2013 Texas Longhorns Recruiting Thread

[Vito Corleone]

I'd rather play QBs at safety than coaches sons.

[TFloss32]

FYI that recruiting news will be slow until the beginning of January. A "dead period" started yesterday and will last until January 3rd. That means no coaches can visit high schools, no players can visit colleges and no complimentary tickets are given out to games. Phone calls from coaches are permitted once a week to a single prospect. To my knowledge, communication through Facebook is still allowed and players can call coaches as much as they want as always.

The signing period for JUCOs starts tomorrow. JUCO LB De'Vondre Campbell originally intended to sign as early as possible, but he's still waiting for his final grades to determine whether or not he can enroll at his next school in the spring semester. Otherwise, he'll have to wait until summer. The good news is he will still have three years of eligibility. JUCO OL Desmond Harrison will be a summer enrollee.

[TFloss32]

24/7 reporting 2014 DE Myles Garrett of Arlington Martin has set a Top 3 of A&M, LSU and TCU. Long way to go, but no Texas.

[TheMex]

DeVondre Campbell to Texas? Can anyone confirm?

[ThePop]

DeVondre Campbell to Texas? Can anyone confirm?

Scott Eklund ‏@ScottEklund
Hutchinson LB/DE De'Vondre Campbell commits to #Texas...

247 confirms as well

[TheMex]

Orangebloods now saying that Campbell had NOT committed.

[Blake]

I'd rather play QBs at safety than coaches sons.

Why

[DesignatedT]

Z'darius Smith sent his paperwork into Kentucky this morning. Was being reported that he was down to A&M/MSST but Kentucky hired his JUCO D-Line coach for the same position and he followed. A&M signed JUCO LB Tommy Sanders with there last JUCO mid-term spot bringing that total to 9 early commits who count back to 2012.

That puts our total at 25 commits with 2 or 3 not expecting to make it in (2 grade risks and 1 MLB draft). Current targets A&M is still pursuing are LB Isaac Savaiinaea, CB Mackensie Alexander , WR Stacy Coley, WR Sebastian Larue and a couple others.

Looks like Mitc is headed out of state. I wonder how solid Daeshon Hall is to Washington because that's definitely somebody they should take one last look at. Prevot seems solid to SC.

[leemajors]

Why

I believe that is a Blake Gideon dig.

[ThePop]

Z'darius Smith sent his paperwork into Kentucky this morning. Was being reported that he was down to A&M/MSST but Kentucky hired his JUCO D-Line coach for the same position and he followed. A&M signed JUCO LB Tommy Sanders with there last JUCO mid-term spot bringing that total to 9 early commits who count back to 2012.

That puts our total at 25 commits with 2 or 3 not expecting to make it in (2 grade risks and 1 MLB draft). Current targets A&M is still pursuing are LB Isaac Savaiinaea, CB Mackensie Alexander , WR Stacy Coley, WR Sebastian Larue and a couple others.

Looks like Mitc is headed out of state. I wonder how solid Daeshon Hall is to Washington because that's definitely somebody they should take one last look at. Prevot seems solid to SC.

Are you posting this for Texas fans to read?

[leemajors]

Are you posting this for Texas fans to read?

Aggies are welcome in this thread, as their recruiting is relevant. T-Floss is fine with it, let it go dude.

[TFloss32]

TE Geoff Swaim signed his Letter of Intent for Texas today.

[TFloss32]

Former Texas signee, DT Quincy Russell of San Antonio Sam Houston, has committed to Oklahoma.

[DesignatedT]

Are you posting this for Texas fans to read?

I know ZaDarius just recently took a visit to you guys. Hall used to be committed. Usually the people reading this thread are recruiting buffs who follow it pretty regularly. I like to know what all teams are doing, especially the ones that we recruit against. At the same time I am kind of posting it for myself as well. Helps me understand it more when I write it out somewhere and I don't really have anywhere else to post it.

[DesignatedT]

Do you know anything regarding Tony Brown TFloss? Any rumors on what schools he's most interested in?

[TFloss32]

A few notes from 24/7...

-RB Corey Clement of Glassboro, NJ is expected to stick with Wisconsin and will not visit Texas.

-WR James Clark of New Smyrna Beach, FL remains UT's priority at WR. OrangeBloods reported the exact opposite this morning saying UT has moved on from that recruitment.

-Texas has not given up on JUCO S Shaq Fluker even though he decided to skip UT's annual team banquet. Because Georgia is also recruiting another JUCO safety and Fluker may not be able to enroll at UGA for the spring semester, Texas wants to be there in case he wants/needs another option.

[DesignatedT]

Found this to be an interesting quote:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/re...-piece-success

Two weeks ago, Alabama offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier visited Waters and Scott Strohmeier's staff at IWCC. The Crimson Tide considered recruiting a junior college quarterback in case AJ McCarron declared early for the NFL draft next month.

Alabama never offered a scholarship. Neither did Texas, which also inquired late about Waters. The Longhorns' former co-offensive coordinator Bryan Harsin, now the head coach at Arkansas State, told Waters they would consider an offer only if the quarterback agreed in advance to accept it.

Last Thursday, when Waters and defensive end Devon Nash announced their pledges to K-State in a news conference at Hoover Hall, the quarterback's name was trending nationally on Twitter.

[TFloss32]

Z'darius Smith sent his paperwork into Kentucky this morning. Was being reported that he was down to A&M/MSST but Kentucky hired his JUCO D-Line coach for the same position and he followed.

Weird deal. He was a Florida State lean at one time when Stoops was still their defensive coordinator and it's understandable that he would want to follow his DL coach to Kentucky, but he apparently never mentioned Kentucky a single time and all reports on him usually talked about how hard it would be to pull him out of Mississippi.

[TFloss32]

Orangebloods now saying that Campbell had NOT committed.

The Hutchinson CC website went premature on us. I think the announcement had already been written (as Campbell is expected to pick Texas eventually) and someone goofed by publishing it. Campbell says he's going to take at least one more visit in January and then make a decision. Still no word if he'll be able to enroll in the spring.

[TFloss32]

Last Thursday, when Waters and defensive end Devon Nash announced their pledges to K-State in a news conference at Hoover Hall, the quarterback's name was trending nationally on Twitter.

Clearly Waters is going to win the Heisman next year.

[DesignatedT]

Snyder loves him some JUCOs

[TFloss32]

Hey, Texas is still college football's most valuable team according to Forbes. We need some good news around here:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmi...-still-on-top/

[TFloss32]

JUCO TE Beau Sandland is headed to Miami.

[TFloss32]

Gary Andersen of Utah State agrees to deal with Wisconsin:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...consin-badgers

[TheMex]

Hey, Texas is still college football's most valuable team according to Forbes. We need some good news around here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmi...-still-on-top/

This is the crap that embarrasses me and makes me mad bc the athletic department probably thinks that its ok to be average as long as the big $$$$ keep on coming. The day that we fall behind is the day major changes will come in. The major changes that we need in our university to succeed in sports, not in $$$$.