Some more IT 2018 recruiting tales --
" .... The East Texas Commitment of the Year Award would be split between two highly humble yet fiercely competitive signees, as well as the only two from East Texas - Keoantay Ingram and DeMarvion Overshown - who both knew it was Texas long before they committed.
Ingram was a silent commit soon after Junior Day in March. After being told by a former Aggie player to never attend A&M coupled with his inability to understand Orgeron on the phone, Austin made the most sense. Factor in the resume of UT's running back coach, Stan Drayton, and Ingram was blown away. It was always going to be the Longhorns, but when Herman and Drayton told him during an in-home in December that he could sign whenever he wanted - early or late - it was definitely over. Disappointingly, he felt persuaded from people close to him (who should feel ashamed) to give A&M a shot. He'd only seen one campus during his entire recruitment. He called Herman and Drayton to ensure them he wasn't wavering at all. Texas, like IT, never had a doubt for a reason. He and Overshown originally conspired to commit together, at the exact same time, but that was during torrential storms and tornadoes hitting ETX and both couldn't get good cell reception. Ingram dropped that Monday afternoon.
Overshown followed the next day. Herman's staff did such a superb job on him his sophomore year while they were in Houston. At UH, they actually held off offering him early in fear other schools would find him in the town of Arp, Texas - population 1,421 - and start building a relationship. As soon as Herman took over in Austin, Bryan Carrington pounded on the table to offer him as soon as possible. Baylor offered his little brother, Tren, in hopes of persuading him, but it was always orange house for Overshown. The staff did an incredible job with his mother and rest of the family too. When Herman stayed most of the evening in Arp on the first day coaches could go off campus and attended DeMarvion's girlfriend's basketball game, the deal was sealed....."