Eli "Cinco" Howard, DE, San Angelo Central

greenit · January 20, 2015

Another example :
https://twitter.com/ben_baby/status/557591164375670784

Cool. Maybe he turns out he just wanted to keep his options open a little longer and ends up signing with us. We will find out soon.

greenit · January 25, 2015

May have recommitted per Vito.

NT03 · January 25, 2015

May have recommitted per Vito.

Would love to get him back

eulessismore · January 25, 2015

Would love to get him back

If we get him signed whenever national signing day is, I'll be thrilled with it.

Withers940 · January 25, 2015

Come on back now Eli

greenit · January 25, 2015

Don't piss on me and tell me it's raining. He decommitted to go to SMU

Might need to keep your umbrella handy...

Withers940 · January 25, 2015

Nah

TheReal_jayD · January 25, 2015

I'll believe it when I see it

MeanGreenTexan · January 25, 2015

Of all the decommits we've seen so far, his was the one I was most bummed about (followed closely by Wheeler). Would love to have this guy back on board.

TheReal_jayD · January 25, 2015

My guess is Tulsa

Nvm vito confirms he recommitted

Edited January 26, 2015 by TheReal_jayD

jtm0097 · January 26, 2015

I am glad he decided to return. He might get playing time right away.

MeanGreenTexan · January 26, 2015

I am glad he decided to return. He might get playing time right away.

I'm glad the coaches didn't bail on him after he re-opened his commitment and specifically asked for them to stay in touch.

Welcome aboard Cinco. Looking forward to a bunch of sacks & QB pressure from you in the future.

BillySee58 · January 26, 2015

I'm glad the coaches didn't bail on him after he re-opened his commitment and specifically asked for them to stay in touch.
Welcome aboard Cinco. Looking forward to a bunch of sacks & QB pressure from you in the future.

Me too. Good to have him back. Side note: I've seen more kids recommit to the schools they decommitted from this year than any other year, by far. I think it's causation, not correlation, between that and the fact that kids are being pressured to commit earlier and earlier to have a spot in the class. Many more decommits, hence more recommits.

If we can land Combs and Watson then this may be as good a DE haul as we've seen in a while, and the strength of this class. Howard was originally scheduled to visit SMU last weekend, but he visited Tulsa. I wonder if SMU cooled on him. Either way he's a good pickup, but something I can't help but wonder.

Withers940 · January 26, 2015

Might need to keep your umbrella handy...

Well, I hope you're not an umbrella salesmen because it looks like a clear forecast for ol Eli

Harry · January 26, 2015

Glad to have him back in the fold.

GMG24 · January 26, 2015

Anyone see the picture he posted on Twitter where he ran into Bryce Petty?? He is as big or bigger than Petty right now. Great pickup!

Edited January 26, 2015 by GMG24

Withers940 · January 26, 2015

Anyone see the picture he posted on Twitter where he ran into Bryce Petty?? He is as big or bigger than Petty right now. Great pickup!

Yeah, I saw it. Big ol Boy

UNTLifer · January 26, 2015

Glad he is back with us. I will be his biggest fan while wearing the green. I still don't back off my earlier comments about these kids needing to stick to their word.

Harry · January 26, 2015

I didn't catch that picture can someone repost it? Many thanks.

Withers940 · January 26, 2015

Harry · January 26, 2015

It happens to everyone everywhere except a very select few places like Alabama and Ohio State. Vanderbilt's top recruit just flipped to Arkansas... Texas Tech has had a a slew of decommits... I agree that you want to limit it however you also want to go after the best players you can land and those kids have options. There is a fine line between the two and luck plays a part.

You could have an entire class that commits early and stays with you through till the end because they didn't have other options.

Best example, Wheeler committed with us early -- had he not been given the Tech offer late would have stuck with us.. should we count that as a negative or should we have gone after a lessor player who would have stayed with us no matter what? I have no problem with our coaches going aggressively after Wheeler and I am ok when he decides to decommit to a p5 school late because we did the best we could to land a difference maker. They have a board of who is next in line and we quickly should move to that or look at flipping one ourselves.

BillySee58 · January 27, 2015

It happens to everyone everywhere except a very select few places like Alabama and Ohio State. Vanderbilt's top recruit just flipped to Arkansas... Texas Tech has had a a slew of decommits... I agree that you want to limit it however you also want to go after the best players you can land and those kids have options. There is a fine line between the two and luck plays a part.
You could have an entire class that commits early and stays with you through till the end because they didn't have other options.

Best example, Wheeler committed with us early -- had he not been given the Tech offer late would have stuck with us.. should we count that as a negative or should we have gone after a lessor player who would have stayed with us no matter what? I have no problem with our coaches going aggressively after Wheeler and I am ok when he decides to decommit to a p5 school late because we did the best we could to land a difference maker. They have a board of who is next in line and we quickly should move to that or look at flipping one ourselves.

Right, but Wheeler is not the problem. The problem is having guys flip to Air Force, ULM, San Diego State, etc. If those are truly the guys we want then we can't be losing them, after they've already committed, to those schools.