Significant Jonah Williams news (updated 1:40 pm CST)

[Lnghrn]

Nil makes it a lot easier to skip the baseball draft.  I assume he gets a cut of football nil and baseball since he is duel sport.  He can go to college and obtain good nil.  He can assess which sport works out best for him in college.  This gives him optionality.  

[harveycmd]

Hua!

[uthorn1374]

1 hour ago, cmk4pres said:

Whoa. I would tell my kid to go to the MLb draft but damn hope we can win out. Likely passing up $6-8 million. 

Don't think he's quite there as a baseball player.  He looks pretty raw, but he definitely relies on his athleticism.  He will be a top draft pick in three years in either football or baseball.

[Gerry Hamilton]

Updating this:

OTF spoke with someone very close to the Williams recruitment. 

What we reported this morning from Galveston Ball High practice is where Jonah's head/intentions are at right now. He really wants to play college football. And he currently plans to play both in college. 

 

[Gerry Hamilton]

One other note ... should Jonah's decision to play both football and baseball in college stick, that makes travel for a family that lives near Galveston much more difficult. 

Jonah will announce his decision August 24. 

[NothinButDaHorns34]

38 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

One other note ... should Jonah's decision to play both football and baseball in college stick, that makes travel for a family that lives near Galveston much more difficult. 

Jonah will announce his decision August 24. 

So he is a texas lock? Got it 

[Lupton Pittman]

56 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

One other note ... should Jonah's decision to play both football and baseball in college stick, that makes travel for a family that lives near Galveston much more difficult. 

Jonah will announce his decision August 24. 

Ball High School to:

Texas A&M - 145 miles, appx. 2 hours 30 minutes

The University of Texas - 216 miles, appx. 3 hours 30 minutes

Louisiana State University - 289 miles, appx. 4 hours 45 minutes

Seems like this would only eliminate Oregon. LSU is farther than UT and A&M but still drivable. 

 

[TarrantCoHorn]

This class is about to kick into high gear. 

[Robert Gilbert]

1 hour ago, Lupton Pittman said:

Ball High School to:

Texas A&M - 145 miles, appx. 2 hours 30 minutes

The University of Texas - 216 miles, appx. 3 hours 30 minutes

Louisiana State University - 289 miles, appx. 4 hours 45 minutes

Seems like this would only eliminate Oregon. LSU is farther than UT and A&M but still drivable. 

 

Thanks for the info. Since Schloss is at UT and not at A&M, I would assume that favors us. 

[Zachery Nelson]

Feeling it’s a Texas lean by a hair over little brother 

[JMarquette]

Oregon sounds like it would be surprising. 

It's basically us v. A&M at this point and the way this recruitment has *seemingly* trended past couple of weeks, Texas looks to be in a decent spot. 

[Jerky]

No inside info. But I choose to have faith in Jonah Williams playing baseball in the spring and football in the fall at Texas! Hook Em!

[UT_Ro]

Texas vs lsu battle

[davideowens]

3 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

One other note ... should Jonah's decision to play both football and baseball in college stick, that makes travel for a family that lives near Galveston much more difficult. 

Jonah will announce his decision August 24. 

Gerry….am I a bad person to hope he is just average at college baseball & a STUD at football….in Austin of course!!

[.45s]

52 minutes ago, davideowens said:

Gerry….am I a bad person to hope he is just average at college baseball & a STUD at football….in Austin of course!!

Yes.  If he comes here and plays baseball, he can't go in the mlb draft for three years unless he is the rare person old for his class, then possibly after his sophomore year.  Sounds like somebody the baseball team could use.

[cmk4pres]

6 hours ago, uthorn1374 said:

Don't think he's quite there as a baseball player.  He looks pretty raw, but he definitely relies on his athleticism.  He will be a top draft pick in three years in either football or baseball.

A lefty that can 95mph is there. My scouting buddy says mid 1st round 

[dfwHorn]

Hard to blame the kid, if he doesn’t know which sport he wants to play in the future then college is the route to go. You get one shot at life to get this kind of experience, may as well take it. Yes he is potentially walking away from 1st round baseball money, but NIL for a two sport athlete won’t be a bad concession and if he is that good he can still get it later.

[rocketman]

9 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

OnTexasFootball stopped by Galveston Ball High today for football practice this morning.

Ball High two-sport star Jonah Williams told OTF he’s planning to graduate high school in December. 

That is significant news as it means Williams is bypassing his senior season of high school baseball.

Williams told OTF he plans on to play college baseball in the spring of 2025. And go through spring practice.

Williams said he made the decision that he wants to experience college football, and that will also include college baseball.

Again, this is per Jonah Williams an hour ago.

If you want current information you can't get it on your phone. You have to go to the source! Great job Gerry, that's why you're the best at what you do. 

[Derek Handler]

9 hours ago, Uthookem4800 said:

@Gerry Hamilton is this good for Texas or Oregon

Good for MLB unless he plays college baseball in the spring then he should be locked in for 3 years.  Unless there's a loop hole or the rule has changed?  

Edited August 6, 2024 by Derek Handler

[Gerry Hamilton]

Jonah at Monday practice 

[Gerry Hamilton]

[Gerry Hamilton]

Jonah is around 205 right now. He’s actually dropped 8-10 pounds from late spring when he was 215’iash

[Aspann85]

That interview sounded like him pumping up LSU. Hoping Embody takes an L on this one!

[Adam Lane]

29 minutes ago, Aspann85 said:

That interview sounded like him pumping up LSU. Hoping Embody takes an L on this one!

Agree!  Seems like LSU is the main competition. 

[Moosehorn]

Nothing in that interview gives me any confidence whatsoever for Texas. Never even mentioned Texas until prompted by Gerry.