DEAD PERIOD Dec 14 - Jan 13

I'm not sure if we'll offer him unless we need a semi-splash or we have extra room. There's no doubt Davis has - what we in the business like to call - G40A skills. I know we're in the mix with Lil'Jordan Humphrey as a receiver/death ray, which he seems to be okay with.

If we do catch Davis, it may lead to even more receiver attrition (currently, my guess is we'll lose 1-2 already).

What do you think? Am I way off here?

 

"When my mom arrives in Florida I'll talk it over with her one more time before I make it," Delance said. "I'll base my decision on playing time, the degree you can get, how the coach is close to my family especially my mom and grandma. And how the position coach has recruited me."

 

Per TFB:
Under Armour All-America Game: If you follow Texas recruiting, I highly suggest you watch the Under Armour All-America Game on January 2nd. There will be multiple top Texas targets in the game, also a few of those targets will be making their commitments during the game. These recruits will be playing in the game:

• S Brandon Jones
  
• OT Patrick Hudson
  
• S Deontay Anderson
  
• RB Devwah Whaley
  
• LB Jeffrey McCulloch
  
• OT Jean Delance
  
• CB Eric Cuffee
  
• LB Dontavious Jackson

Those are some players Texas fans are dying to get in the 2016 class. They may add a few of them that day.

This could be shaping up to be an absolute HUGE day for Texas and their 2016 class. So as I said before, I’d tune in.

 

Darius Anderson just decommitted from Mizzou.
He was one of the players who fav'd MJ "savages" tweet

 

According to 247Sports rankings of Big12 recruiters, Texas' top snagster is....

[drum roll]

Brick Haley.

Followed by.... Jay Norvell.

Top recruiters in the Big 12
National rank in parenthesis

1. Kendal Briles, Baylor (13)
2. Carlton Buckels, Baylor (26)
3. Jim Gush, Baylor (35)
4. Brick Haley, Texas (51)
5. Jay Norvell, Texas (73)
6. Curtis Luper, TCU (82)
7. D.K. McDonald, Iowa State (97)
8. Ron Crook, West Virginia (98)
9. Lonnie Galloway, West Virgnia (99)
10. Kevin Curtis, Texas Tech (145)
11. JaJuan Seider, West Virginina (157)
12. Alex Golesh, Iowa State (170)
13. Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma (171)
14. Randy Clements, Baylor (172)
15. Jeff Lebby, Baylor (187)

Bailor has 5 enablers coaches on the list! TCU only has one. Land Thieves only have one and he comes in at #13. Interesting.

 

Higs is sticking with his Top 10 prediction for this class.
We have 12 verbals which leaves room for 13 more in a 25-man class (although he says its possible we could sign 26 or 27 if things break perfectly). He also thinks we currently have some silent commits.

Here is his "Top 20 recruiting board" for those remaining spots, "in no particular order ...... Its not a mock class but I feel GREAT with a ton of kids on that list....These are the kids you need to pay attention down the stretch if you are a Texas fan."

Jean Delance
Eric Cuffee
Irvin Smith
Jeffrey McCulloch
Brandon Jones
Zach Shackelford
Lil’Jordan Humphrey
Devway Whaley
Erik Fowler
JP Urquidez
Dontavious Jackson
Patrick Hudson
D’Andre Christmas Giles
Kyle Porter
Mike Williams
Mark Jackson
Deontay Anderson
Marcel Southall
Jordan Elliott
Chris Brown

 

Per BON:

Uncommitted Players Honors

• Safety DeMarkus Acy (Wilmer-Hutchins) was a 4A first team defensive back.
• OL Jean Delance (North Mesquite) joined Tope Imade and Denzel Okafor on the list of 6A honorable mention offensive linemen.
• OL Patrick Hudson (Silsbee) was a 4A honorable mention offensive lineman.
• RB/ATH Lil'Jordan Humphrey was named a 6A second team running back.
• Kyle Porter (Katy) and Brandon Stephens (Plano) received 6A's honorable mention for running backs.
• OL Zach Shackelford (Belton), a Kansas State commit since July, was one of five O-linemen named to the all-state first team for 6A.

 

This on Watson?

 

The QBs at this game we liked are Malik Henry, Woody Barrett and Dwayne Haskins so it was one of these three who said it.

 

I could understand a situation where a coach tells someone that they've got one QB slot and 3 other offers out there as a way to push for an early commitment.

 

Have a look at this interview with McCulloch -- see if you interpret it the same way I did. Stars at the end ~2:35. Did he just give away their plan?

http://www.scout.com/college/footba...237-ua-game-jeffrey-mcculloch-interview?s=110

 

I think so. It appears him, DV Jackson, and a few others are going somewhere together, with some of them announcing at the game. Maybe it is an informal arrangement (nothing written in stone), but an arrangement nonetheless.

 

- DE Alton Robinson (A&M commit) continues to keep in touch with the Texas staff.
- RB Kyle Porter will not announce his decision before the dead period is over.
- There's a chance DE Justin Madubuike (A&M commit) takes an OV to Texas, but not 100% sure.
- OL Zach Shackelford has not said when he will announce.
- Dontavious Jackson and Jeffrey McCulloch are two kids who will likely delay their announcement all the way to NSD.

[Per another poster]

 

The stinkin' Dead Period will officially end at midnight tonight (Jan 13)!

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Be sure to check out @Joe Fan's "official" VISITORS LIST thread to find out who you need to bake a cookie for and when. Just make sure the thing actually looks like the State of Texas... if ya know whatta mean.

 

Gilbert and Mattox were seen rehearsing for tomorrow. They seem a bit anxious, but that's a good thing.

 

Time for some Longhorn recruiting magic.

 

It's 1/13/2016!! Dead Period's over!!......Let's bring in some 'cruits!! But NOT these...



nor these....

 

If I had choose between those threesomes above, which would be a very tough choice, I'd have to go with the stooges. I mean, you've got Curly, who steps in immediately at center, giving us needed help in the O line; then Moe, who may be the most violent comic of all time--so you've got the physicality that Charlie loves, then Larry, who will fit in nicely on the sideline waving the towel to get the fans into it.

 

LOL!!!

 

Upcoming Recruiting "Periods"

Jan 31 - Quiet Period

During a quiet period, a college coach may only have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents on the college’s campus. A coach may not watch student-athletes compete (unless a competition occurs on the college’s campus) or visit their high schools. Coaches may write or telephone college-bound student-athletes or their parents during this time.​

Feb 1 - 4 (NSD Feb 3) - Dead Period

During a dead period a college coach may not have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents, and may not watch student-athletes compete or visit their high schools. Coaches may write and telephone student-athletes or their parents during a dead period.​

April 15 - May 31 - Evaluation Period

168 evaluation days (216 for U.S. service academies) (excluding Memorial Day and Sundays) selected at the discretion of the member institution and designated in writing in the office of the director of athletics:

An authorized off-campus recruiter may use one evaluation to assess the prospective student-athlete’s athletics ability and one evaluation to assess the prospective student-athlete’s academic qualifications during this evaluation period. If an institution’s coaching staff member conducts both an athletics and an academic evaluation of the prospective student-athlete on the same day during this evaluation period, the institution shall be charged with the use of an academics evaluation only and shall be permitted to conduct a second athletics evaluation of the prospective student-athlete on a separate day during this evaluation period.​

[Source = NCAA.com]

 

Thanks!!

 

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