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Not the one they have their eyes on.

Yessir would be YUGE or HUGE whichever way you prefer

If we still have spots available. Think they're getting semi close to being full. With QB/DL room needing some help.

You know I can't spill the beans. I think JD and I are going to discuss it on his Patreon Podcast, and for once I knew something he didn't 😁😆

For anyone worrying about our Portal guys and how solid they are. How Portal works they commit to school, nothing binds them to said school until they enroll on campus. Classes this semester begin January 16th for UNT, now here comes the genius part of what our coaches have done. This is the NCAA recruiting calendar. The Red Dates mean no contact (I know you're asking how are kids posting offer during a dead period?) there are ways around it IE calling coach to tell them to tell the kid etc. With classes beginning on Tuesday the 16th I would imagine our guys have to report back the 14th get meetings, class schedules, for the transfers get Housing set up, classes scheduled etc. Knowing that they will have to move in it would make sense to do that starting on Saturday at the latest but who knows. Just some information for curious minds on how our Portal stuff will work and we will be able to hold onto those guys. They would able to visit Jan 3-7 so we still have some work to do to secure the transfers. I made a mistake and need to adjust found some more information on the change in transfer portal. Dec. 18 through Jan. 11, 2024 (see Bylaw 13.02.5.5.1.1), except as noted below: DEAD PERIOD • Jan. 3-7, 2024: Quiet period for two- and four-year college transfer prospective student-athletes who intend to enroll midyear. • Jan. 5-7, 2024: Quiet period for national service academies. QUIET PERIOD A quiet period is that period of time when it is permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts only on the member institution’s campus. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations may be made during the quiet period. DEAD PERIOD A dead period is that period of time when it is not permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations on or off the member institution’s campus or to permit official or unofficial visits by prospective student-athletes to the institution’s campus. My apologies I accidentally pasted the Dead Period outline behind the Quiet Period. Here is the corrected Definition

Could be another one soon 😎 would be a massive get

His tape POPS I sure hope we are still in on this young man, he could play very quick. Zach Orr ish

Um, rather the opposite 3 down front is the hardest to recruit in the country. Reason being 1 every P5 school in the country grabs the Mountain Men you know 6'3"-6'6" 280-330 Pound DL, whether they are 3 or 4 down doesn't matter. Then you are left combing through the scraps of what is left over if you want the big boys that eat up double teams (which is really what you need in 3-3-5). Your 3 down are supposed to demand doubles allowing your LB/Safeties whoever is in the run fit to fly around. This past year our LBs had OL in their laps most of the snaps the only DL I noticed that demanded a double towards middle/end of the year was 94 Moore and he was able to beat them most plays. So now you are dropping down to the 6'-6'2" range which is why PB preffered 4 down, get away with much smaller DL because they slanted and moved better than most OL so you could essentially out quick the block instead of defeating the double. FWIW every scheme has its issues, the defense at times looked really good, but for the most part it looked really bad. I do not think it is entirely schematic, nor is it entirely lack of quality players. I believe with what they are bringing in so far on the back end will help, and I am excited to see what they do on the DL in January. Yes I KNOW I KNOW we need a $#@# QB!!

I thought it would be good to put together a list of all our HS Signees together. Jaydon Smith- Ingleside 3 Star, 67th best ATH, 107th best player in TX, 6'2" HJ, 22' 9 3/4" LJ, 45' 3/4" TJ Projected CB 5'11" 170 Jayden Pettway- Angleton 3 Star, 115th best Safety, 153rd best player in TX, 52 in the 400, Projected Safety, but could play LB as well 6' 1 1/2", 190 Gabe Stroud- Whitehouse 3 Star, 135th best Safety, 182 Best player in TX, 21' 6" LJ, 10.79 FAT 100m, Projected CB but also has Safety tape, 5' 10" 180 Kiefer Sibley- Conally (Waco) 3 Star, 97th best RB, 197th best in TX, 186 Rush, 2,291 Yds, 29TD, 6 Rec, 102 Yds, 1 TD, RB, 5'8", 175 Victor Aderungboye- Dulles(Sugar Land) 3 Star, 75th best TE, 204th best player in TX, Plays TE but moves like a WR, 6' 2 1/2", 220 Paul Gurrola- Mesquite 3 Star, 115th best OT, 213th best player in TX, 134' 3" Discuss throw, OL, 6' 5" 260 Zhaiylen Scott- Cedar Hill 3 Star, 103rd best Edge, 222nd best player in TX, 2 way starter for CH, 22 TFLs and 11 Sacks as a Jr, DE, 6' 233 Wyatt Young- Tompkins (Katy) 3 Star, 148th best Ath, 229th best player in TX, District 16-5A Offensive MVP as Jr and Sr, and District Newcomer of the year as Soph, WR 6'1" 180 Cash McCollum- China Spring 3 Star, 92nd best QB, 243 best player in TX, 5-4A District MVP as Jr and Sr, QB, 6'4" 210 Mason Ferguson- North Crowley 3 Star, 211th best WR, 247th best in TX, Ran 23.51 in 200m as Soph, 40' 10" TJ as Jr, WR, 6'2" 180 Baron Tipton- Coppell 3 Star, 212th best WR, 248 best in TX, 44' 9 1/2" TJ 23.03 200m, WR, 6'4" 195 Miles Coleman- Vandegrift (Austin) 3 Star, 214th best WR, 250th best in TX, 10.5 100m 22.03 200m, HE CAN FLY, 25-6A Offensive MVP JR, 25-6A District MVP Sr, WR 5'5 150 Tyler Mercer- Prosper- 3 Star, 124th best IOL, 226th best in TX, held 19 offers before flipping to us making it 20, Interior OL, 6'3" 275 Kerry Williams- SOC 3 Star, 155th best CB, 257th best in TX, 21' 10 LJ, 41' 11 1/2" TJ, CB, 5'10" 165 Jaedon Langley- Boswell (FW) 3 Star, 181st best DL, 261 best in TX, 3-6A Defensive Newcomer of the Year, 3-6A First Team All District as JR and SR, DL, 6'3" 230 Keiondre Lewis- Dell Valle (Austin), 3 Star, 185th best LB, 297th best in TX, Held Colorado State/ Arkansas Pine Bluff offer in May not sure what I am missing bc I LOVE his tape at Safety it felt very much like a kid TCU used to pick up before they blew up/ Versatile enough to put weight on and play LB if Safety doesn't work, Safety, 6'2" 190 Brandon Young Jr- Mansfield Legacy 3 Star, 105th best TE, 291st best in TX, TE, 6'5" 240 Luke Carter- Katy 3 Star, 107th best TE, 292nd best in TX, 49'9" SP, 117'8" Discus, TE/WR 6'3" 240 Chris Gant Jr- Klein Collins 3 Star, 200th best Safety, 295th best in TX, Kind of reminds me of Marcus Trice, Safety, 5'9" 195 Amarion Bery- Rowlett, 3 Star, 177th best IOL, 309 best in TX, Flipped from Tarleton State today, OL 6'2" 285 Hudson Emeterio- Argyle, NR, Former Baylor Baseball Commit, 3-5A 1st team All-District, He has some really impressive flashes on tape, LB, 6'4" 225 Matthew Reed- Braswell (Denton) NR, Held Louisiana offer as well as UNT, Squat 430, Clean 265, DL, 6'5" 265 Ashton Gray- Marion (Marion, AR), NR, according to his hudl he runs a 4.54 40 and a pro agility of 4.2, Intriguing prospect played QB and has ability could be looked at as both QB and RB possibly for us, offered by Arkansas Pine-Bluff, Pitt State, Arkansas Tech, Arkansas Monticello also, 6'1" 200 Christian Pettway- Lindale, NR, Held SFA, Grambling State, Houston Christian, Missouri Western State offers, OT, 6'5" 265 Kabriel Anderson-Dale- Harker Heights (Killeen)- NR, Former Army Commit, Held Army, Arkansas State, and UTRGV, Not sure why he doesn't have more going must be a Zach Orr type of deal where height is a concern because his tape is FIRE. 247 List him at 5'10" his twitter says 5'11" 225 Jayden Williams- Wossman High (Monroe, LA) NR, We beat Memphis on a late push, Louisiana, Grambling, Missouri Valley, and SE Missouri for this young mans talent. He reminds me of Marcus Moore coming out of HS no clue why he doesn't have more offers but I'm glad he signed with us! DT, 6'3" 280 Updating with updated evaluations and rankings from 247 and re-ordered highest to lowest rated**

FWIW Morris calls offense to my knowledge.

Another one

Trust the process 🥸

I think they're calling him an ATH for now, trying to pull another HS RB I believe.

Only problem with May window.. $$$$ schools will pay big money to get guys to come in and sure up rosters. I was told by an SEC DL coach that is when kids can possibly get the most $$ because they know what the legitimate need is at that time post spring ball. I'd like to have 2/3 scholarships available for that and have the rest allocated by then.

Zach Evans Ikaika Ragsdale Qualan Farrar Makenzie McGill PWO RB Commits None Currently I believe they had a couple in this weekend so maybe we can re-visit this later.

Don't give an ideas... but I wouldn't be surprised to see us go full tilt on the DL in January.

The top tier are garnering so much attention not sure what will be left may as well let the wave settle and regroup in January... I'm very pleased so far! If they've done this so far they'll find the other pieces. I have no doubt.

Full ride, vs maybe 10/15% probably helped make that decision. Now if we could just get a baseball program we already have a D1 kid on campus lol

Latest puzzle piece

For the life of me I can't figure out why we haven't... but there is obviously something there.

Current Transfer Portal Signees: BJ Allen- University of Texas, 4 star out of HS was 117th best player out of HS and the 11th Safety in his class. My favorite pick up out of the portal, Safety, 3 years of eligibility Johnny Dickson- Virginia Tech, 3 star out of HS, was rated the 23 Interior OL in his class, 6'3 291, Interior OL, 3 years of eligibility Landon Peterson- Texas Tech, 3 star out of HS, was rated the 61st best OT and 97th best player in Texas, 6'6" 300, OT, Grad Transfer, 1 year of eligibility Jasper Lott- TCU, 3 star out of HS, 69th best OT and 111th best in TX, 6'5" 243, OT, 2 years of eligibility Zach Evans- Minnesota, 69th best RB and 128th best in TX, 5'10" 205, RB, 3 years of eligibility X'Avion Brice- Texas, 43rd best ATH and 97th best player in TX, 6'1" 175 Corner for us, Safety, 4 years of eligibility (I believe) JJ Jean-Louis- Iowa State, 137th best LB and 53rd best in Ohio, 6'2" 225, Inside LB, 4 years of eligibility Justice Guillory- SFA, NR, 6'4" 335 2x All American, Interior OL, Grad Transfer, 1 year of eligibility Dalton Carnes- Houston, NR, 5'9" 175 20 Rec, 263 yards, 1 TD, Slot WR, 3 years of eligibility Oscar Hammond- UCO, NR, 6'4" 210, 58 Rec, 790 yards, 5 TDs, TE, 2 years of eligibility remaining Plus a RS year if need, so technically 3 to play 2 Jayden Hill- Ohio Dominican, 6'1" 200, 38 GP, 148 Solo, 250 Total Tkl, 6.5 TFL, 2 INT, 23 PD, 2 FF, 2 FR, 3X All Conference, 3X Team Captain, DB, Grad Transfer, 1 year of eligibility David (Davo) "The Mayor" Spruiells- NAU, 5'9" 170 (last updated 247) Played as a True Freshman and has some FIRE tape, Safety, 3 years of eligibility DT Sheffield- Washington State, 5'10" 174, JUCO out of HS, had NMSU, Washington State, Kansas and 7 other Small D1 offers out of JUCO, not much tape, supposedly was fastest man at Washington State in an article online, WR, 2 years of eligibility according to his twitter Tre Bradford- LSU, 6' 208, Played HS Ball at Lancaster High, 4 star prospect out of HS rated 13th best RB in the country, and 25th best player in TX, Played HS ball for Coach Gilbert, was projected 4th-6th round draft pick out of HS, 2 years of eligibility Jenson Walker- Southeast Missouri State, 6'3" 235, He is a long snapper, has a good looking hair do and that is about all I know about him.

Another DB that can range well!