Breaking: North Texas Lands a Commitment from Kilgore OL Braydon Nelson

TheReal_jayD · January 19

https://247sports.com/Player/braydon-nelson-46144988/

https://www.hudl.com/profile/15018856/Braydon-Nelson

El Paso Eagle · January 19

Would really like to see a effort anywhere similar to the offensive line for signing defensive lineman

UNTLifer · January 19

Welcome, but is he a need?

UNTLifer · January 19

Not trying to throw water on the signing party, but that was a sincere question. Do we need another OL at this time.

El Paso Eagle · January 19

Along with UTSA, nice to get someone these guys were trying to get

Cooke County Kid · January 19

Good offensive or defensive lineman are always needed.

wardly · January 19

7 minutes ago, Cooke County Kid said:

Good offensive or defensive lineman are always needed.

Yes, you can't have enough linemen. Also, just asking, is it easy to flip an OL to the defensive line?

jtm0097 · January 19

We will have around 15 on scholarship next year. We lost 8 OL to graduation and the transfer portal.

The following OL are going to be seniors.

Paula V

Gabe Blair

Jett Duncan

Larry Moore

So the long winded answer is yes.

Edited January 19 by jtm0097

TheReal_jayD · January 20

1 hour ago, jtm0097 said:

We will have around 15 on scholarship next year. We lost 8 OL to graduation and the transfer portal.

The following OL are going to be seniors.

Paula V

Gabe Blair

Jett Duncan

Larry Moore

So the long winded answer is yes.

Not to mention we were told we were 5-7 scholarships ol short when Morris arrived

GMG_Dallas · January 20

2 hours ago, jtm0097 said:

We will have around 15 on scholarship next year. We lost 8 OL to graduation and the transfer portal.

The following OL are going to be seniors.

Paula V

Gabe Blair

Jett Duncan

Larry Moore

So the long winded answer is yes.

15 scholarship players for a position group where you need 5 on the field at a time seems really low. Assuming 3 per position means 10 of those 15 are in your 2 deep and there's really no depth to handle injuries as they occur. I realize some will play multiple positions but still, there's very little room for error in talent evaluation.

UNTLifer · January 20

3 hours ago, wardly said:

Yes, you can't have enough linemen. Also, just asking, is it easy to flip an OL to the defensive line?

I have asked that in the past. Most recently, Smallwood out of Denison wasn’t cracking our two-deep on OL and had played DT in high school. I wondered if they ever considered looking at him at DL. Maybe they did and realized he just wasn’t a D1 player. You would think if they had the talent, they would find their way on to the field.

jtm0097 · January 21

On 1/19/2024 at 9:25 PM, UNTLifer said:

I have asked that in the past. Most recently, Smallwood out of Denison wasn’t cracking our two-deep on OL and had played DT in high school. I wondered if they ever considered looking at him at DL. Maybe they did and realized he just wasn’t a D1 player. You would think if they had the talent, they would find their way on to the field.

Mr. Smallwood got a FCS offer from Lamar and decided to go the JUCO route. Regarding the move to DT, I think it was the latter.

GrandGreen · January 21

On 1/19/2024 at 5:07 PM, UNTLifer said:

Not trying to throw water on the signing party, but that was a sincere question. Do we need another OL at this time.

Apparently, the coaches think so.

UNTLifer · January 22

The point of my question was/is that it has been reported we only had a few spots, 8-10, left in this class. We also need DL depth/help and that seems to be an area that has been overlooked. Just my HO.