Texas Recruiting Notes 2024: Bags Don't Beat Bankrolls

[SydneyCarton 49534]

2 minutes ago, hobbs said:

Wonder if NIL was even considered by these Folger folks. 

$10 mil to the One Fund would've been useful and assume "non-salaried strategic use" does not mean NIL bags...or does it?

Once the money was given over as a trust to the Athletic Department, it would be wildly illegal to use it for NIL purposes. 

[hobbs 250]

Just now, SydneyCarton said:

Once the money was given over as a trust to the Athletic Department, it would be wildly illegal to use it for NIL purposes. 

Ah, gotcha, makes sense.  Wish they had carved out a chunk for TOF.

[Post Oak 20583]

 

[MontereyMX 955]

2 hours ago, Post Oak said:

None of you fuckers are funny.  Not one of you.

Thank you, we sure apussyate it 

[RGBIII 23020]

12 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Once the money was given over as a trust to the Athletic Department, it would be wildly illegal to use it for NIL purposes. 

1000000% the dummies in college station would at least try it

[IDIOTsavant 8690]

2 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

1000000% the dummies in college station would at least try it

You never know until you try…unless you can read.

[Getafix 29461]

20 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

1000000% the dummies in college station would at least try it

 

 

Gold Trans Am out front should have told you 🙂.  

 

 

[Hookem2147 22051]

Gerry in Louisiana today at McKinley's high school. Said earlier in the thread that he didn't see OU or Ohio State currently being a threat.

[Laga4 1270]

3 hours ago, SarkAfterDark said:

If your version of being funny is running the same tired jokes into the ground then you aren't really funny. This board would be a lot better if some of you stopped trying to be comedians.

It curd be worse,  we could be talking geography. 

[Bevo14 8470]

3 hours ago, Post Oak said:

None of you fuckers are funny.  Not one of you.

[Duane Moore 5773]

23 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Gerry in Louisiana today at McKinley's high school. Said earlier in the thread that he didn't see OU or Ohio State currently being a threat.

ATM and LSU? I thought academics were important to his mom?

[texifornia 59062]

2 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

ATM and LSU? I thought academics were important to his mom?

He wants to major in engineering, and ATM at least has the brand of being a good engineering school.

LSU is pure social pressure.

[Hookem2147 22051]

7 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

ATM and LSU? I thought academics were important to his mom?

When a kid or parents talk about academics, they are oftentimes thinking about academic support and the ability to get a diploma with minimal obstacles standing in the way. 

Edited August 22, 2023 by Hookem2147

[dieucla98 2963]

UT Engineering + Football + NIL commitments sounds like an absolute nightmare.

[RollingPresidential 633]

4 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

When a kid or parents talk about academics, they are oftentimes thinking about academic support and the ability to get a diploma with minimal obstacles standing in the way. 

Ooooh lets have this discussion again!

[derpyhorndog 2703]

17 minutes ago, Laga4 said:

It curd be worse,  we could be talking geography. 

Does anyone know what town Drelon Miller is from? 

Edited August 22, 2023 by derpyhorndog

[Hookem2147 22051]

Just now, RollingPresidential said:

Ooooh lets have this discussion again!

Gerry has mentioned several times about McKinley's mom mentioning that the graduation rates have increased at Texas since Sark took over and that matters to her. I think many read or hear that and think that she cares about the professors who will be teaching her son or where the engineering school might rank. To me it just sounds like she cares about her son graduating after 3 or 4 years.  

[mwaadeeb 1370]

3 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Gerry has mentioned several times about McKinley's mom mentioning that the graduation rates have increased at Texas since Sark took over and that matters to her. I think many read or hear that and think that she cares about the professors who will be teaching her son or where the engineering school might rank. To me it just sounds like she cares about her son graduating after 3 or 4 years.  

[Mr. Drummond 2244]

6 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Gerry has mentioned several times about McKinley's mom mentioning that the graduation rates have increased at Texas since Sark took over and that matters to her. I think many read or hear that and think that she cares about the professors who will be teaching her son or where the engineering school might rank. To me it just sounds like she cares about her son graduating after 3 or 4 years.  

If this kid can get into Cockrell, its a little different than making sure they have tutors to get the public relations/communication guys out in 4 years.

[tejas60 3575]

25 minutes ago, derpyhorndog said:

Does anyone know what town Drelon Miller is from? 

the D.C. area?

[SarkAfterDark 1755]

43 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Gerry has mentioned several times about McKinley's mom mentioning that the graduation rates have increased at Texas since Sark took over and that matters to her. I think many read or hear that and think that she cares about the professors who will be teaching her son or where the engineering school might rank. To me it just sounds like she cares about her son graduating after 3 or 4 years.  

Please shut the fuck up.

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2780]

59 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

When a kid or parents talk about academics, they are oftentimes thinking about academic support and the ability to get a diploma with minimal obstacles standing in the way. 

[Laga4 1270]

26 minutes ago, SarkAfterDark said:

Gerry has mentioned several times about McKinley's mom mentioning that the graduation rates have increased at Texas since Sark took over and that matters to her. I think many read or hear that and think that she cares about the professors who will be teaching her son or where the engineering school might rank. To me it just sounds like she cares about her son graduating after 3 or 4 years.  

If he can get an engineering degree in 3 years and play football he's really smart.  

Edited August 22, 2023 by Laga4

[billfromlaketravis 11867]

Can anybody speak to Lifetime Longhorn internship opportunities? I’m sure they’re awesome, but I need details. Allegedly internships/network are Venable’s only counter to UT’s academics with McKinley. Clemson has a pretty good internship program and Venables is trying to replicate it at OU (don’t laugh, Gerry said it). 

[Bevo14 8470]

10 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

 Allegedly internships/network are Venable’s only counter to UT’s academics with McKinley. Clemson has a pretty good internship program and Venables is trying to replicate it at OU (don’t laugh, Gerry said it). 

The methlabs could always use another pair of hands.

Edited August 22, 2023 by Bevo14

[Candi Fisther 89]

Gerry has mentioned several times about McKinley's mom mentioning that the graduation rates have increased at Texas since Sark took over and that matters to her. I think many read or hear that and think that she cares about the professors who will be teaching her son or where the engineering school might rank. To me it just sounds like she cares about her son graduating after 3 or 4 years.  

I can help with his HW. After all… C’s get degrees.

[billfromlaketravis 11867]

2 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

Gerry in Louisiana today at McKinley's high school. Said earlier in the thread that he didn't see OU or Ohio State currently being a threat.

I’d say aggy is mildly concerning now. They’re beyond desperate, have plenty of money to work with after Simmons sidelined them, a little closer to Lafayette than Austin, and a better engineering school than LSU. 

[billfromlaketravis 11867]

20 minutes ago, Bevo14 said:

The methlabs could always use another pair of hands.

Haha fair enough. I will say OU does a fairly good job with their Energy Commerce interns. Pretty deep Houston roots. They probably need to be at the very top of their class and possess something resembling a personality, but plenty of them catch on at majors. 
 

That said, I’ll let you know when I meet an OU football player interning at an O&G company. 

Edited August 22, 2023 by billfromlaketravis

[Horn117 650]

34 minutes ago, Bevo14 said:

The methlabs could always use another pair of hands.

Too many cooks in the kitchen is a bad thing.

[BERT 4499]

13 minutes ago, Horn117 said:

Too many cooks in the kitchen is a bad thing.

Cause it’s usually a trailer house??

[billfromlaketravis 11867]

5 hours ago, Getafix said:

 

(More than the perfunctory still-in-contact article - "Davis says he “for sure” intends to be at DKR this fall for a game".)

Texas A&M commit Myles Davis still in contact with Longhorns

Hank South (Horns 247)

 

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Texas A&M commit Myles Davis still in contact with Longhorns

Hank South (Horns 247)
 

Four-star safety Myles Davis committed to Texas A&M last month, but that hasn’t kept the Longhorns staff from maintaining pursuit of the Converse Judson standout.

“Coach Gideon, I just talked to him yesterday,” Davis told Horns247. “He’s just checking in on me seeing how I’m doing.”

Davis says he “for sure” intends to be at DKR this fall for a game. He hasn’t decided which one he’ll attend yet, though.

“They were top two, for sure,” Davis said of what keeps him interested in Texas. “It was a hard decision and one I still think about sometimes, but I have no regrets at all.

“Coach Gideon is really a good coach and being coached by him is no drop off from the standard I’m held at now. He means business and I like that.”

Davis still feels comfortable with his commitment to the Aggies. He says besides Texas and Texas A&M, he has no other visits planned this fall. TCU and USC might get one, but he has to see how things shake out.

“I am locked in all the way,” he said of his pledge to the Aggies. “I feel very comfortable with my commitment. A&M was were my heart was at and still is from the first day I stepped on that campus. And Coach BGA, I just related to him easier than any coach.”

Asked which school is putting the most pressure on the Aggies …

“Texas,” Davis replied.

At 6-foot-1, 185 pounds, Davis is ranked the No. 33 safety and the No. 310 overall prospect in the country, per the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

 

 

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48 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I’d say aggy is mildly concerning now. They’re beyond desperate, have plenty of money to work with after Simmons sidelined them, a little closer to Lafayette than Austin, and a better engineering school than LSU. 

Get a grip. 

[Elmer_Fudd 23033]

 

[Scholz 12312]

2 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I’d say aggy is mildly concerning now. They’re beyond desperate, have plenty of money to work with after Simmons sidelined them, a little closer to Lafayette than Austin, and a better engineering school than LSU. 

Yeah but they’re like 5 deep on the Dline

[Octavian 1025]

Heard Roach say on a podcast that NIL really matters to Baker and that Baker was at one point even asking reporters to pay him for interviews.

He also said that of all the schools that are doing NIL, Texas and Tennessee have the best reputation for actually following through on commitments and that he’s seen a lot of NIL agents push their clients/kids towards those two schools because of it. Not a bad trend to be a part of.

[Chooky 13341]

5 hours ago, texifornia said:

He wants to major in engineering, and ATM at least has the brand of being a good engineering school.

LSU is pure social pressure.

Would it be a tad gauche to inform his family of their log stacking credentials?

[Cairn Horn88 8502]

7 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

Once the money was given over as a trust to the Athletic Department, it would be wildly illegal to use it for NIL purposes. 

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13437]

1 hour ago, Octavian said:

Heard Roach say on a podcast that NIL really matters to Baker and that Baker was at one point even asking reporters to pay him for interviews.

He also said that of all the schools that are doing NIL, Texas and Tennessee have the best reputation for actually following through on commitments and that he’s seen a lot of NIL agents push their clients/kids towards those two schools because of it. Not a bad trend to be a part of.

It’s a UT thing, no other university would understand.

[Bigbend1812 13062]

On 8/21/2023 at 10:31 AM, Davis Lane said:

[BurntOrange&White 42009]

10 hours ago, Octavian said:

Heard Roach say on a podcast that NIL really matters to Baker and that Baker was at one point even asking reporters to pay him for interviews.

He also said that of all the schools that are doing NIL, Texas and Tennessee have the best reputation for actually following through on commitments and that he’s seen a lot of NIL agents push their clients/kids towards those two schools because of it. Not a bad trend to be a part of.

Someone get this man a Lamborghini

[Candi Fisther 89]

Heard Roach say on a podcast that NIL really matters to Baker and that Baker was at one point even asking reporters to pay him for interviews.
He also said that of all the schools that are doing NIL, Texas and Tennessee have the best reputation for actually following through on commitments and that he’s seen a lot of NIL agents push their clients/kids towards those two schools because of it. Not a bad trend to be a part of.

A&M’s checks must be bouncing.

[IDIOTsavant 8690]

Just now, Candi Fisther said:

A&M’s checks must be bouncing.

It’s all a misunderstanding over the definition of seed money.

[CashMcCoy 3418]

Great DMN article on Colin Simmons.

Spoiler

How Duncanville DL Colin Simmons’ brother with autism motivates him on and off the field

Colin Simmons watched Steve Sarkisian make a break for the 30-yard line at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium. That’s when he knew he was home.
The five-star recruit out of Duncanville sat on the sidelines during his official visit to the University of Texas in late June, as the Texas head coach, alongside the recruiting staff and graduate assistants, chased his 8-year-old brother Clayton during a game of tag in front of more than 100,000 empty seats.

Simmons can go to college anywhere he wants, and dozens of programs across the nation did whatever they could to recruit him. As the top player in Texas and a top-10 recruit nationally, he’s trending toward the NFL.
But his decision became rather simple after seeing the way the Texas staff interacted with his little brother, despite his differences.
 
“I feel confident in myself that I could go to the league wherever I go,” Simmons told The Dallas Morning News last week. “It doesn’t matter what school I would have committed to.
“It’s just a matter of which one would take care of my family before they take care of me.”

Simmons’ half-brother Clayton was diagnosed with autism at the age of 5 when Colin was still in middle school. Colin has since taken responsibility to care for his brother and help provide for his family, as he chases his dreams of playing football at the highest level.
As one of the best recruits to come out of the Dallas area, Simmons’ passion has always been football. However, football isn’t his motivation.

Even when leading Duncanville to its first state title since 1998 last fall, Clayton was top of mind. He will be again as Duncanville begins defending its title in the 2023 season starting Friday night against South Oak Cliff.

Simmons’ football journey comes with an extra layer that many top recruits don’t have to consider, as his family says resources and proper therapies for children with autism can be tough to come by near their home in Oak Cliff.

Clayton, for example, is impacted most in speech, social skills and attention span.

While the next few years in college and his budding professional career bring an opportunity for Simmons to find where he best thrives on the field, finding a place simultaneously where Clayton can live a fulfilling life is just as important.
“He should just live his life in peace and happiness without dealing with all the commotion,” Simmons said. “Let me deal with that. You just be my little brother.”

 

Not all siblings are alike, but for Colin and Clayton’s mother Monica McCarley, she’s raised two sons who couldn’t be more different.

“Colin is highly sought out, and that can be great, and then I have my son with special needs, who isn’t always included in a lot of spaces,” McCarley said. “I’m still trying to navigate the world of having two sons on two different levels of social life.”

While Simmons was discovering his future in football in his middle school years, McCarley began noticing Clayton was different.

She said she first noticed when he was 1, but it wasn’t until he was 5 that he was officially diagnosed with autism. It took years of waiting for a diagnosis, which also meant years without services.

The delayed diagnosis was McCarley’s first experience with what she calls a lack of resources near where she and her family live. She said it wasn’t the last waitlist Clayton has had to be on to receive the therapy and accommodations that he needs.

“On the side of town that we live on, there aren’t many resources for special needs kids at all,” McCarley said. “I actually drive past downtown to get him speech therapy, and then I drive to Waxahachie to get him occupational therapy. It’s not accessible.”

Once Simmons began his college visits, the opportunities for Clayton outside of D-FW became clear. Programs started rolling out the red carpet for his brother, attempting to make him feel just as important as the star defensive lineman they were recruiting.

Simmons said SMU was the first program that prioritized Clayton on the visit, as the coaches spent time with him and took him swimming while Colin toured the facilities. For that reason, he added an SMU hat as a surprise fourth finalist to the table earlier this month when he announced his commitment as a nod to the program for their gesture. TCU was another that stood out by writing a letter to Clayton, specifically, following the visit.

From there, a number of other programs caught on and began showing similar interest in his brother.

In September 2022, WalletHub compared the 182 most populated citiesin the United States across 34 indicators of disability-friendliness and ranked Austin 69th overall with Dallas trailing six other Texas cities at 120th.

Because of the resources in Austin, Monica and Clayton plan to move there alongside Colin.

“I want to make sure my mom’s straight, my brother’s straight, my grandmother’s straight, my aunties are straight because they made sure I was straight when I needed things,” Simmons said.

‘He will always be there’

Clayton brings out a side of his brother drastically different from the one that takes the field on a Friday night.

Instead of trash talk, it’s tickling. Instead of tackling running backs and quarterbacks, Clayton is the one who tackles him, climbing on him like a jungle gym.

Simmons said his brother and his autism have changed him. At a time where all eyes are turning in his direction as he gains national attention following a 22.5-sack junior season that set a Duncanville record, the values Clayton has taught him have kept him grounded.

“It changed the way I look at people nowadays,” Simmons said. “Not everybody’s the same. … Not everybody’s perfect. It made me realize that I’m not perfect. I’m only human no matter who I am. It’s OK for me to be human, it’s OK for me to be wrong, and it’s OK for me to just be myself.”

While their family’s time in D-FW may be up after the high school football season once Simmons enrolls at Texas, the future star is determined to make an impact for other children like Clayton in his community.

He works with the nonprofit organization For Oak Cliff, which aims to create programming for youth in the South Oak Cliff neighborhood. Through that organization, Simmons is working to build inclusive parks and playgrounds to better serve kids like Clayton. His mother said one day he hopes to start a foundation of his own to help children with disabilities.

Spend a day with Simmons, and it’s clear there’s nothing he loves more than football and his brother. But those two loves are separate.

Clayton hasn’t been to one of Simmons’ games in years. His mother says it’s too loud and overstimulating, and they worry he may run onto the field.

If Duncanville games are overstimulating, a Saturday morning at DKR will be as well.

But while Simmons’ passions are separate, he likes it that way. Because as the world discovers him in the coming years, he knows there’s at least one person who will love him unconditionally no matter how he plays on a Friday, Saturday or even a Sunday.

“The bigger I get, my brother will never realize that,” he said. “He will always just see me as his big brother. He won’t notice all the attention or the pictures or the hands that I shake, and honestly, I feel like that’s a good thing.

“He will always be there. I will always be the same person to him. Nothing will change.”

 

[Redneck Mutha 8215]

15 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

It’s all a misunderstanding over the definition of seed money.

[statsman 5698]

13 hours ago, Octavian said:

Heard Roach say on a podcast that NIL really matters to Baker and that Baker was at one point even asking reporters to pay him for interviews.

He also said that of all the schools that are doing NIL, Texas and Tennessee have the best reputation for actually following through on commitments and that he’s seen a lot of NIL agents push their clients/kids towards those two schools because of it. Not a bad trend to be a part of.

Wait…are we not paying in bitcoin and BestBuy gift cards?

[Texas Wahoo 3631]

17 minutes ago, statsman said:

Wait…are we not paying in bitcoin and BestBuy gift cards?

A&M paying with these bad boys.

[RollingPresidential 633]

A bit odd for Roach to say that thing about asking reporters for payment for interviews, isn't it?

[CashMcCoy 3418]

14 minutes ago, RollingPresidential said:

A bit odd for Roach to say that thing about asking reporters for payment for interviews, isn't it?

Think that might be allowed under the California NIL laws. Still pretty weird to bring up though.

[TheBryMan81 2634]

56 minutes ago, Texas Wahoo said:

A&M paying with these bad boys.

 

[Nuge 2032]

1 hour ago, CashMcCoy said:

Great DMN article on Colin Simmons.

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How Duncanville DL Colin Simmons’ brother with autism motivates him on and off the field

Colin Simmons watched Steve Sarkisian make a break for the 30-yard line at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium. That’s when he knew he was home.
The five-star recruit out of Duncanville sat on the sidelines during his official visit to the University of Texas in late June, as the Texas head coach, alongside the recruiting staff and graduate assistants, chased his 8-year-old brother Clayton during a game of tag in front of more than 100,000 empty seats.

Simmons can go to college anywhere he wants, and dozens of programs across the nation did whatever they could to recruit him. As the top player in Texas and a top-10 recruit nationally, he’s trending toward the NFL.
But his decision became rather simple after seeing the way the Texas staff interacted with his little brother, despite his differences.
 
“I feel confident in myself that I could go to the league wherever I go,” Simmons told The Dallas Morning News last week. “It doesn’t matter what school I would have committed to.
“It’s just a matter of which one would take care of my family before they take care of me.”

Simmons’ half-brother Clayton was diagnosed with autism at the age of 5 when Colin was still in middle school. Colin has since taken responsibility to care for his brother and help provide for his family, as he chases his dreams of playing football at the highest level.
As one of the best recruits to come out of the Dallas area, Simmons’ passion has always been football. However, football isn’t his motivation.

Even when leading Duncanville to its first state title since 1998 last fall, Clayton was top of mind. He will be again as Duncanville begins defending its title in the 2023 season starting Friday night against South Oak Cliff.

Simmons’ football journey comes with an extra layer that many top recruits don’t have to consider, as his family says resources and proper therapies for children with autism can be tough to come by near their home in Oak Cliff.

Clayton, for example, is impacted most in speech, social skills and attention span.

While the next few years in college and his budding professional career bring an opportunity for Simmons to find where he best thrives on the field, finding a place simultaneously where Clayton can live a fulfilling life is just as important.
“He should just live his life in peace and happiness without dealing with all the commotion,” Simmons said. “Let me deal with that. You just be my little brother.”

 

Not all siblings are alike, but for Colin and Clayton’s mother Monica McCarley, she’s raised two sons who couldn’t be more different.

“Colin is highly sought out, and that can be great, and then I have my son with special needs, who isn’t always included in a lot of spaces,” McCarley said. “I’m still trying to navigate the world of having two sons on two different levels of social life.”

While Simmons was discovering his future in football in his middle school years, McCarley began noticing Clayton was different.

She said she first noticed when he was 1, but it wasn’t until he was 5 that he was officially diagnosed with autism. It took years of waiting for a diagnosis, which also meant years without services.

The delayed diagnosis was McCarley’s first experience with what she calls a lack of resources near where she and her family live. She said it wasn’t the last waitlist Clayton has had to be on to receive the therapy and accommodations that he needs.

“On the side of town that we live on, there aren’t many resources for special needs kids at all,” McCarley said. “I actually drive past downtown to get him speech therapy, and then I drive to Waxahachie to get him occupational therapy. It’s not accessible.”

Once Simmons began his college visits, the opportunities for Clayton outside of D-FW became clear. Programs started rolling out the red carpet for his brother, attempting to make him feel just as important as the star defensive lineman they were recruiting.

Simmons said SMU was the first program that prioritized Clayton on the visit, as the coaches spent time with him and took him swimming while Colin toured the facilities. For that reason, he added an SMU hat as a surprise fourth finalist to the table earlier this month when he announced his commitment as a nod to the program for their gesture. TCU was another that stood out by writing a letter to Clayton, specifically, following the visit.

From there, a number of other programs caught on and began showing similar interest in his brother.

In September 2022, WalletHub compared the 182 most populated citiesin the United States across 34 indicators of disability-friendliness and ranked Austin 69th overall with Dallas trailing six other Texas cities at 120th.

Because of the resources in Austin, Monica and Clayton plan to move there alongside Colin.

“I want to make sure my mom’s straight, my brother’s straight, my grandmother’s straight, my aunties are straight because they made sure I was straight when I needed things,” Simmons said.

‘He will always be there’

Clayton brings out a side of his brother drastically different from the one that takes the field on a Friday night.

Instead of trash talk, it’s tickling. Instead of tackling running backs and quarterbacks, Clayton is the one who tackles him, climbing on him like a jungle gym.

Simmons said his brother and his autism have changed him. At a time where all eyes are turning in his direction as he gains national attention following a 22.5-sack junior season that set a Duncanville record, the values Clayton has taught him have kept him grounded.

“It changed the way I look at people nowadays,” Simmons said. “Not everybody’s the same. … Not everybody’s perfect. It made me realize that I’m not perfect. I’m only human no matter who I am. It’s OK for me to be human, it’s OK for me to be wrong, and it’s OK for me to just be myself.”

While their family’s time in D-FW may be up after the high school football season once Simmons enrolls at Texas, the future star is determined to make an impact for other children like Clayton in his community.

He works with the nonprofit organization For Oak Cliff, which aims to create programming for youth in the South Oak Cliff neighborhood. Through that organization, Simmons is working to build inclusive parks and playgrounds to better serve kids like Clayton. His mother said one day he hopes to start a foundation of his own to help children with disabilities.

Spend a day with Simmons, and it’s clear there’s nothing he loves more than football and his brother. But those two loves are separate.

Clayton hasn’t been to one of Simmons’ games in years. His mother says it’s too loud and overstimulating, and they worry he may run onto the field.

If Duncanville games are overstimulating, a Saturday morning at DKR will be as well.

But while Simmons’ passions are separate, he likes it that way. Because as the world discovers him in the coming years, he knows there’s at least one person who will love him unconditionally no matter how he plays on a Friday, Saturday or even a Sunday.

“The bigger I get, my brother will never realize that,” he said. “He will always just see me as his big brother. He won’t notice all the attention or the pictures or the hands that I shake, and honestly, I feel like that’s a good thing.

“He will always be there. I will always be the same person to him. Nothing will change.”

 

Thanks for posting this article.  Sounds like Colin will make an impact off the field as well.  Really happy he's a Longhorn.