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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.

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

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....

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

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what position is 'DS'

Deep Snapper. I had to ask too.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.