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Auburn becomes frontrunner to land four-star DL Joseph Mbatchou

Mbatchou will visit the Plains this weekend for Auburn’s game with Vanderbilt. Can Hugh Freeze and staff close the deal?

Auburn football is hosting one of the top defensive linemen from the 2025 class this weekend, which could ultimately close the deal.

[autotag]Joseph Mbatchou[/autotag], a four-star defensive lineman from Loganville, Georgia, is set to visit the Plains for Auburn’s game with Vanderbilt on Saturday, marking the third time he has taken in an Auburn game this season.

This visit could be crucial says On3’s VP of recruiting Steve Wiltfong, who, along with On3 recruiting expert Chad Simmons, has logged a prediction for Auburn to add Mbatchou to its highly-rated 2025 signing class ahead of his visit.

Wiltfong says that Auburn’s director of recruiting [autotag]Kenyatta Watson[/autotag] and defensive line coach [autotag]Vontrell King-Williams[/autotag] have played a large role in Mbatchou’s recruitment, which has allowed Auburn to stay ahead of Texas and USC in the race for his signature.

Following the submitted predictions from Wiltfong and Simmons, Auburn now has a 92.7% chance to sign Mbatchou according to On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine. Mbatchou is the No. 31 defensive lineman from the 2025 recruiting class according to On3’s industry ranking and is the No. 38 overall recruit from Georgia for the 2025 cycle.

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Four-star QB Deuce Knight locks in visit to Auburn

The saga involving Auburn and Notre Dame QB commit Deuce Knight continues.

The saga involving Auburn football and 2025 QB [autotag]Deuce Knight[/autotag] continues.

Knight, a four-star quarterback from George County High School in Lucedale, Mississippi, has been locked in with Notre Dame since Sept. 18, 2023, but Auburn has remained persistent in its pursuit of the talented signal caller. So much so that several recruiting experts have submitted predictions for the Tigers to flip Knight from Notre Dame.

The speculation of said flip has grown even more this week. According to Steve Wiltfong of On3, Knight has scheduled a visit to the Plains for the Tigers’ season opener against Alabama A&M on Aug. 31.

Wiltfong shares that Knight is interested in playing for an SEC program, which has caused Auburn and a home-state school, Ole Miss, to remain in the picture. Knight’s relationships with head coach [autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag] and director of recruiting research and strategy [autotag]Kenyatta Watson[/autotag] have grown over the past year, and he has gotten to know Auburn’s talented freshmen receivers on a more personal level. Those aspects of his recruitment have led to the speculation that Knight could end his recruitment as a member of Auburn’s 2025 signing class.

Knight is a four-star rated quarterback by every major recruiting outlet and ranks as high as No. 2 at his position nationally. At the time of this post, Auburn has a 74.6% chance to flip Knight from his pledge to Notre Dame according to On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine.

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4 CFB cornerbacks who Cowboys should be keeping an eye on

All of a sudden, Dallas’ future at cornerback is murky. Here’s a look at several prospects who, while not necessarily first-round material, should be on their draft radar. | From @TimLettiero

Two weeks into the season, Dallas boasted arguably the best corner tandem in the league in the recently paid Trevon Diggs and former DPOY Stephon Gilmore. That all came crashing down in a hurry with Diggs sadly missing the remainder of the 2023 season. The current depth chart isn’t bare, with solid veteran Jourdan Lewis and second-year man DaRon Bland already having an interception to add to his team-leading five in 2022. After them, however, it gets questionable.

Nahshon Wright barely hung on to his roster spot while Kelvin Joseph has already been swapped out for another out-of-favor corner in Noah Igbinoghene. Late-round rookie Eric Scott Jr. has made the 53-man roster but will have to fight with numerous veterans for any playing time. Looking ahead, Gilmore and Lewis are free agents and Diggs’ recovery from ACL could take many directions. Suddenly, cornerback is a need for Dallas in 2024.

Depending on the development of the young guys and the regression and price tag of Gilmore, Dallas might not prioritize targeting the position early come next year’s draft, but it will certainly be a Day 2 or early Day 3 consideration. Here are some under-the-radar names to pay attention to who can help for the long term.

Five former Longhorns land within 247Sports’ top 100 transfer portal rankings

There were over 2,000 players who entered the NCAA transfer portal this offseason.

There were over 2,000 players who entered the NCAA transfer portal this offseason. Continue reading “Five former Longhorns land within 247Sports’ top 100 transfer portal rankings”

Former Texas CB Kenyatta Watson II is transferring to Georgia Tech

Former Texas cornerback Kenyatta Watson II will be transferring to Georgia Tech after entering the transfer portal one week ago.

Former Texas cornerback Kenyatta Watson II entered the transfer portal one week ago. Continue reading “Former Texas CB Kenyatta Watson II is transferring to Georgia Tech”

Locked on Longhorns Podcast: ‘Overreaction Monday after TCU loss’

The latest Locked on Longhorns Podcast brings you overreaction Monday after falling 33-31. Who is to blame and what is next for Texas?

The Texas Longhorns had an opportunity to take hold of their fate with a win over Texas Christian. After losing 33-31, the Locked on Longhorns Podcast discusses a frustrating game on Saturday. In the first segment, the topic of the offense. Who stood out on that side of the ball? Quarterback Sam Ehlinger had one of his worse games, not quite last year against TCU bad. So what is going on with the offense? Why didn’t Bijan Robinson get on the field?

In segment two it is all about the defense. The team looked different after Juwan Mitchell was ejected for targeting. It showed the lack of depth at the linebacker spot. One that needs to be corrected quickly with Oklahoma looming on Saturday. DeMarvion Overshown once again led the team in missed tackles. When will they get this fixed?

We discussed the Red River Shootout in the final segment. Is this a must win game for both teams. The Longhorns are 2-1 (1-1) and the Sooners are 1-2 (0-2), so who needs this game more? What will winning this game do for Tom Herman amongst the fanbase and locker room? We break it all down on this Monday edition.

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Texas Football roundtable: Which Longhorn will climb the depth chart?

Longhorns Wire staff each select a player that they feel has the most potential to rise up Texas’ depth chart this offseason.

Amid all the uncertainty and misinformation surrounding the upcoming college football season, Texas has been holding their fall camp practices over the past several days.

At this point, the mindset of each football program has to be centered around preparing the players for any scenario. We’ve decided to take a step back from the negativity and focus on the positives that are coming out of fall camp thus far.

A few particular players have stood out to head coach Tom Herman early on whether it be for size, leadership, talent or the progression overall from the previous year.

While absorbing Herman’s recent comments, Longhorns Wire staff each chose a player that has a realistic shot of rising up the depth chart this offseason.

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Tom Herman lists four potential breakout players on Texas’ defense

Texas head coach Tom Herman has high hopes for four young defensive players.

Texas head coach Tom Herman hired new defensive coordinator Chris Ash at the conclusion of the 2019 season in hopes of improving what was one of the worst units in college football. Continue reading “Tom Herman lists four potential breakout players on Texas’ defense”

USA Academy schedules first game

USA Academy schedules first game.

Rush Propst is the former coach of powerhouse Hoover High School in Alabama that gained notoriety on the MTV show Two-A-Days. In 2004, Jeremy Pruitt got his first break in the coaching business when Propst hired him as an assistant. Propst has now been hired as USA Academy’s head coach.

Information on USA Academy

USA Academy hired Rush Propst as head coach on Jan. 2. The former Hoover and Colquitt County High School head coach has since hired Jeff Kent as defensive coordinator and Kenyatta Watson as Director of Football Operations.

The Academy will begin play in 2020 with a mission to seek exceptionally promising student-athletes of all backgrounds from across the nation and the world. USA Academy will educate student-athletes through mental and physical discipline, athletic experience, while placing them on a national stage and preparing for the next chapter of their lives.

On Tuesday, USA Academy announced that the Eagles will kickoff the 2020 season against Riverside Academy in Canada. The contest is set for August 22.

USA Academy hires Kenyatta Watson

USA Academy hires Kenyatta Watson.

Rush Propst is the former coach of powerhouse Hoover High School in Alabama that gained notoriety on the MTV show Two-A-Days. In 2004, Jeremy Pruitt got his first break in the coaching business when Propst hired him as an assistant. Propst has now been hired as USA Academy’s head coach.

USA Academy hired Rush Propst as head coach on Jan. 2.

Propst has made two hires since being named head coach as Jeff Kent was announced as the Academy’s defensive coordinator on Jan. 6.

Now Kenyatta Watson has been named Director of Football Operations. Watson previously served in the same role at Grayson High School in Loganville, Ga.

USA Academy press release:

USA Academy hires Kenyatta Watson, former Director of Football at Grayson High School (GA), as the Director of Football Operations. This is a shockwave that will rock high school athletics across the country as for the first time, the legendary Coach Rush Propst will be side by side with one of the greatest personnel assets in high school football history.

Watson, a graduate of Boston College has had quite a positive impact on student-athletes. Two of these positive impacts were as director/founder of Freshman 50 and also as the director/founder of True19. You may remember the Freshman50 which was the event where the Top 50 Football Freshman in Georgia visited UGA for Freshman Day for the first time in history. True19 was also a huge success where Watson gathered Georgia’s best high school football student-athletes to take on Texas’s best high school football student-athletes.

Watson is coming off a historic 2019, where he helped 374 student-athletes, which included breaking a national record with 40 student-athletes from Grayson High School alone signing scholarships to play football at the next level. 24 of the 40 student-athletes signed Division 1 scholarships with the remaining players signing scholarships with Division 2, 3, and other JUCO programs from across the Country.

Watson will start his position immediately and is sure to make a heavy impact for USA Academy.