Friday Night Lights Wrap: Texas Commits/Targets in Week 1
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Sep 7, 2010 1:26 PM CDT
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2011 Texas commits
David Ash, Belton quarterback -- In a back-and-forth contest with Austin High, Ash completed 30 of 41 passes for 460 yards, six touchdowns, and one interception in a 66-63 loss. Game recap here.
Malcolm Brown, Cibolo Steele running back -- In a 24-10 win over Round Rock, Brown carried the ball 15 times for 193 yards and two touchdowns.
Joe Bergeron, North Mesquite running back -- The workhorse running back got off to a fantastic start in Week 0 with 22 carries for 277 yards and continued his production with 38 carries for 196 yards and a touchdown in a 17-7 victory over North Garland. Don't sleep on Bergeron as a guy who could become the next short-yardage tailback at Texas -- he has some serious talent as a running back with good speed and excellent feet for his size.
Jaxon Shipley, Brownwood wide receiver -- After failing to put up spectacular receiving numbers in Week 0 due to double and triple coverage, the younger Shipley broke free in a 37-7 win over Graham with eight catches for 105 yards and a touchdown. He also added a 58-yard punt return. In case you missed it last week, video of his two punt returns for touchdowns is here.
Miles Onyegbule, Arlington wide receiver -- Playing quarterback this season, Onyegbule struggled a bit more than he did in Week 0, throwing two interceptions while completeling 12 of 22 passes for 151 yards and two touchdowns. He did have success on the ground, as his 17 carries went for 96 yards in a 42-20 loss to Coppell.
MJ McFarland, El Paso El Dorado tight end -- Five receptions for 42 yards and a touchdown in a 54-7 blowout over Lubbock Coronado.
Quandre Diggs, Angelton athlete -- The younger brother of Quentin Jammer scored the game-winning touchdown with 55 seconds left in the game to beat Brazosport, 27-24. Diggs carried the ball 17 times for 133 yards and added another touchdown in the victory.
Mykkele Thompson, SA Stevens athlete -- Likely a defensive back at Texas, Thompson plays quarterback for his high school and went 4 of 9 for 50 yards through the air, with a touchdown and an intereption. He also rushed 14 times for 128 yards and a touchdown in a 48-21 loss to SA MacArthur.
Josh Turner, OKC Millwood cornerback -- A do-everything player for OKC powerhouse Millwood, Turner helped lead his team to a 42-0 victory over Star Spencer, providing 70 yards on three carries (one going for a touchdown). He also starred on defense, recording 10 tackles, three PBUs, an INT, and a fumble recovery.
Kendall Thompson, Carthage linebacker -- The big linebacker recorded 11 tackles in a 47-42 win over Lindale.
Steve Edmond, Daingerfield linebacker -- In a 44-14 victory over Arp, Edmond had 14 tackles and three tackles for loss.
Cedric Reed, Cleveland defensive end -- Reed did his part in a 24-7 loss to Silsbee, adding a 50-yard reception to his stellar work on defense -- 12 tackles, two sacks, and a fumble recovery.
2012 Texas targets
Matt Davis, Klein Forest quarterback -- Davis is out for the season with an ACL tear.
Trevor Knight, SA Reagan quarterback -- The Rattler signal caller was seven of 14 for 152 yards and three touchdowns, while adding two touchdowns (29, 69) and 124 yards on nine carries in a 35-7 victory over O'Connor.
Johnathan Gray, Aledo running back -- Gray had 26 carries for 234 yards and five touchdowns in a 48-13 victory over Weatherford, despite playing only three quarters. Here's a picture of Gray taken at the game. A few more from the same page.
Trent Jackson, Cuero running back -- Unable to keep Cuero from dropping to 0-2 in a 36-28 loss to Liberty Hill, Jackson carried the ball 14 times for 131 yards, including a 57-yard touchdown run late in the game.
Thomas Johnson, Skyline wide receiver -- Johnson is out for several weeks with a high ankle sprain sustained in the season opener.
Cayleb Jones, Austin High wide receiver -- Jones had 13 catches for 178 yards and four touchdowns in a 66-63 win over Belton. Video here.
Kiante' Griffin, Lewisville Hebron wide receiver -- In a 60-27 annihilation of Colleyville Heritage, Griffin had three catches for 94 yards and a touchdown and returned an interception return for a touchdown as well. He also had a punt return for a touchdown negated by penalty.
Griffin Gilbert, Lake Travis flex tight end -- Garrett's younger brother had seven catches for 107 yards in a 34-24 victory over Pflugerville Hendrickson.
Bralon Addison, Fort Bend Hightower athlete -- In a 46-39 loss to the Woodlands, Addison carried 17 times for 168 yards and one touchdown and added another 157 yards on nine of 17 passing. Addison had three touchdown passes through the air and threw one interception.
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Jon Gray
What the heck? How does his team win by that much and he struggles mightily? Odd.
Think we could add Barry Sanders, Jr. to the 2012 list?
Re: Barry's son
About to do some research and see if the interest is legit. If it is, he will be on for next week. Also, this thing takes forever to do and I got lazy towards the end (about an hour and a half or more).
About to update Gray, seems like the original box score I saw was incorrect.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Sep 7, 2010 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Why not find a few posters to "adopt" a recruit to help pull this together
I can do the San Antonio guys.
BTW, Malcolm Brown didn’t play all that much in the second half since Steele was up, but when Round Rock scored in the second half, Brown went back in and promtly ripped off a 23 yard run.
Aaron Green rushed for 217 yards on a reported sore ankle (his backup had 209 yards) in a loss to Kerrville Tivy. Tivy’s QB Manziel, an Oregon commit, stole the show tallying 581 yards (out of Tivy’s 582 total) and 5 TD’s.
I kind of like the idea of people adopting a recruit/target
Any takers on that?
By the way, I meant to add a Game of the Week portion to this post, which will be Aledo at Lake Travis this week. No need for a vote on that one.
In addition, if anyone has the opportunity to go see any commits or targets in action, a report on it and any pictures of the targets/recruits would be helpful, with video even better.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Sep 7, 2010 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll take
Malcolm Brown
M. Thompson
Quincy Russell (assuming I can find defensive stats)
Aaron Green
If this gets going, just let me know whether to put into a fan post or send them to you somehow.
Yeah I'll have to figure that out.
I’ll let you know what I decide to do.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Sep 7, 2010 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought Aggy stole Manziel from Oregon? Did this turn out to be false?
by Displaced Longhorn on Sep 7, 2010 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Last I saw was that they offered him.
Rivals has him as a soft verbal to Oregon still.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Sep 7, 2010 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
wtf, i’m like 99% certain i saw on iamthe12thman they had a post/fanshot about how he switched commitment, maybe beergut will pop up and clarify
by Displaced Longhorn on Sep 7, 2010 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks GoBR
Continually impressed by your coverage of the new crops.
Pop quiz: who wins in an egg & spoon race between Jaxon & Cayleb?
by Infield Elephant on Sep 7, 2010 1:47 PM CDT reply actions
Ha.
I’m going to go with Shipley on that one. Was a little disappointed that Belton’s cornerback Darrius White pulled away from Jones in the open field on an early touchdown return, not to mention the fact that Jones took a poor angle and clearly underestimated White’s speed. White is a fast kid, though, to be fair.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Sep 7, 2010 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Another Darius White?
Is it a Sunkist Gimme just on name alone?
Stumpy: It's called the '80s. Ford was president, Nixon was in the White House, and FDR was running this country into the ground. I was bummin' in a hole-in-the-wall town in what is now called "Utah".
GOBR, great write up as always. Is Gilbert a Texas target?
The guys over at Hookem247 (Jeff Howe, Gerry Hamilton and Bobby Burton) have said that Gilbert is not Texas good. GOBR do you think Gilbert will get a Texas offer. Seems like a Rice or SMU might be a better fit unless he improves his speed, weight and moves to TE. If Griffen can get up to 240, down to a 4.6ish 40 and play TE as a senior I think Texas would take him late.
by billfromlaketravis on Sep 7, 2010 2:23 PM CDT reply actions
Huh?
Why do we “have to” take Chet Moss? And to me, Gilbert seems like a great candidate for a future Texas TE, possibly making an impact by his RS Soph year.
It was one of the
Coach’s picks that many fans didn’t agree with—especially now that numbers are tight. Even before he got offered, many people here were saying he was a “program choice” or whatever logic they use. Gilbert doesn’t seem like he has a position, and I certainly don’t see RS Sophomore at all. In our new scheme, we need willing and crushing blockers.
In almost any scheme
you either need a TE that can catch the ball, or it would be nice to have one. Given the direction our offense is going, by the time this guy is ready to play, we could have one hellova blocking squad with just our linemen. He doesn’t have to be an all world blocker, we can recruit one of those. Play em both. And you know he won’t grow out of the position. With the S&C program Madden runs, it’s not hard to believe that he can take this high school kid and have him a chiseled 235-240 by the time he leaves campus. Blocking can be taught, and though I was hesitant to block as a WR, when the coaches finally taught me how, I loved it. I benched my way into a TE body and moved positions. Wasn’t the best blocker on the team, by any means, but bet your ass I hit people and made em fall over, and if needed be, I provided a threat in the passing game. Gilbert can definitely provide a receiving threat, and his speed can increase a little, maybe to 4.7- 4.6 at best, which would be just fine as a TE. Too many times recently we’ve taken a guy as a TE and he grew out of it. Maybe let’s try a project and take an undersized guy and try to turn him into a TE.
You're right, it can be
But look at the struggles our coaching staff has had with it, even with the O-Line. I offer up Dan Buckner as the perfect example of how some people are simply allergic to blocking, despite the fact that you loved it.
Griffin is exactly the kind of player that I would say has no place in our future offense. Why take somebody else when there are others you KNOW want to block and HAVE the right weight and speed? It’s just over-complicating the recruiting process. We are already struggling to find a position for Darius Terrell (though obviously he has a lot of time). Gilbert has a bigger frame, but not the same speed. If we’re going to take a project guy, let’s take somebody fast and undersized…not slow and undersized.
Is he really that slow?
It’s hard to believe he doesn’t have the speed to be a successful TE, because he seems to be quite productive as a WR, from what I’ve read. I haven’t watched him live, so I can’t say anything about his speed
i don't think he is.
Last I heard he was running a 4.8 or 4.9 at around 200 pounds, so I don’t see him being able to gain 40 pounds and increase his speed that much. In fact, I’m far from convinced that he could even reach 240.
I did hear from a coach last week though that Texas Tech is showing some interest in him, but if he is just going to be a flex TE guy in college, it doesn’t seem like a position that Texas is really planning on using that much going forward.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Sep 7, 2010 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks for the answer GOBR
Griffin needs to develop his body. improve his speed and blocking before he receives a Texas offer. Griffin is currently not even playing tight end. LT really doesn’t have a history of using a TE in their offense. I don’t think Griffin can prove to the Texas coaches he can be a traditional, pro style tight end before Texas is full for 2012.
Yeah we don’t need another flex tight end. Tech would be a great landing place for Griffin, a very respectable program that could be on the rise with Tubbs.
by billfromlaketravis on Sep 7, 2010 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree
About Tech, as long as Tuberville ends up keeping the same offense. He’d fit in nicely there. Question though: aren’t they sacrificing a realistic shot at Jonathan Gray if they keep the Run n’ Shoot? He fits the offense to a T, but it doesn’t exactly feature the RB…
The other consideration
is that the 2012 class is probably going to be pretty small. Just how small depends on what Rasco and Green decide to do, but I would probably put the number right now around 20 or so.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Sep 7, 2010 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
If no more flex TE
Where do DJ Grant and Darius Terrell play?
Wasn’t Mile O. also considered more of a flex TE than WR?
Good question
I could see Grant as a TE, but Terrell gonna have to bulk up a ton to be able to block or even affect DEs. I never heard anything about Onyegbule not being a WR.
Terrell might be an H-back.
I think he could play that position, but it would be a move away from where Texas looks like they are going with the running game. Agree that Grant is going to play an attached tight end role, I think he’s around 240 right now.
Not sure about Onyegbule, he is certainly a guy who could put on a lot of weight by the time he is done growing.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Sep 7, 2010 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Trey Graham
is pretty much the same player is Griffin Gilbert is in high school.
TG or GG?
TG is 6’5" and I think about 240.
Roy
I know you’re busy, but when do you think the 2012 DE post will be coming up? I love those posts so much. I’m really looking forward to LB; Texas looks stacked at targets there.
Also, would you like me to do a breakdown of some OOS guys? Off the top of my head, there’s Kwon Alexander and Trae Elston from Oxford, Barry Jr. from Oklahoma, and Dorial Green-Beckham from Missouri. I don’t expect us to go after Brewer from AZ. Any others?
Planning on something with Sanders, Jr.
Not sure about the DE post, I’ve done some research on Mario Edwards and saw Michael Richardson play the other week and know about Irokansi a bit, so I could probably get it together pretty quickly when I sit down to do it.
by Wescott Eberts (GoBR) on Sep 7, 2010 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Barry Sander Jr
Rushed for 121 yards on 13 carries and a touchdown. He had a 73-yard punt return
Eh
Jr. really isn’t in his name, just a title given to him by the media. It’s just simply Barry Sanders.
by KratosWasASooner on Sep 7, 2010 11:48 PM CDT reply actions
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