Texas Recruiting Notes 2021

[Post Oak 20254]

31 minutes ago, Red Five said:

 

He really went off against Vanderbilt. 

He's a really good player.  There would definitely be a battle between him and Bijan for carries.

[Fud 9552]

10 hours ago, victory88 said:

Lol, Mylinski doesn’t even start at tackle on his own high school team.  Pretty sure his high school team didn’t win a single game.  This was a fucking terrible lazy take and would have been a waste of a scholarship.

The win total for a center prospect is irrelevant to his value, and that he's not playing tackle is pretty trivial 

If you don't like the prospect, perhaps find some better reasons 

[Leanderman 2275]

"Baylor gave him an assistant AD title. They gave a fucking former street agent an assistant AD title. Was Willie Lyles not available? "

Just wait till he is caught recruiting off campus.

[CHIEF 5094]

33 minutes ago, Fud said:

The win total for a center prospect is irrelevant to his value, and that he's not playing tackle is pretty trivial 

If you don't like the prospect, perhaps find some better reasons 

Mylinski seems to be a fine kid, and a pretty good football player. I just think the new staff is setting their sight on guys that are higher up the board. Floods first two calls bear that out.

CHIEF

[Burt Macklin 19038]

1 hour ago, KYHorn said:

Fair enough. We've established that I'm certainly not a poli sci or history major. 

Yeah, you obviously work in lubricants. 

 

[closetojumping 62765]

1 minute ago, Burt Macklin said:

Yeah, you obviously work in lubricants. 

 

Never saw his handle that way, but I always knew I liked that guy. 

I’m in hydraulics. 

[victory88 5669]

His offers are from schools where his dad has a connection.  I’m sorry, not shitting on a kid, but there’s a reason the big time schools didn’t offer him.  He plays the easiest position at his high school on the o-line.  If he was that good, he’d be starting at center or tackle.  I’ll eat crow if he ends up being a high draft pick.  More than likely, he’s a maxed out high school player whose dad has good relationships with o line coaches in college.  He’s not in burnt orange anymore so doesn’t really matter and the coaches didn’t seem to blink an eye or bothering calling him when he decommitted.  That should tell you where he stands on their board.

Edited January 23, 2021 by victory88

[victory88 5669]

46 minutes ago, Fud said:

The win total for a center prospect is irrelevant to his value, and that he's not playing tackle is pretty trivial 

If you don't like the prospect, perhaps find some better reasons 

My point is that on a shitty high school team with shitty players, his high school coaches thought there were better players on the team to play center and protect the QB.  Both Shack and Majors played tackle in high school.  You know more about football than me but we can both agree most high school teams will play their best OL at LT.  

[Fud 9552]

Don’t want Bryce Foster, doesn’t play tackle or center on his high school team 

[crash_davis 23114]

1 hour ago, Red Five said:

 

He really went off against Vanderbilt. 

I'm going to get booed but he reminds me of Ingram. Good cuts, good vision, ok speed. I didn't see any dropped touchdown passes or fumbles which lead to losses so that's good.

[trythisathome 971]

1 minute ago, crash_davis said:

I'm going to get booed but he reminds me of Ingram. Good cuts, good vision, ok speed. I didn't see any dropped touchdown passes or fumbles which lead to losses so that's good.

Keaontay is a pretty solid P5 running back when he's not in his own head. I'd be happy to have someone of his caliber transfer in. 

[crash_davis 23114]

4 minutes ago, trythisathome said:

Keaontay is a pretty solid P5 running back when he's not in his own head. I'd be happy to have someone of his caliber transfer in. 

Agreed on Ingram. I liked him. He wasn't going to consistently break 75 yard touchdowns but he was good. I think he lost a few steps when he gained all that weight. Anyway, enough of Ingram. 

Would be happy as shit to get Gray.

[satyanash 14569]

10 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

I'm going to get booed but he reminds me of Ingram. Good cuts, good vision, ok speed. I didn't see any dropped touchdown passes or fumbles which lead to losses so that's good.

Ingram was a good RB. What happened to him this year is bizarre and inexplicable but we all felt great about him coming out of the 2019 season.

[Bevo14 8355]

 

20 minutes ago, satyanash said:

What happened to him this year is bizarre and inexplicable

22 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

he lost a few steps when he gained all that weight.

 

 

[BrazilHorn 6624]

1 hour ago, Fud said:

Baylor gave him an assistant AD title. They gave a fucking former street agent an assistant AD title. Was Willie Lyles not available? 

That’s some Stringer Bell, “B&B Enterprises” shit right there. 

legitimizing the hustle. 

[satyanash 14569]

3 minutes ago, Bevo14 said:

 

 

Gaining weight has nothing to do with his ball security issues though.

[Red Five 40877]

40 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

I'm going to get booed but he reminds me of Ingram. Good cuts, good vision, ok speed. I didn't see any dropped touchdown passes or fumbles which lead to losses so that's good.

There's a 95 yard TD on that tape. Ingram would have been chased down at midfield by all the D-linemen. 

[golfclap 6903]

30 minutes ago, satyanash said:

Ingram was a good RB. What happened to him this year is bizarre and inexplicable

[Johnny Sack 8397]

4 hours ago, Bevo said:

He probably has the size for H-back/fullback. Who else do we have for that role, Brewer?

Brewer has no business being on the field in any position.  He's a Greg Smith.  A complete waste of a spot and you might as well line up with 10.

[crash_davis 23114]

1 minute ago, Johnny Sack said:

Brewer has no business being on the field in any position.  He's a Greg Smith.  A complete waste of a spot and you might as well line up with 10.

so I take it you were a huge fan of him being the primary pass target for 3rd and 5? 

[golfclap 6903]

4 hours ago, Bevo said:

He probably has the size for H-back/fullback. Who else do we have for that role, Brewer?

I am really excited to see he and Jaylan Ford at LB in this defense, but Jaden Hullaby would probably be a load at FB/H-Back with his physicality and athleticism. 

[UDontKnow 10447]

8 minutes ago, golfclap said:

I am really excited to see he and Jaylan Ford at LB in this defense, but Jaden Hullaby would probably be a load at FB/H-Back with his physicality and athleticism. 

There is no reason that Hullaby couldn't be used in certain offensive packages involving FB/HB while seeing his primary duties at LB.

[squeegeedegg 723]

1 hour ago, crash_davis said:

I'm going to get booed but he reminds me of Ingram. Good cuts, good vision, ok speed. I didn't see any dropped touchdown passes or fumbles which lead to losses so that's good.

Don't dig too deep but I'm reminded of Chris Ogbonnaya watching these highlights

[LTtxfan 49320]

3 hours ago, Post Oak said:

He's a really good player.  There would definitely be a battle between him and Bijan for carries.

What about RoJo ??

If we keep bringing in other RBs for the 2021 season that y'all believe are better than RoJo is there another position that the new staff might be able to better use his talents??

[victory88 5669]

2 hours ago, Fud said:

Don’t want Bryce Foster, doesn’t play tackle or center on his high school team 

Who is the dude playing next to Bryce on his team and who is the dude playing next to Mylinski?  Not the same situation.

[Fud 9552]

20 minutes ago, victory88 said:

Who is the dude playing next to Bryce on his team and who is the dude playing next to Mylinski?  Not the same situation.

So the center and the other tackle are better than Foster?

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Vertigo 20298]

6 hours ago, Post Oak said:

He's a really good player.  There would definitely be a battle between him and Bijan for carries.

No, there wouldn't. Bijan is special and might be approaching that Ricky and Earl category before his career is done. That said, Sark's offense runs the ball enough and throws to backs enough that two RBs should be satisfied with their workload on a weekly basis. Gray is definitely missing a gear that Bijan has, but he is a damn good back and would be an awesome 1-2 punch. I could see them each getting around 15 carries per game plus catches.

[Vertigo 20298]

3 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

What about RoJo ??

If we keep bringing in other RBs for the 2021 season that y'all believe are better than RoJo is there another position that the new staff might be able to better use his talents??

We need a minimum of three quality backs to make it through a season without injuries affecting the game plan with an offense like this.

[texifornia 57033]

No surprise, but getting a ton of CBs for Lawrence and Abiara. Lawrence's are generally higher confidence.

[Burt Macklin 19038]

10 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

No, there wouldn't. Bijan is special and might be approaching that Ricky and Earl category before his career is done. That said, Sark's offense runs the ball enough and throws to backs enough that two RBs should be satisfied with their workload on a weekly basis. Gray is definitely missing a gear that Bijan has, but he is a damn good back and would be an awesome 1-2 punch. I could see them each getting around 15 carries per game plus catches.

Doubtful. Sark does not historically split touches. He prefers to identify his best RB and ride that guy for the year. He did it with Bishop Sankey at UW, Buck Allen at USC and Harris at Bama. If they’re splitting carries, it would probably be more along the lines of 22-8 with Bijan getting a vast majority of carries when the game is close. 

[texifornia 57033]

Just now, longhornmatt said:

There’s really not a lot of carries for 3 RBs.   If we get Gray, I would expect Rojo to become more of a purely depth and short yardage guy or even an H-back to get him on the field.

I like Abiara fine assuming we’re comfortable with whatever his off the field issues were.   I’m not sure I see the need for Lawrence.  He might profile to more of a SDE or eventual DT than a pass rusher, and there’s a difference between being too good for Kansas and being a take for Texas.  I haven’t seen super recent film, but my gut tells me he should be upgrading from KU to somewhere like Oklahoma State instead of Texas.  

"I don't know what I'm talking about, but here's an opinion anyway"

[dcar00 14317]

If Sark is the coach I think he is and learned from Saban, he isn't worried about workload.  IMO, he's bringing in RB's that he feels can push Bijan and maybe even pass him if Bijan doesn't work hard enough.  He may publicly talk about workload because its a nice sound bite.

the "workload" thinking is exactly what we need to get away from.  sure if you find a guy starts to fade after his 25th touch its fine to adjust but you push your best players to the edge.  That's how you win.

That said.  there a more plays in a game than in the campbell days.  you need 2 running backs, especially if you play to throw to them also.

[dcar00 14317]

Just now, dcar00 said:

If Sark is the coach I think he is and learned from Saban, he isn't worried about workload.  IMO, he's bringing in RB's that he feels can push Bijan and maybe even pass him if Bijan doesn't work hard enough.  He may publicly talk about workload because its a nice sound bite.

the "workload" thinking is exactly what we need to get away from.  sure if you find a guy starts to fade after his 25th touch its fine to adjust but you push your best players to the edge.  That's how you win.

That said.  there a more plays in a game than in the campbell days.  you need 2 running backs, especially if you plan to throw to them also.

 

[dcar00 14317]

Could Rojo play defense anywhere?  the kid is a baller and with the continued push to put your best athletes on O maybe something to think about..

[texifornia 57033]

3 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

Fair enough.  If it helps, you could pretend I instead prefaced that by saying “my sources tell me” so you could jizz your pants about someone on the internet guessing about high school recruits’ college potential and offer to pay me $9.95, as opposed to getting offended that someone on the internet is guessing about high school recruits despite not personally working them out.  I’m not fortunate enough to have a son who is best friends with Tunmise so I can access all of these guys. 

We all write dumb shit sometimes. We don't all get intensely defensive when called out on it. But you do you.

[Cement 314]

27 minutes ago, texifornia said:

No surprise, but getting a ton of CBs for Lawrence and Abiara.

[Mason Ramsey 3387]

31 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

Could Rojo play defense anywhere?  the kid is a baller and with the continued push to put your best athletes on O maybe something to think about..

you want him to move positions again? LOL

No, we would be bringing in Gray as another guy to add depth and get touches. Roschon isn't moving to defense even if we land both Gray and Johnson

[dcar00 14317]

2 minutes ago, Mason Ramsey said:

you want him to move positions again? LOL

No, we would be bringing in Gray as another guy to add depth and get touches. Roschon isn't moving to defense even if we land both Gray and Johnson

LOL.  I don't want him to do anything. It was just a thought. the kid isn't making the NFL as a QB/RB/WR.  maybe he doesn't care at this point.  which is very much fine by the way.

[Had Enough 2083]

LOL.  I don't want him to do anything. It was just a thought. the kid isn't making the NFL as a QB/RB/WR.  maybe he doesn't care at this point.  which is very much fine by the way.

You never know but he sure as hell should get a look at the NFL at RB. Now if he made it, it'd be good chances it were due to special teams and as a 3rd back.

[Machinator 32099]

Garfield Lawrence

 

Edited January 24, 2021 by Machinator

[gmr548 16590]

1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

LOL.  I don't want him to do anything. It was just a thought. the kid isn't making the NFL as a QB/RB/WR.  maybe he doesn't care at this point.  which is very much fine by the way.

Given what the QB and RB rooms look like, there's no way he moves to defense. He's not a superstar RB but he will go out there and bust his ass, including in pass pro, and he'll know his assignments. You need guys like that. Plus he can absolutely make things happen with the ball in his hands, even if he's not Bijan. I'm not sure he can't sneak on a team as a RB/special teams guy. NFL teams go through a fuckton of RBs every year.

Ship has sailed on him being a QB full time but we're also only one injury away from thinking about getting him some backup reps. I'd rather Charles Wright not be the only option if it came to that.

[SimkinsMan 4410]

2 hours ago, texifornia said:

No surprise, but getting a ton of CBs for Lawrence and Abiara. Lawrence's are generally higher confidence.

[MIkeHoncho 1931]

23 minutes ago, SimkinsMan said:

sunshine anyone? 

[Ricky's one-hitter 9120]

Garfield Lawrence  

Everything below the head of that statue fucking sucks. He is shapes.
I like Lawrence as a project, Abiara’s the jag take.
A straight swap from Ingram to Gray would be pretty damn fortunate, imo. The split would look much like Bert said. Even 8 feels a tad high, but they’ll get touches in the passing game, especially if he could spell Whittington, assuming he’s gadgety again.
Ro would be a fantastic H back. Fuck Brewer. He’s a leader on a team with a first year qb, I think he’ll be on the field in a variety of ways. Ro’s a junior in his 3rd year in the backfield. I expect him to play really well.

[Newy25 7703]

3 hours ago, dcar00 said:

Could Rojo play defense anywhere?  the kid is a baller and with the continued push to put your best athletes on O maybe something to think about..

I would try thinking less if I were you. 

[Bevo14 8355]

I don't think  they're gonna take both Lawrence and Abiara if they land a few extra transfers. 

Edited January 24, 2021 by Bevo14

[Bevo 13590]

1 hour ago, SimkinsMan said:

Dude looks like Gideon at Denny's <no katfid>

[Bevo14 8355]

7 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Dude looks like Gideon at Denny's <no katfid>

That's an inverse katfid.

[Hank_Hill 18893]

1 hour ago, Ricky's one-hitter said:

Everything below the head of that statue fucking sucks. He is shapes.
 

I mean, he’s supposed to be in 1970s pads. They were shapes.