OTF Premium 2025-26 Portal Tracker Thread

[CJ Vogel]

I remain intrigued by the market for USC LB Matai Tagoa'i.

Was someone Texas liked out of high school, but fits more of the developmental category than instant impact. He was listed at 6-4, 205 lbs on USC's official roster. On top of that, he only saw 35 snaps.

But he had 25 offers in HS and was ranked as a top 100 player in the class. 

[901longhorn]

1 minute ago, CJ Vogel said:

I remain intrigued by the market for USC LB Matai Tagoa'i.

Was someone Texas liked out of high school, but fits more of the developmental category than instant impact. He was listed at 6-4, 205 lbs on USC's official roster. On top of that, he only saw 35 snaps.

But he had 25 offers in HS and was ranked as a top 100 player in the class. 

I believe it would be a good take, Cunningham may not end up a linebacker and Okpala may end up more of Trey Moore or Brad Spence role. Not a lot of true linebackers. 

[Bunk Moreland]

21 minutes ago, 901longhorn said:

I believe it would be a good take, Cunningham may not end up a linebacker and Okpala may end up more of Trey Moore or Brad Spence role. Not a lot of true linebackers. 

Agreed. Plus, with 105 scholarships you can now afford to take a couple of high-ceiling developmental prospects in the portal.

[FootLaw]

4 minutes ago, Bunk Moreland said:

Agreed. Plus, with 105 scholarships you can now afford to take a couple of high-ceiling developmental prospects in the portal.

Bingo. The 105 helps more with portal than HS in my opinion.

[CJ Vogel]

 

[Longhornlove]

2 hours ago, diegozanna20 said:

Whew thankfully someone said it...
Not worried at all about playing Levitt next year. Playmaker? Sure, but we've faced better playmakers this year already.

Careful, he is an amazing escape artist similar to what Burrow was. The talent at LSU will dwarf ASU.

[diegozanna20]

6 minutes ago, Longhornlove said:

Careful, he is an amazing escape artist similar to what Burrow was. The talent at LSU will dwarf ASU.

I'm sorry but I'll have to strongly disagree on that comparison.
Leavitt is much closer to Mateer than he will ever be to Burrow.
Burrow had and still has an amazing instinct both in the pocket and in his downfield vision in finding zones and "pockets" of free space to attack the defense. That's what made him great, an uncanny vision/processing/memory accompanied by a very accurate arm. He manipulated defenses with his eyes.
Leavitt is a gamer, he's slippery, he'll never be the processor and pocket passer that Joe Burrow was/is.

Edited 8 minutes ago by diegozanna20

[CJ Vogel]

really talented player

[TezInDallas]

[Shmatt]

Just now, CJ Vogel said:

really talented player

Jeez Yale? He has the brains to pick up a playbook fast too