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:as and Texas A&M use banner years on the field to recruit nationally-rated classes
—DALLAS (AP) — These are heady days for
liege football coaches in Texas.
, ,, Not only have they slowed a decade-long ex-
; us of the state’s top high school players, but
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other states.
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, , e A „ jst national recruiting services rank the in-
mtc na«696.2; mjjig classes for Texas and Texas A&M among
jbi'st in the country with the Longhorns top-
ig the majority of lists.
“Right now we have Texas No. 1 in the U.S.
d Texas A&M No. 6,” said Allen Wallace of
guna Beach, Calif.-based SuperPrep maga-
le. “Mack Brown has clearly made a state-
;nti. He’s awakening a sleeping giant.
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^ 1,188 Mm Lemming of Chicago-based Prep Foot-
^Jtmt.es ^ Report has the Longhorns first and the Ag
gies fifth or sixth.
“Those two schools dominated the confer
ence,” Lemming said. “There’s not even a close
third in the Big 12.”
Bobby Burton of the National Recruiting Ad
visor said he ranks Texas first and A&M among
the top five. Although his publication is based
in Austin, this is the first time he’s ever had the
Longhorns among his top 10. He’s also never
placed two Texas schools so high.
The Longhorns and Aggies wowed everyone
this year by soaking up most of the state’s best
players and using their remaining scholarships
on elite guys from other states.
Texas has USA Today’s offensive and de
fensive high school players of the year in quar
terback Chris Simms of Ramapo (N.J.) High
and linebacker Cory Redding of Galena Park
North Shore, plus three stars from Colorado.
Simms initially committed to Tennessee before
switching shades of orange and picking
Austin.
A&M is bringing in four of the state’s most
highly sought recruits in Bryan defensive line
man TV Warren, Cy Falls linebacker Jason Fred
erick, Brownwood quarterback Colby Freeman
and defensive back Sam Davis. The Aggies also
are adding three California gems and two from
Louisiana.
“They cherrypicked some players from out
of state who they really wanted and targeted.
That’s what pushes them into the nation’s
elite,” Burton said, noting that in past years
programs such as Michigan and Florida State
have used Texas talent as the icing on their
classes.
According to Wallace’s count, four of the top
eight Texas recruits will become Aggies and two
will be Longhorns.
Of the consensus top 30 players, an over
whelming majority choosing are going to Texas
colleges — quite a change from the years when
more than half fled the state.
“Notre Dame, Tennessee and Kansas State
are the only teams that came to Texas and
went away with more than one very talented
player,” Burton said.
Another big shift is an all-for-one attitude
growing among state schools. The reduced in
fighting and increased goodwill between pro
grams includes Brown and Slocum.
For example. Aggies recruit Freeman was
congratulated on his choice of schools in a let
ter — from Brown.
“I think it’s great because it was really frus
trating to see teams out of state win big games
with so many players from Texas,” Freeman told
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
“What 1 wanted to do was try and be part of
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the start of building teams in Texas into nation
al powers.”
Texas and Texas A&M kickstarted their re
cruiting efforts by each beating Nebraska. The
Longhorns also were aided by Ricky Williams
winning the Heisman Ttophy, while the Aggies
got a boost from beating Kansas State for the Big
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