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Recruiting Country: The latest recruiting news surrounding the Maroon & White

May 10, 2023
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TexAgs' executive editor Billy Liucci joined TexAgs Radio on Wednesday morning for another edition of Recruiting Country, highlighting the latest news and notes from the recruiting trail surrounding Texas A&M.



Key notes from Billy Liucci

  • Jordan Pride‍ reminds me of Antonio Johnson. Johnson could have gone somewhere else to play corner. Safety is not the issue. I think it's at corner. They are not recruiting at an SEC champ level at that position. 
     
  • Pride could be a high-end SEC defensive back. He may end up at safety or nickel. He's got great instincts. A strong pickup by Bryant Gross-Armiento.
     
  • We thought we were going to add David Bailey, and there was confidence there. He's a sixth-year guy and has run for 2,500 yards. He's 240 pounds. He has size to him. You can go to a big backfield with a tight end out there. They needed a transfer running back. I think A&M needed a fourth running back. Two of them are largely unproven and one true freshman. That's a dangerous game to play. Bailey has shared the backfield with guys. I love everything about the addition.
     
  • Your third quarterback last year was a top prospect in Conner Weigman. Conner could have done fine a couple of weeks earlier. Marcel Reed‍ is pretty talented. I want to go into a season where the third quarterback has never sat in a meeting room. Look back on the years and how many injuries we've had a quarterback. Walk-ons have played in SEC games. I thought adding Jaylen Henderson was a must. To get a guy like him, that has three years, he doesn't have to immediately play. He's an interesting prospect.
     
  • I would love to see them add a corner, first. Linebacker or receiver would be my second priority. Getting Jurriente Davis was a must. Corner is a pretty desperate position. Tyreek Chappell is a good corner and could be A&M's best, but he has to be consistently available. Taurean York and Daymion Sanford did well in the summer. I didn't hear a lot about Martell Harris Jr. Chris Russell was out a lot. I want one more good receiver to provide depth. I like Keon Coleman from Michigan State. Receivers do get hurt. I think you need more than four that you feel really good about. It could be either of those freshmen or Jalen Preston evolving. You would have injury insurance as well. 
     
  • I hope that they adjust to the big lull period. The coaches take vacations. I don't like that long lull between early summer with camps and late summer with the pool party. They lose a little bit of ground there. Texas has NILed their way out of 5-7. The Aggies dont have momentum. That promise of championships that they sold to the 2022 class is gone. They have got to get back on the field, but there's a long way between now and then. Getting Jordan Pride definitely helps. They have to get the perception of momentum going. 
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Recruiting Country: The latest recruiting news surrounding the Maroon & White

7,581 Views | 16 Replies | Last: 10 mo ago by Magpie 2.0
Lake08
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Absolutely depressing
Coryhub
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Yep I guessing our director to Oregon was a big part of the success. We should've paid up and kept him after signing the best class in history. Last year and so far this year are def a big drop from the first 3 classes.
We have facilities, we have money, we have fans, why can't we do better..??!! Is the word out on Jimbo and kids aren't impressed when he comes to visit
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Detmersdislocatedshoulder
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it is all about winning. we win this season the rest will take care of itself in this recruiting class and the next ones. we have everything in place but we have to win. winning solves all of these issues.
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Coryhub said:

Yep I guessing our director to Oregon was a big part of the success. We should've paid up and kept him after signing the best class in history. Last year and so far this year are def a big drop from the first 3 classes.
We have facilities, we have money, we have fans, why can't we do better..??!! Is the word out on Jimbo and kids aren't impressed when he comes to visit


This is a big part of the problem. Our current recruiting director is clueless and extremely under qualified for this program.
Aggie1188
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This is what being poor feels like. Need to spend money.
AgOutsideAustin
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Wow
Aggie1188
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I'm still way more concerned about LB & OL than any others… those still appear by far to be our weakest spots for this year. Hopefully they overachieve.
Magpie 2.0
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Getting the Florida kid at safety was a big deal. I'm not as pessimistic as Looch. i think we finish stronger as we win more games this year. It is all on Jimbo now and he knows it. Not the time for a vacay. I think he will succeed. IMHO.
Lake08
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Magpie 2.0 said:

Getting the Florida kid at safety was a big deal. I'm not as pessimistic as Looch. i think we finish stronger as we win more games this year. It is all on Jimbo now and he knows it. Not the time for a vacay. I think he will succeed. IMHO.


I tend to think he knows more than u
Meximan
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I wouldn't call Moss "largely unproven"; the part I remember is that he kept making plays when given a chance.
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Aggie1188 said:

This is what being poor feels like. Need to spend money.


This is what it looks like when you have a hundred thousand in the bank but only shopping at the Dollar Tree.
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Coryhub said:

Yep I guessing our director to Oregon was a big part of the success. We should've paid up and kept him after signing the best class in history. Last year and so far this year are def a big drop from the first 3 classes.
We have facilities, we have money, we have fans, why can't we do better..??!! Is the word out on Jimbo and kids aren't impressed when he comes to visit
2019--(10 commits by this time)------riding the momentum still out there with the media hype of Jimbo to the SEC at TAMU. Also, you have the toughest schedule in the entire country, run Clemson to the wire and many argue the ref that changed the ruling of the other ref, screwed us out of that win. Kids were high on us and we were riding the highest momentum.

Caden Davis-----------11/13/17
Brian Williams---------1/28/18
Kam Brown-------------2/4/18
Demani Richardson----2/24/18
RJ Orebo----------------3/4/18
Braedon Mowry-------4/7/18
Baylor Cupp-----------4/15/18
DeMarvin Leal--------4/18/18
Kenyon Jackson-------4/22/18
Andre White------------4/27/18

2020------(6 at this point)

Jordan Jefferson----------2/1/17
Josh Bankhead-----------4/18/18
Smart Chibuzo------------6/2/18
Demond Demas----------9/8/18
Jaylon Jones-------------2/3/19
Fadil Diggs----------------5/4/19

2021--------(6 before June)

Shad Banks---------------8/1/19
Trey Zuhn------------------2/2/20
Jahzion Harris------------4/28/20
Fernando Garza----------5/6/20
Matthew Wykoff----------5/18/20
Deuce Harmon-----------5/28/20

2022---------(7 before end of Feb and then nothing until June)

Malick Sylla-----------------1/17/21
PJ Williams-----------------1/21/21
Dono Green----------------1/21/21
Conner Weigman---------2/4/21
Hunter Erb------------------2/6/21
Noah Thomas--------------2/17/21
Bobby Taylor---------------2/24/21

2023-------(4 at this point in time but Bravion decommited and then re-committed)

Colton Thomasson---------7/31/21
Tyler White-------------------4/11/22
Bravion Rogers-------------4/12/22-----------decommits 8/8/22 and re-commits 9/6/22
Jayvon Thomas-------------4/13/22

We currently sit with 6 and when you look at the middle stretch of classes 20,21 and 22, we are pretty much right on pace. Other than that, you have a real momentum high early in the class of 19 and then have a real momentum low last year or, the current class of 23 following a 5-7 season. Being that we are back on what I would call his regular pace, it doesn't seem so concerning. June, July and August (after the pool party) should be pretty dang busy this year.

BTW, I don't think losing our stud to Oregon helped us. That's for sure but Jimbo does a ton of his in person evals in June so this is why more times than not, he will only have 5-8 recruits (somewhere in that range) before June. I think this is very typical for him and remember we signed the best class ever in the history of ranking classes and he only had 1 more recruit than we currently do and we still have 3 weeks to the beginning of June.
GIG EM AGGIES!!!
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Lake08 said:

Magpie 2.0 said:

Getting the Florida kid at safety was a big deal. I'm not as pessimistic as Looch. i think we finish stronger as we win more games this year. It is all on Jimbo now and he knows it. Not the time for a vacay. I think he will succeed. IMHO.


I tend to think he knows more than u


You think BL knows more about roster composition and recruiting prognostication than the average TexAgs poster? I'm hoping I just missed your sarcasm. Lol
Magpie 2.0
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I think the WR we picked up today from the portal gives us some momentum, and was indeed what Looch was asking for. All i said was that i thought he was too pessimistic. I don't claim any special knowledge of the situation.
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