3* WR Quin Bright from Cedar Hill - Has offers from Arkansas, Baylor, Colorado, Iowa State, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Purdue, Texas Tech, Utah, Southern Miss, and South Alabama
QB Justin Dixon from Tampa, FL - Kid is off the radar of the recruiting sites and doesn’t have a 247 page. Did receive his first 5 offers yesterday: UH, FAU, Coastal Carolina, Arkansas Baptist, and Abilene Christian https://twitter.com/JustinRDixon7/status/1060320983477829635
OT Jalen Lee from Watson, LA - Has offers from Tulane, Southern Miss, South Alabama, Louisiana Tech, and ULaLa. (247 and Rivals are slacking as they don’t seem to have a player page for him that I can find - kid has had offers since May 1) https://twitter.com/jalenlee__/status/1060722607467757572
It’s rumored that he’s faster than a speeding bullet (well, even relatively slow bullets are still fast) and can jump tall buildings in a single bound.
Pretty sure that’s a connection our new DC had with this kid. You can see he’s has offer from Ark ST., which you would think came when DC was still there.
Our last staff had this bad. I don’t understand the point in recruiting tweeners. He looks more like a safety to me. Having little LB depth, recruiting 220 LBs, then injuries happen is what get’s you blown out by triple-option teams. Hopefully the coaches have a legitimate plan for his development.
I agree and disagree at the same time. We did good when we had Orlando and McKnight, but Applewhite and company gave me PTSD about doing that. I think the best thing is to recruit players at their HS position instead of moving them around and assuming they’ll put on the weight or pick up the technique to play another. It also becomes a wasting time/resources issue trying to cross-train players.
For example, Taj Brown was recruited as a MLB, but he outgrew his projected weight and they moved him to DE this year; coaches then had to spend time(although I really think they didn’t) teaching him how to play defensive end. In short, how detrimental can a bunch of guys floating around between positions be to the success of the team? Look no further than to last year.
But as I’ve said, the current staff is different so maybe they’ll have a working plan for him. I’m optimistic but skeptical at the same time.