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Four-star WR Jalen Hale includes Texas in top three schools

Hale is a three-sport athlete and rated the No. 11 wide receiver in the country for the 2023 class.

Texas continues to stay busy on the recruiting trail. Continue reading “Four-star WR Jalen Hale includes Texas in top three schools”

4-star WR Jalen Hale names top schools

Elite wide receiver recruit Jalen Hale has narrowed down his top schools. Hale has UGA in the mix.

Elite wide receiver recruit Jalen Hale has narrowed down his top schools. Hale’s top three schools are Georgia, Texas, and Alabama.

Hale’s top three could end up as the three best recruiting classes for the class of upcoming cycle. Hale is a four-star recruit in the 2023 class and is a rising senior at Longview High School in Longview, Texas.

The four-star wide receiver has scholarships from a slew of major college football programs. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound wide receiver no longer considers Ohio State, Texas A&M, and USC to be among his favorite schools.

In addition to playing football, Jalen Hale is a touted basketball player. He shows an impressive first step, exhibits good body control and gets to the rim with ease. His basketball skills certainly translate to football, but he’s expected to focus on football. Hale also runs track and field and has run a 10.56 time in the 100-meters event.

The Longview three-sport athlete has good explosiveness and excellent speed. Hale has recently visited all three of his top schools.

Jalen Hale is ranked as the No. 59 recruit in the class of 2023. He’s also rated as the No. 11 wide receiver in his class and the No. 11 recruit in Texas.

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Five uncommitted 2023 recruits that are trending towards Texas

The Longhorns could land a couple of these prospects in the very near future.

Texas couldn’t possibly get any hotter on the recruiting trail. Continue reading “Five uncommitted 2023 recruits that are trending towards Texas”

Georgia football among top schools for 4-star WR Jalen Hale

The Georgia Bulldogs are contending to land a commitment from talented Texas wide receiver recruit Jalen Hale

The Georgia Bulldogs are contending to land a commitment from talented wide receiver recruit Jalen Hale. Hale is a four-star recruit in the 2023 class. He is a sophomore at Longview High School in Longview, Texas.

The four-star wide receiver has scholarships from major college football programs like Texas Tech, TCU, Texas, Miami and more.

The 6-foot-3, 175-pound wide receiver puts Georgia, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Texas, Alabama, and USC in his top six schools. Hale has recently visited the Georgia Bulldogs and Ohio State Buckeyes. He has an upcoming official visit with the USC Trojans in June.

In addition to playing football, Jalen Hale is a touted basketball player. He shows an impressive first step, exhibits good body control and gets to the rim with ease. His basketball skills certainly translate to football, but he’s expected to focus on football. Hale also runs track and field.

The Longview three-sport athlete has good explosiveness. Here’s a look at one of Hale’s recent long jumps:

Jalen Hale is ranked as the No. 40 recruit in the class of 2023. He’s also rated as the No. 7 wide receiver in his class and the No. 6 recruit in Texas.

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Four-star receiver puts Ohio State in top six

Ohio State has a long history of getting kids from Texas. Could this be the next one?

The Ohio State football team is fresh off having two receivers selected in the first round of the NFL draft. Three if you count Jameson Williams. The Buckeyes also just received a crystal ball prediction to land the No. 1 receiver in the land, Brandon Inniss. To say things are going well in Zone 6 would be an understatement.

Brian Hartline got more good news late Thursday when Jalen Hale, the No. 7 ranked receiver in 2023 trimmed his list to six schools and included Ohio State as a finalist. Joining the Buckeyes are Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Texas A&M, and USC.

Interestingly enough, Hale had a strong crystal ball prediction to land with Oklahoma but the Sooners didn’t even make the top six on his list. Just a reminder that predictions are just that and have no guarantees.

Never underestimate Brian Hartline’s sway as Ohio State looks to dip into the Lonestar State once again.

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Recruiting update: 2023 4-Star Wide Receiver has Aggies in his ‘Top 6’

Recruiting update: 2023 4-Star Wide Receiver has Aggies in his “Top 6”

The 2023 recruiting class is starting to take shape as some of the top players at their respective position groups are trimming down their lists of the top schools they’re considering, and for Texas A&M, they just found themselves included in 2023 Wide Receiver Jalen Hale’s “Top 6” competing with USC, Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia, and Texas.

Jalen Hale, standing at 6’2″, 175lbs, attends Longview High School in Longview, Texas. Hale is an athletically built prospect who shines in contested catch situations with the help of his natural strength and also displays run-after-catch ability because of said strength, making him a go-to target in third-down situations, or simply when a big play is needed. Hale is also a three-sport athlete, competing in basketball and track and field as well as football, while notably excelling on the basketball court at the 5A level in Texas High School Athletics. 

According to 247Sports, Jalen Hale is listed as a top 10 nationally ranked wide receiver prospect, and a top 70 ranked player in the nation. Overall, Jalen Hale has been on Texas A&M’s radar for quite a while, and as one of the most dominant recruiters in Texas for the last couple of years, There’s a reason why they have landed in the “Top 6” and hope to be at the finish line when he begins to narrow down his choices even further.

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Texas among top schools for four-star WR Jalen Hale

Texas has a chance to land one of the top pass catchers in the 2023 class.

Even with one of the most loaded wide receiver rooms in the country, Steve Sarkisian and the Longhorns are planning for life after this core.

It is not often that a team has so many high caliber receivers on the roster like Xavier Worthy, Isaiah Neyor, Jordan Whittington, and Agiye Hall. However, in just two years time, three of the four will be likely be gone. This means that Sarkisian needs to continue to add elite pass catchers.

Texas received great news via Twitter on Thursday as they made the top six schools for four-star wide receiver Jalen Hale.

The Longview native holds 35 offers and is one of the best pass catchers in the class of 2023, tallying 96 career catches for over 2,000 yards and 27 touchdowns. Hale ranks as the No. 40 overall player according to 247Sports’ composite rankings, and the No. 6 player in the state.

He is a three-sport athlete that also runs track and plays basketball, and made history at Longview as he is believed to be the first freshmen to play varsity football in over 15 years according to 247Sports.

At 6-foot-2, Hale has been praised for his ability to come down with contested catches. He would be a major get for Texas who will have to fend off USC, Alabama, Ohio State, and in-state rival Texas A&M.

As it currently stands, he does hold one crystal ball prediction to Oklahoma, but considering they are not among the finalist, his recruitment is seemingly up for grabs.

Georgia hosting 5-star WR Tuesday

A huge visitor in Athens today

One of the many elite recruits in town on Tuesday as the Georgia Bulldogs begin spring practice is 2023 5-star wide receiver Jalen Hale.

Hale, out of Longview, Texas, was offered by Georgia on Christmas Eve. According to 247Sports, he ranks as the nation’s No. 33 overall player and No. 5 ranked wide receiver.

The 6-foot-2 175-pounder has big-play potential on every snap. In 2021, he recorded 50 catches for 1,154 yards and 14 touchdowns for his Longview team.

A three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and track and field, he exhibits great body control and make plenty of things happen after the catch.

Where do prominent Sooners 2023 targets land in the updated Top247 from 247Sports?

Taking a look at several Sooners targets who saw movement in the updated Top247 Rankings from 247Sports.

With the completion of the 2021 season and 2022 recruiting concluded, aside from a few high-profile names, most recruiting services have moved their focus toward the class of 2023. Recently, On3 Recruiting released their updated On300 rankings to reflect how they view prospects from the class of 2023 as camps, showcases, and 7-on-7’s move to the forefront. The current juniors have one final summer before making that leap to their senior year.

Oklahoma has prospects littered up and down the 247Sports rankings, and many saw moves up the list while a few experienced declines in their rankings, and some held steady at their previous spots. Parker Thune of OUInsider provides a complete look at every Oklahoma target and where they now rank in 247Sports updated Top247.

Here’s a look at 11 Oklahoma targets and how they moved in the 2023 rankings.

Recent wide receiver offers by the Oklahoma Sooners signal a shift in philosophy

The Sooners recent WR offers reveal a shift in philosophy on the recruiting trail.

Oklahoma has had its fair share of talented wide receivers over the years. CeeDee Lamb, Sterling Shephard, Ryan Broyles, Mark Clayton, Malcolm Kelly, Dede Westbrook, and Tommy McDonald were all stars for the Crimson & Cream. They came in different shapes and sizes, but one thing remained true: They produced year after year. They showed up and showed out for the Sooners and earned the right to be considered one of the best wide receivers in Sooners history.

The Sooners have never really had a mold for what makes a wide receiver great, which is unique.

CeeDee Lamb was a skinny rail-thin kid from Foster, Texas, that was explosive and would catch almost anything in his radius. He’d go up and get jump balls but also take a drag route to the house after 65 yards. Broyles was highly effective in the intermediate areas as a first-down conversion machine, while Dede Westbrook could take the top off any defense with his speed. Malcolm Kelly made acrobatic catch after acrobatic catch.

As we look at this current group of Sooners, we see many different types of receivers. Those are all receivers brought in and recruited by Lincoln Riley, who had no set type of build he liked at receiver. Riley was reasonably simple in evaluating his receivers. He wanted guys who could simply play. It’s hard to fault him considering what his offenses did in his time at Oklahoma, but things have changed, and he’s left the prairies for the fast life of L.A., where he coaches the Trojans of USC.

Jeff Lebby, a Sooner alum and an up-and-coming offensive coordinator in his own right, has now assumed the offensive duties of the Crimson and Cream. With him, he brings an entirely new outlook on offense and personnel.

His offense doesn’t mirror Riley’s, but the biggest contrast comes with how Lebby has attacked personnel so far.

Upon his arrival as the Sooners’ new OC, Lebby offered wide receiver, Jayden Gibson. Gibson was at the time a Florida commit, and eventually, he’d flip from Florida to Oklahoma. Gibson stands at 6-foot-4. He’s enrolled and working out as an early enrollee.

That started a significant and noticeable trend of offers being shipped out to other wide receivers of the 2023 and 2024 classes. Lebby primarily likes his receivers big with long frames.

Here’s where we can draw this conclusion: Jaden Greathouse (6-foot-2), Jalen Hale (6-foot-2), and Aidan Mizell (6-foot-3) have taken precedent over guys like DeAndre Moore Jr, who recently decommitted from the Sooners.

There’s speculation that they weren’t impressed with Moore’s junior year tape and a knee injury also played a part. While both things could be true, Moore is a top 50 talent, and they still could’ve had him in the class if they wanted due to his relationship with DeMarco Murray.

The recruitment isn’t over but casting Moore while pursuing guys like Greathouse, Ashton Cozart, and Hale signals they are content moving in a different direction.

2023 Top100 recruit Jacobe Johnson from Mustang, Okla. has also been targeted by the Sooners. Johnson stands 6-foot-3.

Lebby wants big athletes out wide and will likely get those with the pool of talent he can recruit from while at Oklahoma.

The Sooners will still recruit smaller receivers, and Lebby will use them. Just look at former Ole Miss star turned early second-rounder for the New York Jets, Elijah Moore. He was a monster for them and was no bigger than Drake Stoops. Under Lebby, Moore posted 86 catches for 1,193 receiving yards and eight touchdowns. The reception yards were the most by an SEC player through the first eight games of a season.

However, it remains painfully apparent that Lebby will recruit outside receivers with length, long speed, and big frames and fill the slot with smaller, shiftier guys.

In a way, the Sooners could resemble the Clemson teams that Venables was a part of. Lately, on offense, they had big receivers like Tee Higgins, Justyn Ross and had smaller guys like Hunter Renfrow and Armani Rodgers in the slot.

It’s a fascinating change from seeing receivers of all sizes playing all over the field for the Sooners. Still, if the recent offers are any indication, the Sooners are heading toward a “big” shift at wide receiver.

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