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Bigtime DE now mentioning SMU
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Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:12 amby Lotus
Cody Williams
Strongside defensive end
Longview, Texas
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 235 pounds
40-yard dash: 4.5 seconds
Audibles: "I'm a big defensive end that plays with a lot of speed. I have some power as well, but my greatest asset is my speed." -Longview defensive end Cody Williams
SCHOOLS OF INTEREST
Arkansas, LSU, Texas, Texas Tech, SMU, TCU
Posted:
Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:44 amby giacfsp
I know February is a long way off. Dare to dream, I suppose.
I looked him up on-line, and he only had 20 (I think) tackles last year. Does that mean he's the posterchild for the movement to recruit more and more based on physical attributes?
Glad to see him mention us.
Posted:
Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:13 amby me@smu
Cody rotated with two senior DEs last year. Those twenty tackles are only for 3 games in the playoffs where his full line was as follows:
20 tackles, 7 TFL, 1 sack, 2 tipped passes.
Though if he really runs a 4.5 - 40, wouldn't moving him to OLB make some sense?
Posted:
Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:58 amby Stallion
the story also indicated that he was showing more interest in TCU and really didn't mention SMU except to say we offered.
Posted:
Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:35 pmby No Cal Pony
Let us just hope we can beat out the purple pukes.
Go Ponies!
Posted:
Thu Mar 24, 2005 10:25 pmby giacfsp
Right. If he ends up at another school on that list, I'd hope it would be LSU or Arkansas.
Hell with it - bring him to SMU.
Posted:
Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:10 amby me@smu
Cody just received an offer to A&M and was very impressed. He mentioned that he has had his offer from SMU since last summer and doesn't sound to excited about us right now.
Posted:
Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:30 pmby Pony Fan
I hear that he is very interested in us.
Posted:
Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:09 amby Ikus
My sense is that it's really early.
Posted:
Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:42 amby Stallion
Its early-but for those keeping score UT now has 10 commitments.
Posted:
Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:01 pmby Roach
Good thing we're not keeping score. How many commitments anyone has in March doesn't mean a lot. Let's make sure we have some good ones when February rolls around.
Posted:
Sat Mar 26, 2005 9:55 pmby me@smu
No one is keeping score, however, it is 11. Got another WR.
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Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:42 pmby gostangs
Wow - what a revelation - UT has early commitments and will do better than us in recruiting. What an insight.
Posted:
Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:08 amby Stallion
the importance of early recruiting will soon be evident. The staffs at UT, A&M, Tech, UH and Baylor have all shown an increased emphasis on early commitments prior to the start of the school year. I predict there will be a new record set for early commitments this year in Texas.
Posted:
Sun Mar 27, 2005 8:27 amby Pony4Life
As long as the players who sign with the Ponies make SMU a better team, I couldn't care less when other teams get their commitments. You're right about the trend, Stallion. I just don't see it mattering much. If we sign great recruits in February, the UTs and A&Ms of the world can lock up their 2011 commitments now for all I care. If we get no players with talent, then the other schools can wait until the last second, but we won't be any better. If we had some commitments now, it would give us more to talk about on the recruiting board. Otherwise, I'm not that moved one way or the other by who Coach February has a commitment from at this point.