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Jeff Howe: Past recruitments that shaped this year's Red River Showdown

 

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With Texas and Oklahoma recruiting largely from the same pool of players, every recruiting cycle will feature an intense battle or two between the Red River rivals. Tom Herman and Lincoln Riley had their share of battles during the 2018 cycle and the same is true with the 2019 cycle four months away from wrapping up.

As the Longhorns and Sooners prepare for Saturday’s 113th edition of the AT&T Red River Showdown, it’s not necessarily the battles on the Herman and Riley have won and lost that could wind up most impacting the outcome of the game. Especially when it comes to the veterans on both sides of the Cotton Bowl, Charlie Strong and Bob Stoopshad the final call on whether or not they were offered and how hard the push for a commitment would be from that point.

In the years to come, Texas flipping quarterback Cameron Rising from Oklahoma and holding off the Sooners to land linebacker Ayodele Adeoye could prove to be recruiting victories that shift the balance of power in the series in favor of the Longhorns. So too could Texas seeing defensive lineman Ron Tatum switch his commitment to Oklahoma or linebacker DaShaun Whitepicking the Sooners.

In terms of the recruiting battles that will have the most impact on this year’s game between No. 19 Texas and No. 7 Oklahoma, Horns247 found 12 of them, six won by each program. These players are capable of making winning plays on Saturday, which will probably have the other side wondering what might’ve been.

KYLER MURRAY, QB, OKLAHOMA

As we come to the end of line where national pundits freely discuss the tired topic of quarterbacks Mack Brown or Charlie Strong should’ve offered or should’ve recruited like it’s breaking some sort of new ground, the recruitment Kyler Murray comes up this week in what should be his only game against the Longhorns (I say “should” because there’s always a chance Texas and Oklahoma meet again in the Big 12 title game). How different would things have gone for Charlie Strong if he’d have been able to flip Murray from Texas A&M in 2015? Or, later on, that year, how might things have been different for Herman if Strong had gotten Murray to transfer to Texas when he moved on from the Aggies? Hypotheticals aside, this should be the last “what if” quarterback scenario worth speaking about if Sam Ehlinger keeps growing.

KEAONTAY INGRAM, RB, TEXAS

When Keaontay Ingram began to blow up as a recruit late in his junior season, Oklahoma made a strong push for the East Texas (Carthage) standout. Can you imagine what the Sooners backfield would look like if they could’ve turned to Ingram to take some of the load off of Trey Sermon when Rodney Andersonwent down with a season-ending knee injury? While Oklahoma coveted Ingram, it seemed like the Longhorns gaining steam in his recruitment coincided with the Sooners getting a commitment from T.J. Pledger last spring. Ingram was all about Texas and eventually signed with the Longhorns. A runner the Sooners wanted once upon a time will now be the most dangerous weapon in the Texas backfield and is one of the true difference-making presences Texas has on offense.

CEEDEE LAMB, WR, OKLAHOMA

Like the 2014 recruiting cycle before it, the 2017 class could’ve been so much more fruitful for Texas had Strong not gone 5-7, which resulted in Herman getting hired the day after a season-ending loss to TCU with a lot of work on the trail in front of him. Ceedee Lamb, who committed to the Sooners only to back out of his commitment and reaffirm it later, is a prospect Herman’s staff liked a lot. Unfortunately, Strong’s staff — for whatever reason — didn’t seem to push all that hard and by the time Herman was hired, Lamb — one half of perhaps the top wide receiver tandem in the country with Marquise Brown — had pretty much moved on from the Longhorns. Lamb was interested in the Longhorns enough to attend Strong’s satellite camp in Houston over the summer (he didn’t participate), but nothing ever came of whatever interest he had in Texas.

DEVIN DUVERNAY, WR, TEXAS

The Longhorns had to battle the Sooners and TCU for the commitment of Devin Duvernay when the speedster found out the National Letter of Intent he signed with Baylor in 2016 was no longer valid, making him free to pick a new school once. The biggest feather in Oklahoma’s cap during the Duvernay sweepstakes? It was Murray, who’s a cousin of both Devin and his twin brother, Texas sophomore cornerback Donovan Duvernay. Duvernay eventually picked Texas and he’ll look to continue his success against the Sooners. In two Red River games, Duvernay has four catches for 123 yards and a touchdown. The Longhorns could use one of those deep shots from Ehlinger to Duvernay that have been close to going the distance in recent weeks connecting on Saturday.

CREED HUMPHREY, OL, OKLAHOMA

In April 2016, the recruitment of Creed Humphrey seemed to be a Texas vs. Texas A&M battle. The Shawnee, Okla. native would given the Longhorns a commitment from the No. 294 overall prospect in the country in 2017 and the nation’s No. 3-ranked center, which has seemed to be a consistent position of need. Instead, Oklahoma got in the mix for Humphrey a few weeks after Texas offered and the Longhorns began making headway in the recruitment. Humphrey eventually committed to Texas A&M, but he flipped to the Sooners in August and has started three of five games for Oklahoma so far this season, including the last two. A redshirt freshman, Humphrey’s battle against fifth-year Chris Nelson will be one to watch as the game unfolds.

CALVIN ANDERSON, OL, TEXAS

Before Calvin Anderson ultimately decided on Texas has his destination coming out of Rice as a graduate, he made one final recruiting visit to Oklahoma. Anderson didn’t pick the Sooners, who were a finalist for his commitment along with Auburn and Michigan, but Riley and Co. would’ve loved to have had Anderson and Bobby Evans be their bookend tackles for the 2018 season. Instead, Anderson is one of the biggest reasons why the Texas offensive line has experienced growth and improvement, especially when compared to what the group accomplished in 2017. The Longhorns are giving up fewer than two sacks per game (1.80, 60th nationally) and Anderson will play a large role in keeping out of the backfield an Oklahoma defensive front that ranks in the top 20 nationally in both sacks (3) and tackles for loss (7.8) per game.

RONNIE PERKINS, DL, OKLAHOMA

There was a point in the 2018 cycle where the Longhorns felt really good about their chances to land Ronnie Perkins (St. Louis, Mo./Lutheran North). Almost a year ago, however, Oklahoma won a recruiting battle in which Texas finished second. Being the bridesmaid in the race for Perkins’ commitment won’t help the Longhorns on Saturday if Perkins busts loose on a big stage like he’s shown flashes of doing. Perkins has three sacks, four tackles for and three quarterback hurries, totals that would tie him for the team lead among Texas defensive linemen right now. Perkins is said to be the best true freshman defensive lineman the Sooners have had in the program in a number of years.

TA’QUON GRAHAM, DL, TEXAS

Of the commitments Herman inherited following Strong’s ouster, Ta'Quon Graham is the one Texas has to work the hardest to keep in the fold. Oklahoma and TCU both made strong, convincing pushes to land Graham. That said, Graham canceled a scheduled official visit to Oklahoma and wound up sticking with the Longhorns after shutting down his recruitment late in the cycle. Now heavily featured in the defensive line rotation, Graham could see a lot of action against the Sooners as a fast-twitch athlete capable of making splash plays behind the line of scrimmage that can get Murray and the Oklahoma offense off schedule. Graham is now the prototype defensive lineman Todd Orlando is looking for when adding bodies in the trenches during the recruiting process.

KENNETH MURRAY, LB, OKLAHOMA

Strong and Co. offered Kenneth Murrayand definitely showed interest. But the Fort Bend Elkins product, for whatever reason, didn’t appear to be a priority for the Longhorns as the previous staff had other linebackers they appeared to prefer after going through the spring evaluation period. If Murray, who was quite fond of the Longhorns early in his recruitment, hadn’t been an early enrollee, perhaps the Longhorns could’ve gotten back in the picture since Orlando and Craig Naivar recruited him when they were on Herman’s staff at the University of Houston. Either way, Ehlinger and the offense will instead this weekend be in the crosshairs of Murray, who has an eye-popping 45 tackles over his last two games and was named a Freshman All-American last season.

ANTHONY WHEELER, LB, TEXAS

As he prepared to make his recruiting decision at the 2015 Under Armour All-America Game, all signs pointed to Anthony Wheeler picking Oklahoma. That was until he didn’t with word leaking out behind the scenes the night before the announcement that Wheeler was going to pick the Longhorns. It was a tremendous get for Strong and has benefitted the current staff a great deal. Wheeler has emerged as a top-notch playmaker for Orlando. Orlando’s defense runs through the two inside linebacker positions, which is a good thing for the Longhorns considering the consistent caliber of play Wheeler and Gary Johnson have brought to the table through five games.

MARK JACKSON JR., LB, OKLAHOMA

Coming down the stretch of the 2016 recruiting cycle, the three schools in the mix for Mark Jackson Jr. were Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M. Jackson made an official visit to check out the Longhorns behind the scenes while still committed to the Aggies. In the end, Jackson flipped his commitment right before National Signing Day and signed with the Sooners. Oklahoma’s starting Jack linebacker in every game so far this season, Jackson is second on the team with 4.5 tackles for loss and he ranks third with 2.5 sacks. While Jeffrey McCulloch has flashed of late, Jackson would’ve been another body in the mix to provide in Orlando’s search for a consistent presence at B-backer.

CADEN STERNS, S, TEXAS

If someone took a look at Oklahoma’s recruiting board during the 2018 cycle, Caden Sterns would probably have been close to the top. The Sooners made a push for Sterns early and wanted him in a bad way, but Sterns initially committed to LSU before backing out and picking Texas. Oklahoma has defensive backs on the roster in Robert Barnes, Justin Broilesand Tre Brown who the Longhorns recruited. Nevertheless, Sterns was the No. 1-ranked prospect in the state of Texas according to the 247Sports Composite rankings for a reason and now he’s arguably the most important piece to the future of Orlando’s defense on the Forty Acres.

 

 

29 minutes ago, RollingPresidential said:

What the hell is this sentence: "The Shawnee, Okla. native would given the Longhorns a commitment from the No. 294 overall prospect in the country in 2017 and the nation’s No. 3-ranked center, which has seemed to be a consistent position of need."

Is this a covert way of telling us that Jeff Howe is Demond Demas's publicist?  If he's in high school, he doesn't deserve higher than a C. Oh, he's a grown man who makes money by selling this to morons subscribers? Really? I hope like hell those paying customers at least get their money's worth with the coloring books and scratch and sniff sticker mailouts.

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At 0:50 he tackles a blocker, a defender and a runner and doesn't even fall down.

Is that good? I feel like that is good. The second play where he destroys that running back and then a few plays later where he rock bottoms a poor kid in the middle of the field are pretty amazing.

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All the recruiting analysts were saying he physically looks like a NFL player already at the opening camp.  We need him and Dele’ to be the first ones off the bus next year.  Don’t remember the last time we had LBs like that show up to campus as freshman.  Hell Dele looks bigger than Wheeler as a freshman.

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So the platinum is the juco and gold packages, which would be$2500, plus the Louisiana stuff. So he thinks the LA stuff is worth $1500, but won’t offer it a la carte? And 50% more than the same info on the Texas kids for 80% less kids (50 vs 250 silver plan for $1000)?

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So the platinum is the juco and gold packages, which would be$2500, plus the Louisiana stuff. So he thinks the LA stuff is worth $1500, but won’t offer it a la carte? And 50% more than the same info on the Texas kids for 80% less kids (50 vs 250 silver plan for $1000)?

This is one of the dumbest fuckfaces interloping on the recruiting landscape. We're talking about a landscape that includes EJ Holland, Chip Brown, Chet Ketchum, Taylor Gettin' 4 Figgy wit'it Hamm, Knobslobbing ATM Fanboi & Booster Billy Liucci, and James The Felon Hale, and yet Blanchard surpasses all of them in both stupidity and sleaziness. Attempting to decipher what this mouthbreathing assclown is thinking would require something far more explanatory than the Rosetta Stone. 

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8 minutes ago, lemonandaturd said:

Is Blanchard the guy allegedly linked to the Newton kids?  

1 of 2 that latched on to them and yes, JKB has recruited for Baylor consistently while an employee at 247. He has bilked small town East Texas parents out of money to "promote" their kids using his known name as a "scout" - posted a million messages on Baylor, Aggy, Longhorn, and basically any other regional team forum. He eventually loses his cool when people call him out for his bullshit or point out what a piece of shit he is and gets banned or simply ignored and he slinks away. His brother Travon was kicked off the Baylor team for ...  you guessed violence against a woman. He's tried multiple times to be a street agent - failing magnificently. fuck that guy. 

 

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Isn’t that guy a handler in SE Texas?  I remember there was/is a handler down there that absolutely hates Texas.  Looks like he’s trying to copy Willie Lyles.  Have schools pay his company for recruiting subscription while he tries to sway kids their way.  It’s time Herman pulls a Mack and gets some yahoo investigators on it.

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3 hours ago, closetojumping said:

This is one of the dumbest fuckfaces interloping on the recruiting landscape. We're talking about a landscape that includes EJ Holland, Chip Brown, Chet Ketchum, Taylor Gettin' 4 Figgy wit'it Hamm, Knobslobbing ATM Fanboi & Booster Billy Liucci, and James The Felon Hale, and yet Blanchard surpasses all of them in both stupidity and sleaziness. Attempting to decipher what this mouthbreathing assclown is thinking would require something far more explanatory than the Rosetta Stone. 

I like that you go strong in the lane.  

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