2013 OL Jake Raulerson to Texas
Title says it all. He was one of the first OL offered by Hoke for 2013. On the the next one.
February 3rd, 2012 at 11:32 AM ^
Was he the one we had a good shot at because he wanted to go to a good engineering school?
February 3rd, 2012 at 11:48 AM ^
Tristen Nickelson is the person I believe.
February 3rd, 2012 at 11:53 AM ^
Ah ok, thanks, I was gonna say, I thought we had a good shot with the guy I was thinking.
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:03 PM ^
Nickelson hasn't been offered yet, in case you were wondering.
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:54 PM ^
He seemed to have a fair amount of interest in Michigan and 247 is showing him with offers from Texas and Arkansas already.
February 4th, 2012 at 12:30 AM ^
Are the offers limited on how many a school can send out
February 3rd, 2012 at 11:33 AM ^
Not surprising. It would have been real tough to pull him away from Texas, since he is one of the more highly rated OL in the country. That's ok because once we get Pocic and LTT we will be in good position.
February 3rd, 2012 at 11:50 AM ^
How come we haven't offered Cameron dillard yet? A 4 star OL in the state of MI, seems weird no offer
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:00 PM ^
No idea, but it is still really early in the recruiting process for the class of 2013.
February 4th, 2012 at 12:22 AM ^
Hoke will, no worries
February 3rd, 2012 at 11:37 AM ^
It's no surprise. It's hard to get the big recruits out of this state. They mostly stick to UT, OU, A&M, and the SEC teams. Mack recruits very early. Moving on!
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:34 PM ^
TX is a routine top 5 team, yet is one of the biggest underachievers in doing something with all their talent. I know Mack Brown takes a lot of heat over it, and rightfully so. Probably time for him to hit the happy trail.
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:47 PM ^
I could be wrong, but I always feel like a lot of Texas recruits are overvalued. Yes, there's a lot of great football being played in the state of Texas, but the I feel like the kids in Florida and California are often more talented. I think the reputation for football in the state outstrips the talent there.
February 3rd, 2012 at 1:59 PM ^
I disagree, but we're all entitled to our opinions.
February 3rd, 2012 at 2:45 PM ^
I just looked up this info:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Friday-night-star…
Those statistics suggest that Florida, Mississippi, Hawaii, and Louisiana produce a higher percentage of NFL players than Texas when you take population size into account. But I don't think MS and LA have the same reputation for football, and Hawaii certainly doesn't.
February 3rd, 2012 at 3:34 PM ^
I think the better measure of whether Texas talent is relatively overrated in recruiting rankings (or I guess undercoached by the schools that they end up attend predominantly), is to look at the following ratio for Texas.
(# of Texas players to be drafted over x years) divided by
(#5*s in Texas over x years * probability of a generic 5* nationwide being drafted over the same time + #4*s in Texas over x years * probability of a generic 4* nationwide being drafted + etc.)
This ratio would probably need to be computed for all states to ensure there isn't a consistent bias against or for major football states vs. smaller producing states.
I remember around the time that yahoo article came out someone posted a diary that had probabilties for a generic 5*,4*, or 3* to go pro so it might not be that hard for them to do.
February 3rd, 2012 at 2:49 PM ^
Texas has really underachieved. They won a National Title in the 2005-06 season, and played for another one in 2009-10. I'm not sure how that can be considered underachieving, but ok. They've had a rough last two years, but they have played several young guys. Regardless of how good you are coming out of high school, most of those guys weren't ready to play. I look for Texas to rebound in a big way next year.
February 3rd, 2012 at 1:28 PM ^
Mack won 9 games in each of his first 3 years at UT. Then he won at least 10 games for nine straight seasons (including a Rose Bowl win, a Fiesta Bowl win, a national title, and another title game appearance). For 10 seasons they never finished lower than 13th in the final rankings.
They've had a couple of down years recently, but if that is your definition of underachieving then you are basically holding them to an impossible standard.
February 4th, 2012 at 12:24 AM ^
That's he'll of a stat. Hoke will start another tide
February 3rd, 2012 at 11:43 AM ^
Since when do we lose Texas recruits to UT? I AM ANGAR.
We need to turn the tide in Texas. Hopefully we can sell some jerseys down there when we play Bama in Dallas. That would be a good start.
February 4th, 2012 at 12:21 AM ^
Not a bad idea
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:14 PM ^
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:22 PM ^
Yeah, there's some thought that he'll be a DE in college. Different schools were recruiting him for different things, but he did say that Michigan wanted him as an OT.
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:15 PM ^
While he has the hight (6'5"), the kid is only 250, at least according to ESPN. It seems that he will have to add a lot of weight to play an OL in college. 6'5" 250 sounds more like a DE.
February 4th, 2012 at 12:19 AM ^
More like a TE
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:19 PM ^
LTT!!!
February 4th, 2012 at 12:19 AM ^
He want some wolverines I heard
February 3rd, 2012 at 3:00 PM ^
Too bad, although not unexpected.
He looks like a big, bad, mean dude. Texas got a good one.
EDIT: If you feel like watching a guy commit (to another school...), there's video:
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:36 PM ^
whens diamond announcing?
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:51 PM ^
He already did
February 3rd, 2012 at 1:23 PM ^
thanks for letting me know it was at 8pm
February 4th, 2012 at 12:16 AM ^
He Shocked the world by choosing Arburn
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:39 PM ^
He was scared away by the competition by our inevitable class of LTT, Pocic, and Tunsil. Can't blame him.
February 3rd, 2012 at 2:19 PM ^
February 4th, 2012 at 12:14 AM ^
Better than diamond
February 3rd, 2012 at 2:42 PM ^
before Urban Meyer flips him to be a buckeye.
Sarcasm galore
February 4th, 2012 at 12:15 AM ^
Lol, that actually very possible