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If the Longhorns are able to land a few of these recruits, they’ll be in great shape.
Steve Sarkisian and his staff have the opportunity to close out the 2022 recruiting class on a high note. Continue reading “Texas Football: Christmas wish list of recruits to close out the 2022 class”
One of the top offensive tackles in the 2022 recruiting class.
Texas has a chance to add major talent to help revamp their putrid offensive line.
With a group that had been struggling all season and was likely the weakest link on the team, Steve Sarkisian and Kyle Flood have a major rebuild ahead of them when it comes to the offensive line.
Texas is in contention for several sought-after offensive lineman in the 2022 class, such as Kelvin Banks and Devon Campbell, but fortunately learned on Sunday that they are among the final four of another highly touted prospect.
Four-star offensive tackle Malik Agbo announced the final four schools left in his recruitment. He is expected to make a decision on Dec. 15 between Texas, Miami, Oklahoma, and Auburn.
BREAKING: Four-Star OT Malik Agbo is down to 4️⃣ Schools, he tells @On3Recruits
The 6’6 330 OT from Federal Way, WA will announce his Commitment on December 15th
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— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) November 28, 2021
Scouts are very high on Agbo, and 247Sports recruiting analyst Brandon Huffman raved about his potential and versatility.
Size to play tackle, strength to slide inside and play guard. Continuing to reshape his body and improving his athleticism. Has gotten by on his size but is developing more technique and looking more sound in his blocking.
Agbo is a player that could come in and play right away on a unit that needs to be upgraded to block for Bijan Robinson and whoever will be throwing passes to Xavier Worthy.
5-star OT Kelvin Banks says he is still ‘locked in’ on the Ducks despite taking official visits to Texas and Texas A&M.
Over the past few weeks, one of the Oregon Ducks’ biggest recruits in the 2022 class has been taking a few trips to other schools that are reasonably trying to flip his commitment.
Kelvin Banks, the No. 14 player in the nation who stands at 6-foot-5, 300 pounds, recently visited the University of Texas for their game against Kansas, as well as Texas A&M for their game against Prairie View.
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While he says he enjoyed his time on both official visits, Banks recently told 247 Sports that nothing in his commitment has changed.
“Right now, I’m for sure locked in with Oregon,” Banks said. “My parents and myself just wanted to go check out games and still talk to college coaches and see where their head is.”
Banks said that the Texas schools were being respectful on the trip and not pushing too hard for him to flip his commitment, but they still have players who were trying to get him to join them down south.
“They just want to make sure I know they’re still there if I want to join up,” Banks said. “They said they will keep me recruiting me and talking to me until the end.”
With the early signing period coming up in December, Banks told 247 Sports that he likely won’t be able to get to Eugene again before he makes it official, but based on his comments, Duck fans shouldn’t be too worried about losing the 5-star OT who projects to be one of the best offensive linemen to come through the program.
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ANOTHER talented offensive lineman announced he will be in attendance for the Kansas game.
The guest list for the matchup against Kansas is growing larger by the second. Literally.
The Longhorns are expecting to host close to 10 elite prospects for their game against Kansas, and that number continues to rise after offensive lineman and current Oregon Commit Cameron Williams announced he will join the party.
Huge offensive line recruiting weekend for the #Longhorns just got bigger.
Duncanville lineman and #GoDucks commit @BigCamWill tells me he'll be at the #HookEm game on Saturday night. pic.twitter.com/yCMVObUVT5
— Jason Suchomel (@OB_JasonS) November 12, 2021
Texas’ offensive line is one of the worst groups in the nation, and they are hoping to revamp it with some of the top offensive line talent that will be in attendance this weekend.
With Williams’ announcement, he joins five-stars Devon Campbell and Kelvin Banks, and four-star Kam Dewberry as the offensive line recruits that will be attending the Texas-Kansas game. It would be a miracle to land all four of these prospects, especially considering Banks is a current pledge to Oregon as well.
However, the Texas staff must be doing something right in getting them to visit, although getting the top talent to campus is only half the battle. Kyle Flood cannot have a Brockermeyer twins type of result where he strikes out on all of them.
The Longhorns very much need to end this pathetic losing streak, and Kansas is the best team to do that against. At the same time, the coaches also need to impress the recruits in attendance to bolster their 2022 class, which only holds two offensive lineman commits at the moment.
Huge weekend on the recruiting trail for Texas.
First-year head coach Steve Sarkisian has an uphill battle to climb in terms of improving Texas’ roster. Continue reading “Several key recruits expected to visit Texas for Kansas game”
Oregon’s 5-star OT commit Kelvin Banks canceled his visit to Texas A&M last week, which feels like a big win for the Ducks.
A week ago, there were a lot of concerns when it came to the Oregon Ducks recruiting trail, especially after a pair of blue-chip wide receivers announced that they were de-committing from the Ducks and choosing new schools to sign with.
On top of that, there was news that Oregon’s 5-star OT commit Kelvin Banks was taking an official visit to Texas A&M, despite remaining solid in his commitment to the Ducks.
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The Oregonian’s Andrew Nemec reports on Wednesday that Banks didn’t end up taking that trip to College Station, which is a nice little win for some understandably troubled Duck fans.
As it turns out, Oregon five-star offensive line pledge Kelvin Banks not only didn’t visit Texas A&M last weekend as planned, he also isn’t sure if he’ll ever take a trip there.
“I didn’t make it,” he told me Tuesday evening. “That’s probably done.”
The Ducks aren’t entirely out of the woods yet, though, as Banks still may visit Texas.
“I might go to Texas, but not for sure yet,” he said.
See the top 10 high school football recruits committed to Pac-12 schools.
As recruiting for the high school football class of 2022 picks up, more and more schools are seeing who may be its superstars of the future.
The majority of the Pac-12 has struggled with recruiting, as Stanford and Oregon have combined for the same number of five- and four-star recruits as the other 10 schools.
Here’s a dive into the top-10 ranked players, according to the USA TODAY High School Sports Composite Player Rankings, The list averages the grades from the three biggest recruiting services: 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals.
For conferences that do not have 10 players in the top-100, the remainder of the list came from the 247Sports Composite Ranking.
(Note: The recruit’s measurements and position are courtesy of 247Sports.)
Should we be worried about 5-star OT Kelvin Banks flipping from the Ducks? After recent recruiting news in Oregon, this visit to Texas A&M is something to keep an eye on.
Sometimes, when you hear footsteps coming, it’s easy to convince yourself that you’re imagining things.
However, if you’ve been bitten once or twice before, it’s hard not to at least check out the situation.
That could be how the Oregon Ducks are feeling on the recruiting front at the moment, potentially spooked by the recent de-commitments from both WR Nicholas Anderson and WR Isaiah Sategna, two blue-chip players in the 2021 class.
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While Oregon fans are trying to make sense of the loss of those two recruits, news is now coming out that another Oregon commit, 5-star OT Kelvin Banks, is taking a visit to the Texas A&M Aggies this weekend, according to The Oregonian‘s Andrew Nemec.
Nemec says that despite Banks’ visit to College Station, he remains “firmly committed” to Oregon.
The potential loss of Banks, should he end up flipping down the road, would be a detrimental blow to the Ducks. Banks currently stands as the No. 14 overall prospect in the nation, and the highest offensive line recruit that has ever committed to Oregon. The 6-foot-5, 300-pound tackle projects to be a player who dominates on Sundays down the road, and he remains one of the biggest recruiting wins in Mario Cristobal’s career.
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In any year, it would be tough to lose a player like Banks, but it would hurt a little bit extra this season, especially after the news that former 5-star OT Kingsley Suamataia entered the transfer portal a week ago. Suamataia was Oregon’s top recruit in the 2021 class.
Again, we may be reading a bit too far into all of this. Banks says that he is firm in his commitment to the Ducks, and we should be able to take him at his word. However, when you’ve seen a pair of blue-chip players flip in a matter of a week, nobody can blame you for spooking easily.
Until February 3rd when Banks signs his binding national letter of intent on signing day, his verbal commitment will be up in the air, no matter what he says publicly. Start the countdown. Nobody can blame you for being nervous until then.
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Landing a few of these recruits could turn around the state of the program.
Texas desperately needs to gain some momentum on the recruiting trail. Continue reading “Five recruits that can turn around Texas’ football program”
Texas is linked with two big names committed to other schools.
With the calendar about to flip from October to the month of November, we’re about to be in the home stretch of recruiting. The early signing day is scheduled to take place on Dec. 15.
As things stand, Texas has 22 commitments in its 2022 cycle but there is still a lot of work to be done. Not only for prospects without a school attached to their names such as five-star WR Evan Stewart or five-star CB Denver Harris, but with a few guys committed elsewhere.
247Sports laid out a list of 12 recruits who could be considered on flip watch heading into November. The Longhorns were linked with two names in five-star offensive tackle Kelvin Banks and four-star quarterback Devin Brown.
Banks is one Texas has been pursuing for a while, being one of the top-ranked kids within the state. Brown, on the other hand, is one of the most recently offered prospects as Steve Sarkisian continues to look to expand the quarterback room.
