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Since people seem to be pushing guys in their hometowns, here's the list of this year's juniors at Garland HS, which turns out several D-I players every year:

5 Bobby Chalk DB 5'9" 175
6 Demarcus Herford DB 5'6" 160
11 Alfred Miller RB 5'9" 165
16 Justin Hartweck QB 6'2" 190
17 Kevin Mikeska QB 5'10" 185
18 Jammar Crane LB 6'1" 195
22 Jonathon Hughes WR 6'1" 175
23 Brad Cooper WR 5'9" 160
27 Francisco Gomez K 6'0" 178
28 Frank Brown RB 6'2" 190
29 Larry Heard WR 6'1" 165
30 Blake Howard DB 6'0" 175
34 Travis Greider LB 5'9" 175
35 Aaron Vega LB 5'11" 165
44 Bo Snodgrass DT 5'11" 240
46 Calvin Pitts TE 6'0" 190
49 Adam Waller LB 6'0" 190
50 Ronnie Martinez DT 5'11" 260
53 Matt Whatley OL 5'10" 195
55 J.D. Quinn OL 6'3" 260
58 Brinson Gruver LB 5'9" 191
61 Omar Muhammad OL 5'8" 185
63 Travis Hill OL 5'11" 255
67 Vincent Ford DT 5'8" 235
70 Junior Guzman OL 6'1" 285
71 Daniel Lamb OL 5'11" 200
74 Manuel Espino OL 5'7" 245
76 A.J. Martinez OL 5'8" 235
83 Brandon Holmes TE 6'3" 245
84 Travis Eickman DE 6'3" 195

Nice job typing the roster.

Now .... how many of these guys are any good? Any legitimate D-I prospects?

I would start by eliminating all the linemen, especially the O-Linemen under 6 feet. That looks to be about half the roster. Some 5-10, 5-11 DTs can play but sight unseeen it's hard to know.

While I only saw Garland once this year, I do remember how much speed they had - spread over the entire team! Offense, defense, special teams, everytime they stepped onto the field it seemed like they replaced speed with speed. I don't know how many of those guys graduated, but I am all in favor of adding speed - it makes up for a lot of other faults!

Too bad TaTa Thompson isn't there anymore. Can't believe he's headed to aggieville.