Offensive linemen
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2000 1:07 pm
I've got a deal to make with the rest of the college coaches in Texas. Dave Campbell's lousy magazine rarely has much useful info in it, but he does sometimes get a grasp on the top linemen in the state (presumably someone else feeds him this information.)
Of the five offensive linemen he lists as first-team all-state, one (Carter OL Jonathan Scott) already has committed to Texas. The other four — Ben Wilkerson (6-4, 260, 4. of Hemphill, Jami Hightower (6-4, 290, 5.2) of Jacksonville (GET McCOWN AND ALDRIDGE on him!), Terrance Young (6-6, 340, 5.4) of Longview and William Winston (6-7! 348! 5.2) of Houston Madison — look very impressive, to say the least.
So here's the deal: Give us those four OL's, plus only two DL's — Tommie Harris (6-3, 285, 4. of Killeen Ellison and Thomas Derricks (6-1, 265, 4.9) of Dallas Jesuit — from that team, and Mack Brown and R.C. Slocumb can have their choice of all the other players in the state. This would lay a phenomenal foundation for the future of the team.
Think we can get the folks in Austin and College Station to agree to this?
Of the five offensive linemen he lists as first-team all-state, one (Carter OL Jonathan Scott) already has committed to Texas. The other four — Ben Wilkerson (6-4, 260, 4. of Hemphill, Jami Hightower (6-4, 290, 5.2) of Jacksonville (GET McCOWN AND ALDRIDGE on him!), Terrance Young (6-6, 340, 5.4) of Longview and William Winston (6-7! 348! 5.2) of Houston Madison — look very impressive, to say the least.
So here's the deal: Give us those four OL's, plus only two DL's — Tommie Harris (6-3, 285, 4. of Killeen Ellison and Thomas Derricks (6-1, 265, 4.9) of Dallas Jesuit — from that team, and Mack Brown and R.C. Slocumb can have their choice of all the other players in the state. This would lay a phenomenal foundation for the future of the team.
Think we can get the folks in Austin and College Station to agree to this?