Jump to content

OL Breyun Owens, South Grand Prairie, commits to UTSA

GrayEagle

By GrayEagle
in UNT Football Recruiting

 Share

Recommended Posts

GrayEagle Veteran

GrayEagle

Posted
  • Author
Posted (edited)

"Highly-rated"? He had two stars from Rivals, and is unrated by ESPN. We and UTSA were by far his best offers.

True, he had only two stars from Rivals but this is what 247 Sports, another major recruiting analyst had to say:

"Breyun Owens is a 6-3, 295-pound Offensive Guard from Grand Prairie, TX. He is ranked No. 687 in the country by 247 Sports.

Owens is the No. 110 recruit in Texas and the No. 29 Offensive Guard in the nation.

Owens has a 247 Sports rating of 86, making him a 3-star prospect."

As to not being rated by ESPN, seven of our nine commitments were not rated by ESPN.

Edited by GrayEagle
DeepGreen Grand Master

DeepGreen

Posted
Posted

I think we are good on O-Linemen right now but congrats to the kid. If we get poached we may come calling again.

Harry, you know my feelings on linemen. We can never recruit too many top quality lineman for both sides of the ball. Prior to McCarney taking over, not being deep with quality linemen has been our achilles heel for years.

  • Upvote 1
Mean Green 93-98 Grand Master

Mean Green 93-98

Posted
Posted

True, he had only two stars from Rivals but this is what 247 Sports, another major recruiting analyst had to say:

"Breyun Owens is a 6-3, 295-pound Offensive Guard from Grand Prairie, TX. He is ranked No. 687 in the country by 247 Sports.

Owens is the No. 110 recruit in Texas and the No. 29 Offensive Guard in the nation.

Owens has a 247 Sports rating of 86, making him a 3-star prospect."

As to not being rated by ESPN, seven of our nine commitments were not rated by ESPN.

I guess I find it hard to think of someone lightly regarded or unrated by both Rivals and ESPN as highly-rated. 24/7 is kind of a johnny-come-lately . . . they have some good video footage, but I am not sure how serious to take them at this point. As far as ranking him the #29 OG (they currently show his as #31), they have only evaluated 117 guards.

I'm sure he's a pretty good player, but I'm skeptical as to whether his UNT offer was still good. As Harry alluded to, we've already got 4 O-linemen in this class . . . it would have to be a very special player to add to that number.

  • Upvote 1
GrandGreen Grand Master

GrandGreen

Posted
Posted

True, he had only two stars from Rivals but this is what 247 Sports, another major recruiting analyst had to say:

"Breyun Owens is a 6-3, 295-pound Offensive Guard from Grand Prairie, TX. He is ranked No. 687 in the country by 247 Sports.

Owens is the No. 110 recruit in Texas and the No. 29 Offensive Guard in the nation.

Owens has a 247 Sports rating of 86, making him a 3-star prospect."

As to not being rated by ESPN, seven of our nine commitments were not rated by ESPN.

I think NT is set at OL unless they can get a real blue chip.

FYI, 247 rated their top 250 in Texas as 3 stars or better in last years class, not very meaningful. However, even with those ratings; NT didn't sign many 3's on their list.

  • Upvote 1
BillySee58 Grand Master

BillySee58

Posted
Posted

Watched him play my former teammates this past friday and did not overly impress me. Technique was nothing noteworthy but he does have D-1 size. Not a big loss in recruiting considering we have 4 lineman committed. We could really use some d-lineman, particularly on the interior and maybe another receiver.

  • Upvote 1
UNTLifer Grand Master

UNTLifer

Posted
Posted

Agree with Harry, another area of need is WR

Why hasn't Carlos Harris played? Mac mentioned he would see the field quite a bit this year, but, without looking at the stats, I don't remember him catching anything this year.

I do agree with WR. We need speed at WR, because outside of Chancellor we have a load of possession type receivers, but nobody to really stretch the field.

  • Upvote 1
BillySee58 Grand Master

BillySee58

Posted
Posted

We need big tall fast defensive ends!!

I like the size of our defensive ends from our 2012 class, and even more I like the fact that all three are getting the chance to redshirt. We definitely have room for some d-end and d-tackles in this class. Coach Mac really has built up the depth on this roster very well despite being low on scholarship players, which allows us to be picky with the rest of our scholarships for the 2013 class. Because of this depth look for quality over quantity with this class going forward.

H-towngreen Newbie

H-towngreen

Posted
Posted

I like the size of our defensive ends from our 2012 class, and even more I like the fact that all three are getting the chance to redshirt. We definitely have room for some d-end and d-tackles in this class. Coach Mac really has built up the depth on this roster very well despite being low on scholarship players, which allows us to be picky with the rest of our scholarships for the 2013 class. Because of this depth look for quality over quantity with this class going forward.

Agree. I'd like to see a total of 6-8 Dlinemen per class.

Mean Green 93-98 Grand Master

Mean Green 93-98

Posted
Posted

Agree. I'd like to see a total of 6-8 Dlinemen per class.

So would I . . . if we were able to sign 30 scholarship players per class. 6-8 D-linemen is just not a realistic number when you only get 25 schollies a year to fill a roster. An average of 5 or 6 D-linemen per year is about the max, realistically speaking.

Just make those 5 or 6 count.

BillySee58 Grand Master

BillySee58

Posted
Posted

So would I . . . if we were able to sign 30 scholarship players per class. 6-8 D-linemen is just not a realistic number when you only get 25 schollies a year to fill a roster. An average of 5 or 6 D-linemen per year is about the max, realistically speaking.

Just make those 5 or 6 count.

Which we can do now. Make them count that is. Getting quality d-lineman to come to UNT is easier said than done. Coach Mac is well on his way to changing that, but for now that is the truth.

UNT90 Newbie

UNT90

Posted
Posted

Aren't schools limited to a maximum of 25 scholarship players per class per NCAA rules?

Yes, which is why we were about 18 scholarship players short before certain walk ons were given schollys at the start of fall practice.

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Tell a friend

    Love GoMeanGreen.com? Tell a friend!

  • What's going on Mean Green?

    1. 14

      Auburn warns of potential ticket price hike ahead of revenue-sharing model

      There are probably 10 levels of donors and fans for a college athletic program. Anyone from a 70-year-alum always a supporter, to businessman only for advertising, to mom & dad only while son is going there, to corporate CEO wanting a name on a building, to t-shirt fans who just like the Flying Worm, etc. At P4 schools when the AD says they need cash, usually someone Big or a lot of smaller someones steps up. At our level I think it's more difficult to predict the donors and level of donations. I think it's also more difficult to find donors willing to give blindly to a non-specific NIL fund than to a specific building fund.
      NT80 in Mean Green Football
    2. 32

      Houston Christian (12/22/24)

      Disappointed the game didn't allow us to see Mason, Cotton, and Vice.
      • 2
      • Upvote
      • RV
      Matt from A700 in Mean Green Basketball
    3. 29

      24/25 MBB Attendance Tracker

      Two more home games before students are back, then hopefully the athletic department is going all out to try to compete with last year's record-breaking numbers.
      • 1
      • Upvote
      Matt from A700 in Mean Green Basketball
    4. 14

      Auburn warns of potential ticket price hike ahead of revenue-sharing model

      In traditional professional football, when teams pay players and have a losing season, the teams still make $$$ and turn a profit. Thus they can afford to continue to pay players. In today’s college football, when boosters pay players NIL and the team has a losing season, the boosters lose money AND they don’t get to experience the joy of being associated with a winner. Will those boosters keep donating NIL? Do you have to find new boosters? Don’t you eventually run out of boosters? Just don’t see how this NIL model is sustainable. Rich people didn’t get rich by losing money and I don’t see how you can keep asking them to do that via NIL. The revenue sharing model WILL work and it will be interesting to see what percentage of revenue is ultimately allocated to labor. The NBA gives 51% of gross revenue to players. The other major professional leagues give less. But why would colleges give players anything close to that? College players are infinitely replaceable. People root for their school and as a consequence of that, root for the players competing for that school. But if the Top 100 players in college football disappeared overnight, would the popularity of the sport suffer at all? I don’t think it would. Offer the players minimum wage, make them sign binding contracts with buyouts and non-competes (assuming you can still enforce those: that is another rabbit hole). NIL will still exist but won’t be as big of a deal because of the contracts and buyouts. If a players thinks he is too good for this system, they can start their own football league or wait until they are eligible for the NFL. Why wouldn’t this work?
      • 2
      • Upvote
      MeanGreenZen in Mean Green Football
    5. 14

      Auburn warns of potential ticket price hike ahead of revenue-sharing model

      I don’t know how much they care. It’s like monopoly money. Many of them are just borrowing from Uncle Sam and hoping they don’t have to pay it back.
      • 1
      • Pissed
      Aquila_Viridis in Mean Green Football

  • Popular Contributors

  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      15,505
    • Most Online
      1,865
    Jepper
    Newest Member
    Jepper
    Joined

  • Most Points

    1. 1
      El Paso Eagle
      El Paso Eagle
      170,029
    2. 2
      NT80
      NT80
      136,863
    3. 3
      KingDL1
      KingDL1
      130,955
    4. 4
      greenminer
      greenminer
      123,780
    5. 5
      TheReal_jayD
      TheReal_jayD
      108,904

  • Biggest Gamblers

    1. 1
      EdtheEagle
      EdtheEagle
      26,591,107
    2. 2
      UNTLifer
      UNTLifer
      4,480,984
    3. 3
      untphd
      untphd
      841,161
    4. 4
      flyonthewall
      flyonthewall
      670,422
    5. 5
      3_n_out
      3_n_out
      578,480
    6. 6
      SteaminWillieBeamin
    7. 7
      cousin oliver
      cousin oliver
      448,120
    8. 8
      UNT_FH_FR_YR
      UNT_FH_FR_YR
      389,039
    9. 9
      meangreenfaninno
    10. 10
      South Texas Green

WE BELIEVE IN THE MEAN GREEN!

News

Recruiting

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Please review our full Privacy Policy before using our site.