Youri Yenga - 2006 FB Recruit/Commitment

Named area defensive player of the year in today's DMN (SportsDay Highschool football section). Euless Trinity Sr., DE has been offered a scholarship by SMU and wants to go to an area college. 6-1, 210 lbs., 4.6 forty. This past year he had 111 tackles, (53 solo, 58 assists), 17 tackles for loss, 7 1/2 sacks, 7 passes broken up, two interceptions, 5 fumbles caused, and 1 fumble recovered. An article in Rivals dated May 1, 2006, indicated that he was also interested in TCU. At that time he benched 275 lbs and squat was 400 lbs. The three schools on his list are Houston, TCU, and SMU. His coach says that he can't be fooled or blocked and can't run away from him because of his speed. Originally he is from the Demacratic Republic of Congo. He wants to major in mechanical engineering. 
