Breaking: North Texas Lands a Commitment from Kilgore OL Braydon Nelson

[TheReal_jayD]

https://247sports.com/Player/braydon-nelson-46144988/

https://www.hudl.com/profile/15018856/Braydon-Nelson

[El Paso Eagle]

Would really like to see a effort anywhere similar to the offensive line for signing defensive lineman

[UNTLifer]

Welcome, but is he a need?

[UNTLifer]

Not trying to throw water on the signing party, but that was a sincere question.  Do we need another OL at this time.

[El Paso Eagle]

Along with UTSA, nice to get someone these guys were trying to get

 

 

[Cooke County Kid]

Good offensive or defensive lineman are always needed. 

[wardly]

7 minutes ago, Cooke County Kid said:

Good offensive or defensive lineman are always needed. 

 

7 minutes ago, Cooke County Kid said:

Good offensive or defensive lineman are always needed. 

Yes, you can't have enough linemen. Also, just asking, is it easy to flip an OL to the defensive line?

[jtm0097]

We will have around 15 on scholarship next year. We lost 8 OL to graduation and the transfer portal.

The following OL are going to be seniors.

Paula V

Gabe Blair

Jett Duncan

Larry Moore

So the long winded answer is yes.

Edited January 19 by jtm0097

[TheReal_jayD]

1 hour ago, jtm0097 said:

We will have around 15 on scholarship next year. We lost 8 OL to graduation and the transfer portal.

The following OL are going to be seniors.

Paula V

Gabe Blair

Jett Duncan

Larry Moore

So the long winded answer is yes.

Not to mention we were told we were 5-7 scholarships ol short when Morris arrived 

[GMG_Dallas]

2 hours ago, jtm0097 said:

We will have around 15 on scholarship next year. We lost 8 OL to graduation and the transfer portal.

The following OL are going to be seniors.

Paula V

Gabe Blair

Jett Duncan

Larry Moore

So the long winded answer is yes.

15 scholarship players for a position group where you need 5 on the field at a time seems really low. Assuming 3 per position means 10 of those 15 are in your 2 deep and there's really no depth to handle injuries as they occur. I realize some will play multiple positions but still, there's very little room for error in talent evaluation. 

[UNTLifer]

3 hours ago, wardly said:

 

Yes, you can't have enough linemen. Also, just asking, is it easy to flip an OL to the defensive line?

I have asked that in the past. Most recently, Smallwood out of Denison wasn’t cracking our two-deep on OL and had played DT in high school. I wondered if they ever considered looking at him at DL. Maybe they did and realized he just wasn’t a D1 player. You would think if they had the talent, they would find their way on to the field. 

[jtm0097]

On 1/19/2024 at 9:25 PM, UNTLifer said:

I have asked that in the past. Most recently, Smallwood out of Denison wasn’t cracking our two-deep on OL and had played DT in high school. I wondered if they ever considered looking at him at DL. Maybe they did and realized he just wasn’t a D1 player. You would think if they had the talent, they would find their way on to the field. 

Mr. Smallwood got a FCS offer from Lamar and decided to go the JUCO route. Regarding the move to DT, I think it was the latter. 

[GrandGreen]

On 1/19/2024 at 5:07 PM, UNTLifer said:

Not trying to throw water on the signing party, but that was a sincere question.  Do we need another OL at this time.

Apparently, the coaches think so.  

[UNTLifer]

The point of my question was/is that it has been reported we only had a few spots, 8-10, left in this class. We also need DL depth/help and that seems to be an area that has been overlooked. Just my HO.