Walk-ons

[giacfsp]

Got ahold of the roster they've printed up, and there are some some interesting walk-ons.

#8 QB Ryan Rowland (6-3, 200) - Midland, Texas
#30 WR Geoff Parker (6-1, 180) - Highland Village (Marcus), Texas
#31 CB Chase Hargis (5-9, 171) - Southlake, Texas
#34 DB Rhett Stall (5-10, 178) - Dallas (Lake Highlands), Texas
#48 LB Mark Manning (5-10, 210) - Burnet, Texas
#48 DS Zac Simmonds (6-3, 221) - Tulsa (Union), Okla.
#58 LB Blake Johnson (6-0, 198) - Plano (Plano West), Texas
#66 C Ben Poynter (6-4, 260) - Arlington (Lamar), Texas
#82 WR Charlie Johnson-Nuñez (6-1, 188) - Horseshoe Bay (Permian), Texas
#91 OL John Blackburn (5-9, 216) - Southlake (Carroll), Texas
#94 DT Andrew Feige (6-2, 279) - Dallas (Lake Highlands), Texas
#97 DE Dominic Pryor (6-5, 239) - Red Oak, Texas

No numbers assigned yet:
TE Lincoln Coleman (6-5, 240) - Shreveport, La.
OL Mason Jennings (5-7, 190) - Midland (Culver), Texas
RB Tony Lauria (5-8, 170) - Coral Gables (Ransom), Fla.
RB Matt McGrath (5-9, 180) - Long Grove (Adlai Stevenson), Ill.
DB Bryan Myers (5-10, 175) - Burridge (Culver), Ill.

[Hoop Fan]

A 6-5 240lb Defensive End? Give that guy a scholarship, he might need to start this year.

[Dark Horse]

More than that, where did we get a 5-9, 216-pound OL?
Or how about that 5-7, 190-pound OL?
Lincoln Coleman sounds like he fills out a uniform....

[MrMustang1965]

God, I LOVE seeing mostly Texas kids on there! Coach B.'s strategy is continuing to work! GO MUSTANGS!

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[GoRedGoBlue]

what position is 'DS'

[I AM]

Deep Snapper. I had to ask too.

[Buddha]

How did a 6'5" 239-pound DE not get a scholarship somewhere? I doubt Coach Bennett would welcome him based on his dimensions alone. Surely he can play a little, right? Maybe we've uncovered a real gem here. Let's hope so.

[Hoop Fan]

Well, he obviously isnt turning kids away because of dimensions either. My guess on this kid is that Red Oak is a small school that doesnt attract many recruiters. And with Johnny Fitzgerald from there, we probably had an inside track on the guy with
his coach etc.

[SMUFan]

If this Pryor kid has any quickness, he could turn out to be a steal.

[EastStang]

Seems like we talked about Poynter, Simmons and Johnson during the recruiting season. Weren't these guys recruited by other schools? For them to walk-on says a lot for our program.

[hpfan]

Anyone know which of these are preffered walk on or the grey shirt VS just walk on?

[OldPony]

Does anyone know how the number (and/or quality) of walk-ons compares with years past?

[FloridaMustang]

As far as I remember, we didn't have more than a handful of walk ons last year, Fitzgerald being the only gem.

[PonyTales]

Andrew Feige is a monster, from what I hear. Isn't he a champion wrestler? He's a little smaller than the ideal DT, but he's supposed to be unbelievably strong, and a real scrappy brawler type.

[Charleston Pony]

the odds are that one or two of these guys will step up and earn a scholarship before he's done. Wasn't Bischoff a walk-on LB 3 yrs ago? Looks like there are 3-4 good candidates.