Recruiting Rankings Update: Shaking up the 2018, '19 & '20 Classes
With another month of high school football in the books, the TexAgs recruiting team updates all three of its recruiting lists. New names, big leaps and more highlight the November update to the 2018, 2019 and 2020 pecking orders.
Free Agents: A look at the state's top uncommitted prospects
Most of the top talent in Texas' 2018 Class is already pledged to one program or another, but a few holdouts remain. Jason Howell takes a look at the best uncommitted prospects in the state and provides his thoughts on where they'll end up.
Filling Up: Predicting Texas A&M's 2018 recruiting finish
Texas A&M has a limited number of spots left to fill during the 2018 recruiting cycle and has already wrapped up its efforts at multiple positions. The TexAgs recruiting team took a shot at predicting the Aggies' finish.
Around Texas: A round-up of recruiting news in the Lone Star State
It's been a wild week on the Texas recruiting front as the Florida State Seminoles and Texas Longhorns have scooped up a few of the state's top wide receivers. Jason Howell has all the latest news in this week's edition of Around Texas.
Saturday Recruiting News and Notes
The Grapevine 7-on-7 SQT featured a few very big prospects of interest. I was only at the middle school site so I only saw half the teams but those teams featured A&M targets Bobby Brown, RJ Mickens, and Frisco Heritage TE Nic McTear.Arlington Lamar DL Bobby Brown will return to College Station for Texas A&M's BBQ. I'm not quite sure how many visits this will make but he has taken several now including a visit to last year's BBQ shortly after receiving his offer. The Aggies are in very good spot. Bobby plays his cards close to the vest and he does not plan to announce anything until November 2nd, but I have heard from very good sources the Aggies are right up there as one of his top choices. His actions seem to indicate that with the number of times he has visited. Coach Price was also at his spring game and Price has done a great job building a strong relationship with the entire family. At the 7-on-7 today, Brown was mainly a goalline jump ball tight end option for Arlington Lamar's offense. I didn't get a chance to see him bring one in, but he was having fun and looked good out there running around.2020 prospect RJ Mickens will also attend the BBQ with his family. He is keeping an open mind to the recruiting process, and there is a long way to go, but it is always good to get him back on campus.Mickens played a little both ways and I just missed getting an awesome vide of a TD reception. He had to toe tap it and make a quick adjustment to make the grab and he made it look easy. On defense he had a couple of deflections at CB and he also played some S. https://twitter.com/Jason_Howell/status/868480975734493184https://twitter.com/Jason_Howell/status/868523402809806853warming up at WRhttps://twitter.com/Jason_Howell/status/8685228015017451532018 TE Nic McTear says he is not hearing much from the Aggies right now. Texas A&M's Jeff Banks did come by during the spring to see the Oklahoma State commit, but he says it was not one of his better days of practice and he has not heard much from them since. That said, if the Aggies need to go on another tight end prospect, McTear is a guy to keep an eye on.A few other standouts- Arlington Lamar 2019 CB Deshawn Gaddie was having a great day before I left with 3 INTs. I saw him pick off one in the endzone by undercutting the receiver and stretching out to high point the ball. He did the same thing on another play for a big PBU late against Frisco Heritage. He is still waiting on his first offer, but I expect him to grab a few before the summer is over. He's a top 100 in Texas type of guy- Haslet Eaton 2019 RB Titus Swen was also pretty special. The 5-11, 190-pound running back showed off his hands and body control a few times this morning. He holds offers from SMU and Kansas, but he has the build and skillset that should attract others. - Waxahachie 2019 S Demani Richardson was another who impressed. He's a big S who could have potential at LB if he outgrows the position. He showed a lot of range this morning. He has plans to attend the Texas camp in a few days as well as get out to Alabama. He also mentioned Baylor and TCU as possible summer camp destinations.- Mesquite Poteet 2020 RB Seth McGowan is an athlete I didn't know too much about before this weekend. He already holds offers from Tulsa and Bowling Green and he has received interest from Oklahoma, Texas Tech, LSU, and Texas. The Aggies were through Poteet this spring and got a good look at him and at 5-11, 195-pounds I would say he is one to watch moving forward. https://twitter.com/Jason_Howell/status/868478888418181121