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    Gerry Hamilton

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    Thursday Morning Recruiting Nuggets

    OnTexasFootball gets the morning started with Coffee & Football on the YouTube channel, and recruiting nuggets right here. 

    Akylin Dear, RB, Quitman (Miss.) High

    OnTexasFootball spoke with the 4-star running back out of The Magnolia State. 

    Dear, 6-1 and 200 pounds, speaks with Texas running backs coach Tashard Choice every morning. 

    “He played in the league, so I know he can teach me a lot about the game. We talk every morning."

    Dear said he plans to visit Texas either April 6 or April 20. Choice has mentioned both dates, as well as June official visit date possibilities. 

    Dear and family are on the way to the University of Florida today for a two-day visit. 

    The explosive and powerful back with contact balance has locked in an official visit to Texas A&M June 14-16. Ole Miss is considered the team to beat by many headed into the spring. 

    Isaiah Gibson, EDGE, Warner Robins (Ga.) High

    OnTexasFootball 4-star Gibson spoke with Texas defensive line coach and area recruiter Kenny Baker earlier this week. 

    “We are just building the relationship. He said it’s (Texas) a great environment. From everything I’ve heard, Texas is great.” 

    Gibson, 6-4 and 245 pounds, said Baker talked to him about April 6 or April 20 visit possibilities. Gibson doesn't have a visit locked in, but does want to get out to Austin and take a look at Texas. A June official visit has also been discussed.

    Gibson sports 37 offers with Georgia, Clemson and Oregon all in. 

    Derry Norris Jr., DL, Port Orange (Fla.) Spruce Creek

    OnTexasFootball spoke with the 6-3.5, 270 pound athletic defensive line prospect Wednesday night. The Central Florida area prospect said it was both area recruiter Tashard Choice and defensive line coach Kenny Baker that made the offer March 5. 

    “They said how much they loved my film," Norris told OnTexasFootball. "What I do that impresses them athletically. And they said they like how I run track too."

    Norris' first impression of Baker was a strong one. 

    “Great dude. Everything he was saying was exactly how I was raised. He’s going to get the best out of his players."

    Choice and Baker are making a push to get Norris and family on campus April 6. And that visit is possible. April 20 is already spoken for with the Florida State Spring Game. 

    Norris has four official visits locked in, currently. Georgia Tech May 31-June 2 and N.C. State June 7-9 for sure. After that, the schedule could change. He currently has Minnesota June 14-16 and Purdue June 21-23. With March offers from Miami (Fla.), Texas, Texas A&M and Missouri, the current official visits are in the balance. 

     

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    NothinButDaHorns34
    24 minutes ago, UTJB27 said:

    Too much out-of-state recruiting lately, need to focus in on TEXAS more

    Email the coaches your opinions on how they should recruit because i am sure they would love to hear them. 

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    55 minutes ago, FLHorn17 said:

    I live in Port Orange and my oldest just graduated from Spruce Creek. Went to a few of their games this past season(my buddy is DL coach).  That kid definitely stood out like a man amongst boys at the games I was at. My buddy says he's a great kid too

    Love this! I believe Texas has a legit shot here if they make the big push. 

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    40 minutes ago, UTJB27 said:

    Too much out-of-state recruiting lately, need to focus in on TEXAS more

    For me, just keep signing top 7-8 ranked classes. 

    If Texas kids were all in on staying home, there would be more emphasis on in-state recruiting IMO. Just not the way of the recruiting world these days.

    Georgia is signing 3-4 of the top 10 in their home state right now, and are on top of the college football world. And Georgia has as much high end talent as Texas, if not more. 

    So many families have moved into DFW or Houston or Metro Atlanta in recent years ... they aren't tied to staying with the in-state schools. 

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    John Moore
    45 minutes ago, UTJB27 said:

    Too much out-of-state recruiting lately, need to focus in on TEXAS more

    Honest question but why post this on 3 different threads?

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    UTJB27
    1 hour ago, John Moore said:

    Honest question but why post this on 3 different threads?

    Because it was relevant in multiple different position groups: RB (2x), DB, and DL/DE

    Not saying it's "All or nothing" in terms of going in-state versus out-of-state, but in my opinion it just seems this current recruiting cycle is too heavily weighted towards out-of-state (judging from the threads discussing offers at different position groups)

    I know we can "trust Sark and coaches" but I fear they risk spreading their time and resources too thin by being spread across the entire country for a player at a position that may be immaterially better than the equivalent inside of Texas. My opinion is that the state of Texas has enough game-changers to win with if we go all-in on them which will reap benefits for generations given the relationships here. Just my 2 cents for the message board

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    taxsaver
    37 minutes ago, UTJB27 said:

    Because it was relevant in multiple different position groups: RB (2x), DB, and DL/DE

    Not saying it's "All or nothing" in terms of going in-state versus out-of-state, but in my opinion it just seems this current recruiting cycle is too heavily weighted towards out-of-state (judging from the threads discussing offers at different position groups)

    I know we can "trust Sark and coaches" but I fear they risk spreading their time and resources too thin by being spread across the entire country for a player at a position that may be immaterially better than the equivalent inside of Texas. My opinion is that the state of Texas has enough game-changers to win with if we go all-in on them which will reap benefits for generations given the relationships here. Just my 2 cents for the message board

    Sorry but it just doesn't work like that...NIL changed recruiting

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