I think we did the same thing, with the edit the OL that everybody is bitching about in the 2022 thread being the generic one and the 3 part “Your Texas story starts now” being for the high priority targets.
The way I’ve interpreted it is that it will only apply to people on their final year of eligibility and you would still have to stay under the 85/25 for you incoming class and any non seniors.
It’ll be interesting to see what Sam does with this, I imagine a lot will depend on the season. If we do what we’re supposed to and win the conference I imagine he moves on. I think the bigger impact it could have is bring Okafor and possibly Kerstetter back which would be fucking huge for 2021.
I think JQJ is a stud but “Not even close” is ridiculous. Lake Travis runs a great system with excellent coaching but Duncanville is a talent factory with 3x the amount of D1 guys during the last 3 years. Card dominated at LT just as well as he would have dominated at Duncanville, 68% completion 3,543 yards 50 TDs 4 Ints 619 yards rushing 9 TDs as JR.
Genuinely curious are you talking about the most recent dream class edit from a fan Instagram account that Ewers shared or is this a different instance? Also I know we’ve been plagued with the “dream offer” bullshit but hasn’t Banks been quoted in articles that he grew up a Texas fan possibly in a pro Texas family?
I think a lot of people looking at the pro’s of taking a guy that’s a high floor career back up including myself will point to Clemson winning in 2018, without Chase Brice coming in and saving the day when Lawrence went down they probably don’t win it all. Also I’m not just talking about 2021, this includes 2022 and possibly 2023 as well because it’s going to be hard to land another elite before 2024 with Ewers on board.
I know some of the vaginas will bring up 2021 OL and 2017 LB class but early out look on WR class is insane. Somewhat realistic chance we end up with:
Caleb Burton 5* 11th overall
Evan Stewart 5* 34th
Armani Winfield 4* 76th
Brennon Thompson 4* 78th
Phaizon Wilson 4* 245th
Like I said I’d love to have Drones but the odds are he’s going to look at the situation the same as Milroe and say thanks but no thanks and it’s going to be just as difficult to get a stud in 2023 following Ewers.
A David Ash level prospect would actually be exactly what Texas could use this class, I believe Ash would have been a solid starter as an upperclassman if not for the injuries. Texas needs to do what Clemson did and find a Chase Brice that’s willing to come in and sit for 3 years develop and hopefully grad transfer because we landed another 5* in the 2024 class to take over after Ewers.