. I expect the Longhorns to add their name to the list of suitors relatively soon.

Andrej Karic, Southlake Carroll, 6-5, 240: I think his weight is outdated. In pictures I've seen he looks bigger and with the frame to carry 300. This doesn't appear to be a Connor Galvin situation where you wonder what he's going to weigh in three years. If his frame is as good as I think that's a big development because he could be a take as a left tackle. I'd prefer to grow left tackles rather than shrink giants anyway. I caught up with a college source on Karic: "Baller. Like him a lot. Very athletic and tough. Like the way he bends and moves." Karic is perhaps the cleanest left tackle projection in the class.

Recruiting: Holds offers from Nebraska, Oregon, Baylor and has visited Arkansas. Coach Hand has been by SLC to see him. Karic is going to see his stock rise considerably.

Cedric Melton, Klein Cain, 6-5, 237: Ran into Cedric at the VYPE magazine photo shoot where he was easily one of the most impressive looking players in attendance. A little slight of frame for offensive tackle, but could also be a defensive end. On Tuesday I asked him about his weight and he responded, "I'm 237 now at 6-5, but after I hit Salt Lick Friday for lunch I might be around 240." Ha ha, that was an unexpected reply. Melton will visit Texas for camp on Friday.

Recruiting: He's being recruited on both sides of the ball. Along with Texas, he's hearing from Baylor, Houston, SMU and Texas State. He'll visit Baylor on Sunday. With his length and frame he'll be an interesting player to watch over the next couple years.

Trent Pullen, Waco Connally, 6-2.5, 275: At this point he's guard specific but plays tackle for his high school team. Gets off the ball well and is light on his feet.

Recruiting: He camped at Texas on June 10th. He's also been to A&M, TCU, U of H, and will visit K-State on Friday and probably Oklahoma State on Saturday. He hears from LSU and A&M quite a bit.

Kendal Septs, Fort Bend Austin, 6-3, 325: Mammoth guard who moves well and keeps a strong base. Could maybe become a nose tackle in a two-gapping scheme.

Recruiting: A&M was his first offer and since then things have cooled off some. He has picked up Missouri and Boston College. UT did go by to see him in the spring.

Aggie Commits: 

A&M has four commits in the 2020 class and all of them are offensive linemen. Two of them, Akinola Ogbuniyi and Smart Chibuzo hold offers from UT and profile to being athletic guards in my view, though that isn't set in stone.

My favorite prospect of the four, Josh Bankhead, has very limited tape, but the kid is built like a young Tony Mandarich and moves well. He could emerge as an elite player over the course of his junior year and could very well be a right tackle in college. My early suspicion is A&M has a steal on its hands.

The Aggies also hold a commitment from Jordan Jefferson, who hails from Navasota, a short cow-pie toss from College Station.

The Jake McMillon plan:

Or the Joey Hunt plan if you cover TCU. I'm always looking for possible position switches. Schools should look at Tomball Memorial's Braedon Nutter as a potential offensive guard rather than solely as a defensive tackle.

2021

It's absurd that I'm about to write this next section but these guys are already becoming well known so I can't just ignore them. These prospects are only about to begin their sophomore year.

Reuben Fatheree II, Richmond Foster, 6-7, 285: I won't soon forget meeting "Deuce" and his family over a year ago at a football camp. I could not believe the giant, flat-bellied young man before me had yet to reach high school. I wondered if Jonathan Ogden even looked like this at the same age. Fatheree is also a two-sport star, playing for his father in basketball as well. He'll hold any offer he wants and already holds most of them. Texas has even gone against its norms and offered.

Hayden Conner, Katy Taylor, 6-6, 300: Conner's father and I share a friend in common so I've been hearing about the young man for years. It wasn't until a 7 on 7 this spring where I finally saw him. Of course as big as he is he was unmistakable running routes. What was a bit of a surprise was how well he could move. Conner is an athlete who just happens to be prototypical lineman size. He comes from a football family and has always played with kids older than he is and is friends with many in the 2018 class. Perhaps the most interesting thing...on a line that featured then junior Andrew Coker, it was Hayden who played left tackle.

Bryce Foster, Katy Taylor, 6-5, 290: Taylor's line has TCU pledge Coker, the aforementioned Conner, and Bryce Foster who would be playing tackle at pretty much any other high school. Foster is already being heavily recruited with offers from Auburn, LSU, Georgia, Miami, A&M, TCU and many others. He plays with strength that belies his age.

Erick Cade, Denton Braswell, 6-7, 290: Cade isn't mentioned as often as some others but Texas is extremely high on him. He says the staff has told him they're just waiting on his sophomore year before offering. He's camped at Texas and likes the school as well as Herb Hand. He holds offers from LSU, A&M, Arkansas and others. Expect Cade to become a priority for the UT staff. As a player he profiles in the Kennedy Estelle mold.

Donovan Jackson, Episcopal, 6-4, 285: Of all the studs listed in this class, Jackson has the most bounce in his step and pop in his hips. I'm not sure if he's quite 6-4 but he's certainly going to be a tackle level athlete. He already holds a ridiculous offer list. If he has sure-fire tackle length he's another who will be in the nation's top 50 along with Fatheree, Conner, and maybe Cade.

Luis Chavarria, Episcopal, 6-4, 285: Jackson's teammate already holds offers from Syracuse and Vanderbilt. He visited UT in the spring. Too early to tell if he's a guard or tackle in college.

Then there's Tommy Brockermeyer: 

Son to Blake, brother to Luke. Tommy is currently 6-5, 240, and I'm not sure if he's going to follow in his father's footsteps on offense or his brother's on defense. Currently I think he's going to be a strongside defensive end but who knows. He could be a sensational left tackle if he grows enough. I'd post highlights but his freshman year is set to private. Hey, Blake, what gives? Tommy has the look of a take regardless of what side of the ball he projects.

What's astonishing is, we have no idea how many offensive linemen are out there who have yet to emerge. If Herb Hand is an even average recruiter the future should be bright for Texas up front.
 

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Newton is my hometown, my parents still live there. My dad runs the athletic booster club, so he gets good access to the program. He told me that every time he talks recruiting with Sylvester, he gushes about Herman and says stuff like “my momma wants me to go to Texas” with a big smile on his face. Take that for what it’s worth. As an aside, I’ve never seen this many kids from Newton get recruited by D1 programs at once. It’s pretty cool for a town that seems to be dying a slow death.

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5 minutes ago, TrojanPrincess said:

He’s not committing to the okies.  USC promised him and his dad that they will close down recruiting another QB in the 2020 class.

If y'all really wanted him you would promise not to recruit a 2019 QB too.

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5 hours ago, longhornsftmfw said:

Newton is my hometown, my parents still live there. My dad runs the athletic booster club, so he gets good access to the program. He told me that every time he talks recruiting with Sylvester, he gushes about Herman and says stuff like “my momma wants me to go to Texas” with a big smile on his face. Take that for what it’s worth. As an aside, I’ve never seen this many kids from Newton get recruited by D1 programs at once. It’s pretty cool for a town that seems to be dying a slow death.

Back in the day with Walker and Byerly, Newton produced some badass Horns.  

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4 minutes ago, lemonandaturd said:

Back in the day with Walker and Byerly, Newton produced some badass Horns.  

Seems like Sylvester and Bryant could be easy gets if/when offered, just going off some early info.  2 of the top 3 pass rushers for this class along with Dorbah.  

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Did Young play at Mater Dei last year? I thought JT Daniels was the Mater Dei qb last year

Nah he started at LA Cathedral and Mater Dei hoovered him up to replace JT. It's a cool hour-and-a-half drive from his home in Pasadena so you know it's totally legit.

http://www.maxpreps.com/news/DqytQ58gk0aummc1fc1NPQ/top-2020-quarterback-bryce-young-transferring-to-mater-dei.htm

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1 hour ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Seems like Sylvester and Bryant could be easy gets if/when offered, just going off some early info.  2 of the top 3 pass rushers for this class along with Dorbah.  

Given our DL recruiting struggles of late, we should've already offered them. Why risk the possibility of alienating two guys we are obviously going to offer at some point anyway? 

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