2016 OFFERS - Offense [TE/OL] (01-08)

2016 OFFERS - OFFENSE [TE/OL]
(in alphabetical order)
Player Name [link to HornFans thread dedicated to that player or 247Sports player info]
School (City, State) ..... Stars [per 247Sports] / Horns [indicate UT commit]
Position ..... Ht/Wt ..... Committed To ..... Video ..... * (= latest offer)​

Tight Ends (10)

Peyton Aucoin ..... Brother Martin (New Orleans, LA)
-horn ..... TE ..... 6-4/255 ..... TEXAS ..... Hudl

Donte Coleman ..... West Mesquite (Mesquite, TX)
3-star ..... TE ..... 6-4/219 ..... Texas Tech Fresno State ..... Hudl

Nick Eubanks ..... American Heritage (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
3-star ..... TE ..... 6-6/230 ..... Hudl

Zarrian Holcombe ..... Summer Creek (Humble, TX)
3-star ..... TE ..... 6-5/215 ..... aggy ..... Hudl

Kelvin Lucky ..... Edgewood Academy (Elmore, AL)
3-star ..... TE/DE ..... 6-5/228 ..... Troy ..... Hudl

Isaac Nauta ..... IMG Academy (Buford, GA)
5-star ..... TE ..... 6-3/244 ..... Georgia ..... Hudl

Jamal Pettigrew ..... St. Augustine (New Orleans, LA)
4-star ..... TE ..... 6-6/229 ..... LSU ..... Hudl

Irvin Smith ..... Brother Martin (New Orleans, LA)
3-star ..... TE ..... 6-4/230 ..... aggy ..... Hudl

Kaden Smith ..... Marcus (Flower Mound, TX)
4-star ..... TE ..... 6-5/235 ..... Stanford ..... Hudl

Jack Stoll ..... Regis Jesuit (Aurora, CO)
3-star ..... TE ..... 6-5/225 ..... Nebraska ..... Hudl

Offensive Linemen (18)

Willie Allen ..... John Curtis (New Orleans, LA)
4-star ..... OT ..... 6-7.5/300 ..... Hudl

Austin Anderson ..... Mineola (Mineola, TX)
3-star ..... OT ..... 6-4/285 ..... aggy ..... Hudl

Riley Anderson ..... Mineola (Mineola, TX)
3-star ..... OT ..... 6-5/285 ..... aggy ..... Hudl

Parker Boudreaux ..... Bishop Moore Catholic (Orlando, FL)
3-star ..... OG ..... 6-5/289 ..... ND ..... Hudl

Donavaughn Campbell ..... Ponchatoula (Ponchatoula, LA)
4-star ..... OG ..... 6-4/347 ..... LSU ..... Hudl

Ben Cleveland ..... Stephens County (Toccoa, GA)
5-star ..... OT ..... 6-7/322 ..... Georgia ..... Hudl

Jean Delance ..... North Mesquite (Mesquite, TX)
-horn ..... OT ..... 6-5/291 ..... TEXAS ..... Hudl

Kellen Diesch ..... Byron Nelson (Trophy Club, TX)
3-star ..... OT ..... 6-7/270 ..... Piggy aggy ..... Hudl

Michael Eletise ..... Kaiser (Honolulu, HI)
4-star ..... OG ..... 6-4/313 ..... Arizona ..... Hudl

Patrick Hudson ..... Silsbee (Silsbee, TX)
-horn ..... OT ..... 6-5.5/325 ..... Bailor TEXAS ..... Hudl

Tope Imade ..... Bowie (Arlington, TX)
-horn ..... OG ..... 6-4.5/327 ..... TEXAS ..... Hudl

Gregory Little ..... Allen (Allen, TX)
5-star ..... OT ..... 6-5/282 ..... aggy Ole Miss ..... Video

Ryan McCollum ..... Klein Oak (Spring, TX)
3-star ..... OT ..... 6-6/270 ..... Oklahoma State aggy ..... Hudl

Austin Myers ..... Manvel (Manvel, TX)
4-star ..... OG ..... 6-4.5/291 ..... TCU ..... Hudl

Denzel Okafor ..... Lewisville (Lewisville, TX)
-horn ..... OG ..... 6-4/295 ..... TEXAS ..... Hudl

Chris Owens ..... Lamar (Arlington, TX)
4-star ..... OG ..... 6-3/307 ..... Alabama ..... Hudl

Zach Shackelford ..... Belton (Belton, TX)
-horn ..... OG ..... 6-3/290 ..... K-State TEXAS ..... Hudl

JP Urquidez ..... Copperas Cove (Copperas Cove, TX)
-horn ..... OT ..... 6-6/300 ..... Bailor TEXAS ..... Video

OFFENSE LINK [QB/RB/WR] ..... DEFENSE LINK [DL/ATH] ..... DEFENSE LINK [LB/DB] ..... COMMITS LINK

 

Texas offered 4 TEs tonight (4-8-15) with two from the same school: Peyton Aucoin, Zarrian Holcombe, Irvin Smith, and Jack Stoll.

With Coleman and Pettigrew committed to Tech and LSU respectively, it looks like Charlie and Jeff Traylor are reaching out with the hopes of getting 2-3 TEs.

Peyton Aucoin looks like a WicksLine future OT from his Hudl.

 

Seems there are a lot of early pledges to those 2 "institutions" on either side of the Brazos River.

 

Almost to the point of being worrisome. For some reason Watson's and Wickline's name are not the draw for the top Texas OL recruits that Briles and Sumlin are. If the offense bogs down again this season without an obvious reason (injuries and/or poor QB play) Strong is going to have to pull the pin on at least Watson (if not Wickline and/or the entire offensive staff). IMHO this is tied into Texas trying to play an offense that the Texas high schools are not playing while there are 4 other Power 5 schools in the state that are playing a familiar offense.

 

If you add the talent we are getting at QB, RB, WR plus Wickline coaching up 3/4 stars, that should be plenty of offense when paired with a nasty defense. I'm more worried about DT than OL right now.

 

AYK, much can happen between now and NSD. The scuttlebutt the last couple of weeks is that Holcombe, Hudson, and Little are nowhere near "locks." Texas has been coming hard after Hudson and Little (not sure how hard after Holcombe) and it's making an impact. This isn't to say that we'll flip them, just that they're listening and showing some interest back (mostly Hudson).

 

ttt

 

Like the DL, we are whiffing on OLs

The known OLs we are supposedly in decent shape with are Jean Delance, Patrick Hudson, and Denzel Okafor

 

We will get what we need, maybe not what we want.

 

With one or possibly two individual exceptions, that was not really the case in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 or 2013. Probably further, but that's as far as I looked.

Our OL recruiting, evaluation and training has been horrid for a long time. As long as you dont count TE Geoff Swaim (7thR 2015) as an OL , then we have not had an OL drafted since Tony Hills in 2008 -- and Hills had only one NFL start. To find an actual former Longhorn legitimate NFL starter, you have to go back to Justin Blalock, drafted in 2007. Blalock was part of the 2002 recruiting class -- that's going back quite a ways.

 

Mike Farrell and Rob Cassidy think we have "lost our grip."



https://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1805561

It's a reality that the once-dominant Longhorns have finished second to Texas A&M in the state recruiting rankings each of the last three years. That, in itself, isn't a problem, the thought that the trend may well repeat itself for the foreseeable future is where the worry arrives. Cedar Hill (Texas) High School head coach Joey McGuire sends multiple players to major college programs annually. He's as familiar with the recruiting landscape in the state as anyone. And, according to him, the pecking order in Lone Star territory isn't what it once was.

This, it seems, is a new day - a day where, early in the cycle as it may be, Texas' 2016 recruiting class ranks 56th nationally.

"It's tough, but I would probably say the top dog is becoming a mixture of TCU, Baylor and A&M," McGuire said. "I guess it kind of depends what position. Baylor is getting the receivers that they want. (TCU coach Gary) Patterson continues to do what he does. He's an amazing talent evaluator and A&M - they have the great classes, you're seeing that. Texas classes are still pretty darn good and special but they aren't the top dog like they were."

It's not as though the powerhouse high school coach hasn't given the subject thought. According to Dallas Morning News reports, McGuire was offered a position on Charlie Strong's Texas staff in January and declined the opportunity.

* * * *

Regardless of the coach, UT's reputation among top-level recruits will continue to shift in one direction or another. Where it stands now depends on whom you ask. Four-star tight end Kaden Smith is the No. 5 prospect in Texas and is committed to Stanford. It makes him a uniquely unbiased observed.

"My opinion? A&M is on top in the state of Texas right now," Smith said. "They are leading with, like, Baylor. I think all the recruits like A&M. They get the best recruits right now. Kids want to play against Bama and Ole Miss, not Texas Tech and Kansas. I've been to UT and A&M, and it just seemed like A&M had everything together in football. They have a plan. They know what they want to do."

Smith says that his opinion of UT is still high

"With UT, the school is great," he said. "The academics are great, but I feel like the new coaches and all the changes - I mean, they have all new coaches - is part of why they lose a lot of recruits to A&M. They lose some offensive ones to Baylor and TCU, but those two schools are all offense. They score 68 points but give up 68 points. I think that pushes some defensive recruits away sometimes."

- See more at: https://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1805561#sthash.Qy6s3NyZ.dpuf

 

That article had to be from last year. If not, then the writer's a homer for some team not named Texas.

 

September 22, 2015
Texas losing grip on Lone Star recruiting
Rob Cassidy
Recruiting Analyst

And Farrell is the National Recruiting Director for Rivals

 

I knew the date and the author - my point stands.

 

Rob Cassidy
Football, Southeast Region
rcassidy@yahoo-inc.com
Rob Cassidy is a Southeast Coast analyst for Rivals.com. He spent five years working at Rivals.com's Kansas State team site and started his career in newspapers.

 

2017 OL Garrison Tullos

 

OL Kellen Diesch decommitted from piggy

And is on our radar

 

5* OT Greg Little committed to Ole Mi$$ today. He demommed from aggy a few months back.