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2017 Episcopal DT Marvin Wilson - He was as dominant as you would expect the top player in the country to be Sunday at the Opening Regional. He was also in Aggieland for Friday Night Lights, and he told me he enjoyed getting to talk with new defensive tackles Coach David Turner. A&M still has a long ways to go with Wilson, but getting him back on campus this spring was big for the Aggies. I've been told Marv would like to stay closer to home, but the Aggies need to win a lot of games this fall to make that happen.2017 Episcopal OL Walker Little - I've been calling him the best lineman in the State since I watched him last fall, and he lived up to that this Sunday. Little hasn't showed much interest in the Aggies yet, but he is set to visit in a few weeks. He likes Jim Turner a lot, but again the Ags will need to win some games this fall to be able to land Little. He has a brother and sister at Ole Miss, and is likely leaning that way at this point.2017 Cy Creek OL Grayson Reed - I was a bit surprised that Reed didn't earn an Opening invite on Sunday, as I thought he dominated for much of the day. Reed was in town for Friday Night Lights, and will make a return trip for the spring game this weekend. I still think it's just a matter of time before he adds his name to the Aggie commitment list.North Shore DE K'Lavon Chaisson - While he didn't earn an Opening invite this weekend, Chaisson did show elite speed off the edge. He has a great frame with room still to grow into a top of the line edge rusher. He showed up Sunday decked out in Baylor gear, but LSU will also be a major player. He will trip to Aggieland this weekend for the spring game.Langham Creek RB Toneil Carter - As we noted earlier this week, Carter made his fifth return trip to Aggieland last weekend, and he told me actually came close to committing. Quartney Davis and Kemah Siverand were on him hard this weekend, but he held off and plans to make his decision on his birthday October 3rd. The other schools under consideration are Georgia and LSU, but the Aggies are the favorites to land him.Westlake OL Stephan Zabie - Watching him you wouldn't know he's only played football for one year. He's raw as hell, but is put together as well as any lineman in the state. He may end up being the best of the bunch when you look back after their college careers. OU and A&M top his list right now, and his relationship with Jim Turner should put the Aggies over the top when the time comes when he makes a commitment.Crosby WR Mannie Netherly - The Aggie commit showed up wearing some LSU gloves, and while he's recruiting for the Aggies, he will take visits and play the game throughout the process. The Aggies will have to continue to recruit him as though he's not recruited. LSU is the main threat, but Texas and others will make a run at him as well.Dickinson DB Chris Wilson - He picked up an offer shortly after attending FNL with teammate, and 2018 A&M commit Montel Parker, and showed why he received that offer on Sunday. Wilson has the length that Chavis is looking for in a corner, and displayed great footwork and fluid hips in drills on Sunday. Don't be surprised to see him add his name to the commitment list in the near future.Oklahoma City DE Nick Robinson - The Oklahoma defender attending FNL, but defense may not be the position the Aggies have in mind. Robinson tells me that Jeff Banks has been talking to him about playing TE for the Aggies. As for the visit, Robinson told me he had an amazing time and loved everything about it.Cy Fair OL Austin Deculus - While he plays a little stiff at time, Deculus is a strong as they come. When he gets his hands on you it's over. The Aggies were late to the party on this one, but it wouldn't have matter either way. He's been all LSU for some time, and doesn't have any interest in A&M.Destrehan WR Michael Young - The Louisiana resident that took in FNL, Young had a great time on his visit and spent a lot of time talking with Terry Joseph and Aaron Moorehead. He loved the facilities and the atmosphere on Friday, and also was a big fan of how the Aggies use their slot receivers. Young is still taking things slow at this point, but the Aggies will be contenders for the long haul.2018 Alief Taylor WR Brennan Eagles - Despite not having the fan fair of some of the other wide receivers in attendance, Eagles took home WR MVP honors on Sunday. At 6-3, 205-pounds, he was one of the most impressive receivers physically at the event. Look for his stock to take off in the near future.Waco La Vega TE Kedrick James - The Baylor commit made his second trip to Aggieland this spring, and spent most of Friday night hanging with A&M commits Tate Martell and Roshauud Paul. While he's yet to open things up, I would expect that to happen in the future. The Aggies have made quite the impression on James, and will be the odds on favorite to flip him in the long run.Plano West LB Mohamed Sanogo - This is the second straight Opening Regional the Sanogo has really impressed me. He's a true Mike that has great instincts and a great football mind. He could be a guy after a spring evaluation that the Aggies make a move on. I'm surprised at this point that he doesn't have more offers already.FB Elkins LB Kenneth Murray - Murray was a guy we mentioned last fall while checking out 2018 Elkins commit Luke Matthews, and he impressed again this weekend. He was really good in coverage during one-on-ones and even better in cat-and-mouse drills with the running backs. I would expect his offer list to grow during the spring evaluation period.Pearland DT Jordan Crawford - While he's probably around 5-10 or 5-11, he was one of the quicker defensive tackles in attendance on Sunday. He won most of his one-on-ones, and was fighting for as many reps as he could. He picked up his first offer from Iowa State last week and that list should continue to grow.Plano East LB Anthony Hines - Any time you can get one of the top linebackers in the State for a visit you have to be happy about it. With every visit Hines warms up more to the Aggies and that has a lot to do with John Chavis. Hines is wide open at this point, and the Aggies need to continue to chip away at his recruitment.Temple DE Taquon Graham - One of the top pass rushers in the state, Graham made his first visit to Aggieland on Friday night. While Graham enjoyed the visit the Aggies still trail in his recruitment. I could see him come off of the board soon to the Longhorns. They've been his leader for a while and that hasn't changed.

Just a couple of quick notes from the trail with the Ags set to host their second junior day of the 2017 cycle on Sunday.- With three new coaches, it should come as no surprise that the recruiting assignments within the A&M staff have been shuffled. Some of the more interesting changes include Jim Turner returning to the Golden Triangle area that he did such a nice job in for Mike Sherman, once helping to secure Christine Michael's pledge. DTs coach David Turner will handle a good portion of East Texas with help from Aaron Moorehead and Terry Price will move from parts of the Triangle and East Texas to the western portion of Dallas and the Fort Worth/Arlington/Mansfield swath of the state. We'll have the full breakdown posted this week.- No excuses. No apples-to-oranges comparison here. I'm going to be pretty interested to see how impressive (or unimpressive) the Aggies' visit list is tomorrow. Why? Because Kevin Sumlin's crew limped to the finish line last month when it came to the Class of 2016 and clearly lost momentum to Charlie Strong and Texas in the weeks leading up to Signing Day. Comparing junior day turnouts on back-to-back days in Austin and College Station is not going to come close to telling the '17 story, but it will be a good way to gauge where the Ags stand in terms of perception in the very early stages of a vitally important recruiting campaign for A&M and their fifth-year head coach. As most of you know, I'm a big believer in taking a post-spring look at which prospects you were able to attract to your campus, be it via junior days and spring practice unofficials first and the Spring Game second. This weekend is simply one piece of a much bigger spring puzzle, but I do think it's fair to judge the two events against each other at the close of the weekend.- When it comes to Sunday offers, there were several prospects on Friday's expected visitor list who are possibles. As is always the case at these early events, a lot depends on exactly how certain prospects grade out in terms of their size. Some of the names I'd throw into that category - as in their junior tape was offer-worthy, but the Aggie coaches may have either never laid eyes on them or don't have an accurate ht/wt measurement - include College Station CB Timarcus Davis , Magnolia West DB Myles Jones, Westlake OL Stephan Zabie, Alief Taylor OL Eleasah Anderson, Beaumont Ozen RB Calvin Young and Pearland DT Jordan Crawford. One prospect who is getting an offer regardless is Denton Ryan DE Earnest Brown. The 6-5, 235-pounder is a go for the Aggies and will soon join North Shore's K'Lavon Chaisson, Temple's Taquon Graham and recent offer Corey Bethley of Katy on Terry Price's early in-state list.- Speaking of Bethley, I spoke to a Katy source last night who knows the defensive end and his game better than any recruiting analyst. Rave reviews for the 6-1.5, 260-pound lineman. Bethley could be an SDE at the big-time college level or could grow into a 3-technique on the inside. Regardless, he's a hard-playing, quick, athletic and powerful defender who more than one Tiger insider told me is a better prospect than former Katy standout and current Oklahoma Sooner DE Matt Dimon. What I was told is that Bethley is probably the better athlete. He also happens to be a particularly driven and hungry young player, which indicates to me that we'll see his stock soar throughout the spring. So far, A&M, TCU, Oklahoma State, Houston and Nebraska have stepped forward with offers.- Ryan mentioned George Ranch RB Alex Fontenot as a target who is drawing legitimate interest from Aggie position coach and area recruiter Clarence McKinney. Along with Ozen's Calvin Young, Fontenot's name now deserves mention with the likes of Plano East's Eno Benjamin and Mansfield's Kennedy Brooks as in-state tailback prospects most likely to eventually join JK Dobbins and Toneil Carter on the spring A&M offer list. Fontenot stepped off more than 1,400 yards last fall for the 5A State Champs despite backing up one-time Aggie target and TCU signee Darius Anderson. I've spoken to a couple of folks who have known both Fontenot and Anderson since their youth football days, and the consensus is that, while Darius was quicker with his feet and did a better job of making tacklers miss, Fontenot is a little bigger, runs with a lot more power and almost always hits the hole without any hesitation, exploding through the line of scrimmage on most carries.- Sticking in that particular area of the state for a moment, Class of 2018 stud Mustapha Muhammad picked up an Alabama offer yesterday. The Ridge Point tight end - who was offered by A&M during RP's deep playoff run last fall - has seen his stock blow up to the point that it's safe to say he's a national top-100 caliber recruit who will be ranked among the very best in the country at the position. Richmond Foster receiver CeeDee Lamb impressed the hell out of myself, Brice and Brauny last weekend when we saw him in person. He's a no-brainer offer when it comes to raw talent. A terrific combination of length, body control, explosive leaping ability and hands. However, after doing some digging, it appears as if the Oklahoma commit has some work to do and ground to make up before I'd expect A&M to jump into the mix with an offer. Then again, if there's a chance Lamb can make progress, the Ags may be wise to enter the sweepstakes soon. LSU recently offered, and I've heard that CeeDee is open to suitors.Obviously, we'll have plenty of more recruiting to talk about tomorrow but just thought I'd throw a little something to whet the old appetites until the Class of '17 and '18 targets begin arriving on campus.

The Texas A&M football staff met on Friday with one primary issue on the agenda: evaluations and the official approval of a list of offers. Thirteen offers have already been sent out, and our recruiting team will be adding more as soon as they become official.