ON3 Prediction machine jumped to 97.7% for Haastrup to A&M this morning.

https://www.on3.com/db/tobi-haastrup-245449/recruiting/213976/rpm/

https://www.on3.com/db/tobi-haastrup-245449/

Good chances with him and Lamont Rogers which would put us up to 24 (edit, we have 22 now, so put us at 24 commits). I hope we can sneak off a couple more big HS names. Flipping Trey McNutt or a WR would be huge.

I'd like to take about 8-12 transfers depending on what all we lose from the JR class. I always want to have an older roster. But I still don't know if it will it be 85 or 105 scholarships? When will we know? Seems you'd want to be able to prepare for that as soon as possible.

get this guy, flip lamont rodgers and daylan mccutchinson and call it a day. 25 HS recruits feels like a good number. and these three would be great additions

There's a good chance we flip a WR at this point. But if things fall off obviously that could change.

vander54 said:

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There's a good chance we flip a WR at this point. But if things fall off obviously that could change.

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The Utah WR that committed to USC?

vander54 said:

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There's a good chance we flip a WR at this point. But if things fall off obviously that could change.

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Let's let it fly vs Miss St weak secondary. CW has another good game and that definitely will work in recruiting WR's favor. Would love to see future depth in the position.

Surprising that Texas does not want him.

vander54 said:

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There's a good chance we flip a WR at this point. But if things fall off obviously that could change.

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Need 1 more stud WR and RB to really boost this offense.

We're top 10 in rushing offense and there's several RB in the top 10 that we should be in their ear.

We keep up this level of play and we'll likely end up with a top 5 class.

Not sure but things are improving on the WR front.

And its probably not a tu commit

This guy is built like Myles Garrett. His tape as a first year player is insanely good. No way he stays as a low 4-star, he will finish high 4 star or a 5 star

They are doing a good job rounding out the class. My hope is that they continue to recruit the 3-4 players Top 10 Texas players that they have good relations with and hope with a good season 1 or 2 break lose.

tu has absolutely kicked our ass in-state this cycle. Despite that we've manage a solid class, albeit mostly without any high 4 or 5 stars. Hopefully we stay focused, get in the playoff, and supplement ourselves with high end transfers. Then with some momentum we even things up in the '26 class.

After this cycle, we can't continue to let tu and OOS programs take 90% of the Texas top 20 prospects (tu has about 25% committed) in a given class and expect to be anything but second fiddle in the long run. We have to hold our own moving forward.

Keep winning and recruiting AT THE SAME TIME!!!

Rossticus said:

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tu has absolutely kicked our ass in-state this cycle. Despite that we've manage a solid class, albeit mostly without any high 4 or 5 stars. Hopefully we stay focused, get in the playoff, and supplement ourselves with high end transfers. Then with some momentum we even things up in the '26 class.

After this cycle, we can't continue to let tu and OOS programs take 90% of the Texas top 20 prospects (tu has about 25% committed) in a given class and expect to be anything but second fiddle in the long run. We have to hold our own moving forward.

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Sips have 6 of the Top 21 in-state guys. I wouldn't say that's awesome or anything, unless you're comparing it to our current class. And a couple of their guys are overrated, ie Lance Jackson.

Doesn't matter what state they come from if they can play

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Doesn't matter what state they come from if they can play

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Or country, came from London and 247 says his first year of football is this year.

3 star, do not want, kidding but seriously kid has played one year and has a great offer list

Kinda like Thor

"tu has absolutely kicked our ass in-state this cycle. "

Have some patience. This is a transition year and that isn't surprising considering the Jimbo train wreck. We have done very well OOS and I believe a lot of shine is gonna come off of tu before this season is over.

Rossticus said:

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tu has absolutely kicked our ass in-state this cycle. Despite that we've manage a solid class, albeit mostly without any high 4 or 5 stars. Hopefully we stay focused, get in the playoff, and supplement ourselves with high end transfers. Then with some momentum we even things up in the '26 class.

After this cycle, we can't continue to let tu and OOS programs take 90% of the Texas top 20 prospects (tu has about 25% committed) in a given class and expect to be anything but second fiddle in the long run. We have to hold our own moving forward.

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We don't have any composite five stars, but I would say we have a decent number of high 4 stars.

We have 5 national top 100 commitments as things stand now. Good chance to add to that.

Jimbo, who's considered an elite recruiter, FWIW, had the following number of national top 100 guys:

2018: 2
2019: 7
2020: 5
2021: 4
2022: 18 (the obvious outlier)
2023: 5

Pretty much an average year for Jimbo outside of the out of this world 2022 class. And again, recruiting isn't where Jimbo failed.

We obviously would like to land at least two of the states top 10, but ultimately, it doesn't matter where they come from. You can build a championship roster with zero if you do other areas well.

We most definitely have high 4 stars

This class is being built to be a good croot class. If we continue winning, then it may evolve to great class.

vander54 said:

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We most definitely have high 4 stars

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Yeah we have so many high 4*'s that were the highest ranked class without a 5*. Even though our QB commit is actually a 5*.

vander54 said:

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We most definitely have high 4 stars

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I didn't say we had no high 4 stars. I said "mostly", and I was referring SPECIFICALLY to in-state recruits. 4* is defined by a recruit rated between 90-97. So, a "high 4* would be rated above 95.

We have 2 in-state recruits currently rated above 95 in Armstrong and Sanders. So, we have 2 in-state high 4 stars.

We did well to supplement that with 3 CA kids that are rated around 95, and Longstreet who is the highest and a composite 5*. But we ceded almost all the Texas high 4*s and 5*s to other programs. That doesn't mean the class is bad by any stretch. It's very good but you also don't want it to be the norm that we're not getting our fair share of the higher end in-state talent.

Assuming that we continue to improve moving forward and our on field performance reflects what we saw last Saturday, WE SHOULD see more favorable results in-state beginning in the '26 class.

I would prefer in state when we can but in the end best recruits are most important and overall we look very good right now.

vander54 said:

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I would prefer in state when we can but in the end best recruits are most important and overall we look very good right now.

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I don't disagree. Especially considering that we had lost nearly all momentum with the '25 class with Jimbo's piss poor results and ouster. I'm not complaining about the class. We've landed some great kids, and many with a lot of high developmental upside. Just noting thst we can and should do better in-state, which I believe we will moving forward after this cycle.

Rossticus said:

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tu has absolutely kicked our ass in-state this cycle. Despite that we've manage a solid class, albeit mostly without any high 4 or 5 stars. Hopefully we stay focused, get in the playoff, and supplement ourselves with high end transfers. Then with some momentum we even things up in the '26 class.

After this cycle, we can't continue to let tu and OOS programs take 90% of the Texas top 20 prospects (tu has about 25% committed) in a given class and expect to be anything but second fiddle in the long run. We have to hold our own moving forward.

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Being objective, why would anyone expect our recruiting class to be better than theirs' at this point? We fired our entire coaching staff, lost our first game, and suffered an injury at QB that caused our offense to look lackluster once again until this week. They are fresh off a CFP run, undefeated, and ranked number one in the country.

Of course they have the momentum, but that can change quickly and hopefully our win over Missouri, continued improvement on the offensive side of the ball, and a steady rise in the rankings will help us regain some momentum. It wouldn't hurt if OU somehow pulled an upset this weekend and then UGA beats them at home in front of a bunch of recruits next weekend. It is nice that we have this weekend off to sit back, relax, and watch.

It seems like we are starting to get going, on the field and in recruiting.

I think we all want to see better success in state in an ideal world. But you can win championships with the level of recruiting we currently have, especially if you do well in the portal, and evaluate and coach well.

Hopefully we only get better and better in state. Just saying that there are multiple ways to win a championship.

Clemson twice, Auburn, LSU, Michigan, even Jimbo at FSU, etc., all won a national title with at least two classes on campus currently worse on paper than our current class. We all want to do better, but to say we would be destine to be 2nd tier if we don't has been proven to not really be true. We would just need to do better in other areas to make up for it, such as coaching, the portal, evaluations, hit rates, attrition, etc.. But I do think our baseline recruiting is enough to win a championship, at least when looking at many past champions.

Again, I do want to, and think we can, be better.

I think I would prefer multiple hi 4s than a couple of 5s that end up having issues. I think the new staff has done an admirable job for their first year and the JF residual.

I'm wondering if Elko goes after whoever the top pass rusher is in the portal next year to replace Scourton?

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I think I would prefer multiple hi 4s than a couple of 5s that end up having issues. I think the new staff has done an admirable job for their first year and the JF residual.

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I don't think we're going to see many, if any, whiffs when it comes to cultural "fit" going forward. Elko doesn't seem to have much issue passing over guys with red flags.

Keep winning and recruiting will take care of itself.

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vander54 said:

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There's a good chance we flip a WR at this point. But if things fall off obviously that could change.

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Need 1 more stud WR and RB to really boost this offense.

We're top 10 in rushing offense and there's several RB in the top 10 that we should be in their ear.

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I don't think we need another HS RB. We have one and he is good. If coaches believe we need another we should look at the transfer portal. I do think we need to grab a stud WR and then look into the portal for stud transfer.

We lost both Hill and Perkins to tu after they were committed to us.

2 of the best LBs in the country.

We have to do a better job keeping our commits committed.