BillySee58

Yeah, it seemed like we weren't actively recruiting him at the end there. Also, another thing to note. I believe that he would only have to spend one season at the junior college, as opposed to the more traditional two seasons. This is because he qualified out of high school and did not go JUCO because of being a non qualifier. But we'll see if we even recruit him. Seems like he'd consider us.

Second day in a row for Chelf, Smiley, all 3 qbs, and true freshman RB Jeffery Wilson. Special praise for Turner Smiley. Maybe he becomes a surprise breakthrough player. Also, true freshman RB Willy Ivery and true freshman WR O'Keeron Rutherford (the "other" Carthage receiver). Interesting to see Loving on here. Maybe he had an epiphany after the arrest. An impact from him at TE would be huge.

Garner looks like he has pretty solid size. That 220 he's listed at may very well be legitimate. I've really liked Garner's game since he first was offered. He had 10 sacks last year, plus he was originally recruited by, and committed, to Purdue to play safety. So he's got solid coverage skills for an LB. His blitzing and coverage skills combination could make him an asset as a 3rd down weapon as early as this season.

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But he's a senior. So we can't rely on him to replace Akunne at SAM after this season.

Kirby is a redshirt sophomore.

Exactly. I think MeanGreenTexan misunderstood me a little. Epps heads into this year as a redshirt sophomore. Meaning third-year sophomore, has already used his redshirt. If he simply sits and doesn't play a snap this year he will still be a redshirt junior next season (2015). If he gets the waiver granted, he still likely won't play any meaningful snaps but could get some garbage-time snaps late in already-decided games. Either way, he'd still enter 2015 as a redshirt junior with two years of eligibility left. Let's say Epps hadn't redshirted at K-State and he was entering this season as a true junior. In that case it would be better for him to just forgo the waiver process and sit out the year, redshirting. That way he could enter 2015 as a redshirt junior, rather than exhaust a year of eligibility playing garbage-time snaps behind Lemon, Y'Barbo, and Mckinney. In short, we won't need him this year, but he'll be a redshirt junior heading into 2015 regardless, so may as well try and get that waiver and see if he can get a little experience after he gets settled in here, heading into next season where things are very wide-open at guard.

Yup, we just need some quality tackles. As for the waiver, seems like we have a good chance but I wouldn't expect him to play a lot this year anyways. The late start to camp that Vito mentioned, plus having Cyril Lemon, Kaydon Kirby, and Mason Y'Barbo on the interior. Although, since he's already used his redshirt, he'd just be burning this season anyways so wouldn't hurt to get that hardship waiver.

I think GMG24 brought this up in another thread, but we may really need Anthony Wallace to step in at SAM for Derek Akunne after this season. Outside of Akunne and Fred Scott, Mccarney's linebackers that he's signed have been smaller, speed type guys. Garner, Montgomery, Ellis, Minor, and Marshall. Those guys are all more WILL type linebackers.

If the third step hasn't hit the floor then it's only two steps. Not two and a half.

Mcnulty, Greer, and Dajon getting shoutouts.

Looks like we're out of the running for Gage. And another SG prospect we were after (Michael Kolawale of Rowlett) just committed to Fresno State. http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2014/08/mason-ybarbo-talks-about-the-opening-day-of-practice-recruiting-notes.html/

Good to hear. Also, great to hear praise for our young running backs. I think Jeffery Wilson and Willy Ivery are the two best high-school running backs we've signed since Coach Mccarney's been here. They just have to prove it on the college level, which is easier said than done. I really feel like if Wilson played for a DFW metroplex power in high school, rather than 2A Elkhart, there's a strong chance he'd have multiple P5 offers.

Commits to BYU

You can't grayshirt someone after they enroll in college. Shanbour participated in spring ball, so grayshirt is out of the question.

I think our DBs vs. their receivers may be one of the matchups most in our favor. Former projected starter Kendall Sanders (their 2nd leading returning receiver) was dismissed, Montrel Meander (listed in their 2-deep out of spring) was also dismissed, and projected starter Daje Johnson, one of their top all-purpose players, is supposedly suspended at least for our game. Not to mention projected starter Marcus Johnson just had a minor surgery this past week. All that, plus secondary is the strength of our defense currently with 3 returning starters, and we could match up well in the passing game. Now if we could stop that running game we could really be in business.

Yeah, they're only going to have 3 scholarship running backs available against us. With Bergeron and Overstreet dismissed, and Shorter done, as well as Daje Johnson (RB/WR) suspended against us. Luckily for them they have Malcolm Brown and Jonathon Gray available, their two best backs. Johnson was one of their remaining skill players who worried me.

I believe 9. Josh Turner was one of the players previously reported as off the team, so you can't count him twice. Looks like just a suspension now. All the same for us, as he will miss our game. The only Texas game all year that I care who is suiting up for them.

Don't know where you could draw that conclusion. Wilds had other offers while Munden didn't. Beecham said the coaches told him we're taking 3 tackles this class. Like you said, I'm sure we would've loved to have both, and there should've been room for both had Wilds legitimately wanted to commit here.

Commits to Houston. We really need two more stud tackles like Evan Curl and Larry Hughes.

If this kid was playing offensive tackle then that's pretty out of position. He's only 6'1". But at least he did play some as a redshirt freshman. The only thing I don't like about taking in these transfers is that they take up a spot in the signing class cap of 25. If they just counted towards the 85 limit, it wouldn't be that big a risk. If they don't turn out to be worth a scholarship, then it's a shame not just because they didn't work out, but because you had to miss out on a potentially good high school kid just because a transfer was coming from a big-name school.

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2014/08/saturday-morning-recruiting-tidbit-akile-davis-names-top-three.html/ Looks like we didn't make Davis' top 3. Probably another year we don't land a DeSoto kid. Not a big deal, we'll still have a solid class.

In short, he's going to be an outside receiver (as opposed to a slot receiver). On our post-spring 2-deep depth chart, our starting outside receivers were 6'3" Senior Darius Terrell and 6' Sophomore Darvin Kidsy, backed up by two former walkons in 5'10" Senior Carl Caldwell and 5'11" Senior John Chelf. Nothing against those guys, but I expect Tee to come in and pass those guys up, pushing Kidsy and Terrell. Here are those guys career receiving stats. These guys are not much more proven on this level than Tee. Darvin Kidsy: 16 catches - 151 yards - 0 TDs Darius Terrell: 7 catches - 76 yards - 1 TD Carl Caldwell: 3 catches - 17 yards - 0 TDs John Chelf: 0 catches In high school Tee lined up a lot in the slot and he was usually on the far side of the field. This was to get the ball out to him quick and let him make plays. I could see him being the outside receiver on the short side of the field down the line, but I think we'll see him a lot on the far side of the field this season, on the outside. He's too talented to keep off the field IMO.

He plays at a 3A school (formerly knows as 2A), but they have pretty nice new jerseys and helmets.