2013 Texas Longhorns Recruiting Thread

[TFloss32]

Update on LB Naashon Hughes (24/7):

“We talked about my grayshirt offer the last time I was in Austin,” Hughes told Hookem.com. “It was at the camp earlier this month. They told me that they like what they saw and that there’s been some really good improvement. They said I need to keep working hard, have a good at ude about it all and play hard this season. If I do all that, they said it should turn into a regular offer. That’s what I’m really hoping for. It sounds like it could happen, which pushes me to stay focused.”

“A lot of schools tell me that I should walk away from the grayshirt offer,” Hughes explained. “I don’t listen to them though. Texas is where I want to be. I want to be a Longhorn. I don’t want to go anywhere else or play for anyone else. There have been plenty of schools, like Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, South Carolina and LSU, that are still trying to recruit me. They tell me I don’t need to beg for an offer. Like I said though, I just tune them out and blow it off. Texas is the place for me.”

“Camrhon tells me all about Texas,” Hughes said. “He tells me how much he loves it down there and how much I’m going to love it too. He said it’s just a great place to be and that I’ll like everyone down there because your coaches and team are great too. He’s also told me about the workouts there, which sound pretty hard, but he says they pay off big time.”

“I’m working real hard to improve myself this summer,” said Hughes. “I wake up every morning at 8:00 A.M. and do a workout at the field house. We start with a circuit workout, then I immediately lift weights right after the circuit session. I then take a break until 1:00 P.M. where I have another workout session with lifting some weights again. After that, I do a lot of running. It’s a good workout and I’m seeing good results. I also work on my football stuff by doing 7-on-7 with my team and 1-on-1 drills too, so that keeps me going.”

"Next year I’ll be doing a little bit of everything for my team,” explained Hughes. “I’ll be playing linebacker and safety on defense. On offense, I’ll be moving around a lot. They’re planning on using me at quarterback, wide receiver and tight end as well. It’s going to be a lot of fun and I’m really looking forward to getting out there and getting after it.”

“The Texas coaches told me that they aren’t 100-percent sure where I’ll play,” Hughes said. “They have an idea, but they aren’t certain. It will either be at outside linebacker or strong safety. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens once I’m on campus.”

"I’m game for either one really,” he said. “I don’t have a preference as far as that goes. I’m just excited to be a Longhorn.”

[TFloss32]

Below is a list of familiar names that will be in the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge this weekend. A full list of participants is linked at the bottom.

2013
QB, Tyrone Swoopes, Whitewright
OT, Kent Perkins, Richardson Lake Highlands
OL/DL, Jake Raulerson, Celina
WR, Eldridge Massington, West Mesquite
WR, Ricky Seals-Jones, Sealy
DT, Isaiah Golden, Carthage
DT, Kerrick Huggins, Dallas Skyline
DT, Scott Pagano, Moanalua (Honolulu, HI)
DE, Torrodney Prevot, Alief Taylor
LB, Deoundrei Davis, Cypress Woods
LB, Deon Hollins, Jr., Fort Bend Marshall
CB, Antwuan Davis, Bastrop
CB, Noel Ellis, Edna Karr (New Orleans, LA)
S, Marcell Harris, Dr. Phillips (Orlando, FL)
S, Kameron Miles, West Mesquite

2014
OL, Demetrius Knox, Fort Worth All Saints
OL, Casey Tucker, Hamilton (Chandler, AZ)
DE/LB, Hoza Scott, La Porte
LB, Raekwon McMillan, Liberty County (Hinesville, GA)
S, Tony Brown, Beaumont Ozen

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com...sp?CID=1347324

[TFloss32]

My first guess is WR Sebastian LaRue from Santa Monica, CA. He will be at the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge this weekend.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...n-Larue-131471

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O96AfhZUqtU

Not this guy after all. We can guess all day but I'm pretty sure it's WR Devon Allen of Phoenix, AZ. He has the Westerman earrings. Bad sign?

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...n-Allen-118379

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sMdcuatxUw

[billfromlaketravis]

Not this guy after all. We can guess all day but I'm pretty sure it's WR Devon Allen of Phoenix, AZ. He has the Westerman earrings. Bad sign?

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...n-Allen-118379

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sMdcuatxUw

Per 247, it is in fact Devon Allen.

Personally, I'd rather the staff pursue Kyrion Parker. Pursuing Allen feels like the safe move.

[TFloss32]

Quotes from the father of WR Devon Allen (24/7):

“Coach Wyatt and Devon talked yesterday actually,” Devon’s father, Louis Allen, said. “They had a chance to talk for awhile and we all spoke to him for a little bit.”

“Basically he told us that they really like Devon,” Mr. Allen said. “He said that they have a serious interest in him and want to see him more and talk to him more. I don’t know all the specifics of the conversation, but it was a good one.”

“Texas is a good program,” Mr. Allen told Hookem.com. “It would be great for him to go there. They are a good school and they are relatively close to home, so he wouldn’t be too far off.”

“He’s very determined to do both,” Louis explained. “He really likes both sports and he wants to go to a school that will let him play football in the fall and run track in the spring. Most likely the school he picks will be open to letting him do both.”

“It’s just very important to him,” Mr. Allen said of track. “He was just named the Gatorade Arizona Track and Field Athlete of the Year this week, so we’re very proud of what he’s accomplished.”

[TheMex]

RSJ just gave an interview and said that there's a 75% chance that he commits to Texas. He will visit Oregon during the Opening weekend and listed A&M and LSU as the other schools that he is interested.

[TFloss32]

Just an FYI that I updated the front page with the Texas Pre-Season Top 100 from Rivals, added the OOS names we've talked about as well as the JUCO guys on the radar.

[TFloss32]

RSJ just gave an interview and said that there's a 75% chance that he commits to Texas. He will visit Oregon during the Opening weekend and listed A&M and LSU as the other schools that he is interested.

I knee-jerked like everyone else when it all went down and was fearful that it probably wouldn't work out because of Texas' history with de-commitments, but I think things are much better now even though UT isn't in the clear. I don't know what made him pull back whether it was his AAU coach, father, etc., but he obviously needed time. Rooming with Swoopes this weekend and being around the other UT commitments can only help.

[TheMex]

Orangebloods also reporting that Marcell Harris will visit during the Wyoming game.

[TFloss32]

Orangebloods also reporting that Marcell Harris will visit during the Wyoming game.

Great news. I'll add that he spoke with Akina last week to schedule the trip. Official visits for all 2013 prospects start on September 1st (the day of the Wyoming game and the opening Saturday for college football) but no word if this will be his official to UT. Very encouraging update since he wasn't able to make it to Austin for any of the summer camps.

[TFloss32]

More good news from OrangeBloods. LB Deoundrei Davis says he will be an early enrollee.

[the chronic]

On RSJ - he mentioned he will visit LSU next week and also Texas, A&M, Baylor and Oregon (for the Opening) in the near future. Quotes below on recent visits:


"They (UT) had some kind of coaches' meeting out of town or something. We weren't going to come that day but (Brown) said to come, and I guess he cancelled his trip. It kind of showed me how they feel about me. It showed that they think I'm very important to their program."

"I went to both A&M and Texas last week. At (the) A&M, I saw the campus, met the coaches, played a little five-on-five basketball with the current team. It's a nice campus and a nice program... At first, Coach Sumlin wasn't there ... but after I checked out the basketball facility, he came through. We sat down and talked a little bit about the program and the school. He was real cool."


PS - RSJ weighted in at 230 lbs at Rivals event.

[TFloss32]

RSJ weighed in at 230 lbs at Rivals event.

Damn. Call me crazy...if he schools all of those top-notch DBs this weekend at that weight, he'll not only get his fifth star but people might start putting him in the #1 overall prospect conversation. I can't believe he's bigger right now at 16 than Okafor was entering UT.

[shyne]

Damn. Call me crazy...if he schools all of those top-notch DBs this weekend at that weight, he'll not only get his fifth star but people might start putting him in the #1 overall prospect conversation. I can't believe he's bigger right now at 16 than Okafor was entering UT.

Is it safe to say he's in DGB's class or better?

[TFloss32]

Per 24/7, CB David Jenkins of Carrollton Hebron (class of 2011) is transferring out of LSU. Some of you may remember Texas tried to get in on him late in the process.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecr...Jenkins-112677

[TFloss32]

Is it safe to say he's in DGB's class or better?

That's a great question and I honestly don't know because RSJ has one more year to go and he doesn't play strictly WR like DGB does, but I don't think it's a stretch at all to say they're comparable. DGB is likely the better athlete but I think RSJ is the more versatile football player being able to play multiple positions on either side of the ball. People throw the word "special" around too much but a guy as big as RSJ just shouldn't be able to do the things he does. This weekend will be a great indicator of just how good he really is and I can't wait to see what the national reporters say about him.

[TFloss32]

Raulerson checked in at 261 lbs. today:

[DesignatedT]

Former LSU commit Kyrion Parker has committed to Texas A&M,

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...-Parker-139638

[TFloss32]

OrangeBloods talked to 2014 RB Leonard Fournette of New Orleans, LA at the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge this morning. He says Texas has approved him for an offer.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...LOrAbWWf1IPZB4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUH-KmVxMBE

[Vito Corleone]

This aggsy decommitment season is going to be special

[the chronic]

OrangeBloods talked to 2014 RB Leonard Fournette of New Orleans, LA at the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge this morning. He says Texas has approved him for an offer.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...LOrAbWWf1IPZB4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUH-KmVxMBE

Fournette told Rivals reporter Brian Perroni that he has 105 offers now and Perroni said he believes him. Hard to believe for 2014 kid.

[the chronic]

@rivalsmike 2014 LB Hoza Scott says #TexasA&M is on top over #Texas but gap isn't that big.

[the chronic]

Thought you guys would like this tweet --


Malcom Brown ‏@malcombrown_90 I didn't come here to sit on the bench

[TFloss32]

This aggsy decommitment season is going to be special

Parker said today he has not committed to A&M. Doesn't mean he won't in the future but not sure where that rumor started.

[TFloss32]

DT Isaiah Golden of Carthage measured in at 6'2", 333 today at the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge. Found that to be significant since the biggest knock on him is his effort and conditioning.