Quick-Hitters | Rodas, Princely, Higgins +

– Super K

***Checked in with 2019 DL, Rodas Johnson (Columbus, OH). Johnson, as you’ll recall is a 4-star defensive lineman who took an unofficial visit to Texas this past weekend while he was in the area visiting family. He’s originally from TX but moved to Ohio when he was around 10 years old.

Johnson said he is planning an official visit for the end of the season. So, he’s still in the mix but said he will, “have more details around that time”.

***I know some of you have ask me to check on some new 2019 offensive linemen names. I did just that and was told that the staff is going to wait till the coaches can get more senior film on some guys to do additional evaluation. In other words, it doesn’t sound like they’ve got any super solid targets at the moment. Fortunately, they have two talented guys in the fold.

***On that note, I’m told that despite Javonne Shepherd no longer being on his high school team (though I suspect it will get remedied), Texas doesn’t have any intentions of dropping him. Don’t sense they have that luxury right now, anyway.

***I’m set to speak with Texas WR target, Elijah Higgins this week. I can tell you that Texas is very much back in this one.

***Interesting note here, I was told that LSU LB commit (and the best LB I’ve seen in this class), Marcel Brooks had actually wanted to make it down last weekend for the USC game. Like Lewis Cine and Dwight McGlothern though, he wasn’t able to secure a ride down to Austin. But I found it interesting that he still has his eye on Texas.

***Texas has offered 2020 local defensive lineman, Princely Umanmielen (Manor).

Blessed to receive an offer from The University of Texas #HookeEm 🤘🏾#AGTG pic.twitter.com/M9Z37ltHHW — princely umanmielen (@d1princely) September 19, 2018

Princely has been on campus, multiple times. I will say that offering him now was becoming more and more necessary as the Sooners have been surging in this one.

Two New Visitors for Texas-TCU

– Andrew King

– One Texas commit that didn’t make it to Austin last weekend was Port Neches-Groves (TX) QB Roschon Johnson due to a game on Saturday. Good news is that he’ll be in Austin this weekend.

– Even better news for Texas is that his teammate, 2020 OT Jaylen Garth will join him on the trip. Garth is a top OT target for Texas in the 2020 class and schools like Ohio State, Alabama, and Texas A&M are all in constant contact with him. Texas is in a good spot for him right now. Having Johnson committed only helps their cause, as the two are very close.

Quick Hitter | 2020 Offensive Lineman Logan Parr

– Charlie S

– Texas recently extended an offer to 2020 offensive lineman Logan Parr out of Helotes, TX.

The 6’4″ 280 lb junior was very excited to receive the offer from the Longhorns and indicated as much by telling me that “A Texas offer has always been a dream. I plan on getting up to Austin sometime soon”.

Extremely blessed and thankful to receive an offer to The University of Texas! #HookEm pic.twitter.com/tAl6A8jTnX — Logan Parr (@l0gan_parr) September 9, 2018

Along with the Texas offer, Parr currently holds offers from OU, LSU, Colorado, and TTU to name a few. Don’t be fooled by the rather small offer list as his recruitment will certainly blow up with the notoriety and value placed on the recent offers from UT and OU.

Logan and I are making arrangements to go more in-depth on the Texas offer in the next few days, but it is safe to say that Texas will be a player throughout the entirety of his recruitment.

Taking Stock | Shhhs

– Super K

You’ve been asking for a shhh accounting. Let me first remind you what the shhh is. It means that a player has given the staff a silent commitment. It doesn’t mean he has given the staff an exact commitment date. It means the staff sufficiently believes that the player is genuine about their commitment to Texas but for whatever reason would like to post the commitment at a later time.

So here are the three most recent shhhs.

***The most recent of the three has not been made public yet. I’m expecting this one to drop at the latest by late September or early October.

***The shhh before that was Derrian Brown. He has already announced.

***The shhh before that has yet to drop. I checked with the player himself and he said that he does not have a date set for his announcement. I was told he’s still trying to put together a video. It could be a situation where he simply hasn’t found a videographer yet. But I honestly couldn’t say. All I could say is that I’m told he remains a silent commitment and the player himself has given me no indication about the actual date he will publicly annouce.

Injury Report

– Will Baizer

RB Keaontay Ingram – Practiced and will play on Saturday. Pain tolerance will determine amount of reps

LB Ayodele Adeoye – Will play vs TCU

OL Patrick Hudson – released from the hospital and will start making a return to play plan on Monday

C Zach Shackelford – doubtful

WR John Burt – questionable

DB/LB DeMarvion Overshown – Returns next week.