2021 Recruiting - Football

Good film. The say DB probably. Slot as the other possibility.

 

ESPN did their junior rankings
Commit Lake McRee and target James Brockermeyer are both now 4-stars and both in the ESPN top 300





And his brother Tommy is #1 overall
Tony Grimes #6
Camar Wheaton #8
Tunmise Adeleye #9
Shadrach Banks #11
Savion Byrd #28
JoJo Earle #45
Clayton Smith #76
Jalen Milroe #95
Ishmael Ibraheem #97
Kendrick Blackshire #100
Billy Bowman Jr. #117 (should announce today)
Donovan Jackson #122
Preston Stone #127
Bryce Foster #129
Quaydarius Davis #162
Theodore Knox #168
L.J. Johnson #175
J.D. Coffey #177
Jordon Thomas #187
Hayden Conner #208
Derrick Harris #228 (good ranking for him, other services have not caught up yet)
Brandon Campbell #283
ESPN Football Recruiting - 300 Player Rankings

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ESPN's initial rankings for the 2021s has 48 players from the state of Texas
In terms of recent history, ESPN rankings had:
2018 = 40 (final ranking)
2019 = 37 (final)
2020 = 47 (so far)

 

Billy Bowman is supposed to be today, around noon

 

Come on down

Come on down mr. Bowman!

 

Mike Roach already speculating on next 2021 to commit --

Brandon Campbell RB Pearland
Savion Byrd OL Duncanville
Bryce Foster OL Katy (seems unlikely)
Derrick Harris Jr. LB New Caney
JD Coffey S Kennedale ​

 

Behold the Patron Saint of Croots

 

He means another 2021 here

 

2021 looks like a great year for us to load up, which we are doing

 

Pull from a story on Tommy being the new #1 Junior in the country, per ESPN. It would suck if some SEC school hired Blake as an OL coach, just in order to sign the twins

" ..... "I think they've narrowed it down pretty good to a handful of schools that are in their wheelhouse, and Texas is going to be in the picture," Blake said.

"It's actually hurt [Tommy and James] in recruiting because a lot of schools don't recruit them or won't recruit them because of the Texas ties because they just assume they're going there. It's definitely not a done deal. It's obviously going to be one of the leaders, but there's also Alabama, Clemson, Stanford, Michigan. There are some good schools out there."

Blake is currently a defensive analyst at SMU, where he has been for almost two years. SMU was the first program to offer the twins, and the family has talked about Tommy and James playing for their father, but it isn't something he is pushing. Blake wants to ensure that Tommy and James see the right programs and make the right decisions for them, Texas or not. Having been on both sides, as a player and now as a coach, he understands the pitfalls and potential hazards of making a blind decision.

"I'm showing them pretty much every top program in the country, whether they might think, they're like, 'Why are we going to Iowa, Dad?'" Blake said. "I'm like, 'These guys know what they're doing,' and then after they go and see it, they say, 'Yeah, I get it.' I'm going to give them the best advice I can give them because I know the whole process, and I've seen it all and done it all.

"You can't ever guarantee things are going to happen the way you want and coaches are going to be there, so there's a lot of different aspects you have to look at." ​

What you need to know about the ESPN Junior 300 player rankings

 

With Conner suggesting another 2021 commit should drop soon, Milroe hinted at the same in an interview. Reading the tea leaves, he seemed to be pointing to a defender, maybe LB. If so, Derrick Harris seems possible.

Elsewhere there were rumors of two commitment videos being cut on campus today.

 

2021 fixin to be lit bro!





You younger guys on here, did I say that right?

 

Just need to add a "Bro" at the end...

 

Got it!

 

Most or all of the services have completed their 2021 rankings now which means a new Composite is out. So here is the updated 2021 top 30 in Texas per the 247 Composite
2021 Top Football Recruits in Texas
1) Tommy Brockermeyer
2) Camar Wheaton
3) Savion Byrd
4) Landon Jackson
5) Tunmise Adeleye
6) Ja'Tavion Sanders
7) Donovan Jackson
8') Preston Stone
9) Marcus Burris
10) Shadrach Banks- aggy (as of today)
11) Jalen Milroe- Texas
12) Latrell McCutchin- Alabama
13) Bryce Foster
14) Quaydarius Davis- Texas
15) Billy Bowman- Texas
16) Cody Jackson- ou
17) Reuben Fatheree
18) Ishmael Ibraheem
19) Clayton Smith
20) JoJo Earle
21) Jaeden Roberts
22) Latrell Neville
23) Jacob Rodriquez
24) Sawyer Robertson
25) Kendrick Blackshire
26) Theodore Knox
27) Dametrious Crownover
28) JL Johnson
29) Dematrius Davis
30) Eli Stowers- aggy
32) Jordon Thomas
34) Derrick Harris Jr
35) Hayden Conner Texas
36) JD Coffey
44) Brandon Campbell
48) James Brockermeyer
51) Lake McRee Texas
60) Juan Davis Texas

 

Some of the Rivals guys (Suchomel, Spiegelman...) are putting in picks of 4-star LB Derrick Harris to Texas.

 

Joefan
What is the latest on camar Wheaton?
If we land Bijan would that hurt our chances for Wheaton.
The reason I ask is because I like Wheaton alot.

 

Not sure that question can be answered until after Bijan announces his decision.

This is what Wheaton is looking at currently at Texas
Soph - Keontey Ingram
Fresh - Jordan Whittington
Senior - Kirk Johnson
Junior Daniel Young

This is what he will be looking at if we Get Bijan Robinson going into his senior year.
Junior - Keontay Ingram
Soph - Jordan Whittington
Senior - Daniel Young
Freshmen Bijan Robinson
Freshmen - Derrian Brown (still not sure where he will be at this point)

If Wheaton comes to Texas this is what the dept chart will look like as an entering freshmen
Senior - Keontay Ingram - With a couple of good years he might leave early.
Junior - Jordan Whittington - Chance for a permanent move to Wr
Soph - Bijan Robinson
Soph - Derrian Brown
Fresh - Cam Wheaton.

So, we just won't know for a long time, probably not until this time in 2020.

 

With Alabama me Clemson it's one 5-star after another. I think with those it's not how many horses are in the barn, but how many are coming the same year.

 

Mike Roach of 247 recently changed his CB on Wheaton to "foggy."
He thinks losing RSamples to SMU hurt us with Wheaton
He has also mentioned another team, who he calls "totally unexpected," is making a lot of progress with him. Here is the last sentence of his latest on Wheaton --

" .... It could depend on the timeline, but the same source who told me about the unexpected team told me a few months ago that Wheaton was close to committing to the Longhorns."​

edit - I just figured out Roach's "unexpected team" is Kansas so I doubt that will really go anywhere. The connection there is Emmett Jones, who is Kansas’ WR coach and who Wheaton knew when he was in Dallas.

 

Checking around on rivals and noticed they don't even have Juan Davis ranked? How is the possible? I can't wait to see the meltdown by aggy when he goes from unranked to 4 stars in a few weeks...

 

We were making new offers on the same day Bijan Robinson committed
4-star 2021 WR Mario Williams (5'10,164) from Plant City, FL

 

I can't say how big it was to soundly beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Every recruit knows Texas was down but all the recruits know Texas is on the rise.

My daughter is in the recruiting process for softball and the first question she asks when a coach is interested is if they are good. When athletes are super competitive all they care about is if they are going to a solid program. Winning the Sugar Bowl against Georgia is much bigger than most want to believe.

 

aggy is feeling the aftermath of that game too