2022 Transfer Thread - It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

[HtownHorn 14786]

5 hours ago, Thiefery said:

is that what happened when he had to get benched vs Tech?

He was much worse against West Virginia.

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[LTtxfan 49373]

Siap...

 

[LTtxfan 49373]

Below video mentions some article by Max Olson on "The Athletic about transfers-- if somebody has it, please post it... Thx!!

 

in Video -- Some teams that benefited from coaching changes:

• Michigan
• Georgia
• Texas
• Abby
• Bama

Edited December 24, 2021 by LTtxfan

[LTtxfan 49373]

17 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

In Video -- Some teams that benefited from coaching changes: Michigan, Georgia, Texas, Abby, Bama

Fuckin' Autocorrect...

Correction -- aggy

[FloridaHorn 4769]

More crazy talk again yesterday. The coaches job is to put the best players on the field. If D’shawn is on of the best 11, he will play. It might be at corner, it might be at nickel or it might be at safety. The best 11 defensive players will be on the field.

[SarkAfterDark 1694]

1 hour ago, FloridaHorn said:

More crazy talk again yesterday. The coaches job is to put the best players on the field. If D’shawn is on of the best 11, he will play. It might be at corner, it might be at nickel or it might be at safety. The best 11 defensive players will be on the field.

They didn't put the best 11 on the field this last season.

[DrAshHole 1]

Spoiler

How did college football’s chaotic coaching carousel affect signing day? Michigan, Texas and others who benefited most

This year’s coaching carousel was an all-timer, considering how many big-time programs had to make hires and all the unexpected chaos that occurred along the way. It’s done spinning for now. Temple officially hiring Stan Drayton on Wednesday means every vacancy has been filled.

The ripple effects of all that craziness and change were easy to spot on the first day of the early signing period. LSU, USC, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Florida, Miami and Oregon all opening up in the same year clearly had a disruptive impact on the 2022 recruiting cycle. That’s too many programs with strong recruiting reputations shaking things up at the same time. It meant a lot of coaches were scrambling to hold their classes together and just as many were trying to move in and use the uncertainty to flip who they want.

There were close to 100 decommitments in this cycle at schools that fired or lost their head coaches. Among the top 1,000 recruits in the 247Sports Composite, 73 announced decommitments following coaching changes. Due to their significance, we’re including Clemson’s IMG Academy trio in that number, three top-100 defensive commits who backed out after longtime defensive coordinator Brent Venables left for Oklahoma. But if you counted all the players whose decisions were swayed or switched by coordinators and assistants making moves … well, that number becomes a lot more than 100.

Among the 73 recruits, there were still 21 who are unsigned and available as of late Wednesday night. Domani Jackson, C.J. Williams and TreVonte’ Citizen are the biggest names on that list, but many more could become highly coveted if they’re willing to wait until February to sign. They’re sure to have a lot of newly hired coaches fighting for their signatures.

Who did the best job of capitalizing on the chaos and upgrading their classes by scooping up players who decommitted? Here are a few programs that benefited most from these coaching changes.

Michigan: The Wolverines enjoyed a strong finish on Wednesday with five new pledges jumping on board to push their class up to No. 9 nationally. Four of those new additions came from players who had decommitted following coaching changes.

The best of the bunch was defensive lineman Derrick Moore, the No. 79 overall recruit from Baltimore who’d locked in a commitment to Oklahoma back in July. He backed out of that plan right after Lincoln Riley took the USC job and squeezed in official visits to Michigan and Ole Miss in December before making his final decision.

Then there was defensive back Keon Sabb, the top-100 recruit at IMG Academy. His plans to attend Clemson changed once Venables became Oklahoma’s head coach. Fortunately for Sabb, he’d already explored a backup plan at that point by taking his official visit to Michigan for the Ohio State game. He’s going to be an excellent chess piece as a hybrid safety in this defense.

Jim Harbaugh chased Amorion Walker pretty much all year long, not relenting after the three-star wideout from Louisiana committed to Notre Dame back in March. Those efforts paid off on Wednesday when Walker finally flipped and signed to join a receiver class that also added four-star Darrius Clemons out of Portland.

Another intriguing flip that came to fruition on Wednesday: three-star quarterback Alex Orji, a late-emerging target out of Texas. Orji had stayed loyal to his Virginia Tech commitment since April, but the firing of Justin Fuente there opened the door. Orji visited the College Football Playoff-bound Wolverines over the weekend and concluded now was a pretty good time to jump on board.

“I’m ready to get up there and make the Playoff myself,” Orji told the Dallas Morning News. “I want to go win the Big Ten and get into the Playoff.”

Alabama: The Crimson Tide brought in three more top-100 recruits for their No. 2 ranked class in linebacker Jihaad Campbell and wide receivers Aaron Anderson and Isaiah Bond. Campbell, the IMG product ranked as the No. 9 edge defender and the No. 78 overall recruit, had been the first of the trio to pick Clemson by committing in June. He went with Alabama over Texas A&M on Wednesday.

Nick Saban and his coaches were able to get Anderson, a former LSU commit, on board not long after Ed Orgeron’s firing and got Bond — the top-rated recruit in Florida’s class at the time — on campus for a visit on the same weekend Dan Mullen was fired. That receiver class really came together nicelywith Anderson, Bond and their latest pickup — No. 3 ranked WR Shazz Preston, also out of Louisiana — coming on board to join in-state signee Kobe Prentice.

But wait, that’s not all. Because the coaching change at LSU also resulted in one of the nation’s best cornerbacks putting his name in the transfer portal. Alabama beat USC and Georgia for five-star transfer Eli Ricks on Wednesday night, adding a former Freshman All-American and instant starter to its secondary.

Georgia: Five-star defensive lineman Mykel Williams committing to USC was a big deal in June, but it wasn’t by September. The No. 26 overall recruit and No. 3 prospect in Georgia kept his recruitment going after Clay Helton was fired and took more SEC visits before concluding his best move was staying home and flipping to Georgia in October.

Georgia also capitalized on Venables leaving Clemson and Florida firing Dan Mullen. The Bulldogs won a head-to-head battle against Alabama for five-star Daylen Everette, a cornerback from IMG who, like Sabb, had been pledged to Clemson since July. That was an especially important group for coach Kirby Smart to get right with this class, and Everette was one of five defensive backs who signed on Wednesday.

“We don’t have enough DBs now,” Smart said. “We don’t have enough. We’re still lower than we’ve ever been in terms of defensive backs.”

He did add more speed to the receiver room, too, by beating Tennessee to secure a signature from former Gators commit C.J. Smith on Wednesday.

Texas: Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns were able to generate a lot of momentum down the stretch to build a No. 5 ranked class, and other programs’ dysfunction certainly played a helpful role.

They were able to avenge a very tough July recruiting loss to Oregon and capitalize on Mario Cristobal’s move to Miami by convincing five-star offensive lineman Kelvin Banks to join their class. Sarkisian and offensive coordinator Kyle Flood managed to persuade him to sign now instead of extending his recruitment until February, making Banks arguably Texas’ most important signee of this cycle besides Quinn Ewers. Banks’ fellow Oregon commit Cameron Williams, a three-star lineman, also jumped on board to boost one of the nation’s best O-line classes.

“You’ve gotta have big humans,” Sarkisian said. “You’ve gotta be able to play big up front, and I think we addressed that.”

Texas also got four-star cornerback Jaylon Guilbeau back on its commit list after the coaching change at TCU, flipped defensive back X’Avion Brice away from Oklahoma on signing day and also landed Savion Red, a former SMU commit, to bolster its receiver room.

Texas A&M: The Aggies really didn’t need anybody else’s help in assembling their incredible No. 1 ranked recruiting class. But they did still swoop in and add two more top-100 recruits to their class thanks to coaching changes. The first was defensive lineman Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy, the No. 16 overall recruit and No. 2 player in Florida. Oklahoma won a head-to-head battle against Texas A&M for him back in October, but Brownlow-Dindy was surprised and bothered by Lincoln Riley and Alex Grinch bailing for USC and decided to flip to A&M on Dec. 6.

Texas A&M also picked up a commitment and signature from Jake Johnson, the nation’s No. 1 tight end recruit, on Wednesday morning. Jimbo Fisher already had two tight ends in this class but figured it couldn’t hurt to throw in another. That pickup also suggests that Texas A&M is going to land his brother, LSU transfer quarterback Max Johnson, who is announcing his decision on Thursday.

Texas Tech: New coach Joey McGuire vowed when he was hired that Texas Tech was going to be known for playing defense during his tenure. He and his staff were able to back up that promise and boost their transition class with four signees on that side of the ball who became available after coaching changes.

Defensive back Landon Hullaby, a former Oregon commit, jumped on board Wednesday. Linebacker Ty Kana, an ex-USC commit, was one of McGuire’s first new pledges. And thanks to the hiring of defensive line coach Zarnell Fitch, the Red Raiders were able to bring over three former TCU commits in defensive linemen Joseph Adedire and Trevon McAlpine and offensive lineman Seth Martin.

Texas Tech wasn’t one of those programs that lost a lot during its transition, either, with only one decommit since McGuire was hired. He has put together a top-40 class, and he isn’t done yet.

Houston: Wide receiver Matthew Golden is the No. 204 recruit in the country, making him one of the Cougars’ highest-rated signees of the modern recruiting era. In fact, only Ed Oliver and two other players were ranked higher. Houston can thank the coaching change at TCU for putting the 6-foot, 190-pound wideout back on the market.

“Matthew Golden is a phenomenal football player,” coach Dana Holgorsen said. “He had a lot of options to be able to go about where he wanted to here in the last month. Selling him to stay home and represent the city was big. I think the impact that Alton McCaskill had in Year 1, you’ll see the same thing out of Matthew.”

Houston also picked up former SMU receiver commit CJ Nelson and former Oklahoma commit Demetrius Hunter, a four-star lineman that Holgorsen believes has the size and skills to compete for the starting center job right away this spring.

Oklahoma: Riley took running back commit Raleek Brown with him to USC, and the Sooners lost Brownlow-Dindy, Moore, Hunter and Brice during their coaching transition. The good news is new coach Brent Venables was able to get Kobie McKinzie, a four-star linebacker and longtime commit, back on board this week. McKinzie decommitted when Riley left and committed to Texas on Dec. 5. But he agreed to give Venables a chance, took one more visit to Norman and flipped back on Monday.

“I’m really thankful for him,” Venables said. “If you are going to build a great defense, it starts up the middle, inside and up front. That middle backer and safeties, you have to be really strong up that middle. His presence, his size, his strength, his physicality, gives us that chance for exactly that.”

The Sooners also capitalized on the coaching change at Florida by adding quarterback Nick Evers and receiver Jayden Gibson to their class. Both are top-100 recruits at positions that were needs due to portal attrition. According to 247Sports’ class calculator, those three signings are the difference between OU’s small class currently ranking 10th and not 34th.

BYU: Bronco Mendenhall’s decision to resign from Virginia prompted twins Dominique and Marcus McKenzie to stay home and flip to BYU. Offensive lineman Joe Brown made that switch, too, and is planning to sign on Thursday. They’re three of the six highest-rated pledges in the Cougars’ class.

Adding the McKenzie twins, who are both listed as WR/DB athletes according to BYU’s staff, moved their class 25 spots in the team rankings up to No. 57 nationally, and it’s a top-50 class if you count the addition of five-star Oregon transfer Kingsley Suamataia.

Who else benefited from the coaching carousel shaking up recruiting? Here’s the list of 73 decommits that rated among the top 1,000 recruits nationally in the 247Sports Composite rankings and where they’ve signed so far.

PLAYER	POS	RANK	DECOMMITTED	NEW SCHOOL
Daylen Everette	DB	29	Clemson	Georgia
Jihaad Campbell	LB	78	Clemson	Alabama
Keon Sabb	DB	94	Clemson	Michigan
Isaiah Bond	WR	86	Florida	Alabama
Jayden Gibson	WR	149	Florida	Oklahoma
Nick Evers	QB	156	Florida	Oklahoma
C.J. Smith	WR	225	Florida	Georgia
Terrance Gibbs	RB	317	Florida
EJ Lightsey	LB	484	Florida
Francois Nolton	DL	619	Florida
Jamarrien Burt	ATH	706	Florida
Tae Meadows	RB	987	Georgia Southern
Camron Cooper	DL	992	Louisiana
Lorenzell Dubose	DB	484	Louisiana Tech	Louisiana
Jake Johnson	TE	83	LSU	Texas A&M
Aaron Anderson	WR	96	LSU	Alabama
TreVonte' Citizen	RB	113	LSU
Decoldest Crawford	WR	421	LSU
Justin Medlock	LB	469	Miami	Utah
Landon Ibieta	WR	544	Miami	LSU
C.J. Williams	WR	76	Notre Dame
Devin Moore	DB	251	Notre Dame	Florida
Amorion Walker	WR	518	Notre Dame	Michigan
Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy	DL	16	Oklahoma	Texas A&M
Raleek Brown	ATH	33	Oklahoma	USC
Derrick Moore	DE	79	Oklahoma	Michigan
Kobie McKinzie	LB	114	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
Demetrius Hunter	OL	360	Oklahoma	Houston
X'Avion Brice	DB	781	Oklahoma	Texas
Kelvin Banks Jr.	OL	15	Oregon	Texas
TJ Dudley	LB	199	Oregon
Tanner Bailey	QB	218	Oregon
Jahlil Florence	CB	230	Oregon
Emar'rion Winston	DL	409	Oregon
Cameron Williams	OL	458	Oregon	Texas
Landon Hullaby	DB	462	Oregon	Texas Tech
Andre Dollar	TE	477	Oregon	Washington State
Jordan Hudson	WR	132	SMU	TCU
Chace Biddle	DB	162	SMU	TCU
Michael Ibukun-Okeyode	DE	399	SMU	TCU
CJ Nelson	WR	777	SMU	Houston
Jaylon Guilbeau	DB	160	TCU	Texas
DJ Allen	WR	184	TCU
Matthew Golden	WR	204	TCU	Houston
Joseph Adedire	DL	416	TCU	Texas Tech
Cade McConnell	OL	680	TCU	Minnesota
Ja'Dais Richard	DB	841	TCU	Vanderbilt
Trevon McAlpine	DL	850	TCU	Texas Tech
Jocelyn Malaska	DB	640	Texas Tech	Utah
Domani Jackson	CB	7	USC
Mykel Williams	DE	26	USC	Georgia
Devin Brown	QB	53	USC	Ohio State
Jaeden Gould	DB	191	USC	Nebraska
Ephesians Prysock	DB	247	USC	Arizona
Kevin Green Jr.	WR	479	USC	Arizona
DeAnthony Gatson	RB	529	USC
Ty Kana	LB	547	USC	Texas Tech
Caleb Douglas	WR	753	USC
Keith Olson	OL	992	USC	Utah
Brody Meadows	OL	429	Virginia	Virginia Tech
Dominique McKenzie	ATH	590	Virginia	BYU
Anthony Holmes	DL	833	Virginia
Marcus McKenzie	ATH	861	Virginia	BYU
Joe Brown	OL	904	Virginia	BYU
Keyshawn Burgos	DE	967	Virginia	Virginia Tech
Ramon Brown	RB	236	Virginia Tech	Maryland
Alex Orji	QB	424	Virginia Tech	Michigan
Malcolm Jones	DB	800	Virginia Tech	Michigan State
Vega Ioane	OL	557	Washington
Chance Bogan	TE	635	Washington
TJ Hall Jr.	DB	831	Washington	Iowa
Jackson Stratton	QB	951	Washington	Colorado State
Adryan Lara	QB	675	Washington State

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Edited December 24, 2021 by DrAshHole

[Tylerocks 2555]

1 hour ago, FloridaHorn said:

More crazy talk again yesterday. The coaches job is to put the best players on the field. If D’shawn is on of the best 11, he will play. It might be at corner, it might be at nickel or it might be at safety. The best 11 defensive players will be on the field.

Yeah...Ideally.

That's not usually how it works out.

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1 hour ago, FloridaHorn said:

The best 11 defensive players will be on the field.

[mwaadeeb 1246]

47 minutes ago, SarkAfterDark said:

They didn't put the best 11 on the field this last season.

Show your cards.

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9 minutes ago, mwaadeeb said:

Show your cards.

I’m going to flip over for you the Jett of Bush, the Luke of Brockermeyer, the BJ of Foster, just to start. 
 

The Alfred Collins had to spend a lot of time behind Coburn. Ford was superior to Brockermeyer and Gbenda in small spots and shockingly got better with more snaps as the year went on. A novel concept  

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3 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Fuckin' Autocorrect...

Correction -- aggy

After they forfeited their bowl game, they have since auto corrected to abby

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Just now, Bamboozled73 said:

After they forfeited their bowl game, they have since auto corrected to abby

the aggy abdicators - abby

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39 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I’m going to flip over for you the Jett of Bush, the Luke of Brockermeyer, the BJ of Foster, just to start. 
 

The Alfred Collins had to spend a lot of time behind Coburn. Ford was superior to Brockermeyer and Gbenda in small spots and shockingly got better with more snaps as the year went on. A novel concept  

Maybe he was lost early and worked hard and became better than them as the year went on. I know its the trust the coaches thing, but they see practice everyday and I can't imagine they'd want fucking Brockermeyer in there if he wasn't the best worst option. What incentive to they have to start a former walk on if they don't have to?

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Christian Gonzalez.  

https://247sports.com/player/christian-gonzalez-46080020/

(Kwitkowski's supposedly following him on twitter.)

 

 

Edited December 24, 2021 by Getafix

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1 hour ago, DrAshHole said:

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How did college football’s chaotic coaching carousel affect signing day? Michigan, Texas and others who benefited most

This year’s coaching carousel was an all-timer, considering how many big-time programs had to make hires and all the unexpected chaos that occurred along the way. It’s done spinning for now. Temple officially hiring Stan Drayton on Wednesday means every vacancy has been filled.

The ripple effects of all that craziness and change were easy to spot on the first day of the early signing period. LSU, USC, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Florida, Miami and Oregon all opening up in the same year clearly had a disruptive impact on the 2022 recruiting cycle. That’s too many programs with strong recruiting reputations shaking things up at the same time. It meant a lot of coaches were scrambling to hold their classes together and just as many were trying to move in and use the uncertainty to flip who they want.

There were close to 100 decommitments in this cycle at schools that fired or lost their head coaches. Among the top 1,000 recruits in the 247Sports Composite, 73 announced decommitments following coaching changes. Due to their significance, we’re including Clemson’s IMG Academy trio in that number, three top-100 defensive commits who backed out after longtime defensive coordinator Brent Venables left for Oklahoma. But if you counted all the players whose decisions were swayed or switched by coordinators and assistants making moves … well, that number becomes a lot more than 100.

Among the 73 recruits, there were still 21 who are unsigned and available as of late Wednesday night. Domani Jackson, C.J. Williams and TreVonte’ Citizen are the biggest names on that list, but many more could become highly coveted if they’re willing to wait until February to sign. They’re sure to have a lot of newly hired coaches fighting for their signatures.

Who did the best job of capitalizing on the chaos and upgrading their classes by scooping up players who decommitted? Here are a few programs that benefited most from these coaching changes.

Michigan: The Wolverines enjoyed a strong finish on Wednesday with five new pledges jumping on board to push their class up to No. 9 nationally. Four of those new additions came from players who had decommitted following coaching changes.

The best of the bunch was defensive lineman Derrick Moore, the No. 79 overall recruit from Baltimore who’d locked in a commitment to Oklahoma back in July. He backed out of that plan right after Lincoln Riley took the USC job and squeezed in official visits to Michigan and Ole Miss in December before making his final decision.

Then there was defensive back Keon Sabb, the top-100 recruit at IMG Academy. His plans to attend Clemson changed once Venables became Oklahoma’s head coach. Fortunately for Sabb, he’d already explored a backup plan at that point by taking his official visit to Michigan for the Ohio State game. He’s going to be an excellent chess piece as a hybrid safety in this defense.

Jim Harbaugh chased Amorion Walker pretty much all year long, not relenting after the three-star wideout from Louisiana committed to Notre Dame back in March. Those efforts paid off on Wednesday when Walker finally flipped and signed to join a receiver class that also added four-star Darrius Clemons out of Portland.

Another intriguing flip that came to fruition on Wednesday: three-star quarterback Alex Orji, a late-emerging target out of Texas. Orji had stayed loyal to his Virginia Tech commitment since April, but the firing of Justin Fuente there opened the door. Orji visited the College Football Playoff-bound Wolverines over the weekend and concluded now was a pretty good time to jump on board.

“I’m ready to get up there and make the Playoff myself,” Orji told the Dallas Morning News. “I want to go win the Big Ten and get into the Playoff.”

Alabama: The Crimson Tide brought in three more top-100 recruits for their No. 2 ranked class in linebacker Jihaad Campbell and wide receivers Aaron Anderson and Isaiah Bond. Campbell, the IMG product ranked as the No. 9 edge defender and the No. 78 overall recruit, had been the first of the trio to pick Clemson by committing in June. He went with Alabama over Texas A&M on Wednesday.

Nick Saban and his coaches were able to get Anderson, a former LSU commit, on board not long after Ed Orgeron’s firing and got Bond — the top-rated recruit in Florida’s class at the time — on campus for a visit on the same weekend Dan Mullen was fired. That receiver class really came together nicelywith Anderson, Bond and their latest pickup — No. 3 ranked WR Shazz Preston, also out of Louisiana — coming on board to join in-state signee Kobe Prentice.

But wait, that’s not all. Because the coaching change at LSU also resulted in one of the nation’s best cornerbacks putting his name in the transfer portal. Alabama beat USC and Georgia for five-star transfer Eli Ricks on Wednesday night, adding a former Freshman All-American and instant starter to its secondary.

Georgia: Five-star defensive lineman Mykel Williams committing to USC was a big deal in June, but it wasn’t by September. The No. 26 overall recruit and No. 3 prospect in Georgia kept his recruitment going after Clay Helton was fired and took more SEC visits before concluding his best move was staying home and flipping to Georgia in October.

Georgia also capitalized on Venables leaving Clemson and Florida firing Dan Mullen. The Bulldogs won a head-to-head battle against Alabama for five-star Daylen Everette, a cornerback from IMG who, like Sabb, had been pledged to Clemson since July. That was an especially important group for coach Kirby Smart to get right with this class, and Everette was one of five defensive backs who signed on Wednesday.

“We don’t have enough DBs now,” Smart said. “We don’t have enough. We’re still lower than we’ve ever been in terms of defensive backs.”

He did add more speed to the receiver room, too, by beating Tennessee to secure a signature from former Gators commit C.J. Smith on Wednesday.

Texas: Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns were able to generate a lot of momentum down the stretch to build a No. 5 ranked class, and other programs’ dysfunction certainly played a helpful role.

They were able to avenge a very tough July recruiting loss to Oregon and capitalize on Mario Cristobal’s move to Miami by convincing five-star offensive lineman Kelvin Banks to join their class. Sarkisian and offensive coordinator Kyle Flood managed to persuade him to sign now instead of extending his recruitment until February, making Banks arguably Texas’ most important signee of this cycle besides Quinn Ewers. Banks’ fellow Oregon commit Cameron Williams, a three-star lineman, also jumped on board to boost one of the nation’s best O-line classes.

“You’ve gotta have big humans,” Sarkisian said. “You’ve gotta be able to play big up front, and I think we addressed that.”

Texas also got four-star cornerback Jaylon Guilbeau back on its commit list after the coaching change at TCU, flipped defensive back X’Avion Brice away from Oklahoma on signing day and also landed Savion Red, a former SMU commit, to bolster its receiver room.

Texas A&M: The Aggies really didn’t need anybody else’s help in assembling their incredible No. 1 ranked recruiting class. But they did still swoop in and add two more top-100 recruits to their class thanks to coaching changes. The first was defensive lineman Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy, the No. 16 overall recruit and No. 2 player in Florida. Oklahoma won a head-to-head battle against Texas A&M for him back in October, but Brownlow-Dindy was surprised and bothered by Lincoln Riley and Alex Grinch bailing for USC and decided to flip to A&M on Dec. 6.

Texas A&M also picked up a commitment and signature from Jake Johnson, the nation’s No. 1 tight end recruit, on Wednesday morning. Jimbo Fisher already had two tight ends in this class but figured it couldn’t hurt to throw in another. That pickup also suggests that Texas A&M is going to land his brother, LSU transfer quarterback Max Johnson, who is announcing his decision on Thursday.

Texas Tech: New coach Joey McGuire vowed when he was hired that Texas Tech was going to be known for playing defense during his tenure. He and his staff were able to back up that promise and boost their transition class with four signees on that side of the ball who became available after coaching changes.

Defensive back Landon Hullaby, a former Oregon commit, jumped on board Wednesday. Linebacker Ty Kana, an ex-USC commit, was one of McGuire’s first new pledges. And thanks to the hiring of defensive line coach Zarnell Fitch, the Red Raiders were able to bring over three former TCU commits in defensive linemen Joseph Adedire and Trevon McAlpine and offensive lineman Seth Martin.

Texas Tech wasn’t one of those programs that lost a lot during its transition, either, with only one decommit since McGuire was hired. He has put together a top-40 class, and he isn’t done yet.

Houston: Wide receiver Matthew Golden is the No. 204 recruit in the country, making him one of the Cougars’ highest-rated signees of the modern recruiting era. In fact, only Ed Oliver and two other players were ranked higher. Houston can thank the coaching change at TCU for putting the 6-foot, 190-pound wideout back on the market.

“Matthew Golden is a phenomenal football player,” coach Dana Holgorsen said. “He had a lot of options to be able to go about where he wanted to here in the last month. Selling him to stay home and represent the city was big. I think the impact that Alton McCaskill had in Year 1, you’ll see the same thing out of Matthew.”

Houston also picked up former SMU receiver commit CJ Nelson and former Oklahoma commit Demetrius Hunter, a four-star lineman that Holgorsen believes has the size and skills to compete for the starting center job right away this spring.

Oklahoma: Riley took running back commit Raleek Brown with him to USC, and the Sooners lost Brownlow-Dindy, Moore, Hunter and Brice during their coaching transition. The good news is new coach Brent Venables was able to get Kobie McKinzie, a four-star linebacker and longtime commit, back on board this week. McKinzie decommitted when Riley left and committed to Texas on Dec. 5. But he agreed to give Venables a chance, took one more visit to Norman and flipped back on Monday.

“I’m really thankful for him,” Venables said. “If you are going to build a great defense, it starts up the middle, inside and up front. That middle backer and safeties, you have to be really strong up that middle. His presence, his size, his strength, his physicality, gives us that chance for exactly that.”

The Sooners also capitalized on the coaching change at Florida by adding quarterback Nick Evers and receiver Jayden Gibson to their class. Both are top-100 recruits at positions that were needs due to portal attrition. According to 247Sports’ class calculator, those three signings are the difference between OU’s small class currently ranking 10th and not 34th.

BYU: Bronco Mendenhall’s decision to resign from Virginia prompted twins Dominique and Marcus McKenzie to stay home and flip to BYU. Offensive lineman Joe Brown made that switch, too, and is planning to sign on Thursday. They’re three of the six highest-rated pledges in the Cougars’ class.

Adding the McKenzie twins, who are both listed as WR/DB athletes according to BYU’s staff, moved their class 25 spots in the team rankings up to No. 57 nationally, and it’s a top-50 class if you count the addition of five-star Oregon transfer Kingsley Suamataia.

Who else benefited from the coaching carousel shaking up recruiting? Here’s the list of 73 decommits that rated among the top 1,000 recruits nationally in the 247Sports Composite rankings and where they’ve signed so far.

PLAYER	POS	RANK	DECOMMITTED	NEW SCHOOL
Daylen Everette	DB	29	Clemson	Georgia
Jihaad Campbell	LB	78	Clemson	Alabama
Keon Sabb	DB	94	Clemson	Michigan
Isaiah Bond	WR	86	Florida	Alabama
Jayden Gibson	WR	149	Florida	Oklahoma
Nick Evers	QB	156	Florida	Oklahoma
C.J. Smith	WR	225	Florida	Georgia
Terrance Gibbs	RB	317	Florida
EJ Lightsey	LB	484	Florida
Francois Nolton	DL	619	Florida
Jamarrien Burt	ATH	706	Florida
Tae Meadows	RB	987	Georgia Southern
Camron Cooper	DL	992	Louisiana
Lorenzell Dubose	DB	484	Louisiana Tech	Louisiana
Jake Johnson	TE	83	LSU	Texas A&M
Aaron Anderson	WR	96	LSU	Alabama
TreVonte' Citizen	RB	113	LSU
Decoldest Crawford	WR	421	LSU
Justin Medlock	LB	469	Miami	Utah
Landon Ibieta	WR	544	Miami	LSU
C.J. Williams	WR	76	Notre Dame
Devin Moore	DB	251	Notre Dame	Florida
Amorion Walker	WR	518	Notre Dame	Michigan
Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy	DL	16	Oklahoma	Texas A&M
Raleek Brown	ATH	33	Oklahoma	USC
Derrick Moore	DE	79	Oklahoma	Michigan
Kobie McKinzie	LB	114	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
Demetrius Hunter	OL	360	Oklahoma	Houston
X'Avion Brice	DB	781	Oklahoma	Texas
Kelvin Banks Jr.	OL	15	Oregon	Texas
TJ Dudley	LB	199	Oregon
Tanner Bailey	QB	218	Oregon
Jahlil Florence	CB	230	Oregon
Emar'rion Winston	DL	409	Oregon
Cameron Williams	OL	458	Oregon	Texas
Landon Hullaby	DB	462	Oregon	Texas Tech
Andre Dollar	TE	477	Oregon	Washington State
Jordan Hudson	WR	132	SMU	TCU
Chace Biddle	DB	162	SMU	TCU
Michael Ibukun-Okeyode	DE	399	SMU	TCU
CJ Nelson	WR	777	SMU	Houston
Jaylon Guilbeau	DB	160	TCU	Texas
DJ Allen	WR	184	TCU
Matthew Golden	WR	204	TCU	Houston
Joseph Adedire	DL	416	TCU	Texas Tech
Cade McConnell	OL	680	TCU	Minnesota
Ja'Dais Richard	DB	841	TCU	Vanderbilt
Trevon McAlpine	DL	850	TCU	Texas Tech
Jocelyn Malaska	DB	640	Texas Tech	Utah
Domani Jackson	CB	7	USC
Mykel Williams	DE	26	USC	Georgia
Devin Brown	QB	53	USC	Ohio State
Jaeden Gould	DB	191	USC	Nebraska
Ephesians Prysock	DB	247	USC	Arizona
Kevin Green Jr.	WR	479	USC	Arizona
DeAnthony Gatson	RB	529	USC
Ty Kana	LB	547	USC	Texas Tech
Caleb Douglas	WR	753	USC
Keith Olson	OL	992	USC	Utah
Brody Meadows	OL	429	Virginia	Virginia Tech
Dominique McKenzie	ATH	590	Virginia	BYU
Anthony Holmes	DL	833	Virginia
Marcus McKenzie	ATH	861	Virginia	BYU
Joe Brown	OL	904	Virginia	BYU
Keyshawn Burgos	DE	967	Virginia	Virginia Tech
Ramon Brown	RB	236	Virginia Tech	Maryland
Alex Orji	QB	424	Virginia Tech	Michigan
Malcolm Jones	DB	800	Virginia Tech	Michigan State
Vega Ioane	OL	557	Washington
Chance Bogan	TE	635	Washington
TJ Hall Jr.	DB	831	Washington	Iowa
Jackson Stratton	QB	951	Washington	Colorado State
Adryan Lara	QB	675	Washington State

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Outstanding info -- Thanks DrAshHole !!!  🤘

[Radical Larry 28664]

 
Christian Gonzalez.  
https://247sports.com/player/christian-gonzalez-46080020/
(Kwitkowski's supposedly following him on twitter.)
 
 

PK and Banks are following him.

[Snake Diggity 4627]

A 9 DB group of Gonzalez, Watts, Brooks, Allen, Jamison, Cook, Thompson, Barron, and Crawford would be plenty good enough to be a team strength.

 

https://youtu.be/WDAnoyXUAyk

Edited December 24, 2021 by Snake Diggity

[conVINCEd 21469]

Y’all quit saying Abby, my dog is going fucking nuts.

[nunna yo bizness 1687]

16 minutes ago, Getafix said:

 

Christian Gonzalez.  

https://247sports.com/player/christian-gonzalez-46080020/

(Kwitkowski's supposedly following him on twitter.)

 

 

Anyone know the backstory on why we didn't even offer a 4 star safety from Texas according to his recruiting profile?  Was it more Herman recruiting stupidity or did he just have zero interest in us?  If the latter, anyone know why?

[SydneyCarton 48203]

24 minutes ago, mwaadeeb said:

Maybe he was lost early and worked hard and became better than them as the year went on. I know its the trust the coaches thing, but they see practice everyday and I can't imagine they'd want fucking Brockermeyer in there if he wasn't the best worst option. What incentive to they have to start a former walk on if they don't have to?

Coaches can be stubborn, stupid meatheads. That’s why. 

[golfclap 6903]

1 hour ago, mwaadeeb said:

Show your cards.

Willful ignorance certainly is a choice. 
 

who led the team in TFLs this year? Jaylan Ford and yet Brockermeyer played almost 500 snaps, and he would’ve been well over 500 if not injured. 
 

Ray Thornton was not just our lowest graded defender this season, he is the lowest graded defensive player at Texas that anyone can remember and he played 500 snaps. In those 500 snaps that fucking spare had 1 sack and 4.5 TFL. Jett Bush who should never be on the field had 3.5 TFLs and a sack (basically the same production) in 180 snaps and he is not one of the best 33 defensive players on the roster.  schooler. Foster. Etc… 

meathead coaches do meathead shit. Film at 11. 

[LTtxfan 49373]

7 minutes ago, golfclap said:

Willful ignorance certainly is a choice.    who led the team in TFLs this year? Jaylan Ford and yet Brockermeyer played almost 500 snaps, and he would’ve been well over 500 if not injured.   

Ray Thornton was not just our lowest graded defender this season, he is the lowest graded defensive player at Texas that anyone can remember and he played 500 snaps. In those 500 snaps that fucking spare had 1 sack and 4.5 TFL. Jett Bush who should never be on the field had 3.5 TFLs and a sack (basically the same production) in 180 snaps and he is not one of the best 33 defensive players on the roster.  schooler. Foster. Etc… 

meathead coaches do meathead shit. Film at 11. 

 

Whenever I read a golfclap post I hear this guy's voice

[Big Woodrows 4200]

 

[golfclap 6903]

4 minutes ago, nunna yo bizness said:

Anyone know the backstory on why we didn't even offer a 4 star safety from Texas according to his recruiting profile?  Was it more Herman recruiting stupidity or did he just have zero interest in us?  If the latter, anyone know why?

Because we had Alford and Jerrin in the boat. Because Gonzales had a 4.58 shuttle and a 4.74 40. Because we also were pursuing at various points - Ryan Watts, Chris Thompson, Myles Slusher, Lathan Ransom, Kamar Wilcoxon, Joshua Eaton, Sam Adams, and Bryson Washington. 

[texifornia 57163]

13 minutes ago, nunna yo bizness said:

Anyone know the backstory on why we didn't even offer a 4 star safety from Texas according to his recruiting profile?  Was it more Herman recruiting stupidity or did he just have zero interest in us?  If the latter, anyone know why?

He was a very low 4-star who was looking at Notre Dame, Purdue, and Colorado (those Bama and tOSU "offers" were just visit invites). It wasn't that weird.

[Vertigo 20336]

He doesnt jump off the page for me in his Sr Hudl. Good not great player.

[kwood4408 765]

A 9 DB group of Gonzalez, Watts, Brooks, Allen, Jamison, Cook, Thompson, Barron, and Crawford would be plenty good enough to be a team strength.
 

There are 2 things in that clip that seem illegal based on our CB play, looking back at the ball and getting his hand out to deflect it.

[TenCarryTom 398]

25 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

Y’all quit saying Abby, my dog is going fucking nuts.

Your dog can read?

[cafe society 2876]

3 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

He doesnt jump off the page for me in his Sr Hudl. Good not great player.

Yep, pass.   He's not as good as Crawford, Barron or Brooks.  

[Getafix 28818]

4 minutes ago, TenCarryTom said:

Your dog can read?

 

Read? 

Who do you think posted that?

 

[RaysBoomBoomRoom 5742]

15 minutes ago, Big Woodrows said:

 

Do want. 

[Michael Knight 12995]

20 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

He doesnt jump off the page for me in his Sr Hudl. Good not great player.

Maybe look at more recent video genius

[HenryJames 66188]

48 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

A 9 DB group of Gonzalez, Watts, Brooks, Allen, Jamison, Cook, Thompson, Barron, and Crawford would be plenty good enough to be a team strength.

 

https://youtu.be/WDAnoyXUAyk

Any second half highlights from that game?

[gmr548 16617]

Anyone know the backstory on why we didn't even offer a 4 star safety from Texas according to his recruiting profile?  Was it more Herman recruiting stupidity or did he just have zero interest in us?  If the latter, anyone know why?

Texas had Xavion Alford and Jerrin Thompson at safety in that class. Gonzales was probably farther down the board.

[DanTheHorn 4966]

31 minutes ago, kwood4408 said:

There are 2 things in that clip that seem illegal based on our CB play, looking back at the ball and getting his hand out to deflect it.

That was the wrong play with a little more tape study he would have known to wait for the ball to bounce off Moore's hands and make the interception.

[sith_horn 2407]

1 hour ago, Bamboozled73 said:

4 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Fuckin' Autocorrect...

Correction -- aggy

After they forfeited their bowl game, they have since auto corrected to abby

 

 

[WinningIsHard 4115]

16 hours ago, Codaxx said:

I actually agree that he plays good coverage for 85-95% of the route. He has a habit of playing the hands when in phase and looking back for ball when he is out of phase. There was the play he just stopped when the WR stepped out. I have always thought that Jamison had all the tools. He is one of the more frustrating players at Texas I can remember. Has the talent, but just can never put it together 

You’ve been watching Texas play football for the last 10 years or so and Jamison makes your list of players who couldn’t put it all together. If we are doing like top 30 he makes the list I guess lol. 

[texastough 1129]

I also don't get the Jamison hate. Its tough to be a db these days and every corner in the country gets burned. Jamison is aggressive, which sometimes gets him in trouble, and I'll take that. He brings badly needed attitude to our defense.

[Codaxx 5884]

10 minutes ago, WinningIsHard said:

You’ve been watching Texas play football for the last 10 years or so and Jamison makes your list of players who couldn’t put it all together. If we are doing like top 30 he makes the list I guess lol. 

He is frustrating like Boyd was. You see the ability and the talent, but continually makes freshmen mistakes on the field. Boyd had a solid last year. Plenty of frustrating players, but not ones with NFL ceilings. I think Jamison has that kind of athletic ability. I know Brock frustrates people, but that is because of the lack of talent in the LB room and coaching decisions. I don’t really put that on him as a player. Brock is a case of a frustrating situation, not a frustrating player. I hope that explains my thoughts of calling Jamison one of the most frustrating players 

[Rhinotx 500]

6 minutes ago, texastough said:

I also don't get the Jamison hate. Its tough to be a db these days and every corner in the country gets burned. Jamison is aggressive, which sometimes gets him in trouble, and I'll take that. He brings badly needed attitude to our defense.

If we could get a better qb rush from the front four it would put less pressure on the dbs. 

[Mikey4 2476]

1 hour ago, Vertigo said:

He doesnt jump off the page for me in his Sr Hudl. Good not great player.

Sounds like a huge upgrade.

[RaysBoomBoomRoom 5742]

Jamison is a good floor going into next year. He is not a great player and he clearly didn’t have the trust of his coaches last year, they were deathly afraid to put him on an island. He is not a championship level CB

[HenryJames 66188]

He isn’t until he is.

[Vertigo 20336]

1 hour ago, Michael Knight said:

Maybe look at more recent video genius

Maybe realize that colorado is a woefully bad team with few guys who could play at Texas.

[Michael Knight 12995]

4 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

Maybe realize that colorado is a woefully bad team with few guys who could play at Texas.

Maybe sit this one out champ

[KYHorn 17201]

3 hours ago, TenCarryTom said:

Your dog can read?

Can you imagine perusing Surly using text to speech? The things that poor device has had to say...

[Viper 12112]

Humidor seems to be saying Gonzalez isn't a take. 

Spoiler

Christian Gonzalez (The Colony, Texas/Colorado) announced he was leaving Colorado and entering the portal. According to a source very close to the the 6-foot-1, 200-pounder, Baylor, TCU, Florida and LSU are among those who were quickly in contact. As far as Texas, that would be a tough hill for Steve Sarkisian and staff to climb with Ryan Watts just having jumped on board. Watts, to go along with D’Shawn Jamison returning, Jahdae Barron, Kitan Crawford, Terrance Brooks and Jaylon Guilbeau coming in makes it more crowded than two weeks ago.

 

Also, the staff is saving a DB scholarship for Louisiana safety Jacoby Mathews, just in case

 

[mwaadeeb 1246]

4 hours ago, golfclap said:

Willful ignorance certainly is a choice. 
 

who led the team in TFLs this year? Jaylan Ford and yet Brockermeyer played almost 500 snaps, and he would’ve been well over 500 if not injured. 
 

Ray Thornton was not just our lowest graded defender this season, he is the lowest graded defensive player at Texas that anyone can remember and he played 500 snaps. In those 500 snaps that fucking spare had 1 sack and 4.5 TFL. Jett Bush who should never be on the field had 3.5 TFLs and a sack (basically the same production) in 180 snaps and he is not one of the best 33 defensive players on the roster.  schooler. Foster. Etc… 

meathead coaches do meathead shit. Film at 11. 

So instead of Brock just being the worst best option until Ford got his feet wet, Sark and Pete are meatheads. How fucking dumb does a guy have to be to see Brock as the better option, on a D that's fucking falling apart, unless Ford and Gbenda are still bigger disasters? If we knew we were going to lose 7 games maybe lose a few early with them being totally lost based on upside, but that's hindsight.