OL Breyun Owens, South Grand Prairie, commits to UTSA

GrayEagle · September 18, 2012

OL Breyun Owens commits to UTSA. He was a highly-rated lineman who had us under consideration and one of the recruiting services said that we had offered.

MDH · September 18, 2012

his loss

Mean Green 93-98 · September 18, 2012

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

Edited September 18, 2012 by Mean Green 93-98

Harry · September 18, 2012

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

GrayEagle · September 18, 2012

"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 September 18, 2012 by GrayEagle

DeepGreen · September 18, 2012

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.

Mean Green 93-98 · September 18, 2012

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.

NT03 · September 19, 2012

http://www.insiderunnersports.com/football/articles/commit-7-breyun-owens

GrandGreen · September 19, 2012

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.

Mean Green 93-98 · September 19, 2012

http://www.insiderun...-7-breyun-owens

Programs such as Cal, UCLA, North Texas, and Oklahoma had been in contact and were still evaluating the lineman.

That, and his comments about choosing UTSA because he wanted to be close to his brother in Grand Prairie, make it sound like we never offered him.

BillySee58 · September 19, 2012

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.

Harry · September 19, 2012

We need big tall fast defensive ends!!

H-towngreen · September 19, 2012

Agree with Harry, another area of need is WR

UNTLifer · September 19, 2012

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.

BillySee58 · September 19, 2012

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 · September 19, 2012

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 · September 19, 2012

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 · September 19, 2012

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.