Austin Uke

After Texas A&M offered Allen 2022 OL Neto Umeozulu, I caught up with former Texas A&M standout OL Patrick Lewis who now runs Blue Chip Athletics and focuses on training offensive linemen. He has been working with Umeozulu for almost a year, and it is safe to say, Lewis believes Umeozulu has the goods.On Umeozulu's competitivenessI think it's just his hunger to succeed. I always try to show my guys film. A lot of my guys I send them clips on Instagram. He wants to be like KO. I tell him he reminds me of Kelechi Osemele. When I look at him that's the first person who comes to mind. He's big, he's mean, strong, and athletic.On Umeozulu's future position I definitely see him being a swing guy. He's definitely going to be a guard. He's definitely going to be on the interior. I just think about it like this, he's playing tackle right now so he will be able to play three positions on the o-line. He will be a guy who can play left and he can play right and he can hold down a right tackle spot if you need him to. He takes guard reps with us some times (during training sessions) and he takes tackle reps, and he excels at both. But you have to think about when the game is going to be in a smaller box for him, he's really going to dominate. So it's really going to be scary to see when he gets on the inside.On Umeozulu fitting into the SECHe fits the bill. He's going to be at the top of the food chain. When you talk about pure size, pure strength, this is a guy, even though I've been a couple of years removed from serious working out I'm still pretty strong and he can handle me in terms of when I allow him to. I put a little extra umph when I hold that bag and we're working together because I know he's going to bring it. And, what's scary is he has yet to reach his full potential in terms of putting his hands on people and that's an understatement compared to what you see on film. He's only going to get better.***********Brauny and I have mentioned a few 2021 prospects who have put together major senior seasons and have seen their recruiting stock take off. A guy I haven't mentioned yet is Dallas Parish Episcopal OL Austin Uke. Uke was a bit under the radar because he only played in three games at Jesuit before he was sidelined with a broken hand and transferred. He only had 8 plays on his junior highlight reel. Those plays showed some promise, but the sample size was too small to attract major offers. He committed to Holy Cross in late September, but his senior film and his verified measurements caused several top programs to take a look. In November offers have arrived from Missouri, Florida State, USC, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, and Penn State. He received his first FBS offer from SMU in late October. He is a verified 6-foot-3, with an 81-inch wingspan and 9.75-inch hand. He also runs a 4.7 40.https://www.hudl.com/video/3/12646169/5f83e016f31c770ff44e8553**********There were a few recruits at the game last night, one of them was Leonard 2022 RB Damien Brown. Brown is a guy the A&M staff has been monitoring, and this weekend he decided to check out College Station. Here's a link to a story I wrote on him earlier this fall.He could not meet with the coaches while in town but he saw the campus and he hung out with some friends. Saturday night at Kyle Field left a definite impression."It was so dope," Brown said. "The atmosphere, the fans and just overall everything was so cool. I loved every second of it."Brown also liked what he saw out of Texas A&M's running game."They dominated from the jump, and that's the only way to really put it. Isaiah Spiller put on a show. It was enjoyable to see for sure."Brown holds offers from UTSA, Princeton, and Illinois State and in 2020 he rushed for 1,775 yards and 22 TDs in 9 games.https://www.hudl.com/video/3/10273824/5fbcb7aada50b108188566b3