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THE BATTALION Page 11
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1970
Ags sign No. 1 running back
By MARK PATTERSON
Battalion Sports Staff
Texas A&M took advantage of the
st day for signing high school
itball players to conference letters
intent by inking 21 players,
[included in those 21 is a running
lek considered the top ball carrier
in the state. Milton Collins, out of
Blooming Grove High School, nar
rowed his choices down to Texas
and A&M before signing with the
■gies.
iK' The Texas recruiters told me I’d
)®the next Earl Campbell if I came
to Texas, said Collins. “But I don’t
{pint to be him. He spent his four
years there and he’s gone. I don’t
want to be living up to a legend.
■“Besides, I know I’m not the only
om they tell that to,” added Collins.
sBAnother blue-chipper corralled
by the Aggies is Kevin Kennedy, a
lineman out of Conroe. At 6-3, 250,
Kennedy was considered one of the
top linemen coming out of high
school this year.
Seeking defensive backfield
strength the Aggies signed two top
high school defensive backs to con
ference letters of intent.
Darrell Adams, 6-0, 180, out of
Houston Kashmere and Stuart Clark
from San Antonio MacArthur High
School will be strengthening the
Aggie defensive backfield next sea
son.
The complete list of the A&M
signees; Gerald Carter, receiver,
6-1, 170, transfer from Tyler JC;
Mike Whitwell, receiver, 6-3, 180,
walk-on last season who earned a
scholarship; Milton Collins, back,
6-2, 220, Blooming Grove; Anthony
Currette, back 6-0, 195, Crosby;
Roger Wiley, back, 5-10, 198,
Humble; Tom Carmody, tight end.
6-4, 225, Clear Lake; Darrell
Adams, defensive back, 6-0, 180,
Houston Kashmere; Stuart Clark,
defensive back, 6-0, 180, San An
toni o M acArthur: Flint Risien,
lineman, 6-3, 235, Houston Cy-
Fair; Mike Robbins, lineman, 6-8,
260, Richardson Pearce; David
Bandy, lineman, 6-3, 233, Austin
Anderson; Kevin Kennedy, line
man, 6-3, 250, Conroe; Robert
Stoss, lineman, 6-3, 230, Austin
McCallum; Jon van Sant, lineman,
6-3, 224, Houston Westchester;
Brian Dausin, lineman, 6-5, 227,
San Antonio Roosevelt; Randy
Land, lineman, 6-5, 235, Farm-
ersville; Keith Baldwin, lineman,
6-4, 225, Houston Smiley; Ed Pat
terson, lineman, 6-4, 225, Portland
Gregory-Portlan'd; Paul Pender,
lineman, 6-4, 215, San Mateo,
Calif; David Hardy, kicker, 5-9,
175, Huntsville; Temple Aday, run
ning back and defensive back, 6-0.
190, Arlington High School.
Out of the 21 signees, two (Col
lins and Kennedy) are Dallas Times
Herald blue-chip football prospects.
And out of Texas Football s 90 top
high school prospects, A&M signed
11 to conference letters of intent.
onghorns sign top
prospect in state
United Press International
Jniversity of Texas coach Fred
rs, turned down last year by the
st highly recruited high school
layer in the state, Wednesday
ined this year’s No. 1 prospect —
: parterback Donnie Little of Dick-
Ion.
[s jMthougb at least a dozen teams,
. [eluding several from the Pacific
en Conference, will try to lure Lit-
leaway during the final week of na-
. pal recruiting. Little said he was
) triply going to tell those schools
ha! he was going to Texas
1 Bikers, who guided the Longhorns
to an undefeated regular season last
Br, said he knew Little would
Bp his word.
B“he decision by Little highlighted
Southwest Conference ‘‘signing
’ the first day on which a league
lool could hand out scholarships
o lugh school prospects. A schol-
|hip agreement signed Wednes-
I I, however, was binding only in
|e SWC.
i 1 , l player is not officially commit-
<1 to a school until he signs a na-
? lal letter of intent and the first
he can do that is Feb. 15.
Akers refused to release Texas’
1 of signings, but among those the
dnghorns were known to have
' Iked up were running back Brad
Ik of Perryton, quarterback
: [arles “Booger Brooks of An-
jn r
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drews, running back Adrian Price of
Galveston Ball and center Mike
Babb of Euless Trinity — all among
the state’s top players.
Elsewhere Texas A&M came up
with a surprise top prospect in run
ning back Milton Collins of Bloom
ing Grove, although the Aggies still
must battle North Texas State for his
services, and came up with about 10
percent of the state’s top players.
TCU signed 13 junior college
players — several from Arizona and
California — as well as Phillip Epps,
a 9.4 sprinter from Atlanta, Texas,
who scored five times on specialty
teams last year.
Texas Tech, under first year coach
Rex Dockery, signed Willie Wright
of El Paso away from Texas, and Ar
kansas, as usual, swept its state.
The Houston Cougars and SMU
Mustangs also declined to announce
their recruits until after the national
signing date.
Little, who accounted for 3,194
total yards at quarterback last sea
son, said his visit with Texas players
convinced him he should go to
school in Austin.
“They are winners and they will
go to a bowl every year,’ said Little.
“They have the winning tradition. 1
talked to Heisman Trophy winner
Earl Campbell and he just said he
would like to see me come to
Texas.
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