Around Texas: A Round-up of Recruiting News in the Lone Star State
The action is heating up around the state with the coaching carousel in full effect and December signing day quickly approaching. Jason Howell looks at the latest news in Texas and provides an update.
On Adrian Medley...
Pensacola (FL) OL Adrian Medley has decommitted from Texas A&M tonight.To be frank, this is something that has been in the works a while. If you'll remember, I reported heavy interest, both ways, between he and UCF last month. He committed to the Golden Knights tonight. He never visited A&M since he made his pledge to the Aggies, and the A&M staff never made a trip out to see him this fall. You'll also notice that the staff never made an in home trip to see him once they hit the road, and they made stops in Florida during that time. Medley's move opens up another spot in the 2019 class for the Aggies.
Monday morning recruiting notes
I've talked to 3-4 commits since Saturday. The loss doesn't seem to have affected the morale amongst the commits. It's actually sort of galvanized them. You saw Scooby Carter even tweet something about how he can't wait to come in and make an impact. As usual, the recruits handle losses better than most fans. -Jason put out a note on Marcus Banks commitment date, and I'm certain he'll be a main target at corner to close the class. However, he's not the only one. Illinois commit Marquez Beason remains in the conversation as does junior college standouts Elijah Blades (Oregon), DJ Daniel (South Carolina), and I continue to hear LSU pledge Dreshun Miller has reciprocated interest. It's pretty clear that A&M has made getting immediate impact at corner a priority.-We've heard murmurs of Florida based commits Adrian Medley and Tarian Lee scheduling visits elsewhere. If that happens, I think the A&M staff would take that as a reason to continue to recruit/push guys at their respective positions. With about two months to early signing day, taking visits this late can be nefarious propositions. -I'm doing some more digging on a pair of underclass prospects that may have some upcoming news. As soon as I get more intel, I'll post that note later today.
Quick note on OL commit
We have seen reports about Pensacola (FL) OL Adrian Medley visiting LSU this past weekend. After Jason and I have both done some digging, we could not confirm that Medley was in Baton Rouge.We know he was on a visitor list or two and have heard he requested tickets, but, based off the reports we've gotten, it doesn't sound like he made it in. We will continue to ask around on the matter.
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