'15 DL Roderick Young (Spring Dekaney)

[Harry]

Confirmed: #MeanGreen has flipped Spring Dekaney 2015 DT Roderick Young, who had committed Jan.20 to Nevada http://t.co/CkoyTUOV2Z #ScoutNSD

— Gabe Brooks (@gabrieldbrooks)

February 2, 2015

[BillySee58]

6'1" 270 lb defensive tackle. Has committed to us per Gabe Brooks. Former Nevada commit. Also held offers from Air Force, Colorado State, and a host of FCS schools.

Highlights:

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1576887/roderick-young-

http://www.scout.com/player/7504296n-roderick-young

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Roderick-Young-161488

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/207366/roderick-young

Edited February 2, 2015 by BillySee58

[Harry]

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/1576887/roderick-young-

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Roderick-Young-161488

[MeanGreenTexan]

HEY!

Welcome aboard Mr. Young! This is pleasant news!

[Harry]

He's a Houston Chronicle Top 100 Selection:

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/slideshow/Houston-Chronicle-039-s-Top-100-recruit-list-100153/photo-7315030.php

[MEANGREENCOACH2]

say WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats what i am talking about

[Harry]

Also had offers from Colorado State and Air Force.

http://www.rgj.com/story/sports/college/nevada/2014/07/07/a-look-at-wolf-pack-footballs-five-verbal-2015-commitments/12296491/

[Harry]

Listed at 6-2, 280 on his HUDL site so this guy already brings some size to Coach Patrick crew...

[GMG24]

love that we got one from Spring Dekaney!

[BillySee58]

love that we got one from Spring Dekaney!

Two. Kelvin Smith is from there as well.

I'm definitely not 100% sure, but I think this may be another work of KP's. I remember him tweeting one time about how he really enjoyed watching and following the Dekaney football team this year. And the fact that this kid is a d-lineman, I think there is a good chance he was involved here.

[GMG24]

My apologies there, over sight, I'll chalk it up to its suppose to be a full moon, I am by myself in PE today, and it is a game day. whoops.

[All About UNT]

Strange coincidence that this very welcomed news was released mere seconds after the schedule was?

[GOMG2013]

Im wondering what impact does cosh have on these new offers and commits. Or even wintrich leaving. Looks like all of sudden we are going after big guys at the end. Guys we should have been on earlier. Why werent we on these guys sooner? Its like Patrick just got a green light to do his thing.

Another thing that seems out of nowhere is the JUCO recruits, and the quality of the JUCO targets vs the previous two years. The amount at linebacker also seems like cosh came in and said, what in the world do we have going on here.

Seem much more aggressive. I dont look to sign all of them due to grades, but I love the aggression.

[Harry]

Strange coincidence that this very welcomed news was released mere seconds after the schedule was?

I think they wanted to wait until today because there are no more visits etc until signing day. Helps keep Tech etc from the vulture move

[forevereagle]

Strange coincidence that this very welcomed news was released mere seconds after the schedule was?

The school cannot talk about recruits until after they have signed. I don't think that it has anything to do with the schedule unless they asked him to announce at that time, this is just someone breaking news.

[MeanGreenZen]

Very well played, Mac! I like the Dickeyball stealth recruiting angle on this. "Hey kid, do you mind keeping your commitment secret until we announce our football schedule? It is just the thing we need to increase sales."

[All About UNT]

Or how about...two other guys committed this weekend...you will get more pub on Monday if we announce then. Then again it might not be anything

[Brett Vito]

MGB: UNT commit played key role in flipping Young

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2015/02/rockerick-young-has-flipped-to-unt.html/

[forevereagle]

Or how about...two other guys committed this weekend...you will get more pub on Monday if we announce then. Then again it might not be anything

Or it could be that they wanted to talk to their families before making an announcement. I am going to lean towards nothing.

[LongJim]

Very good news!

[risinggreen]

Excellent pick up! The DL situation was getting a bit scary again until late in the game. Glad the coaches came through here.

[Dr. Seuss]

On paper- not impressed. Only other offers were from lower programs, Nevada and Air Force.

Hopefully I'm wrong.

[Marty]

From last falls DCTF: " DT Young is an honor student, and he uses quickness and a mean streak to control the interior."

[emmitt01]

On paper- not impressed. Only other offers were from lower programs, Nevada and Air Force.

Hopefully I'm wrong.

We are getting kids who had multiple other D1 offers, at a position of dire need. That's a marked improvement and I take it for what it's worth

[BillySee58]

On paper- not impressed. Only other offers were from lower programs, Nevada and Air Force.

Hopefully I'm wrong.

Also had a Colorado State offer. He's not a guy you show off as a headliner of your class, but he's a good DT to get this late in the process, especially considering he has the size to play nose/1-tech.