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Yep, Kenny was in charge when these guys came in from JUCO and from Colorado. BC is doing great, promoted to Assistant Head Coach and still a key recruiter.

Some nerdy data on the first round - 7 picks were 5* recruits, 13 were 4*, 10 were 3*, Fernando was the only 2* and Iheanachor was unranked in high school (no football team). These are from the 247 Composite. Pretty common to see roughly a third-third-third break out of 5-4-3 stars going in the first round (of course there are usually 30 or so 5* compared to thousands of 4 and 3 star guys in each class). Seven 5* and also seven ranked 920 and lower. Mendoza was the lowest ranked recruit (ranked 2,535) and Jordon Tyson, the # 8 pick, ranked # 920 out of high school.

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I guess the tackle (Max Iheanachor) went to a nerd high school (the King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science) that didn't even have a football team, which explains the zero star ranking. His family emigrated from Nigeria when he was 13, he played soccer (goalie) and AAU basketball and the BB coach suggested he try football at a JUCO. So far under the radar you'd need sonar to find this one.

Amen

And those are Dillingham evals not Herm Edward's, right? Does Carrington share credit?

Tyson was rated the # 131 WR coming out of high school in Texas by 247 Composite, # 215 WR on 247 - a 3* ranked 920 overall (Composite). Texas would rarely even look at a guy like that and many on this board would be disgusted with our recruiting if we went after him. Our WR class that year consisted of Brenen Thompson and Savion Red (after missing on Evan Stewart lol). The tackle was a zero star in high school who had just started playing football, went to JUCO and was a middling recruit when ASU grabbed him, as they usually recruit poorly and are desperate for big bodies. They lucked out on him for sure. Basically the blue blood programs rarely even look hard at kids like these.

There are several reasons the Arizona Cardinals have never won a Super Bowl ... puzzling draft picks are high on the list

Those poor people.

Quarterback…

Worse a Mateer cowboys fan

Unless you’re a fortune teller nobody really knows that. A long process between announcing and draft day.

Nope. Not at all. I think it makes sense, so many more data points in a regular season. Also, if you used the conference tourney, you’d have so many ties just by the nature of the bracket format. Regular season does a better job of stratifying teams.

I’m sure Vic coached her hard because she was maddeningly inconsistent. This season she looked like she put it together but she was inconsistent and at times seemed uninterested in playing tough D. I was excited to see her improvement but if she didn’t like it she should have left previously.

Good info from both of you. With the NCAA dragging its feet, it’s hard to know if this hits immediately or not. If seniors really do get another year, that’s a ton of roster chaos. Texas having two spots is nice, but with the need for a big + limited NIL, it’s tough to see many of those guys fitting unless they’re willing to take less. Most would probably have to hit the portal anyway.

Texas vs USC semifinal 10 am Friday

So Goosby would have definitely been a first rounder in this draft right? Everyone needs to buy his NIL stuff to thank him for his loyalty

2 first rounders from an 8-5 Arizona state team is interesting (damning?)

I never watch the NFL Draft because I don’t need 32 GMs reminding me they also have no idea what they’re doing. That being said, any longhorns drafted yet?

He’s not better than Bijan to be drafted that high

Simpson to the Rams shocked me a bit

He’s really good, but not #3 overall good. That’s insane.

It was a down year for college football.

Love is not a transcendent first round type of back like bijan is to me. Ty simpson in the first round is beyond comical IMO, But QB’s are over drafted year after year.

definitely wasn’t expecting the way this draft has gone