– As we reported earlier this month, Texas will be having its summer recruiting event this weekend. The roster of attendees is pretty solid, and it will undoubtedly change as the event commences.

Here is the list of attendees that are currently scheduled to show up.

2019

Trinity Christian (TX) S Lewis Cine Official Visit

Wekiva (FL) OLB Rian Davis Official Visit

Grayson (GA) DB Kenyatta Watson (Texas Commit)

Port Neches-Groves (TX) QB Roschon Johnson (Texas Commit)

Temple (TX) TE Jared Wiley (Texas Commit)

Independence CC (KS) DL Jermain Johnson

Mansfield Legacy (TX) DL Taurean Carter

Cinco Ranch (TX) ILB David Gbenda

Punahou (HI) ILB Manioa Tufono

North Forest (TX) OT Javonne Shepherd (maybe)

Cuero (TX) WR Jordan Whittington (Texas Commit)

Huntsville (TX) DE T’Vondre Sweat (Texas Commit)

George Ranch (TX) DE Peter Mpagi

2020

Lake Travis (TX) QB Hudson Card (Texas Commit)

Tomball (TX) QB Hunter Dunn

Duncanville (TX) ATH Ja’Quinden Jackson

Duncanville (TX) S Chris Thompson Jr

Clear Creek (TX) OT Chad Lindberg

Port Neches-Groves (TX) OT Jaylen Garth

Shadow Creek (TX) DE Alec Bryant

Trinity Christian (MO) RB Mookie Cooper

North Forest (TX) WR Demond Demas

– Princely Umanmielen is a 2020 DE/OLB that attends Manor HS, just twenty minutes outside of Austin. The staff has been keeping a close eye on this nearby prospect, inviting him to camp and to visit the school individually, “I really liked how they called me privately and there weren’t twenty people there. I really liked their academic center… They make sure that everyone graduates and that even if you want to leave here and go to the NFL in your third year, your scholarship still stands, so you can come back and get your degree. I really liked that.”

I was able to catch up with Umanmielen after he camped with Texas to ask him what he specifically liked about Texas, “I like how it’s close to home. I live about twenty minutes away. I like the facilities and I like all of the coaching staff.”

Umanmielen is also starting to form a relationship with Defensive Line Coach Oscar Giles. Umanmielen let me know that he is a pretty big fan of Giles, “I really like him and I like his coaching style.” Giles told Umanmielen that, “He liked what he saw [during the camp]… They haven’t offered many DE’s lately, but he’ll be watching my Junior season and keeping in touch.”

Princely Umanmielen has been offered by Oklahoma, TCU, Arkansas, and Texas Tech. TCU right now is the team that has shown him the most love, but as he starts to blow up, things may change.

He will be visiting Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State this summer as well and most likely commit after his Junior season.

Film Breakdown

When you see him in person it’s no wonder why the Longhorns are interested. He is 6’4” 242lbs with a forty that ranges between 4.6 and 4.7. He has long arms which are wonderful for defensive linemen, and a frame that can take 20-30 more pounds of muscle. He’s a guy who can play B-Backer or be spun down to the DE position based on how he is developed. However, it also makes sense why they want to wait a little bit. While Umanmielen is pretty good at using his hands and arms to get off of blocks, he could spruce up his game in a few fields. The main ones I can notice are his get off, his feet, letting playing get their hands on him, and turning up his speed.

Umanmielen needs to develop a quicker get off when the ball is snapped. With his feet, he sometimes gets them stuck in the mud when meeting a blocker, this, in turn, allows the blocker to get their hands on him and drive him back at times. This all comes with Umanmielen needing to adjust his speed. You can tell he’s thinking out on the field. The processing of the play is slowing him down and it causes all these problems above.

I fully believe that when he is able to let the game come to him and use his frame correctly he will be a force to reckon with. – (Will)

– Texas hosted two 2020 recruits from the state of Louisiana, in University Lab defensive tackle Jaquelin Roy and Madison Prep athlete Joel Williams yesterday. I spoke to Roy as the pair was making their way to Austin.

This was the first visit to Texas for both recruits. Roy told me “We’re just really excited to see the facilities and get to spend some time with the coaching staff.” Roy also told me that Jason Washington is the coach that they normally speak with and that they have a great relationship. But he’s also excited to pick the brain of DL coach Oscar Giles some.

After the visit, the group was headed to College Station later that night, as they will visit Texas A&M today before heading home. No favorites for either recruit just yet, as they have a long way to go being that they’re in the class of 2020. But getting them on campus early is always a good thing. – (Andrew)

– 2019 George Ranch defensive end Peter Mpagi has always been flirting with the Longhorns, but now the Longhorns have come through with an offer after he impressed Tom Herman and staff during their camp last Tuesday. When he came up to Austin last week, he got to talk with an academic supervisor because he wants to major in business and economics as well as take a few glamour pictures with the Longhorn jersey on.

Humbled and honored to receive an offer from The University of Texas #Hookem pic.twitter.com/mM6bRtISWR — ¹⁹🤷🏿‍♂️ (@PeterMpagi) June 14, 2018

But Mpagi earned his offer when he got on the field, “I was being a leader as they wanted me to be… [Herman] said he was impressed with me and that he’ll talk to me in two-three days.”

Texas has always held a special place in the heart of Mpagi, as he has made clear multiple times. He told me exactly that, the last I spoke with him; “[Texas is] my childhood dream school. I grew up watching them, and I know like everyone on the team… I used to watch Texas football games with [my father] all the time, and he’s, and he’s the one who really taught me about them… I’m always on LonghornNetwork watching.”

So, it makes sense that when I spoke with him today, he told that Texas is now his number one school. – (Will)

– I spoke to a source close to North Shore (TX) ’20 5-star Running Back Zachary Evans and was told that he isn’t expected to visit Texas this weekend. Travel issues seem to be the reason he won’t be in Austin. That’s the same reason he wasn’t in College Station for Texas A&M’s big recruiting event. Instead, Evans was at Texas’ satellite camp in Houston. So he has seen the Texas staff recently, even though he won’t make it to Austin this weekend.

Evans is a superstar recruit and one of Texas’ top priorities in 2020. Stan Drayton has done a really good job recruiting him early on. Corby Meekins also has a good relationship with Evans and the staff at North Shore from his days as the head coach at Westfield high school in Houston. LSU is a major player in this one as well, and the Tigers have had a ton of success recruiting North Shore in the past with some really pro-LSU people over there.

Evans has no plans to make a decision soon, so I wouldn’t worry too much about him not making it this weekend. Texas will have a really good 2020 RB on campus anyway in Trinity Catholic (MO) Mookie Cooper. Who’s the #1 2020 recruit in Missouri and a Top 100 player nationally. – (Andrew)

– Texas extended a 2020 offer to Westlake (CA) Tight End Seth Figgins. I’ll be reaching out to Figgins soon to get his thoughts on the early offer.

I’m very blessed humbled and proud to announce that I have received an offer from The University of Texas #HookEm @CoachDWarehime pic.twitter.com/1Qi7gpDCSn — Seth Figgins (@Sethfiggins21) June 14, 2018

Tom Herman and company are looking to extend their West Coast success to more than just the 2019 class. There are a few Texas connections to Figgins and his high school.

The first is that current Texas commit OLB De’Gabriel Floyd plays at Westlake. He’s sure to do some recruiting on Figgins, and I bet he brings him to Austin with him. The other is that Westlake HS head coach Tim Kirksey played football at Cal Lutheran with guess who, Texas head coach Tom Herman. I saw that Kirksey played there, and it lined up with when Herman was a player there.

I talked to one assistant at a prominent high school in Arizona, and he told me “Herman is a legend out here”. After hearing that, it’s no surprise to see more West Coast offers handed out. – (Andrew)