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Got this from today's Dallas Morning News:

SMU adds two to commitment list
10/22/2002
From Staff Reports

SMU has received oral commitments from Arp wide receiver Blake Warren (5-8, 170) and Scurry-Rosser offensive lineman Kenard Burley (6-4, 310). Oral commitments are nonbinding. The first day a football player can sign a national letter of intent is Feb. 5. SMU's commitment list is now eight.


WAY TO GO, COACHES!

So now, THE LIST looks like this:

Ricky Joe Meeks
Quarterback
6'3", 210, 4.8
Mount Vernon, Texas
Recruited by Jerry Bennett

Justin Boren
Offensive Line
6'4", 280
Colleyville (Heritage), Texas
Recruited by .... Bob Fello? Bob Stanley?

Desmond Jones
Defensive End
6'0", 270
Dallas (Carter), Texas
Recruited by ... Oscar Giles? Clarence James?

Zach Hall
Linebacker
6'3", 225
Irving, Texas
Recruited by .... the whole Bennett family?

Richuel Massey
Running Back
5'11", 220, 4.4
Hillsboro, Texas
Recruited by Bob Fello? Jim Gush? Eric Roark?

Bryan Turner
Offensive Lineman
6'2", 290
Tyler (Lee), Texas
Recruited by Jerry Bennett

Blake Warren
Wide Receiver
5-8, 170
Arp, Texas

Kenard Burley
Offensive Lineman
6-4, 310
Scurry-Rosser, Texas

I have no idea which assistant coach recruited the last two because I have no idea where those towns are - I've never even heard of Arp and Scurry-Rosser. Can anyone help with that? Thanks

That's GREAT news! Hats off to the coaches.
I'm with Corso - where are those towns?

Where's BUS on this one?
By my count, we have another 880 pounds of offensive linemen coming in - so far!

FYI:

Arp is about 10-15 miles southeast of Tyler, in East Texas.

Scurry-Rosser is southeast of Dallas and DeSoto, and Southwest of Kaufman, Texas.

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Blake Warren
Rivals100.com Rating: 2 stars
5' 7"
163 lbs.
4.5 40

Kennard (two 'N's) Burley
Rivals100.com Rating: 2 stars
6' 5"
308 lbs.
5.2 40
Couldn't find any specific info on these guys except that Burley was named a 2A OL district honorable mention his SOPH year! Whoa, will be interesting to see what he acomplishes when he's not facing kids two years older than he is.

Blake Warren was being recruited by a lot of schools in addition to SMU: Arizona, Memphis, Texas A&M, Wisconsin, TCU and Baylor. From what I've gathered, he already had offers from Memphis, Arizona and Baylor. According to several A&M websites, the Aggies were very interested in him, too.

Kenard Burley also had offers from TCU and Baylor.

Yea, where's BUS? You'd figure he'd be the first to point out that this 17-18 year-old offensive line is bigger (on average) than our current starting lineup.

5.2 is pretty darn quick for a guy Burley's size. I guess that's the kind of guy Coach Bennett was talking about when he said he doesn't like fat guys on his line, but if he can find a quick player who's also big, that's even better.

Big offensive linemen.
A growing stable of talented running backs.
Sounds like things are getting back to the way they should be.
GO MUSTANGS

That's great to see. Eight commitments and it's still October. And from what the experts are saying, this class is head and shoulders above the classes in years past. Keep it up!

Blake Warren is one of the most exciting players I've ever seen. For everyone who thinks he's too small, that won't be a problem. He's like Chris Cunningham, but a little quicker. He's not as muscular as Comet, but he's a very instinctive football player - he can find seams in a defense, and he catches everything that's near him. And once he catches the ball, he's very good at making tacklers miss him.

The muscle will come - wait until The Diesel gets ahold of him!