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Houston transfer DE Zeke Riser will be walk-on this year.
Per 24/7, OL Joseph Paul of New Orleans, LA has plans to return to Austin the weekend of the spring game (March 30th). He was unable to visit A&M this past weekend.
Houston transfer DE Zeke Riser will be walk-on this year.
Quotes from Zeke Riser, from HornsNation:
“I’m definitely pumped up about it,” Riser said. “If nothing else, I have a lot of experience to offer, especially with those younger guys. These guys are super talented -- otherwise, they wouldn’t be at Texas -- so me having already played three years, I can bring a lot of experience to the table.”
“That’s really the driving force (that ge grew up a Texas fan),” Riser said. “I think I would’ve regretted it if I hadn’t at least taken the chance. It’s really going to work out best for me as a player and then after college family-wise.”
“I wouldn’t go to any place that I wasn’t expecting to compete for a starting spot,” Riser said. “I’ve never sat on the bench in my life and I don’t plan to at Texas. I’m definitely going to be fighting for a starting spot and at the very least in the playing rotation. I’m not coming to Texas just because it’s a big name. I’m coming to Texas to play.”
“Coach Giles is awesome,” Riser said. “Seeing the way he coaches and what he expects out of his players, I can really relate to his coaching style. We’re on the same page. I think it’s going to work out real well. I’m excited to get to work.”
“They’re expecting me to come in and play,” he said. “They told me I need to be ready as soon as I get here because I don’t have time to slow down and pick up the scheme. That’s OK with me, I know how things work. Again, I’m not going there to sit on the bench, and they’re not expecting me to.”
Update on CB Nick Watkins (24/7):
“I'm just taking it all in,” Watkins said. “It's a major process so I'm talking to my brother and my dad and trying to just work my way through things.”
“It was a great visit,” Watkins said. “Getting to watch practice was definitely the highlight of the day. Just getting to watch [Quandre] Diggs and [Carrington] Byndom work with Coach [Duane] Akina was a great experience.”
“He's (Akina) always excited,” Watkins said. “Every drill, everything he does he's excited. I like his coaching style. He's not a boring type. He wants you to get better.”
“He likes his techniques that he teaches,” Watkins said. “My dad wants the best for me.”
“I probably will (attend the Texas spring game),” Watkins said. “It's not too much to drive down there.”
“I'm looking for a place with great academics because I want to go somewhere I can get a good degree,” Watkins said. “I want to be around a good coaching staff. I want the place with the best college experience.”
“Distance doesn't matter to me, but it makes a difference to my parents,” Watkins said. “They've told me they want to be able to see me play.”
“The way I look at I've got 11 months to make a decision,” Watkins said. “I'm not in a hurry.”
Quotes from LB Dillon Bates of Ponte Vedra, FL (24/7):
“I’ve really kept in great contact with Coach (Manny) Diaz since being offered,” Bates told Hookem.com. “I’ve also been talking to Coach (Mack) Brown on Facebook. I call both of those coaches every week, so I actually talk to them a few times a week. You could definitely say I talk to them a lot.”
“Coach Diaz seems like a really energetic guy,” said Bates. “To me it seems like he would be a fun person to be coached by because of that. I feel like he would bring a lot of energy to the field and a lot of energy to the practices. I think he would be a real big motivator who is energetic and can get you fired up on the sidelines, which is something I really like.”
“I know Jackson Jeffcoat pretty well from when our dads played together for the Cowboys,” he explained. “We’re all really good family friends. So I’ve reached out to Jackson to get a different view on things. He’s told me how much of a family atmosphere it is there and that if I go there then I’ll always be a part of the team. He tells me the atmosphere there is great and that so is the city of Austin. He says it’s really a great place all around. It’s been nice to get that inside look at the school like that.”
“We actually got the dates from Coach Diaz a few days ago that would be the best times for me to visit,” Bates said. “I need to sit down and plan out a weekend or a few days that we could get out there to see Texas. My guess is that we get down there for the spring game. That’s what I would like to aim for is to see a spring practice and the spring game. If for some reason that doesn’t happen, I’ll come down this summer, but I’m shooting for the spring game and I think that’s when it will be.”
Alabama has offered DE Derick Roberson.
Anyone remember DE Nathan Hughes of Klein Oak from the 2011 class? He's leaving Oklahoma.
They also lost DT Marquis Anderson of Cibolo Steele from the same recruiting class earlier this year.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/oklahoma/foo...n-Hughes-88846
Inside Texas reporting that LB Tevin Jackson went down in practice yesterday. Possible collarbone injury.
ESPN announces television times for the opening weekend of college football. Kicks off with a double-header on Thursday:
http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-re...-12-announced/
Pics from practice #7:
http://mackbrown-texasfootball.com/view.gal?id=136755
Some new offers to guys Texas is after:
WR KD Cannon - Florida State
CB Jermaine Roberts - Oklahoma
S Jamal Adams - Oregon
VY sends Fisher letter of apology
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/vy-send...0304--nfl.html
According to 24/7, Texas is narrowing their search for the newly created Director of Player Personnel position. The favorite to land the job is currently Patrick Suddes who is now working as Alabama's Assistant Director of Football Operations. He's also worked under Saban with the Miami Dolphins.
Per OrangeBloods, Texas has offered S Steven Parker of Jenks, OK. Currently ranked #114 overall by Rivals and #220 overall by 24/7. He's scheduled to be in Austin the weekend of the 23rd and may stop in College Station as well.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecr...4sh8n2lJ5GPZB4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNOLuY34sc4
Video of Corey Redding speaking with the team after practice:
http://www.youtube.com/v/ET9PakugRlQ
I don't know who this guy is but according to his twitter he will visit Alabama next week and Texas the following week.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...-McGraw-137939
Some unexpected news from DawgNation on WR Demarre Kitt of Sandy Creek High School (Ga.)
“It got crazy at one point with almost everybody that offered me trying to talk to me,” Kitt said. “So I had to cut my list down to 15 schools. After spring practice I will cut it down to eight or 10. At the end of summer I will do five and then go from there.”
“Clemson, Auburn, Georgia, Texas Tech, West Virginia, Texas, Tennessee is really hitting me up the most,” Kitt said. “Tennessee and Auburn want me to come in and play as a freshman and be an impact receiver. It is better to come in with a coach than leave out with a coach.”
Good read on some the DFW area kids. That LB from Meaquite, Melik Jefferson, seems interesting!
http://247sports.com/Article/DFW-tal...-Warren-119926
That's a nice find. John Curtis is almost always a dominant team in Louisiana. Kid looks pretty smooth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E59YucHAdm0
The Big XII has announced a few Thursday night games for the 2013 season. Other than the annual Thanksgiving night game, Texas will travel to Ames to face Iowa State on Thursday, October 3rd.
Alabama has offered LB Dillon Bates.
Update on DE Solomon Thomas of Coppell after his unofficial visit to Texas last weekend (24/7):
“I enjoyed myself and I had a good time,” Thomas said. “I liked seeing how they practice, how they get after it and how Coach Giles is at practice. It was good to see all of that.”
“It was the first time my whole family had been down there,” Thomas said. “They got a comfortable feel and it got me more comfortable with Texas.”
“They're the school that's always been talking to me the most,” Thomas said. “I have a strong relationship with them, but I have a strong relationship with some other schools as well.”
“I like Texas a lot,” Thomas said. “I like the way they run their program, the academics and the alumni connections. That's why I like them so much is because it's not just football that attracts me to them. It's in-state and it's close to home. I already have a bunch of friends who go there, so all of that stuff is good.”
“Texas always has good fans,” Thomas said. “They always have good traditions and I like that.”
“There were a couple of guys who asked me if I was Solomon Thomas, and I told them I was and they asked me about my recruitment,” Thomas said. “I saw my fourth grade teacher there. It was good to see her because she's a Texas alum and was telling me good things about Texas.”
“I'll release my top-five before the season starts,” Thomas said. “Then I'll visit those five after the season.”
“I'm looking for a place where I can be successful with or without football, a place were I can have good connections after college so I can provide for my family and for myself,” Thomas said. “Somewhere that can help me develop into the best player I can be. A place where I can have fun for four years, develop around good players and just be myself with a good team.”
Quotes from OL Terrell Cuney of Jasper (OrangeBloods):
"I hadn't seen my mail in a while, but I got letters from Oklahoma, a lot form Oregon, Auburn, Georgia, Florida State and Alabama," Cuney said this week. "Those were the main ones that I saw."
"I think A&M was going to offer if I went to their junior day but I didn't have a chance to make it because we had a regional powerlifting meet," Cuney said. "I think Oklahoma might have offered. They've been hitting me up a lot lately. Auburn too, either they have or they're going to."
"I'm just blessed. Texas still my number one school right now, but all this new interest makes you want to take a visit before stopping everything," Cuney said. "I just don't want to do that right now, I want to look around a little bit, see some places before I make my decisions."
"I'll try to get to some places this spring sometime, try to get to as many as I can," he said. "I want to come to Oklahoma State, want to check out Auburn, want to try to get to Oklahoma, maybe a couple others."
"What stood out is how cool the coaches were. And just the facilities itself, it's beautiful there," Cuney said. "From the time I walked in, to the end of the day, I liked the whole atmosphere there."
"He (Stacy Searels) stays fired up. That's how my coach is (at Jasper) too," Cuney said. "It wouldn't be too much of a big deal to go to college, it would just make me work a little harder."
Thomas and Adams seem like silent commits right now. They just want to take their time, take visits.
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