'18 OL Thomas Shelmire (Highland Park, TX)

[p_phelps]

http://247sports.com/Player/Thomas-Shelmire-87820

[UNTLifer]

Why did we offer him twice?

[MeanGreenTexan]

18 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Why did we offer him twice?

He's that good.
Mentioned some other offer from SMU... I'm assuming it was money.

[BTG_Fan1]

I'm just saying... Even if the kid isn't worth it... the staff should offer to Jerry Jones Grandson.. Just saying grandpa would become a huge donor.. 

[GMG_Dallas]

2 hours ago, BTG_Fan1 said:

the staff should offer to Jerry Jones Grandson.. Just saying grandpa would become a huge donor.. 

Do you really think the grandson of a multi billionaire would come to UNT (or any other G5) to play football? Other than SMU where several of his friends might attend, there's probably nowhere he'll go other than Arkansas even if as a walk-on barring any prestigious p5 offers such as Texas or A&M.

Edited January 21, 2017 by GMG_Dallas

[GMG24]

9 hours ago, p_phelps said:

http://247sports.com/Player/Thomas-Shelmire-87820

Please change topic headline to 

'18 OL Thomas Shelmire (Highland Park, TX) 

[AustinFromUNT]

 

[p_phelps]

Another one... We are quickly falling behind... I would have hoped our big camp would have netted at least one recruit. 

[BTG_Fan1]

We have already 1/5 of our class "committed" with our QB still inbound which would make it 1/4 filled. 

Yes it hurts to see talented kids commit early, but again trust the coaches. Yes we have lost a few OL in the past few days and some DL, but again those are areas UNT has not had had success at. The new OL/DL coaches are solid coaches. Lang played D1 at a successful program. Yellock has experience in the 3-3-5 Reff said, and worked with the NO Saints of the NFL last year. These are also spots that we filled heavily last year. If this DL can produce and have some solid games it will fo a lot for us recruiting the DL. The OL just has to be average, nothing great. Last year it we had a few consistent drives of the being average but mostly it was being below average and that UF game I think hurt the mental side for them ALOT. Bringing in a lot of kids with experience in the passing spread will be good for us. If we can get 1 or 2 bright spots there it will be huge. 

Again don't panic. Yes it sucks seeing other places getting kids to commit, but we didn't have anyone committed yet last year, and we were still wondering about the likes of Dee, Jenks, Jackson, Peters. We signed Siggers, White, Durlin within a week or 2 of NSD, and while we may not be crazy about their offer lists at the time of them committing they still (Siggers, Durlin) had P5 offers at a time with White having the length to be a good WR. 

[p_phelps]

How many of the current recruits considered a recruiting battle win? That's what upsets me. We have to hope we find a under recruited player and how not even our conference rivals notice them. With the rumors of SL not staying long, He's not stacking up the cupboard for the next guy, much like Dan did to us. 

Edited June 18, 2017 by p_phelps

[DeepGreen]

Now I understand Dickey's "stealth recruiting" philosophy.

[BTG_Fan1]

5 hours ago, p_phelps said:

How many of the current recruits considered a recruiting battle win? That's what upsets me. We have to hope we find a under recruited player and how not even our conference rivals notice them. With the rumors of SL not staying long, He's not stacking up the cupboard for the next guy, much like Dan did to us. 

We have no proof that this will be a short stay or longer term. People think that will happen, but there is no evidence to prove either.

Its been rumored that schools were interested but he didn't get any interviews that have been made public, 

[UNTLifer]

Recruiting is starting to concern me, but this is one I didn't expect to sign here.