Texas Recruiting Weekly: Horns Looking for a Few Good Men

In the spirit of “YOU WANT ANSWERS?!!” we’ll start with the news on Malcolm Brown’s impromptu unofficial visit to Austin which was originally reported by Recruitocosm just after the San Antonio Express-News posted it on their website. What can I say, their hamsters are faster.

Malcolm Brown rolled up to the 40 with family in tow to get a vibe for the campus as a student and not the rock star treatment of one of the top two or three running backs in the nation. An admirable sentiment to be sure. But this isn’t Mack Brown’s first courtship and considering unofficial visits are like hitting green on a roulette table, Mack wanted to get the most bang for his buck.

With 7-on-7 workouts rescheduled, the staff had a few key players on hand to meet Brown and his family as our student-athletes are often the best salesmen and recruiters the program has — particularly the ones that have bought into the program enough to sacrifice their summer nights to prepare for the season.

Guys like Garret Gilbert, Jordan Hicks, Jackson Jeffcoat, the Achos, the Browns, Aaron Williams, etc. are even better recruiters than Mack Brown in this situation, because the Brown family was looking to drill down and truly get a feel for what’s in store for Malcolm when he’s on campus.

While the Brown family was drilling down, it appears that it’s the Longhorns who’ve struck oil. Word we received from our guy is that Brown told the staff he’s coming and it could be a matter of weeks if not days before he makes it official. After that, it’s up to the Longhorns to show some semblance of a between-the-tackles running game to keep the Browns happy. But for now, it looks like the blue chip running back drought is over for Texas.

Jermauria Rasco says, “You’re a Lousy Fucking Softball Player Jack!!”

While the news on Brown is great, the Jermauria Rasco news seems to be less so. In talking to a guy who’d know, the talented defensive end prospect out of Shreveport Evangel has grown concerned with the Longhorn depth chart.

“With guys like Jeffcoat, Wilson, Reed, and some of the bigger linebackers that can drop down to defensive end, Rasco is worried it would take him three years or so to see significant snaps,” our source said.

Why are depth charts suddenly a concern?

“It’s not coming from the Alabama people that’s for sure.” he explained.

“Bama has a chance to land two higher rated defensive ends and they tipped their hand about how they truly feel about Jermauria by playing him off the LOS during their camp. They wanted to show him they could get him snaps early regardless of how many D ends they had. Of course that backfired because Rasco was injured and the move ended up pissing him off.”

He added, “LSU offers Rasco a chance to play right away, and Coach Miles is going to do and say everything possible to land a talent like Rasco.”

Perhaps Phillip Geiggar can diffuse the situation with a couple well placed comments planted by Muschamp. Comments that make mention of Joseph Barksdale and Russell Sheppard and the pitch Miles used on them.

In any case, the Horns certainly have some work to do.

Predictions On How the Horns Close–“He does think better with that bat!”

Malcolm Brown
Odds of Committing 100% up 1% from last week (“I’m sexually aroused by that commander”)

Yes, we’re that good. We told you Brown was done deal at every turn. I wish we would have had a blog when we predicted the Jeffcoat, Hicks, Westerman, and Turner commitments before anyone else. Kudos to Sailor Ripley for coming down to Rucker park and pulling me out of retirement.

But now the Brown recruitment really gets interesting. We have to validate what we’ve been selling Pappa Brown. You coffee-is-for-closers guys know all about service after the sale. The product happens to be our running game.

Just give me between 4-5 yards per carry vs. UCLA, OU, and Nebraska and Brown will sign. No jet sweeps or reverses please. Coach Saban may be as ethical as Colonel Nathan Gessep, but he’s an X’s and O’s wizard who will point out any running game issues we have. And he has Pappa Brown’s ear.

Jermauria Rasco
Odds of committing: 50% down from 60%.

Texas needs to counter punch the depth chart question with combination of innovation and manhood challenging. Something along the lines of:

“Look, we plan on playing the best players and playing them in waves. You’ll get snaps. Unless of course you don’t think you can compete with a bunch of kids we recruited who were ranked lower than you by the services. Tell us now so we can give your ship to a placekicker.”

I think Rasco comes around because Texas can sell him on being the only pure defensive end they’re taking in this class since Reed is likely going to grow out of the position at some point.

Aaron Green
Odds of Committing: 20%, down from 40% last week (Maybe, if we work at it, we can get Dawson charged with the Kennedy assassination.)

With the impending commitment of Malcolm Brown and the hyper-interest the Texas staff has in 2012 super prospect Jonathan Gray, the odds of a Green commitment are becoming more of a pipe dream. The staff loves Green’s specialty skills but with the numbers as tight as they are, it would be tough to justify taking 3 running backs in this class. Especially if Seferian-Jenkins and Rasco decide to come.

Austin SeferiaJenkins
Odds of Committing: Still 95%

ASJ has basically recruited the Longhorns and the Longhorns reciprocated only after they figured the talented tight end from the State of Washington was completely serious about the 40 Acres and not the Yellow Rose. It would be a huge coup to grab the best tight end in the nation, along with the best Olineman, arguably the best running back, and the best one or two defensive tackles.

Anthony Wallace
Odds of Committing 10% down from 50%

The odds are down from last week mostly because there’s a feeling with my sources that the staff has moved on for some reason and it doesn’t seem to have much to do with ability.

“The numbers are super tight already, and you’d hate to take a guy who’s not going to be an every down player. Wallace is a first and second down player especially in our league. He’s a very good one, but we feel like our resources are better spent on every down guys even if they’re a tick less talented.”-one source told us.

Another source I talked with, more of regional guy, claims that some schools have even backed off Wallace for some reason.

“If he’s not going to Texas then you would think other schools beside Oklahoma would step up and throw their hat in the ring but that hasn’t happened. Even A&M seems to have backed off. Perhaps he’s a silent to Oklahoma or perhaps he waiting for a re-offer from UT, but it doesn’t seem like he’s a priority for the Ags. I haven’t heard any off the field rumors like grades or the sort, so who knows. It’s strange.”

David Jenkins
Odds of Committing 25%

Jenkins is every bit the cornerback prospect that Charles Jackson, if not better. He’s faster than Jackson and he has a much better frame to fill out into a more physical player. Jenkins currently holds a conditional offer from the Texas staff if the numbers work out. It also helps that he plays a position of need for the Longhorns.

If there’s some attrition on the 85 man roster in the coming months or if the 2011 class doesn’t fill up like the coaches think, Jenkins might be fully offered. The coaches are certainly going to watch the talented DB this season and seal the deal if and when the time is right.

2012 Prospects to Watch

If you want to know “Who the fuck is PFC William P. Santiago” in terms of the 2012 cock-studs of recruiting, one of our man scouts/sources has compiled the following early list of the best player in the state at each position. It’s never too early to take a look at the class of 2012. Now these cats are only going to be juniors so there will be some changes. But right now these guys are doing it the most for us.

DE Mario Edwards, Denton Ryan

He’s only been playing football for a couple of years so he has a lot of upside. Very good strength and athletic enough to also play receiver for Prosper. Listed anywhere from 6’2” and 6’5”, but it’s always a good rule of thumb to trust the shorter. Better than any DE in this year’s class. Transferred to Denton Ryan where he’ll get better coaching and playing time against better competition. Ryan head coach Joey Florence is a Mack Brown guy.

S LaDarrell McNeil, Dallas Smith

This dude’s a witch. Four year starter at safety. The film below is from his freshman year. What stands out to me is his ability to mix it up despite being a bit undersized. Remember what Royal said about pups that bite?

Young Pup.

OL Curtis Riser, DeSoto

He’s better than Marcus Hutchins and Evan Washington although Washington might have a higher ceiling. Texas will be in the mix, and we’ll stay in the mix with any Desoto player as long as Claude Mathis is the head man there: quality guy, loves Mack.

RB Jonathan Gray, Aledo

Son of former Tech great James Gray. He reportedly likes Texas, and his dad likes OU. Does he like Texas enough to follow Malcolm Brown?

WR Thomas Johnson, Dallas Skyline

Transferred to ridiculously talented Skyline in the spring after playing QB for some private school in Arlington. Smart move. He’ll make the move to receiver for Skyline this fall. May have more big time offers than any junior to be in the state.

LB Derek David, Rockdale

Committed to Tech. Muschamp supposedly told the Rockdale coaches that David is the best linebacker he’s ever seen at that age. There are questions about his grades that Tech fans will say is nothing but sour grapes. Has a brother currently at Blinn who has already committed to Tech as well. Rule of thumb in sports, if you have two first names you better be a BAMF.

DT Malcolm Brown, Brenham

Better than anyone in the state not named Desmond Jackson. We always have a shot at a Brenham kid. So does A&M and increasingly so does Tech.

QB Matt Davis, Klein Forest

A dual threat quarterback from the Houston area. Guess who he idolizes? Yeah, so did Russell Shephard. Get ready for much gnashing of the teeth. Alabama has already offered.

CB Justin Thomas, West Orange Stark

Perhaps a bit of a homer pick, but Stark puts out athletes on par with anyone in the state. He’s Earl’s cousin/brother/son so Texas will of course get a look, and he’s holding offers from most of the Big 12 South. Ran a 21.76 200m at the state meet and also ran on both of WOS’s gold medal sprint relays.

Hook Them,

Jesus

31 Responses

Tipsy Gypsie said:

July 15th, 2010 at 12:28 pm

“I wish we would have had a blog when we predicted the Jeffcoat, Hicks, Westerman, and Turner before anyone else.”

Don’t forget Darius White. We were both on the “these people need to quit shitting windmills, he’s not going to OSU” bandwagon.

I like the 2012 list you compiled, though, I foresee us going back and forth at safety. McNeil’s great, but man I love me some Edward Pope from Carthage.
magnusbleuveigner said:

July 15th, 2010 at 1:00 pm

I’m liking the talent coming out of Brenham next year. They also have a LB on our radar named Tim Cole. Riser is a pretty strong LSU lean from what I’ve read, but again, it’s a feeder school. As if recruiting wasn’t easy enough for Mack and Co. Loaded feeder schools just isn’t fair to the rest.

As for the Skyline pipeline everyone covets and fears we may miss out on, if Christian Scott has a big year, and Mike Davis makes a splash, (both pretty likely) those kids will be in love with Texas, despite Franklin Shannon and Anthony Wallace ending up elsewhere.
HelmetBoy said:

July 15th, 2010 at 1:02 pm

David Jenkins seems to be a veritable LSU lock. Sadly.
Bob said:

July 15th, 2010 at 2:45 pm

They say that doomsday comes in 2012…

Cayleb Jones – Miami
Derek David - Tech
Johnathan Gray – Tech/OU
Malcolm Brown – A&M
Curtis Riser – LSU
Halapoulivaati Vaitai – OU

Should I jump off a cliff yet?
striker said:

July 15th, 2010 at 2:49 pm

That is great news about Brown. Seems like a lot of sights have been slanting the info to get attention by readers. Texas will have to prove that it can run. I think Texas will demonstrate its desire to run with a good balance attack of Run-Pass offense. Just give some major improvement because ti will get better every year. Alabama is noted to have a run game. They could not pass to win the game. Get up on bama by 20 points with a high scoring offense and a couple of breaks and bama loses the game. I predict 2 loses for bama this year. Go bulldogs and always faithful to the Horns. Every year is championship campagne.
striker said:

July 15th, 2010 at 2:55 pm

Focus on getting Brown in one of the historical college football recruit classes. Then focus on Gray, Jones, Riser, Brown of 2012. Winning makes recruiting easy. Play for a national championship 2 times in 3 years. That gets people attention.

Anything that comes from the SEC info sites. Particulary bama sites, is so slanted and they make things up to flatter themselves in SEC minds.

Big 12 (TEXAS) will win 2 of the next 3 BCS championship games. Should have been this year if McCoy would not have been hurt in the first quarter.
striker said:

July 15th, 2010 at 2:58 pm

Next year recruit 2012 class will be smaller than normal. Take the creme of the crop at needed positions. Then 2013 we go strong in size like the 2010 and 2012 class. Let it cycle every 3 years.
striker said:

July 15th, 2010 at 3:11 pm

We do not like to talk about kickers/punters, but the reality is they play a huge role. Field position, 3 points field goals etc. Next year will have to scholly a kicker/punter.
Malcolm Brown-Great news. Will be glad when he goes public. Texas running will be good this year and great 2-3 years.

ASJ- We need you to compliment McFarland. Two TE can be well utilized

Rasco- Please commit soon. This will decide the Jenkins outcome. Jenkins may still get a scholly via attrition. I am sure a Junior will enter the NFL early. We sorta know Williams is ready to go pro after this season.

Green- Not going to happen.

Gray- We want Gray to follow Brown and it works well. Assume Brown wins the hiesman and leaves early for the pros junior year. Gray becomes top RB as a Junior or senior year. He may go pro after junior year too. Still he will be top RB at his prime. It will be run Brown and run Grey. Seems we like RB with last names with color. Is there is RB for the class of 2013 with a last name of blue, white, black or red. haha

Wallace-Wanted to long.. The clock just keep ticking and it louder and louder. Eventually the alarm goes off and no more scholly. Unless attrition takes place.
striker said:

July 15th, 2010 at 3:34 pm

Why do evey blog or posting has to use words like “f**k”, etc. That is what bama fans do.. lets out class the SEC world. Makes the victory much better.
Newy25 said:

July 15th, 2010 at 4:38 pm

Curtis Riser is a big Texas fan. Not sure where you get that he is an LSU lock.
striker said:

July 15th, 2010 at 4:38 pm

Lets get Malcolm Brown, Rasco and/or ASJ. Then let things fall in place for the other. Would like to get another DB if any attrition takes place for discipline, grades, etc. Get Brown and Rasco in the class. Hope ASJ actually happens. That would be the great.
Should be interesting in 2012 class the numbers will get tight. Especially if you have a grey shirt. Doyle rehab of leg scenario. Will he rebound completely.

Malcolm Brown will look good in burnt orange. Also, with the OL recruits in the class will be making holes for him to run, run and run… Then give him some rest after his runs with a speedy back. Lets hope it all comes together as expected.
HelmetBoy said:

July 15th, 2010 at 5:24 pm

“I’ve liked LSU all my life and then when I played with Evan Washington, a person who actually went to LSU, that helped me want to go there even more. My top three right now I would like to go to LSU, Ole Miss, and Miami.” — Curtis Riser (Rivals Interview w/Jason Howell, 4/19/10)
Newy25 said:

July 15th, 2010 at 5:44 pm

He likes Texas plenty. Trust me.
Trips Right said:

July 15th, 2010 at 5:44 pm

Striker, good breakdown of our recruiting needs. If we finish those guys, this may rival last year’s haul.
magnusbleuveigner said:

July 15th, 2010 at 6:08 pm

Bob, if that happend, we just look out of state a little more. The staff will have a feel for that doomsday scenario and Mack would just greenlight Muschamp and Applewhite to let there eyes wander. Out of those you named, only Vaitai is highly unlikely to UT.

Quite honestly, I like our chances with the first four, and am on the fence with Riser.

HelmetBoy, thanks for posting that quote. I believe he’s visited campus since he said that and has a more favorable perception of us, but he still really likes LSU.
magnusbleuveigner said:

July 15th, 2010 at 6:38 pm

It just hit me. Last week Newy25 was an Adrian White expert, this week he’s Curtis Riser’s personal biographer. So what exactly do you do in DeSoto Newbert?
Newy25 said:

July 15th, 2010 at 6:50 pm

Am I to take that question seriously with the Newbert reference? Have opent years working with athletes in that area and DeSoto specifically. I know most of these kids.
Jesus Shuttlesworth said:

July 15th, 2010 at 7:49 pm

Newy is correct. Desoto kids love Texas.
UT wildcatter said:

July 15th, 2010 at 8:31 pm

and we love Desoto, Cedar Hill, Dallas Skyline and the population shift
magnusbleuveigner said:

July 16th, 2010 at 5:11 am

Yes, you were supposed to take that question seriously. You come on here all knowing stating, “I don’t know where you got that he was an LSU lock” when nobody said he was. Just about everything that’s made it’s way out of his mouth and into print has him fellating LSU. Meaning, pretty much nobody was wrong.

Of course DeSoto kids love Texas. So do Brenham and Kilgore kids. But it’s unusual for a kid from one of those schools to come right out and say he likes a school other than UT.

As I stated, he’s been to campus and is liking us more every day. I hope we land the kid. Newy, sell him.
kevwun said:

July 16th, 2010 at 6:52 am

Name the last Brenham kid we wanted that we didn’t get.
jc25 said:

July 16th, 2010 at 7:51 am

If I’m a top-flight running back, I definitely DON’T want to be a single focal point of the offense. I think you want that complement back to save your legs, go pro after your junior year, and maximize earning potential in the NFL. See Mark Ingram. Then again, I was a finance major and know shit for brains about running between the tackles.
striker said:

July 16th, 2010 at 8:19 am

jc25 so true
RB do not have a long shelf life. They rarely make 7 plus years in the NFL. Then they jump team to team in final years. Need a compliment back. Texas has some solid backs that could support Brown next year. Need to get the Gray kid from Aledo the following year. Brown goes pro after junior year and Gray takes over with split time sophmore and junior full time then goes pro. Nice to have a speedy back to compliment. Really can wear down a defense. Ever been physically exhausted and been tackling a bruiser of a running back. Then they switch out and put a speedy back in the game. It wears you out because you have to tackle with more precise angles if pass line of scrimmage.
striker said:

July 16th, 2010 at 8:27 am

Lets get Malcolm Brown and or ASJ/Rassco to finish the class. Making the class of 2011 size 24 or 25.

Then next year take a small class. Must gets– Gray, Riser, DT-Malcolm Brown, Jones and some two more top flight DB. Need to get another stud kicker like Russell to compliment the kicking game. Cannot overlook the kicking game. Then start the 3 year cycle. 2 large classes followed by a reduced class.
jc25 said:

July 16th, 2010 at 12:15 pm

Some tidbits on Brown, Cayleb Jones and David Jenkins on Rivals, via BON:

http://www.burntorangenation.com/2010/7/16/1573242/more-malcolm-brown-news
beowulf said:

July 16th, 2010 at 1:18 pm

It takes a lot of effort to get pissed at Newy on any board. I’ll give you an A for effort, Magnus.
magnusbleuveigner said:

July 16th, 2010 at 2:23 pm

Ha, not pissed at Newy, but I’ll take the A. Never got many of those.

I can’t remember if I’m right on this or not, but I think Newy25 had an on going spat with someone on BC. My memory is about the best thing I have going for me (unless I’ve been drinking). Newy25, if I’m correct please let me know, and also, who was that spat with?

kevwun-Yep, you can’t. They’ve had a bunch of kids come out that were good, that we laid off of. Kyle Mangan comes to mind, as does Shawn Sullivan, but the “Texas good” kids, usually take the short hike up 290. Now what can be debated is, did we actually take kids that were “Texas good.” So far, Collins made the biggest impact, the rest look like practice players. Side note on Collins: he was the worlds biggest asshole in high school. It was widely known.
kevwun said:

July 16th, 2010 at 3:29 pm

Sweed was pretty ok. Definitely on Collins, I’ve never heard someone from Brenham say anything good about him.
magnusbleuveigner said:

July 16th, 2010 at 4:01 pm

Ah, forgot him, was locked on Roberson, Howard, and Collins. I watched them play Waller and Cody Johnson. Brenham also had Jarrett Lee and a bunch of other kids. Say what you want about Lee in college, he was a bad dude in HS. Collins was the best player on the field. Sadly, he’s a POS.
Newy25 said:

July 16th, 2010 at 4:27 pm

“I can’t remember if I’m right on this or not, but I think Newy25 had an on going spat with someone on BC. ”

I had some spats on IT several years back with echeese and some others but I was high strung then. Now I am older and wiser and live in the Mountains of Colorado instead of New York so I have calmed down quite a bit.

Am not connected at all to the program like the posters on this site but have some relationships with schools in South Dallas. Just when the situation warrants do I offer my meager opinion on recruits. And Riser’s decision will come down to how comfortable he feels with Texas after Junior Days next Spring. LSU has made their impression but Marcus coming to Austin will help as well.

The infatuation athletes in South Dallas have with Texas is a function of attention in recent years. Mack has made a concerted effort to stop giving those recruits away to A&M, Ok State and OU. Cyrus Gray would have committed to Texas and so would have Evan Washington. Those are still questionable calls by the staff, IMO.
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