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1 hour ago, Post Oak said:

I know shit about fuck but I actually like Walker. I'm glad he's not RB1 in this class but I think he can be a good player 

Maybe his offensive line is included in the offer?

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1 hour ago, ClubWhatever said:

Where is the twitch?  He runs in straight lines into or through people.  That won't work with big fat humans on the line.

Could be a good inside the 5 type running back to cure our redzone/goal line woes.  Big strong battering ram type back we have lacked for many years, or at least since Roschon Johnson...we can use him as lead FB in certain situations.

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Recruiting Thursday night: Arkansas visitor list expands after recruiting meeting - Gerry

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Recruiting Thursday night: Arkansas visitor list expands after recruiting meeting

 

Gerry Hamilton

By Gerry Hamilton

  • 12 hours ago
 

Recruiting Thursday night: Arkansas visitor list expands after recruiting meeting

The Texas staff had a recruiting meeting today, and the result is a new flip commit, new offers and expanding visitor list for the Arkansas. 

OTF has the latest on the visitors list for the Arkansas game, which now includes six official visitors. 

November 22-23 visitor list ...
Brysten Martinez, OT, Gonzales (La.) East Ascension - *LSU commit
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+
OV scheduled

OTF %: 35-65 dependent on when and who is the LSU hire.

Kaden Scherer, OT, Georgetown (Texas) High - *Stanford commit
OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++
OV scheduled

OTF %: 75-25 

Jett Walker, RB, Georgetown (Texas) High - *Minnesota commit
OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++
OV scheduled

OTF %: 70-30 

Charlie Jilek, TE, Portage (Mi.) Central #AllGasNoBrakes
OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++
OV scheduled

Toray Davis, CB/DB, Boulder (Co.) Fairview - *UCLA commit
OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++
OV scheduled 

OTF %: 50-50

Josiah Vilmael, CB/N, Richmond (Texas) Fort Bend Travis
OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++
OV schedule

OTF %: At least 50-50

Dre Quinn, EDGE, Buford (Ga.) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+
UOV scheduled 

OTF %: 40-60 with Ohio State trending currently.

Richard Anderson, DL, New Orleans (La.) Edna Karr
OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star
UOV tentatively scheduled 

Friday - Bobby

Mostly recruiting related

Spoiler

Friday

 

Bobby Burton

By Bobby Burton

  • 3 hours ago
 

If you went to bed early on Thursday night, you missed some recruiting fireworks.

Coming out of staff recruiting meetings held on Thursday, the Longhorns decided to offer three new high school recruits:

TE Charlie Jilek of Portage, Mich. (previously committed to Minnesota)

RB Jett Walker of Georgetown (committed to Minnesota)

OL Kaden Scherer (committed to Stanford)

Jilek committed to Texas last night. He, along with Walker and Scherer, are slated to visit the Longhorns on the weekend of the Arkansas game.

While the offers may look sudden, they actually are not. The Texas personnel staff has been evaluating players across the country for months.

Texas also recently offered Josiah Vilmael, a corner from Fort Bend Travis, who will also visit the Longhorns next Saturday.

As Texas closes out this class, it’s clear that the Horns are relying on their own evaluations over that of the recruiting industry star-ranking system.

It’s also evident that this recruiting class could easily push into the mid-to-high 20s in total.

**

Are these new offers a sign of possible heavy attrition this off-season from the existing roster?

Possibly. But not necessarily. These offers fill existing needs within the recruiting class.

The Texas recruiting class did not have a tight end commitment until Jilek pledged last night.

The RB unit has been hit by attrition during the season. Jerrick Gibson has elected to transfer and Ricky Stewart is no longer with the team.

And the OL was long on the lookout for an additional 1 or 2 signees.

**

Take a look at Jilek’s video. There’s a lot to like.

He’s an all-state performer in football and an all-conference player in basketball. At 6-5, 230 pounds, he’s a sneaky good prospect.

http://www.hudl.com/video/3/17996548/68c72878a355a35c8c5983b5

**

I’m in Athens this morning. Headed to the campus and the football stadium this morning to walk around.

As a reminder, I’ll be at Botica in Buckhead this afternoon with the Atlanta Texas Exes who are hosting a happy hour for all Longhorns coming to the game.

Please come out and join us if you’re available.

Hook’Em!

 

Hook ‘Em! Texas Flips 2026 TE Charlie Jilek - CJ

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Hook ‘Em! Texas Flips 2026 TE Charlie Jilek

 

CJ Vogel

By CJ Vogel

  • 14 hours ago
 

An early Flipmas gift!

Texas has flipped 2026 Portage Central (MN) tight end Charlie Jilek from Minnesota!

A quiet process behind the scenes comes to light as the Longhorns steal away a future B1G tight end to add to their 2026 class.

Jilek had been committed to Minnesota since October 1st. The 6-foot-5-inch tight end holds offers from UCF, Minnesota, and nine others. 

Texas has a loaded room at the tight end position and is expecting a departure of Spencer Shannon following his senior season. Jilek will continue the numbers game at the position and provide a developmental piece for Jeff Banks and Jason McEndoo.

 

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Posted
3 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

Where is the twitch?  He runs in straight lines into or through people.  That won't work with big fat humans on the line.

Our very own Cam Skattebo!

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Lou_Sassle said:

Our very own Cam Skattebo!

I like it.  Kid is already 6'2" 215lb. if the services are to believed and could easily add 10-15.  

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Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Lou_Sassle said:

Our very own Cam Skattebo!

7 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

I like it.  Kid is already 6'2" 215lb. if the services are to believed and could easily add 10-15.  

Except that Cam is probably 5'10, at best, and has an advantage because he's literally reckless, as well as plays with extraordinary balance and leverage. 

This would be like another tall, power back.

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Posted
5 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

Where is the twitch?  He runs in straight lines into or through people.  That won't work with big fat humans on the line.

I think Walker can play. 

Posted

In Walkers highlights, he finds creases and hits the openings. Runs high but shows some coil and ability to get low when needed, but I don’t know that he’ll get through a college dline as easily. If he can catch, he’s a big target for screens and can become a legit receiver out of the backfield, which is where he maybe better suited. Can pick up blocks but again, remains to be seen against a large defensive end or other jumbo human. Doesn’t have that low center of gravity that scattebo has. Walker also looks to have a neck, which is missing from the human battering ram.

Don’t think he’s a bad take and practice and scout team will give him opportunities to show where he can stick.  

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Posted (edited)
59 minutes ago, CastHorn said:

Walker looks like he’s a nursing a hamstring or something. It never looks like he’s at top speed. 

Film doesn’t show many cuts, so it’s difficult to gauge quickness.

I‘m couch league, not coach league so, prolly not worth 2 cents. 

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Posted
6 hours ago, MuellerHorn said:

Recruiting Thursday night: Arkansas visitor list expands after recruiting meeting - Gerry

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Recruiting Thursday night: Arkansas visitor list expands after recruiting meeting

 

Gerry Hamilton

By Gerry Hamilton

  • 12 hours ago
 

Recruiting Thursday night: Arkansas visitor list expands after recruiting meeting

The Texas staff had a recruiting meeting today, and the result is a new flip commit, new offers and expanding visitor list for the Arkansas. 

OTF has the latest on the visitors list for the Arkansas game, which now includes six official visitors. 

November 22-23 visitor list ...
Brysten Martinez, OT, Gonzales (La.) East Ascension - *LSU commit
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+
OV scheduled

OTF %: 35-65 dependent on when and who is the LSU hire.

Kaden Scherer, OT, Georgetown (Texas) High - *Stanford commit
OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++
OV scheduled

OTF %: 75-25 

Jett Walker, RB, Georgetown (Texas) High - *Minnesota commit
OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++
OV scheduled

OTF %: 70-30 

Charlie Jilek, TE, Portage (Mi.) Central #AllGasNoBrakes
OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++
OV scheduled

Toray Davis, CB/DB, Boulder (Co.) Fairview - *UCLA commit
OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++
OV scheduled 

OTF %: 50-50

Josiah Vilmael, CB/N, Richmond (Texas) Fort Bend Travis
OnTexasFootball ranking: 3-star++
OV schedule

OTF %: At least 50-50

Dre Quinn, EDGE, Buford (Ga.) High
OnTexasFootball ranking: 4-star+
UOV scheduled 

OTF %: 40-60 with Ohio State trending currently.

Richard Anderson, DL, New Orleans (La.) Edna Karr
OnTexasFootball ranking: 5-star
UOV tentatively scheduled 

Friday - Bobby

Mostly recruiting related

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Friday

 

Bobby Burton

By Bobby Burton

  • 3 hours ago
 

If you went to bed early on Thursday night, you missed some recruiting fireworks.

Coming out of staff recruiting meetings held on Thursday, the Longhorns decided to offer three new high school recruits:

TE Charlie Jilek of Portage, Mich. (previously committed to Minnesota)

RB Jett Walker of Georgetown (committed to Minnesota)

OL Kaden Scherer (committed to Stanford)

Jilek committed to Texas last night. He, along with Walker and Scherer, are slated to visit the Longhorns on the weekend of the Arkansas game.

While the offers may look sudden, they actually are not. The Texas personnel staff has been evaluating players across the country for months.

Texas also recently offered Josiah Vilmael, a corner from Fort Bend Travis, who will also visit the Longhorns next Saturday.

As Texas closes out this class, it’s clear that the Horns are relying on their own evaluations over that of the recruiting industry star-ranking system.

It’s also evident that this recruiting class could easily push into the mid-to-high 20s in total.

**

Are these new offers a sign of possible heavy attrition this off-season from the existing roster?

Possibly. But not necessarily. These offers fill existing needs within the recruiting class.

The Texas recruiting class did not have a tight end commitment until Jilek pledged last night.

The RB unit has been hit by attrition during the season. Jerrick Gibson has elected to transfer and Ricky Stewart is no longer with the team.

And the OL was long on the lookout for an additional 1 or 2 signees.

**

Take a look at Jilek’s video. There’s a lot to like.

He’s an all-state performer in football and an all-conference player in basketball. At 6-5, 230 pounds, he’s a sneaky good prospect.

http://www.hudl.com/video/3/17996548/68c72878a355a35c8c5983b5

**

I’m in Athens this morning. Headed to the campus and the football stadium this morning to walk around.

As a reminder, I’ll be at Botica in Buckhead this afternoon with the Atlanta Texas Exes who are hosting a happy hour for all Longhorns coming to the game.

Please come out and join us if you’re available.

Hook’Em!

 

Hook ‘Em! Texas Flips 2026 TE Charlie Jilek - CJ

  Reveal hidden contents

Hook ‘Em! Texas Flips 2026 TE Charlie Jilek

 

CJ Vogel

By CJ Vogel

  • 14 hours ago
 

An early Flipmas gift!

Texas has flipped 2026 Portage Central (MN) tight end Charlie Jilek from Minnesota!

A quiet process behind the scenes comes to light as the Longhorns steal away a future B1G tight end to add to their 2026 class.

Jilek had been committed to Minnesota since October 1st. The 6-foot-5-inch tight end holds offers from UCF, Minnesota, and nine others. 

Texas has a loaded room at the tight end position and is expecting a departure of Spencer Shannon following his senior season. Jilek will continue the numbers game at the position and provide a developmental piece for Jeff Banks and Jason McEndoo.

 

 First off, what the hell is a 3 star ++? I get the 4 star ++ thing I guess, but are we really doing it for a 3 star?

Secondly, when did Ricky Stewart leave the team? I did not know that had happened. 

Posted (edited)
20 hours ago, rvm96 said:

Fine, I will give more examples that you speak in absolutes without doing 5 minutes of research.

Georgia- Arian Smith was a top 50 prospect, redshirted, and got drafted to the NFL. Chauncey Bowens is a redshirt freshman RB who is the teams second leading rusher this season. https://247sports.com/player/chauncey-bowens-46111845/high-school-259988/ https://247sports.com/player/arian-smith-46052428/high-school-212826/

Oregon- All the skill position recruits for 2024 redshirted. https://247sports.com/college/oregon/longformarticle/oregon-ducks-ducks-football-redshirt-review-peyton-woodyard-244674465/#2588587

Auburn- RB Alvin Henderson is redshirting this season. https://247sports.com/player/alvin-henderson-46128181/high-school-273186/

 

So before we begin, I am not ranking TE as a skill position due to there being different types of them from all-around where they have no real weakness as a player at the position due to it being a scarcity and unicorn (George Kittle, Travis Kelce, Mark Andrews, Brock Bowers,TJ Hockenson, Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalez, Jason Witten, Shannon Sharpe, you get the gist), blocking (Spencer Shannon), receiving but trouble with blocking (Ja'Tavion Sanders; Gunnar Helm), or unknown due to age and how they grow into the position (Jordan Washington - can catch, blocking is to be expected...a weak point). 

Great, so Oregon has Da'Juan Riggs, a three-star RB, #56 RB, and #747 overall, Jeremiah McClellan, top-100 recruit, #18 WR, and #86 overall, Ryan Pellum, not with the team, but we'll add him was top-250, #36 WR, and #219 overall, Dillon Gresham who was the #58 WR, and #407 overall, along with Jack Ressler, a three-star and the #139 WR with N/A for overall ranking. I was wrong that if you're above a top-100 recruit, you should play, amirite? Surely you don't mean that four-star = no RS, right? I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and say you aren't daft and know what I meant when I said no RS; meaning top-50-75 level recruits should see some playing time due to them coming out as one of the most highly touted players in their class. Does that mean ALL players? Of course not.  But being that highly rated usually means they should be seeing the field year one at some capacity, even if for 2-3 snaps a game.  

Arian Smith was between top-50 to top-100 recruit, he was #44 247, #80 On3, #64 for ESPN, but regardless, you went back to 2019 to get his information. A single player. Good on you, man.- irrelevant for something 7 years ago for a single player, not putting me in my place by listing 5+ names of highly rated guys taking a RS. 

Bowens was a three-star according to 247, and I can't find a composite. We aren't going to just randomly pick whatever site fits your narrative, and since 247 does the composites for all sites, we're using their ranking. But if you want to just say 'well, ESPN and On3 have him as a four-star,' that would make the composite useless, wouldn't it? Obviously as a three-star he needed the RS, and no, he's not the team's leading rusher, that would be Nate Frazier, who didn't RS. He was a top-75 recruit and he split carries with Trevor Etienne, making him a co-starter as a freshman. 

Henderson was a top-150 prospect per 247 composite, and the #15 RB, which again, does not disprove anything. He's clearly not at a stage where he can even be trusted to spell their literal only RB, Jeremiah Cobb. After Cobb, it's two QBs, Arnold and Ashton Daniels before we get to another RB, Damari Alston, who has 3 more carries and 6 more yards rushing as a senior than James Simon, a freshman. 

So let's see how those stack up -

For Texas and Oregon, pretty similarly, actually. Both have mostly all three-star skill guys with Texas having the edge with five-star Wingo ranked #32, but didn't RS, and Jerrick Gibson #79 had to play out of necessity due to injury, while Butler ranked #122 and did RS. McClellan was ranked #86, while everyone else was a very low four-star (Gresham), or a three-star, so those guys tend to RS since they aren't top-50-ish guys who usually play. 

For example - all guys in the top-75 in last two classes 

UF:

DJ Lagway #1 QB #3 overall - played and got hurt 

Dallas Wilson #8 WR #50 overall - played until he broke his right foot

Vernell Brown III #5 WR #35 overall - playing currently 

UGA:

Nate Frazier #2 RB #71 overall - co-starter with Travis Etienne until this year (only skill pos player in top-100)

Talyn Taylor #6 WR #40 overall - has been part of 3 games this season (this is how you prove me wrong). RS candidate due to WR room being senior heavy 

AGS: 

Jerome Myles #3 WR #19 overall - injured for season 

Terry Bussey #1 ATH #16 overall - played all year 

fOSU: 

Jeremiah Smith #1 WR #1 overall - we all know 

Mylan Graham - talked about above 

Quincy Porter - still playing, albeit sparingly. Might RS

Clem:

Gideon Davidson #3 RB #69 overall - has played in all games 

TJ Moore #4 WR #21 overall - played all games 

Bryant Wesco Jr #11 WR #57 overall - played all games 

 

You get the point. You aren't a dullard, you just want to argue for the sake of arguing. I don't need to keep going school by school to prove higher rated skill prospects (top-75) outside of an outlier or two get playing time at high-level CFB programs, whether they're immediate contributors or only get a few snaps a game. Sark is stubborn and has some fascination with a "trust tree" that apparently only we seem to use considering no other program seems to have any issues getting their higher rated skill guys game opportunities, regardless of quarter. They seem to grasp that if they want this kid to learn they need real time, against real competition during conference play. Peer to peer, not 1s vs 3s in practice shit. It doesn't matter if it's 2 snaps or 60 snaps a game. 

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https://www.hudl.com/video/3/17996548/68c72878a355a35c8c5983b5

I like Jilek.  He's physical as hell.  I also like Josiah Vilmael. I think he shows well on film.  Nice looking athlete.  I'm not in love with the Scherer offer.  He has a solid frame but he doesn't move well.  We've seen how big a liability that can be in Sark's scheme.  He looks like someone who should be a signing day flip if we miss on everyone else we want.  

Posted

Thinking out loud here, but I wonder if we are going to see more programs doing a 'stars and scrubs' like recruiting approach when building out their HS classes. For example, I see Alabama has 23 total commits and 9 players ranked inside the top 100. They also have 10 3-stars. That is over 80% of their class.

Texas has 18 commits, excluding specialists. 6 players in the top 60 and 5 3-stars. That represents a good chunk of the class. 

There might be value in devoting almost all your resources towards the top-end of the class and filling out the rest with more developmental guys who won't command much NIL vs trying to navigate the mid/low 4-star range, where guys are likely to command more money but also likely to require some of the same development time as a 3-star would. 

Posted
7 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Thinking out loud here, but I wonder if we are going to see more programs doing a 'stars and scrubs' like recruiting approach when building out their HS classes. For example, I see Alabama has 23 total commits and 9 players ranked inside the top 100. They also have 10 3-stars. That is over 80% of their class.

Texas has 18 commits, excluding specialists. 6 players in the top 60 and 5 3-stars. That represents a good chunk of the class. 

There might be value in devoting almost all your resources towards the top-end of the class and filling out the rest with more developmental guys who won't command much NIL vs trying to navigate the mid/low 4-star range, where guys are likely to command more money but also likely to require some of the same development time as a 3-star would. 

Basically what Ketch was saying today.  With rev share, programs aren't going to pay good money for 4 star kids who will sit on the bench for 2-3 years.  Money will go to immediate difference makers and the rest of the class will be potential guys who won't cost much and who are willing to sit on the bench to develop for 2-3 years.

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