DE Mario Edwards, Jr. to Florida State is a done deal.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...Edwards-106231
Rumors starting to surface that DE Mario Edwards, Jr. has committed to Florida State while on his Spring Break trip to Tallahassee. If true, I'm glad it's over with so UT can move on and not think they have a shot for another six months.
DE Mario Edwards, Jr. to Florida State is a done deal.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...Edwards-106231
Florida State is putting together some really good recruiting classes all of the sudden.
Gray has been rated 5 stars by Rivals.com, only Texas player so far to get that rating.
Getting Bobby Bowden out after he was several years past his welcome has done wonders for Florida State. I think Edwards will also reach five-star status.
Just wanted to let you guys knows there are some rumors going around about another school being outed due to a relationship with Will Lyles. I don't know if it will get as much press as Oregon did, but the word is it's a Big XII school this time around. My first guess would be Oklahoma State. We'll see if anything comes of it.
Here are some stories about DT Eddie Goldman of Washington, D.C. and OL John Theus of Jacksonville, FL. Both were pegged as five-stars today and represent two of the four players already given that status. There are eight more players to be named at a later date. Texas has offered three of the four on the list so far (including RB Johnathan Gray).
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com...sp?CID=1201008
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com...sp?CID=1200700
LB Derek David of Rockdale has been arrested on sexual assault charges.
http://www.krxt985.com/page1
Aggies get commitment #17, Lorenzo Phillips, one of the best linebackers in Louisiana.
Thanks for the update, Thompson. Dude has a sick highlight reel.
*More on LB Derek David of Rockdale...the girl that he sexually assualted was taken to the hospital and tested positive for trauma. He also admitted on tape to the police that he forced the girl inside his aunt's house (after asking her to come over) and continued to assault her despite her request for him to stop. Doesn't sound like there was "penetration", but it appears that he's got a long road ahead of him that will surely affect his playing football in college.
Here's another out-of-state guy that has a Texas offer according to Rivals:
DT, Issac Gross, South Panola (Batesville, MS) (6-3, 270)
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...c-Gross-104274
Little update on the Brenham duo of LB Tim Cole and DT Malcom Brown...this is from an article I read that quoted a source close to the Brenham football program. According to the source, Texas has made up ground with both players over the past few weeks (especially Cole). Their timeline to commit (as of right now) looks to be in the next few weeks up until early April. Cole has confirmed this much but says he prefers not to lead on as to which schools he's heavily considering and which ones he's eliminated. He's been very tight-lipped since his Junior Day visits. The plans to visit multiple schools, including Oklahoma, are only tentative at this point despite talking about it previously. Texas A&M is still the favorite even though the UT staff has given them a lot to think about. These two prospects playing their football anywhere other than Aggie Land would easily be the recruiting upset of 2012.
WR Dorial Green-Beckham of Springfield, MO is the seventh five-star prospect named by Rivals this week. No surprise here.
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com...sp?CID=1201324
Some cool quotes from QB Connor Brewer about doing a bit of his own recruiting for UT:
“I've gotten to know pretty much all of the commits and I've even gotten to know some of the guys who have been offered but haven't committed yet,” Brewer said. “I'm going to do what I can to make sure we get the best players we can. I'm going to be a recruiting machine from here on out.”
*On talking to stud Arizona OL Andrus Peat...
“I've talked with him quite a bit,” Brewer said. “He's a good player and a nice guy. I know he's starting to narrow down his list of trips and I feel like Texas is in good shape to get a visit. We'll see where it goes, but I'd love for a guy like that to come to Texas.”
*On playing with WRs Thomas Johnson and Cayleb Jones in the 2011 UA All-American Game...
“Hopefully we get to play on the same team down there and start throwing it around a little bit,” Brewer said. “They're two different receivers, but I wouldn't trade them for any other two receivers in the country. I feel like we have the best with them.”
*On his last visit to Austin for the second UT Junior Day...
“I got to sit in a quarterback meeting while I was there and then at the junior day I got to sit down with Coach Harsin and go over some things,” Brewer said. “Practice was awesome. It was high tempo and the guys were having to learn a lot of new things but it was nice to see them adapting to everything so well.”
I can't imagine Brian Harsin with this kind of ridiculously sick talent.
I read an interesting bit this morning about RB Tim Wright of La Marque. He currently has offers from Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Kansas State and Mizzou. He mentions that he has plans on attending an A&M practice soon and will likely commit while in College Station. With two other RBs already in their 2012 class, it makes you wonder where they're at with prospects like RBs Trey Williams and Johnathan Gray. RBs Troy Green and Dennis Smith could very well move to LB in the future, but the Aggies have already received commitments from numerous LBs in the 2011 class with even more on the radar for 2012. Interested to see how it all unfolds. Wright is a RB that I haven't seen much of, but he more than held his own in the 4A state championship against Aledo. The only knock on him at this point is he has a lot of work to do in the classroom.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecr...m-Wright-99211
More five-stars have been released by Rivals this week. DE Mario Edwards, Jr. of Denton Ryan has indeed been chosen for the honor and so has OL D.J. Humphries of Charlotte, NC. Even though Texas has offered Humphries, I fully expect him to commit to an SEC school (LSU is the favorite) and would be surprised if Texas even receives a visit.
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com...sp?CID=1201766
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com...sp?CID=1201512
To follow up on my previous post about the Brenham boys...one site is reporting that this upcoming Monday, March 21st, could be decision day for the two prospects. It's simply hearsay at this point as there is nothing definitive scheduled, but I thought it was worth keeping in the back our of minds.
OL Andrus Peat of Tempe, AZ is the latest five-star on Rivals' initial list. This is one guy I think Texas has a realistic shot with. QB Connor Brewer will be a big help in his recruitment.
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com...sp?CID=1201869
I updated the master list on the first page with some out-of-state prospects Texas is looking at.
Why does Peat look like hes 10 years old and 135 lbs in his rivals mugshot lol
Hmm, like you said earlier, the longer the recruiting process goes for the brenham duo, the better for UT. I don't feel good about our chances if they are announcing this monday. (not that we had that good of a chance anyways)
*Interesting development...LB Lorenzo Phillips (Texas A&M's latest commitment) of Patterson, LA has decommitted from the Aggies after giving his pledge earlier this week. Word going around is that he and his family have been receiving threats for not committing to LSU. It's also being said this his high school coach was very unhappy as well. Hopefully some of our Aggies can be a bit more detailed about this.
*Stacy Searels has offered another out-of-state OL. I don't have any specifics at this time but I would imagine Searels was recruiting him during his tenure at Georgia and knows a good deal about him.
OL, Vadal Alexander, Buford (Buford, GA) (6-6, 310)
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...exander-108515
I'll be a bit more detailed about that rumor I read. It didn't even mention Brown and Cole actually making a commitment on Monday. It just said that March 21st could be "significant." So, take that for what is. It could obviously be nothing since recruiting is such a fluid business and things change daily. Luckily I haven't read any solid info that says they'll be making a commitment in the upcoming days. I'd love it if they could hang on for at least two more weeks and make it up to Austin for UT's annual spring game. I still think Texas A&M is the favorite, but Texas has made up ground in the past few months (especially with Cole) and that leads me to believe that there is at least some hope for this to work out in UT's favor. The reason I say that is many believe Cole is the one who will be making the decision for the both of them.
I just heard that Jordan Hamilton and Tristan Thompson are returning. Sick news for Texas. Bad news for everyone else.
Texas' Tristan Thompson to return
Texas freshman forward Tristan Thompson delivered some good news to Longhorns fans Saturday by declaring that he will return to school for his sop re season.
"I'm coming back another year," Thompson said repeatedly in the Texas locker room at the BOK Center, where the team was going to practice in preparation for its Sunday round of 32 game against Arizona. "I've already signed up for summer classes."
Texas men's basketball SID Scott McConnell said sop re Jordan Hamilton also said he will return next season.
"I'm coming back next year," Hamilton told the Austin American Statesman newspaper. "I think we will have a great team."
Texas officials cautioned that the players could both change their minds after the season.
There are plenty of players who have talked a good game about staying in school during the season and then declared for the draft afterward, but Thompson left no wiggle room in his statements.
He said one of his prime motivations is to play next year at Texas with fellow Canadian and incoming recruit Myck Kabongo, who will be on campus in Austin next school year. Kabongo is the No. 2 point guard and No. 9 overall prospect in ESPNU's top 100 prospects for 2011.
"I'll come back another year for him," Thompson said. "I'd love to play with him."
Thompson certainly has a viable NBA draft stock right now. ESPN.com draft analyst Chad Ford currently rates the 6-foot-8, 233-pound Thompson the No. 11 overall prospect -- and that was before Thompson got the best of his head-to-head matchup with 6-foot-11 Oakland senior center Keith Benson here Friday.
Ford rates Benson the No. 45 prospect in the draft.
Texas coach Rick Barnes did not sound surprised by Thompson's declaration, but he did sound pleased.
"He's the kind of guy who has never had an agenda," Barnes said. "I know what he wants to do in basketball and the kind of player he wants to be. I think he loves where he is right now."
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/tourna...ory?id=6236917
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