High School Football Preview: The State Championships
Teams across the state have been battling all season to reach the State Championships, and the games are finally here. Jason Howell breaks down all the biggest names that will be in action this weekend.
Around Texas: A round-up of recruiting news in the Lone Star State
The month of June has been a whirlwind for the Texas recruiting scene, and power programs around the country are landing talent from the state. Jason Howell has all the latest developments in this week's edition of Around Texas.
Aggies host Allen Eagles - quotes added
A group of several top prospects made their way to College Station today. The group stopped by SMU yesterday, and also stopped by Houston and Prairie View A&Mhttps://twitter.com/coachcoryc/status/839260680481984512Here's who I haveDL Jayden Jernigan 2019OL Trey Stratford OL EJ Ndoma-Ogar 2019QB Grant Tisdale 2019CB Jevon Jones LB Jace Waters LB Nigel HinesS CJ Johnson OL Mason Grosser S Colton ManningLB Ryan AngeloniDB/KR Taj BickhamDE Deondre Davis - 2019CB Devyn Butler - 2019OL Tai Brooks - 2019RB Celdon Manning - 2020DE Cole Latos - 2020Austin PriceDT Jayden Jernigan on the visit"It's was outstanding. The facilities were amazing and practice was exciting."Jernigan on getting to know the coaches"I talked with coach (David) Turner after practice was over. He said that I am a high target on their list right now."Turner let Jernigan know he would visit Allen in the spring for some practices and told him they would talk more.OL EJ Ndoma-Ogar on the visit"It was great. Spent a lot of time with Coach (Jim) Turner. LOVE THE INTENSITY!!! Watched practice for a bit and caught up with a few IMG players. Really good time "On getting to know the coaches and offer talk"I sense the offer is close. Still very early in the process. We are both going to use this spring to get to know each other. I like the fact that they are getting to know me as a player and a person."QB Grant Tisdale on how the visit went"Really well!"On getting to talk to the coaches"Yes sir, I got a chance to talk to coach Mazzone a little at practice. He told me he was going to watch me during to spring, and he has heard alot about me."OL Trey Stratford on the visit"Went great!"Stratford also said he was able to talk a little with OL coach Jim Turner and had a good interaction.
LIVE: the Opening Regional - Dallas
Connall McCormack and I are at the Opening Regional in Dallas today. The players are getting registered right now and at about 10 the media will go through check in. Lots of guys of interest and of course we plan to have plenty of interviews, nuggets, video clips, and pics from today's action
Army Combine News, Notes, Video Clips, and other stuff
Alright let's jump right in here.-First, we posted a note earlier about Texas A&M 2018 OL commit Colten Blanton. He tweaked his hamstring during the testing phase of the combine so he opted to stay out of the position and one-on-one portions of the combine. He will stay through tomorrow for the game and plans to meet up with Texas A&M 2018 commit Jordan Moore and his brother Joshua Moore. It also sounds like they Cuero 2019 Jordan Whittington will be around as well.- Dallas Carter 2018 DE/LB Jarell Cherry and West Mesquite 2018 DB Dayven Coleman remain names for Aggies to keep an eye on out of the Dallas area. Both have been talked about by me as possible targets for the class and they are on the radar.- Frisco Wakeland OL Rafiti Ghirmai has remained in contact with coach Turner, and he plans to make it to Texas A&M for Junior Day soon. He has seen his offer list grow recently with Iowa State the most recent offer. SMU is also coming on strong . He is going to take visits to SMU and Oklahoma soon, and he believes a visit to Baylor is also coming up. He really enjoys talking with coach Turner and believes him to be a great coach.- I posted the Larry Clark stuff on here for selfish reasons but he is SEC good and will play someone. I'm not sure the Aggies will have room for him though. Arkansas, Mississippi State, and Oklahoma are a few schools who have already reached out.- The guy who jumped out of the pack in a huge way today was LSU commit Kardell Thomas. The 2019 OL from Baton Rouge was flat out ridiculous. I had not seen him in person since he was a freshman and he was impressive then. I didn't know he was at the camp today, but it was clear to me he was the prize of the bunch along the o-line. Connor Galvin https://twitter.com/jason_howell/status/817490481533911044https://twitter.com/jason_howell/status/817479953692422144https://twitter.com/jason_howell/status/817477579632496640Thomas Shelmire https://twitter.com/jason_howell/status/817489142049280000Trey Stratford https://twitter.com/jason_howell/status/817480569596559362Larry Clark https://twitter.com/jason_howell/status/817490182144397313https://twitter.com/jason_howell/status/817477580991463424Brannon Brown https://twitter.com/jason_howell/status/817488805359943685https://twitter.com/jason_howell/status/817477581985513472