OTF Premium In-state OL Jasper Ngokwere sets commitment date | Wednesday, 12:45 p.m.

[Hank South]

Richardson (Texas) OT Jasper Ngokwere will announce a decision on Thursday, June 4th. 

The finalists are Texas, Northwestern, Texas Tech, and Vanderbilt. 

He is coming off an OV to Vandy over the weekend. 

We are not projecting Texas to be the pick, as the Longhorns haven't gone all in here, at least not yet. 

We believe an OV is possible in the fall if Texas makes a late push. 

 

 

[Hank South]

I think this kid has a lot of upside. If he goes to Vandy that's a big win for them. 

Texas will continue to focus on Swanson and Camara at the top of the board, then guys like Reed Ramsier, Lucas Rhoa, and Caleb Siler to fill out the class. 

[GoHorns1]

55 minutes ago, Hank South said:

I think this kid has a lot of upside. If he goes to Vandy that's a big win for them. 

Texas will continue to focus on Swanson and Camara at the top of the board, then guys like Reed Ramsier, Lucas Rhoa, and Caleb Siler to fill out the class. 

Like Ramsier because he is C/IOL.

[Hank South]

6 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

Like Ramsier because he is C/IOL.

For sure. 

[Burnt Orange Horn]

1 hour ago, Hank South said:

Richardson (Texas) OT Jasper Ngokwere will announce a decision on Thursday, June 4th. 

The finalists are Texas, Northwestern, Texas Tech, and Vanderbilt. 

He is coming off an OV to Vandy over the weekend. 

We are not projecting Texas to be the pick, as the Longhorns haven't gone all in here, at least not yet. 

We believe an OV is possible in the fall if Texas makes a late push. 

 

 

No Spring OV means no bait on the hook.  Hmmm .......

[Burnt Orange Horn]

1 hour ago, Hank South said:

I think this kid has a lot of upside. If he goes to Vandy that's a big win for them. 

Texas will continue to focus on Swanson and Camara at the top of the board, then guys like Reed Ramsier, Lucas Rhoa, and Caleb Siler to fill out the class. 

Why Camara?  He seems strongly transactional for the NIL only and really doesn't care with which program he signs.

[Deep in the heart]

We have to sign Camara, bottom line. Back up the brinks truck. The investment I think will be worth it because he's raw like Goosby was but with a better athletic profile and upside.

[NothinButDaHorns34]

6 minutes ago, Deep in the heart said:

We have to sign Camara, bottom line. Back up the brinks truck. The investment I think will be worth it because he's raw like Goosby was but with a better athletic profile and upside.

“Back up the brinks truck” for a guy we’re not even sure will be a starter let alone break into the two deep? Hard ass pass for me. I rather do that on an proven guy out of the portal who’s been all conference and/or all american 

[Blaise Allen]

Thoughts on the LB class after the Satele Oregon Commit? @Hank South

[Hank South]

2 hours ago, Burnt Orange Horn said:

Why Camara?  He seems strongly transactional for the NIL only and really doesn't care with which program he signs.

Too much of a talent. Some kids are worth the NIL negotiations. 

[Hank South]

59 minutes ago, Blaise Allen said:

Thoughts on the LB class after the Satele Oregon Commit? @Hank South

Somewhat of an unknown right now. 

Jhadyn Nelson, Izzy Hammons, Mikahi Allen are the main names of note, and only Allen is the true MLB out of that group. 

[Deep in the heart]

1 hour ago, NothinButDaHorns34 said:

“Back up the brinks truck” for a guy we’re not even sure will be a starter let alone break into the two deep? Hard ass pass for me. I rather do that on an proven guy out of the portal who’s been all conference and/or all american 

Every season betting on getting a one and done like Seaton? I'm good on that. Premium positions need to be developed. I wouldn't want to get into the business of gambling on a LT jumping in the portal every year. No offense to Sorsby. I get what you're saying but that just scares me. If we don't get Camara, it's going to set us back at tackle fire the future.

[Jordan Scruggs]

4 hours ago, Hank South said:

Richardson (Texas) OT Jasper Ngokwere will announce a decision on Thursday, June 4th. 

The finalists are Texas, Northwestern, Texas Tech, and Vanderbilt. 

He is coming off an OV to Vandy over the weekend. 

We are not projecting Texas to be the pick, as the Longhorns haven't gone all in here, at least not yet. 

We believe an OV is possible in the fall if Texas makes a late push. 

 

 

I expect the pick to be Vanderbilt. This raises Caleb Siler's priority level for Texas Tech and Northwestern. Siler is now the only OT set to OV to Tech this summer and Northwestern has been extremely aggressive in the Siler recruitment and are also expected to miss on Ngokwere like Tech and Texas are.

[ArizonaLonghorn]

For those complaining about the NIL costs of Camara-like linemen who may not play for a while, take a look at the tackles in the 2023 class and where they were taken in Round 1 of the recent NFL draft, the earliest they could go pro.

At least five of the top 13 were first round picks - Proctor, Mauigoa, Freeling, Fano and Lomu.  Maybe a couple others were taken later or will be high picks next year.  These are the Kelvin Banks type guys, a couple were three year starters and all were worth the NIL price.

The trick of course is to get the right guys - the first four mentioned were in the top 7 rated OT coming out of high school but what happened to the other three?  (Honestly I don't know, maybe they went later, maybe they'll go high next year or maybe they washed out ... just checked, two transferred down from LSU -> Kentucky and Penn State -> UNC-Charlotte, the third swung down to OG). 

The point is if you have an open spot ((I think we do with both OTs leaving after next year) AND the guy looks like an early contributor then go for it.  But yeah, no guarantees.

As for the "get 'em in the portal" argument, those guys are rare and extremely expensive.  A lot of IOL we had our sights on stayed with their school or transferred elsewhere.  And Seaton was not without baggage.

In Flood we trust, right guys?