Horns247 Board

First off I've been following this site for awhile but just now decided to subscribe. I love this site and keeps me entertained, but like Bobby said, he expressed interest in us so why not try and pursue this kid. He is a 5 star caliber player with good instincts and track speed. Sure his recruitment will be tough, but at least it won't hurt us if he commits to LSU.

It's funny how fickle posters seem to be. When mack and co. don't reach out to kids outside the state boarders they are lazy and when they do they are stabbing wildly. Any kid with sincere interest in us is going to have something to think about once he visits and sees what is being offered. I like what is going on here. I would love to see 20-30% of our recruits being out of state studs. There is no reason it can't be that way with the resources we have. I don't think many of our coaches have California connections that I know of but if we want to look at kids out there than vamanos!

States sending most players to NFL
from high schools

State
Players

California
699

Texas
568

Florida
541

Georgia
281

Ohio
231

Louisiana
225

Pennsylvania
171

Virginia
165

Alabama
164

North Carolina
160

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2008-04-21-draft-database-cover_N.htm

Fade in the Dr. Dre...California....

One, I never once said the staff was lazy. Not once.

Two, if the kid is actively calling and recruiting Texas then go after him. I'm talking about the Goldman's of the world where we're recruiting because of some loose connection to a grad assistant or something. The fact is there are a ton of strong, mostly dirty programs in SEC country that aren't going to let Texas just swoop in and start raiding kids. There is far too much saturation and competition on those areas to make serious recruiting worthwhile.

Meanwhile, the richest or 2nd richest territory in the land has either underperforming programs or a program on sanction, coupled with a lot of fertile recruiting ground elsewhere that has no major player as a home state school. Not having contacts there isn't an excuse not to start hitting those areas hard with the time you're saving by not chasing wild SEC dreams and making contacts/forming relationships. The only reason Texas doesn't have Cali contacts is because they haven't put in the groundwork in the past to establish it. Why not start now?

To the per capita part of it...

Cali has what 36-million to 38-million people and has 699 during that time span.

Florida, Georgia and Louisiana combine for 31-million or 32-million and have 947.

Texas has 23-million to 24-million or more and 568.

Florida and Louisiana have about the same combined and 766.

The talent that makes up most the SEC rosters is from Louisiana to Florida and up to North Carolina (a number of kids from the ACC state go south)

Find the NFL per capita and see where the states rank. Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and North Carolina are all top 12-13 I believe.

To everyone else's point, Texas has better shots in California, Arizona and I believe the one area Texas should look more in, St. Louis area.

A look at NFL per capita numbers...

http://benmaller.com/2010/09/louisiana-has-produced-most-nfl-players-per-capita/

Would that be a bar hottie before or after the legal limit?

Before, with at least two girlfriends, a c***block, and possibly that one delusional guy who hangs out with her because he thinks he has a shot even though he's 100% friend zoned.

Once I befriend the guy to freeze him out then set up my buddy with the block it goes from 50% to signed, sealed, and delivered like Johnathan Gray at a UT Spring game.

And proud of it!!!

Because college coaches want to recruit the very best players/prospects they can. It's very hard to not look in that region and not give effort to recruiting the most talented players.

Doesn't mean it's smart for Texas, but it's still very difficult to walk away from and not try. Every kid Texas is trying to recruit in the SEC region is a difference maker type of prospect: John Theus, DJ Humphries, Torshiro Davis, Nelson Agholor, etc...

There are more of those types of prospects from Louisiana to Florida and up to Washington DC IMO.

Add in that Texas has members of the staff from Louisiana (Major Applewhite), Georgia (Stacy Searels), Miami (Manny Diaz) and one that coached at Alabama and LSU in Bo Davis. Those guys have some connections, and while it's not high percentage shots, it's still hard to walk away from at the end of the day.