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  1. 17 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    Joe Cook: Herman expands on Jamison’s position change, player’s position preference in recruiting

    http://insidetexas.com/herman-expands-on-jamisons-position-change-players-position-preference-in-recruiting/

     

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    Every college coach in any sport, Texas head coach Tom Herman included, knows that recruiting is the lifeblood of the program. In order to recruit well, coaches need to often tell players what they want to hear.

    Earlier in his recruitment in a since-deleted tweet, Texas freshman D’Shawn Jamison stated he wanted to be used in college like former Michigan Wolverine and current Cleveland Brown Jabrill Peppers. In the early stages of his Texas career, Jamison might get that wish.

    In the official 2018 media guide and on the roster on the official athletics website, the class of 2018 member from Houston Lamar is listed as a wide receiver, confirming Inside Texas’ previous reporting. His Twitter profile reads that he is both a wide receiver and a defensive back at Texas, a role similar to that of Peppers.

    In his final two seasons in Ann Arbor, Peppers amassed 111 total tackles, 18.5 of them for loss, three sacks and an interception. In addition, he rushed for five touchdowns and averaged 13.1 yards per punt return and 26.8 yards per kick return.

    Though Jamison might not work between the tackles, Herman assured him the opportunity to both try and score and prevent scoring.

    “He’s going to play both this year,” Herman said Tuesday at Big 12 Media Days. “He’s been working at both throughout the offseason. He’s been doing drills with both the slot receivers and the DBs. We certainly plan to use him on offense, but I think it’s more of a stop-gap.”

    Jamison’s high school highlights are full of kick and punt returns for touchdowns, so putting the ball in his hands makes sense. It also makes sense for the Longhorns, as there is a need at the slot receiver position following the departure of Reggie Hemphill-Mapps. Though junior Lil’Jordan Humphrey is set to have a big year, those behind him on the depth chart are unproven.

    “We approached D’Shawn and said ‘hey, we’ve got a need for some dynamism at that slot receiver position, and you certainly have it. The DB room is pretty packed this year, not to say that you can’t crack into it, but we’d like for you to at least get some work at slot receiver and see how it goes,’” Herman said. “By all accounts, he’s having a pretty good offseason.”

    Being able to bring this account to star prospects on the recruiting trail is a nice feather for Herman to have in his cap. Currently, two of Texas’ top 2019 targets, Bru McCoy of Mater Dei (Calif.) and Makiya Tongue of University Lab (La.), have aspirations of playing a different position than what the Longhorn coaches would prefer them to play at.

    According to Herman, he leaves that choice up to the players.

    “You come into our program, and you can play whatever you want to play,” Herman said. “You look at the depth chart and say ‘I want to play this,’ and usually it always works itself out.”

    Herman noted just because a player is in his preferred position does not mean he is guaranteed playing time. In his example, he said that a player who comes in as a linebacker but who his staff prefers at defensive end will get every opportunity to play linebacker.

    “Usually by the second or third week, knock, knock, knock on coach’s door,” Herman said. “‘Hey coach, I’m the fourth string linebacker, I think I could be the second string defensive end. Do you think I could move to defense?’”

    Those decisions normally work themselves out, but Herman knows it has to take place organically. As soon as it’s forced, it becomes an issue.

    “It’s always the young man’s decision,” Herman said. “If it’s not, you’re not getting a full buy-in.”

    Judging by Jamison’s Twitter bio and Inside Texas’ previous reporting, the buy-in, in this case, is there.

     

    #Crootin'

  2. 10 minutes ago, satyanash said:

    E.J. Holland: Texas hits home run with elite DB Lewis Cine on official visit

     

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    While the focus of the weekend was on the Heat Wave pool party, Texas did play host to two official visitors. One of them was four-star Trinity Christian Cedar Hill defensive back Lewis Cine, who was blown away with his time on the Forty Acres. “The visit was great,” Cine said. “The city of Austin is out of this world. The UT football staff rolled out the red carpet for me and treated me great. My favorite part was the pool party and chilling with the players. They look out for one another and stick together.”

    In typical Texas fashion, the Longhorns made the visit extremely personal and wowed him with a special parting gift that meant a lot to him. “Before I left, I got a great surprise, which was Haitian food,” Cine exclaimed. “Texas was the first school to do that.” As Cine mentioned, he got to hang out with the Texas players and fellow recruits at the pool party. He also had an in-depth tour of the campus and the facilities and met with the Texas coaching staff.

    UT safeties coach Craig Naivar has done a tremendous job recruiting Cine over the course of the offseason. Naivar and head coach Tom Herman both made big impressions on him during his visit. “What I like about them is they are players coaches, and they care about their players,” Cine said. “They talked to me about knowing the real and the fake and how straight forward of people they are. They told me what I needed to hear not what I wanted to hear.”

    Cine, who moved from Massachusetts to Texas this offseason, was long considered a Penn State lean. However, he recently stated that his recruitment is now wide open. So where do the Longhorns stand after the visit? “They stand very high on my list,” Cine said. “What has me really interested is the alumni base and how large it is.”

    Cine originally intended to make a decision in August, but his plans have changed. Now, Cine is going to ‘enjoy the process to the fullest’ and hit more campuses in the fall. At 6-foot-2, 180 pounds, Cine is ranked as the No. 3 safety and No. 48 overall prospect in the country, per 247Sports Composite.

     

    Really knocked it out of the park. 

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  3. 23 minutes ago, TheFlyingBoat said:

    He ended with a paragraph telling us the name of our head coach, last season's record, who we played in a bowl, our coach's contract, last season's record again, and then more history of our coach. 

     

    This article was literally:

     

    1. A play by play of how a currently meaningless score went up when a player committed to us and who that caused us to jump in a currently meaningless ranking

    2. A full listing of the HS, state, position, rank, and name for each player and how many commits we have after this one

    3. A complete listing of the Big 12 by scores in a currently meaningless ranking

    4. A paragraph detailing the currently meaningless score of the teams ahead and behind us and the most obvious statement ever about how adding good players makes us go up in the currently meaningless ranking and have a few really good players is better than having a couple good players then bread for this currently meaningless ranking. He then tells us the average rating of our class and the star breakdown...which he already gave us in paragraph 2. He then gives us a ranking that is slightly more meaningful at this time. 

    5. More useless info about the current state of recruiting in the Big 12 (IN JUNE) as though we give a shit (hell I don't even give a shit about the rest of the Big 12 besides OU on NSD) and then telling us we signed a great class last year as though we don't already know that

    6. A paragraph telling us the name of our head coach, last season's record, who we played in a bowl, our coach's contract, last season's record again, and then more history of our coach. 

    I can't believe people willingly pay for this.

    "Tom Herman, also known as Coach Herman, whose first name happens to be Tom, is coaching this Longhorns team."

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  4. 6 minutes ago, Bevo said:

    We are surging in his recruitment but we need to hit it out of the ballpark on his OV.

    Texas seems to be pulling away, but I wouldn't count Penn State out just yet. It's going to be a fight til the end, with Penn State now closing the gap since I started this reply.

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  5. 13 hours ago, Walden Ponderer said:

    He doesn't always generate a lot of separation, and his speed is not top end, but he is a definite red zone threat, and he can make catches in tight spaces.  There are plenty of deep balls in his highlight reel where you're thinking "This one's gonna get knocked down" but nope, he makes the catch.

    Possible TE-ish/H-back guy down in the redzone?

  6. 1 minute ago, texifornia said:

    247 apparently had a employee best shoes competition and he didn't win and he's saying that's ridiculous because he has shoes by all of these expensive streetwear brands. Nevermind that they're ugly as sin most of the time...

    Oh thanks, I was thinking RAF was some type of STD or something.

  7. 4 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    I find it amusing that pretty much everyone on this board (sans Satyanash, probably) is chomping at the bit to welcome USC, which is absolutely loaded with talent and experience at every position (except for experience at QB) to DKR this September, but even the hypothetical of playing Stanford in a neutral site game sends us into the fetal position.

    I respect the hell out of David Shaw, and how he's able to prepare these guys for the NFL. But Stanford was 9-5 last year. They lost to San Diego fucking State. I'm not shaking in my boots. Something tells me Big Game Tommy would have the kids ready to give 'em some bidness.

  8. Are we really scared of playing Stanford? I'd give us a 50/50 chance.

     

    I guess we can just sit here and keep losing recruits to them without ever trying to play them. That'll work, too.

     

    GIVE ME STANFORD! ROSE BOWL! FOR ALL THE OLs!

  9. 7 minutes ago, golfclap said:

     

    9.95er clickbait ... 

     

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    — I spoke to a source close to the recruitment of four-star Camden Fairview (AR) Stacey Wilkins. He told me that Texas definitely still has a chance here, especially if the Longhorns knock it out of the park on his official visit in September. The source said that a key person in Wilkins’ recruitment is very pro OU and that the Sooners still have the edge for him at this time. However, Herb Hand and UT staffer Jake Langi, who has sold his Polynesian ties, are doing a good job making this a close battle.

    — Yesterday, we reported that those around the Texas program were feeling better about four-star offensive lineman Branson Bragg. And while that may be true, I am told that Stanford feels just as good, so this one appears to be more of a 50-50 race than originally thought. I’m also told that those around Bragg are also split on the two schools. Bragg should get word on his Stanford acceptance soon and after that, it’s going to be a tough battle. I’m going to try to visit Bragg next week to get more clarity directly from him.

    — Texas has not given up on four-star Allen offensive lineman EJ Ndoma-Ogar. While he is committed to Oklahoma, Ndoma-Ogar still plans to make official visits, and Texas is in line to receive one in the fall. With this said, the Longhorns still have a lot of work to do here. Ndoma-Ogar wants to build a better relationship with Hand and right now, his commitment to the Sooners is pretty firm. He will be a tough flip.


    — Lastly, there are a lot of questions regarding the timeline of four-star Houston North Forest offensive lineman Javonne Shepherd. Initially, he wanted to wait until after the season. However, I feel like a decision could come sooner than that. As of right now, he is still scheduled to visit Texas A&M. But as I reported last night, I have reason to believe Texas hit a homerun and is comfortably in the pole position. Landing him and Tyler Johnson would give UT the two best tackles in the state (I see Kenyon Green as more of a guard). 

     

     

    So to summarize on Bragg:

     

    Wells is saying if he's accepted to Stanford it's over.

     

    EJ is saying it's more 50-50. He's split. Folks around him split. Gunna be a tough battle if he's accepted. 

  10. 1 hour ago, bigup2dahorns said:

     


    Yeah that’s not how things work around here. One piece of news we run with as fast as Derka runs to get his one free beer at a happy hour.

    I like this Bragg kid. I don’t like this latest update.
     

     

    Not for us here, but for the kid himself

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