Ty for the info
Really good-looking APB. Excellent feet, good burst and balance. He sets up a few of his runs really nicely. His testing scores are strange: He doesn't seem like he's got great top-end speed but like he's shifty as , yet he ran a respectable 4.65 40 but a 4.71 shuttle at the Houston NFTC. Was that the event that had some rain? I don't know how else to explain that shuttle. Measured 5-9 179 for those who are curious; 34.0 powerball and 34.4" vertical.
Good stuff. Appreciate it.
Brian Perroni from 24/7 has cleared some things. Perroni checked in on a few of his offers, and they are NOT legit. He believes that the Texas offer isn't legit either. Perroni thinks that Williams is genuinely confused at this moment about which offers that is legit. Perroni also says that his stats are way off compared to what he has seen other places and from what he has heard.
EDIT: Nevermind the comments on his stats. Perroni has changed them to the correct stats.
Last edited by Bloeddyr10; 05-20-2014 at 01:58 PM.
Ha, he's lost about 500 yards and like a dozen touchdowns since I looked at it half an hour ago.
Lou Holtz retiring from ESPN?
http://collegespun.com/independents/...r-people-do-it#
Good stuff.
Look out for 2016 DE Mark Jackson.
5:09 other team takes out his own teammate and he is pissed lol. #80 and #88 were doing work blocking for this guy the whole video, 3:52 WR blocks guy to ground with one arm to spring the TD. That whole thing was fun to watch.
I don't usually copy/paste, but this is too much to summarize and it's the latest on QB Kyler Murray from 24/7. Interesting storyline now that Oregon has seen two QBs transfer. You're looking at a situation where Murray potentially starts at Oregon as a true frosh.
The Latest on Kyler Murray
May 28th may be a more interesting date than many Texas A&M fans had planned on.
Last month, Allen (Texas) quarterback Kyler Murray took an unofficial visit to Oregon. Shortly after the visit, Oregon offered two more quarterbacks in the 2015 class which appeared on the surface to indicate that the Ducks did not think that their chances with Murray were very good. In addition, there were rumors that Murray intended to announce his college choice in early May.
At that point in time, all signs indicated that Murray was headed to Texas A&M. Murray was the son of former A&M great Kevin Murray and the Aggies had recruited Murray very hard since offering him last June with offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Jake Spavital leading the push (Spavital even used the ‘Swaggcopter’ to watch Murray against Plano West last season). Although Murray had visited a few other programs along the way (none of them more than twice), he had developed a tremendous relationship with Spavital and had visited A&M multiple times since being offered (including twice this spring). In addition, the Aggies ran virtually the same offense that Allen did.
By April, the Aggies had actively stopped recruiting other quarterbacks in the 2015 class. Murray and his family had basically told the A&M staff that they were on their way to Aggieland and A&M’s board at the position consisted of just one name: Kyler Murray.
However, within the past week or so, Murray’s decision started become increasingly foggy. Murray told Gigem247.com at the regional Elite 11 event that he wanted to make a decision in May and just a few days later the family announced that he would be indeed be making an announcement concerning his commitment on May 28.
Shortly thereafter, Murray tweeted that his mother's malignancy (she had been undergoing treatment for some time) was in remission. At about the same time, Gigem247.com learned that Murray had reached back out to the Oregon staff on his own accord. This came as something of a surprise to Oregon’s coaches, who did not believe that their chances with him were very good after his visit there last month. In fact, the Ducks’ staff had moved on which is why the reports came out from the Oregon side of things that Murray was headed to A&M.
Shortly thereafter, word filtered from the A&M staff that they were feeling less confident about their chances with Murray. Separate sources, who’ve also been in contact with Murray and his family, have also indicated that Oregon has creeped back into the picture in a big way.
In the days since Murray set a decision date, Oregon has announced that both of its backup quarterbacks were transferring which essentially left senior Marcus Mariota as the only scholarship quarterback on the roster until true freshman Morgan Mahalak arrives in the fall. They also have told Travis Waller, a quarterback from Anaheim (Calif.), that they would be looking at offering him but would be holding off until Murray announces a decision.
It’s become apparent just by watching Oregon’s latest roster moves that they feel better about landing Murray than did just weeks ago. From what we understand, the catalyst on Murray’s end in reaching back out to Oregon is potential playing time. All prospects want to come in and play right away but this takes higher precedence at the quarterback position.
Gigem247.com has learned that early enrollee and true freshman Kyle Allen is considered to be the leader to emerge with the starting job at A&M coming out of spring practice ahead of sop re Kenny Hill. If Allen started the 2014 season and Murray enrolled at A&M, Murray would be facing an entrenched starter at the position (always a tough proposition for a quarterback) and perhaps be a backup for the 2015 and 2016 seasons and perhaps even the 2017 season if Allen did not turn pro early. In contrast, as of right now, Murray could go to Oregon and face minimal compe ion to be the starter as a freshman.
It also should be noted that high level Oregon sources still don’t feel overly confident in landing Murray. We’re told their staff is basically to the point where they’re saying, “if he comes, great, we’d love to have him,” but they are not jumping up and down as if they’ve got this one in the bag. Additionally, Oregon inquired about Waller as recently as Sunday.
More than anything else, it appears that A&M’s current depth chart is driving Murray to consider the Ducks much more heavily than he previously did even a couple of weeks ago (something that we have confirmed that via people close to the family). As a result, Oregon has now become a real factor in the race for Murray’s signature. May 28 now stands less as a coronation for A&M’s next great quarterback commitment as opposed to being a real date of decision to see if the Aggies can land the prized 247sports.com five star recruit. (Tarp/Hamm)
Texas was by North Little Rock (Ar.) today to see '15 WR K.J. Hill, per 24/7. Hill caught 83 passes last season for 1210 yards and 20 touchdowns.
http://247sports.com/Player/KJ-Hill-23756
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1415303/highlights/84996391
2016 (4-star) DE Joseph Jackson of Gulliver Prep in Miami has named an early Top 3 of Texas, Alabama and Michigan.
I'll take one kj hill please
Per OrangeBloods, Texas has offered five-star CB Iman Marshall of Long Beach, CA:
http://247sports.com/Player/Iman-Marshall-19987
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1450228/iman-marshall
Quotes from the father of CB Iman Marshall (Rivals):
"For coach Tommie Robinson to come down and personally offer Iman, knowing how Texas doesn't historically recruit this area, tells us that coach Strong and his staff are doing an excellent job evaluating talent outside the state of Texas."
"How can you not take that offer seriously looking how coach Strong turned around Louisville. Can you imagine what he can do with the resources that the University of Texas has? It's mind-blowing considering the possibilities."
According to 24/7, yesterday Coach Strong mentioned there's been no change with the status of RB Joe Bergeron.
DE Keisean Lucier-South of Orange, CA tweeted Texas came by yesterday.
OrangeBloods saying JUCO DE Takkarist McKinley will officially visit Texas on December 12th instead of Thanksgiving weekend.
Inside Texas saying the coach of JUCO QB Daniel Fitzwater is supposed to call Coach Watson today about possibly setting up a throwing session.
Scout's LSU site says Charles Omenihu is open to visits but has no plans to. They said he'll narrow down a list of possible visits and that LSU, Florida, A&M and Oregon "have his interest."
A new name Texas is looking at is JUCO DT Deonte Reynolds of Contra Costa CC in San Pablo, CA (teammate of JUCO DE Takkarist McKinley). Here are some quotes from his coach:
“They (Texas) said that they really like what they've seen from Deonte,” said Carter. “So they’re in the process of evaluating him. He’s an absolute giant and a beast on the line. He currently stands 6-feet-6-inches and is right at 335 pounds. He’s a big dude with a lot of upside. He’s very physical."
“Right now he holds offers from Arizona State, Maryland, Oklahoma, Boise State and Kansas State,” Carter added. “We’ll see what Texas has to say, but hopefully they’ll offer him. I know they like what they’ve seen so far, so we’ll see where that goes.”
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/3070418/...ghts/107202380
Update on OL Garrett Thomas of Many, LA (24/7):
“It went great (the conversation with Coach Wickline). We were just discussing days to try to visit and it nothing definite yet, but sometime after May 27,” Thomas said. “I’m excited. I can’t wait to visit.”
24/7 saying A&M may offer soon.
And it caused a hilarious meltdown on the Aggie site.
GREAT READ on CHARLIE STRONG with Bergeron Update
One of the byproducts of a head football coach who has a full sweat going by 6 am every day (because of a 6-mile run at 4:30 am), is the coach having a constant presence in a 6 am study hall for roughly a dozen players last semester.
So when the entire team wasn’t working out at 6 am, there were heads in books at 6 am, and Strong and his coaches were right there with them.
With finals completed last week, the results of those 6 am study halls and a coaching staff willing to invest that same time, side by side, appear to have paid off in all the right ways.
Players considered on the fence as far as buy-in dating to last year – players whose names are well known because of previous academic or off-field turbulence – Daje Johnson, Desmond Harrison, Kennedy Estelle and Jalen Overstreet – all turned in strong spring semesters.
And Joe Bergeron, who may have questioned authority at every turn in the past, now seems to realize Charlie Strong and his coaching staff aren’t just talk. The word is Bergeron has so turned around his at ude and approach - to everything - after last semester that coaches expect him to be a team leader.
That may sound like fluff. But Bergeron had a reputation as a locker room lawyer, a guy whose anger might cause his mouth to get him trouble - especially with coaches.
The sense when Bergeron was basically excused from football by Strong to focus on his academics during spring football was Bergeron could bolt. Transfer. Even though he’s going into his senior year.
Strong wasn’t going to let that happen. Not if Bergeron truly wanted to listen. And Bergeron wanted to listen.
Strong has said he can’t count how many times he’s had black players in his coaching career who were not used to male authority - away from home - because those players were raised in a single-parent household by their mother.
Getting those players to understand why they might resist men telling them what to do is another matter. And that’s why Strong himself spends so much time around his players, pushing, prodding, dictating, teasing, laughing but ultimately listening.
They have to know he cares. He and his staff, led by strength coach Pat Moorer, are going to move the finish line in terms of grind, sweat and expectations. But because of the personal investment by Strong and his staff, the players know all the tough love is to improve a kid’s life. Not his football. His life.
Strong doesn’t harp on making sure kids are in class and paying attention as some form of punishment (when other students at UT may skip classes on a whim).
At his other coaching stops - at Notre Dame and South Carolina under Lou Holtz, at Florida under Ron Zook and Urban Meyer and as head coach at Louisville - players eventually find out Strong’s mission is a personal one to give players the tools for a successful life - whether or not they ever make it as a football player.
And Strong doesn’t let up. The 6 am study halls aren’t a ty part of the job for him. It’s the most important part of the job for him. When Shawn Watson told me Strong “parents” his players. This is the tough love aspect of the job where Strong wins the hearts and minds of his players by going into their personal foxhole.
No one wants to go to a 6 am study hall. But in that time before sunrise, player and coach are getting to know each other in ways neither expected. The player’s bull excuses are exposed for what they are. But if the coach exposes it in a way that pushes, pulls but ultimately praises the player, then the player knows it’s real.
In the end, that player will go through for that coach. And if he ultimately makes a decision that leads to failure, that player will know he not only failed himself, but he failed someone who went all in to help improve that player’s life. Not his football. His life.
I absolutely love Strong's approach, I really hope it translates to success as he could be here for several years and become the next great coach at Texas.
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