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Louisiana blue chippers top
A&M's 23 player recruiting list
<i Press
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
ifrhe prosepects are in, but the ver
dict is still out.
HTexas A&M announced its 1985
On the sent'football signees Wednesday. The
e Bronx Aggies signed 23 prospects, many of
On televisf which could be starters as soon as
asakillert next season.
tive, wanie® A&M Head Coach Jackie Sherrill
said the Aggies went after need —
en he alt; linemen and linebackers — this year,
ustin, utllH“Linemen were one of our top
sstopped#! priorities,” Sherrill said. “We also
oya appei#- needed linebackers.”
a top-ratdf'JAldine Nimitz lineman Dave Carr
everal lelt!headed the linemen signed by the
ge plays. Acs.
LongIsy|,|A three-year starter, Carr was
the towns named second-team All-State by
(terapoltlUSA Today and was considered a
weanniiltcb prospect by most newspapers in
alationofJthe state.
■Pasadena Dobie center John
, who was!Elam, named to the Houston Post
s been i and Dallas Morning News top pros-
0 crimes! 1 .pert lists, and Dallas Roosevelt de
fault, r tensive end Richmond Webb are
ig awitns other top linemen signed by the Ag-
gies.
Philip MnlSjA&M hauled in some impressive
r knewAitlinebackers who could provide im-
why wo. mediate help.
sevenver®L J ayayette, La. (Northside) line-
asmanyn backer Adam Bob was voted player
of the year in Class 3A (the equiva-
repliedt lept of 4A in Texas). Bob was also a
lohn CtJmember of the Louisiana All-Star
hontif! tepm.
as an attj j.Another Louisiana product could
also shore up the Aggies’ linebacking
in seven cqrps.
ht"andKi»basil Jackson, from Hammond,
thon Ma La , recorded 103 individual tackles
ithwho during the 1984 season. Jackson was
ofajam. an All-State player and was selected
ming in i to play in the Louisiana All-Star
irectedk game.
ent to .bSBSherrill said the Aggies took ad-
th his hr vantage of their ties in Louisiana in
towissr: signing players from that state.
ingSing. From A&M’s only Heisman Trophy
I, accordin' winner, John David Crow, to last
otintoanr year’s first round NFL draft choice,
frevinoM Bjlly Cannon, the Ags have contin-
refired.ijf uaily raided Louisiana for its top
blue chip prospects.
r them i“We all get tied up talking about
restaurant! who is the best player in the state,”
aliberriltj he said. “Our best recruiting has
t say wk . come from out-of-state, especially in
gger.ami:
with mute,
’85 A&M Football Recruits
Out-of-state signees
1) Tom Campbell OL, 6-5, 245 — Baker, La. (High)
2) Wally Hartley TE, 6-5, 215 — Baton Rouge, La. (Broadmoor)
3) Basil Jackson LB, 6-2, 215 — Hammond, La. (High)
4) James Howse RB, 6-0, 185 — Mufreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland)
5) James Dotson DL, 6-2, 260 — Vicksburg, Miss. (Warren Central)
6) Troy Jones RB, 5-11, 185 — Lafayette, La. (Acadiana)
7) Adam Bob LB, 6-2, 210 — Lafayette, La. (Northside)
Instate signees
1) Rod Harris WR, 6-0, 180 — Dallas (Carter)
2) Lafeyette Turner DB, 6-2, 195 — Dallas (Carter)
3) Steve Greene RB, 6-1, 195 — Littlefield (High)
4) Rodney Anthony DB, 6-4, 180 — San Angelo (Central)
5) Brian Ross TE, 6-4, 220 — San Angelo (Central)
6) LaSalle Harper C, 6-2, 230 — LaPorte (High)
7) John Elam OL, 6-2, 230 — Pasadena (High)
8) Mike Holmes OL, 6-5, 247 — Klein (Oak)
9) Billy Ford RB, 6-1,215 — Aldine (MacArthur)
10) Scott Lark OL, 6-3, 240 — Bay City (High)
11) Richmond Webb DL, 6-6, 245 — Dallas (Roosevelt)
11) Aaron Wallace LB, 6-4, 210 — Dallas (Roosevelt)
13) David Carr OL, 6-6, 260 — Aldine (Nimitz)
14) Anthony Taylor DB, 6-1, 180 — Kilgore (High)
15) Chris Scott TE, 6-3, 225 — Houston (Smiley)
16) Vantz Singletary LB, 6-1,215 — Houston (Worthing)
“We uii get tied up
ifi the suite. Out best recruiting Ims
especially m Louisiana,
of- state would be what you
ers instate, ”
Louisiana. The five players from
Louisiana were all in-the state All-
Star game. All the players from out-
of- state would be what you consid
ered blue chip players in-state.”
The Aggies reached into the out-
of-state grab bag once again and
come up with a gem in running back
James Howse.
Howse played for Oakland High
School in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Howse rushed for 2,400 yards and
scored 29 touchdowns en route to
becoming Tennessee’s High School
Of fensive Player of the Year.
Howse earned every All-State
honor and was voted Most Valuable
Player in the state championship
game.
The Aggies signed four running
backs, but no quarterbacks.
“We did not want to bring in a
quarterback or running back that we
didn’t feel could compete immedi
ately,” Sherrill said. “You don’t need
10 or 15 quarterbacks. We would not
sign more than one.”
Sherrill said Littlefield running
back Steve Greene could be the big
gest surprise of this year’s crop.
“You wouldn’t call him a sleeper
since he rushed for 2,885 yards,”
Sherrill said. “He is a good prospect.
More people write about the fail
ures, rather than the successes. You
hardly ever read about the player
See AG RECRUITS, page 12
SMU bums A&M
Associated Press
SMU 81, A&M 79
DALLAS — It took a career game
from junior guard Butch Moore and
some deadeye free-throw shooting
for No. 9 ranked Southern Method
ist to subdue Texas A&M Wednes
day night and seize command of the
Southwest Conference basketball
race.
Moore hit his First nine shots and
scored 25 points as the Mustangs
snapped a three-game losing streak
with an 81-79 victory over the Ag
gies.
“I haven’t had a game like this
since I played against Mt. Vernon in
high school back at Newburgh, New
York,” said Moore. “I felt in the
warmups like my shot was going to
go. So I took it to ’em.
“We really played together as a
team.”
SMU hit 15 of 18 foul shots in the
second half but went 8:29 without a
field goal as the rallying Aggies al
most caught the Mustangs.
“The team came back from three
tough losses,” said SMU Coach Dave
Bliss. “The Aggies made a great
comeback tit the end but we just
gutted it out. The first half of this
game showed what this team can
do.”
Aggie Coach Shelby Metcalf said,
“I’m sick for our players because
they put their hearts on the floor. It
was a great comeback.
“All I know is that Butch Mooe is
the best player they have. I’ve said
that all along. He’s a great compet
itor.”
In a Southwest Conference scrap
for first place, SMU improved its
league record to 9-3 while the Ag
gies fell to 7-4 before a sellout crowd
of 9,007 in jammed Moody Col
iseum. The Mustangs are 19-5 over
all and A&M is 15-7.
The Mustangs, stung by consec
utive losses to Arkansas, North Car
olina State and Baylor, hit 16 of their
first 20 shots. They made 75 percent
from the field to lead 52-35 at half
time.
However, the Aggies refused to
fold and came charging back behind
guard Don Marbury, who scored 27
points before fouling out.
The Aggies cut a 19-point deficit
to a single point at 72-71, but center
Jon Koncak hit four critical free
throws and Carl Wright made both
ends of a one-and-one with seven
seconds to play to ice the game.
Koncak scored 24 points for the
Mustangs and had five blocked
shots.
Kenny Brown scored 24 points
for the Aggies on long jump shots
over the Mustang zone, while Todd
Holloway added 14.
There was a brief scuffle between
the players at the end of the tense
game but no punches were thrown
and the referees quickly took con
trol.
TCU 81, Baylor 70
WACO — Texas Christian guard
Dennis Nutt scored 22 points and Ja
mie Dixon added a career-high 21
off the bench as the Horned Frogs
defeated Baylor 81-70 in Southwest
Conference play Wednesday night.
TCU improved its record to 14-9,
See SWC HOOP, page 13
TCU smells of recruiting success
Associated Press
The purple tinge that TCU re
cruiters cast over the Southwest
Conference national signing day
Wednesday was just “stinkin’ unbe
lievable,” according to Horned Frog
head coach Jim Wacker.
Wacker turned five of the state’s
top blue chippers into Wacker back
ers, but the No. 1 recruit in the state
escaped across the Red River.
Wide receiver Hart Lee Dykes of
the Bay City Black Cats, the most
sought-after player in the state, de
cided to attend Oklahoma State.
“Oklahoma State showed a per
sonal interest in me,” Dykes said.
“They touched my heart.”
Dykes visited the Oklahoma' State
campus on his own. Illinois and
Texas A&M were also in the picture.
“Quite honestly, it still hasn’t quite
soaked in that this could be all really
be true,” Wacker said in the wake of
the school’s gold-plated harvest of
schoolboy talent. “The response we
have received this year has been just
stinkin’ unbelieveaole.
“No question, this is going to be an
excellent recruiting class. Basically,
our coaches and players here do a
great job of selling the program for
us. So far there are no surprises, and
we don’t expect any, but we’re still
keeping our fingers crossed.”
TCU signed more blue chippers
than the other eight SWC schools
combined.
Jasper wide receiver Reggie Davis,
Huffman running back Greg
Moore, Houston Madison quar
terback Ronald Jiles, Fort Worth
Eastern Hills defensive tackle Mitch
ell Benson and Madison wide re
ceiver Jarrod Delaney — all Texas
blue chippers — will play for the
Horned Frogs next season.
SMU got two blue chip signees
from Corsicana, running back Bill
Jones, 6-1, 205, and linebacker Rob
ert McDade, 6-3, 230. Navasota
quarterback Lynn James, who had
earlier given a verbal commitment,
and Lamar Consolidated cornerback
Roderick Wilson, also chose the
Mustangs.
Arkansas Coach Ken Hatfield
helped stem the trend of losing Ar-
See SWC RECRUITS, page 12
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