2020 Weekend Visitors | Who’s Coming & Who Isn’t?

– The Football Brainiacs

***2020 DL Vernon Broughton – Mother says they aren’t sure yet if they’re going to be able to make it.

***2020 WR Troy Omeire – Said he has the UA camp which is on Sunday. But Texas will have visitors on Saturday and Sunday so perhaps he can make it on Saturday.

***2020 OT Cedric Melton (Klein Cain) – no Texas offer yet.

***2020 CB Joshua Eaton (Aldine MacArthur) – I wouldn’t be surprised if he picks up an offer this weekend. Eaton is a DB I really like who has seen his offer list blow up recently…

Played a whole game but 2020 TX CB, Josh Eaton (@JoshuaEaton_1) still had enough in the tank to throw one down after the game.



Eaton has picked up offers from the #Sooners #Gators #Hokies #Utes #RedRaiders and more just this past week.



Big, long CB & sub 22 sec 200 guy pic.twitter.com/q6oW5XtMTG — Super K (@SuperK_TFB) February 9, 2019

***2020 DB Myles Slusher (Broken Arrow, OK) – Slusher is the top defensive back out of Oklahoma. He holds a Texas offer and it sounds like the communication between Texas and Slusher has ramped up a bit.

***2020 RB Sevion Morrison (Edison – Tulsa, OK) – Electric running back who holds a number of offers. No Texas offer yet.

***2020 CB Ryan Watts (Little Elm) – Watts is a legit 6’2 cornerback. He has picked up a number of offers lately including a recent offer from Texas.

***2020 CB Dwight McGlothern (Trinity Christian School) – Holds a Texas offer.

***2020 DL Alfred Collins (Cedar Creek) – one of the top defensive linemen on the board. Tells me has SATs on Saturday so won’t make it but perhaps, again, he may see that he can visit on Sunday.

***2020 DB Chris Thompson (Duncanville) – Family tells me they will be at LSU this weekend.

***2020 ATH Ja’quinden Jackson (Duncanville) – Says he won’t be in this weekend.

***2020 WR JJ Hester (Booker T. Washington – Tulsa, OK) – Great wide receiver out of Oklahoma. Holds offers from Ohio State, OU and others.

***2020 WR Mookie Cooper (Trinity Catholic – St. Louis, MO) – Says he will visit this weekend with his former teammate and Texas signee, Marcus Washington.

***2020 DE Martez Poynter (Trinity Catholic – St. Louis, MO) – No Texas offer yet but will accompany Mookie and Marcus to Texas this weekend.U2020 4-star DB,

*** Bryson Washington (C.E. King) also says he will be at Texas this upcoming weekend.

*** 2020 QB Hudson Card (Lake Travis) TEXAS – Don’t know how we missed putting this one on the list

*** 2020 WR Kieth Miller III (Colony) Right now his best offers are Texas Tech and Colorado, but it is early and he’s showing signs of being promising.

*** 2020 OL Smart Chibuzo (Fort Bend Hightower) TEXAS A&M – While he is committed currently to Texas, he will be in Austin this weekend for an unofficial visit.

*** 2020 OL Bradeon Nutter (Tomball Memorial)

*** 2020 BLB Robert Wooten (Stafford) Seems to be an early target for the Longhorns. He plays both defensive end and outside linebacker, so he’d likely be a B-Backer at Texas.

*** 2021 QB Preston Stone (Parish Episcopal) – The best quarterback in the 2021 class at this time. Has offers from everywhere. Looks the part on tape.

*** 2021 WR Shadrach Banks (North Shore) will be in Austin. Banks has offers from everywhere and it’s pretty obvious why that is when you turn on the film. May be the top receiver in the state fighting with…

*** 2021 WR Latrell Neville (Willowridge) – at 6’4″ 190-pounds, the dude is built like a prototypical receiver and has bunnies for feet.

*** 2021 OT Hayden Conner (Katy Taylor) – Might be the best offensive line prospect in the 2021 class at this time

*** 2021 DE Landon Jackson (Pleasant Grove) – at 6’5″ and 230-pounds, his film and frame sell him to be a very high ceiling defensive end.

*** 2021 DL Tunmis Adeleye (Tompkins) – Adeleye is a high profile target for the Texas’ defensive line in the 2021 class. He’s got the size, speed, and frame to play on any defensive line and succeed. His name also reminds me of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.

*** 2022 DT Jaydon Wannstedt (Lutheran Of St Charles – St. Louis, MO) – Another St. Louis boy headed on down to Austin. When you are 6’2″ 285-pounds and can squat 600 pounds as a freshmen, schools like Texas will open their doors.

*** Family tells us that Zach Evans planned trip to Clemson has been canceled. He will be doing the UA event in Houston on Sunday. They do not know yet if they will make it to Austin. We will let you know when we find out more.

*** 2020 OL Akinola Ogunbiyi (Kempner HS, Sugar Land, TX) Current Texas A&M commit will take an unofficial to Texas this weekend

*** We just spoke to Brennon Scott again, and he told us that he will not be able to make it down to Austin this weekend.

*** 2020 DE Jason Harris out of Arizona will be in town all weekend. Have a write up about him posted.

*** Also, Texas DB offer, Xavion Alford plans on being in town as well.

*** I checked with Alec Bryant and he said he will be at LSU this weekend. He’s one of my favorite defensive linemen in the class. Would love to see Texas offer.

Grad Transfer & JUCO Offensive Linemen Visiting

– Charlie S

*** As we mentioned previously, Virginia grad transfer RJ Proctor will be taking his official visit to Austin this weekend. I touched base with Proctor this morning and he confirmed he will be in Austin this weekend.

Proctor (6’4/335) saw the field for all 13 of UVA’s games during the 2018 season. He started five of those, three at right guard, two at left guard. The versatile lineman will be eligible to play immediately in 2019 as a graduate transfer.

Proctor has interest in Ohio State and Florida State and following his visit to Texas this weekend, he will visit OU on March 8th and should have a decision soon thereafter.

Willie Tyler’s Background | A Commitment Possibility

– Super K

*** JUCO Willie Tyler (Iowa Western CC) will be in Austin as well this weekend.

Tyler has an interesting story. He was a defensive lineman in high school who came out in the 2017 class. He went off to play defensive line at Garden City Community College in Kansas. But after growing two inches right out of high school, he was flipped to offensive line.

Tyler decided, immediately, to leave Garden City and didn’t play football that first fall. In the spring he went to Iowa Western where he not only came to terms with playing offensive line but decided it was time to really take his God given abilities seriously.

“My mentality changed. In high school I didn’t really take things as seriously as I should have. But I started listening to the people back home telling me about all the gifts and ability I had.”

This led Tyler to buckle down in school. On a normal two year track to graduate from Iowa Western he would be a December 2019 graduate. He made his mind, however, that he would finish earlier.

”I wanted to finish really fast. So, I stacked classes and set it up where I can finish in three semesters instead of four”.

This is, perhaps, the biggest reason Tyler has gone under the radar. It seems schools are only now beginning to find out that the 6’7 330 lb left tackle is going to be available to enroll somewhere this summer.

Recruiting

In his short recruitment, Tyler has, thus far, only take one official visit which was to Louisiana Tech. Tech offered Tyler while he was on the visit.

His relationship with Texas began back in December in some ways by mistake.

”Jake Langi started talking me on twitter. He liked my film and he said he was going to talk to the staff about me. The thing is, he thought because I was a December grad that I was about to graduate right then. Then when he realized I was supposed to graduate next December he said we need to slow things down”.

But then, when it became clear that Tyler would be able to graduate in May, Texas’ offensive line coach, Herb Hand started communicating with Tyler.

Tyler says coach Hand came out to see Tyler this past January.

Wherever Tyler ends up, he’ll have plenty of time to play. He will have four years to play three.

I asked Tyler, should Texas offer this weekend if a commitment was possible.

”If it has that at home feeling, I feel like I would definitely commit. I feel like nothing is set in stone there at the tackle spot. I know they have their right tackle but their left tackle left. I think there is an opportunity there for me to win a spot”.

Notebook | Finn, Dorbah, Brennon Scott, Princely & Josh White

– Super K

*** Earlier this week Texas quietly hosted 2019 WR, Finnegan Corwin (Highland Park). Finn is a teammate of Prince Dorbah.

Finn is an incredible slot wide receiver that, for some reason, didn’t pick up offers. But a number of programs seem to believe he can come in as a PWO and earn a spot.

I’ve seen him play basketball and been out to a football game as well. I described him to Charlie as a cartoon-like player. He’s doing things instinctively and athletically that make opponents look silly.

Slot guys need to have a good sense of space in traffic and know how to adjust their routes. He does just that.

Lincoln Riley at OU and Chad Morris at Arkansas have been personally recruiting Corwin.

He’s already taken his visit to both OU and Arkansas. He took his visit to Texas yesterday and will announce his decision soon.

Before the Texas visit, it seemed a forgone conclusion that he’d en up at OU or Arkansas. He has siblings that go to OU. His quarterback at Highland Park is the son of coach Chad Morris.

But the Texas visit surprised him, “I had a blast. It was fun I wasn’t really expecting that”.

On his decision timeline, Finn says, “I’ll probably take a week to soak everything in; make sure I’m making the right decision in what best fits me”.

Corwin is the type of player who could legitimately earn a spot. I think coaches in the area are realizing it and are recruiting him like any other scholarship player.

Take a look for yourself…

***Speaking of Prince Dorbah, I stopped by the school last week to see both him and Finn. Dorbah is clearly very high on Texas right now. He said Texas is outrecruiting a lot of the other big schools that have offered him.

I’ll need to go through my notes to get you all a full update. But I wanted to note that I came away from that conversation feeling good about where Texas is currently.

There is still a ways to go in this one though.

***I also stopped by to see 2020 LB, Brennon Scott (Bishop Dunne). I think it’s probably safe to say that Texas is the leader in this one.

I got the sense that it was an OU vs. Texas battle but the latest I’ve heard on the OU side is that they may be looking at some other prospects.

***2020 4-star defensive lineman, Princely Umanmielen (Manor) tells me he be at Texas this weekend for the junior day.

Princely was on campus last month as well and all these visits are probably a good sign for the Horns.

***A guy who keeps a pretty low profile but is an incredible athlete is 2020 WR, Quentin Johnston (Temple)

To get an idea of how low key Johnston is, he doesn’t even report his offers.

247sports lists him with six offers: Duke, Houston, Oklahoma, TCU, Tulsa and Virginia Tech.

He holds more than that but just doesn’t make it public. In fact, Temple High School’s Recruiting coordinator tells me that Texas has offered him.

Johnston is a two-sport guy. He’s an elite football and basketball player who will likely end up playing football.

Johnston tells me that he will visit Texas this weekend.

4-Star DE Jason Harris Visiting Texas + Insider Take

– Super K

This weekend, Texas will host 2020 4-star defensive end, Jason Harris out of Arizona (Higley HS).

Harris is a massive defensive end at around 6’7 or 6’8 and weighing around 220 lbs. He’s a two sport guy. Harris being courting by division one programs as both a basketball and football player.

His father, Sean, who played linebacker in college, was a third round draft pick out of Arizona to the Chicago Bears. His older brother is currently the starting OLB at Arizona. And, his mother was a starter on the basketball team at Arizona.

It may sound like Harris is destined to end up at Arizona. But that is certainly not a forgone conclusion.

I spent some time with Jason and Sean on my recent trip to Arizona and it was made pretty clear that they while the in-state programs have their attention, the family would like to see Jason at a school more known for their football programs, fan base, support and tradition.

Three out of state schools to keep an eye on in this battle are Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma.

The plan is to take unofficial visits to all three schools, Sean tells me. “Right now just trying to visit schools to see what he likes about the school, the staff and the scheme. It’s not going to be an easy decision but if he can get a feel for some of these schools and the environment, it’s goin to make his decision a little easier”.

This weekend’s Texas visit will be followed by an unofficial visit to Texas A&M and Oklahoma in April.

After that, looks for the family to narrow things down and either make a decision in the summer or set up official visits for the fall.

The family plans to arrive in Austin on Friday night and they’ll head back to Arizona Sunday afternoon. So, they’ll have plenty of time to really get a feel for the campus and the university.

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