Signing Class Contributions (1997-2009)


Andre Brooks in Summer of '02

I was flipping through an old media guide the other day and I realized that I hadn't heard the name Andre Brooks in a long time and was wondering what happened to him. There were some other names that I ran across while I was looking from something on Brooks and somehow it snowballed into a look at our old signing classes and how much those individuals have contributed to the program.

I got a lot of the past recruiting classes from a great website that I ran across but now no longer exists, Statbreakdown.com....the information on the games played by the recruits all came from the participation charts from Aggieathletics.com.

We'll start out looking at the signing classes as a whole (sorted by position). The first number listed is the number of games the player participated in and the second number is the number of those games that the player started in (were selected to one of the All-Big XII teams that year). If a player has a ^ at the end of his name then he was a transfer (I don't know the status of some of the earlier classes so I might be missing some ^s there).

If you know anything about what happened to some of these guys please let me know and I'll update it.

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1997 Signing Class

Name Po. 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total
R.Bernard DL 11/0 13/6 10/8 - 11/8 45/22
R.Bradley LB 10/0 13/7 11/10 10/10 - 44/17
J.Brooks DB - 13/5 11/1 11/2 8/4 43/12
J.Bryan DB - - - - - 0/0
R.Edwards DL 13/0 13/7 11/9 11/11 - 48/27
R.Flemons DE 13/0 12/5 11/9 11/10 - 47/24
A.Gandy WR - 0/0 - - - 0/0
J.Glenn DB 13/0 12/0 9/8 10/10 - 44/18
M.Jameson DB 12/0 13/1 11/10 9/9 - 45/20
L.Madison DL - 12/0 11/1 11/2 - 34/3
T.McCauley DL - 10/0 10/2 11/11 - 31/13
S.McKinney OL - 13/7 11/10 11/11 11/8 Total
T.Nichols DE - 13/0 11/0 - - 24/0
E.Perroni DL - 8/0 11/0 9/3 9/5 37/8
B.Rhodes RB 7/0 10/0 - - - Total
H.Robertson LB - 8/0 11/2 9/0 11/0 39/2
C.Rodriguez LB - 12/0 9/2 10/0 10/7 31/9
M.Schobel QB - - - - - 0/0
A.Simon LB - 13/0 10/0 11/0 11/0 45/0
C.Taylor DB 13/1 13/0 11/5 11/7 - 48/13
M.Vakalahi OL - 9/0 4/0 - - 13/0
Totals (21)

From a talent standpoint this was an incredible signing class. Seven of the players were drafted and 4 others signed NFL contracts.

Roylin Bradley finished his career 6th on the School's All-Time Sack List with 24 sacks. He actually took over a sublease of one of my roomates in the spring of '02 so I got to room with him for a semester. He was a really good guy. Roylin signed as a free agent with the Eagles and went to training camp with them and Seattle in '01. In '02 he went to training camp with the Saints before moving to the CFL for one season. He is currently one of the youngest scouts in the NFL and works for the 49ers.

"Big Play Jay" Brooks was a special teams terror. He was signed by the Jets as a free agent in 2002. Here's a list of his "Big Plays" from an old press release:

Rocky Bernard was a 5th round pick by the Seattle Seahawks where he has played since then. He missed the entire 2000 season after a knee injury early in fall camp. Ron Edwards was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2001 draft by the Buffalo Bills where he played until 2006 when he signed with the KC Chiefs. Ronald Flemmons was drafted in the 7th round of the 2001 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons. He also played for the Miami Dolphins before moving to the CFL where he has played through 2007. Seth McKinney, the younger brother of Steve, was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of the 2002 NFL draft. He signed with the Browns in '07.

Chris Taylor moved to the offensive side of the ball at WR prior to his freshman season and was responsible for a huge 80 yard TD reception in the '98 Nebraska game. The former Madisonville Mustang QB was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 7th round of the 2001 draft and bounced around for several years on practice squads (Tennessee, St. Louis, Houston). He was best friends with Roylin and was over at our apartment almost everyday playing Madden '02 where he was featured on the Titans roster (Roylin was on the Eagles roster). Good guy.

Jason Glenn was recruited as a DB but moved to LB prior to his freshman season where he played all four seasons. After following his brother, Aaron, to A&M he was drafted by the Jets in the sixth round of the '01 draft and went on to also play for the Dolphins and Vikings . He retired in 2007 after re-aggrivating his knee (which was hurt his senior year at A&M).

Michael Jameson played CB as a freshman but moved to safety the spring prior to his sophomore season. He was drafted by the Browns in the 6th round of the '01 draft and played in Cleveland through 2004. He was at my apartment hanging out with Roylin during the "Tuck Rule Game" in the '02 NFL playoffs. [/name dropping]

Terry Nichols was tragically killed in a car accident in May of 2000 in his hometown of El Paso. Joel Bryan redshirted 1997 after a knee injury and was not on the fall roster in 1998 and was never to be seen on Kyle Field. Antoine Gandy redshirted in '97 and was a SQ in '98, & '99 and was not on the roster in '00. I don't know what happened. Lonnie Madison moved to TE for the 2000 season and was on the roster in 2001 but did not play after blowing out his knee in the first fall practice. Amon Simon moved to RB for the 2000 season and back to LB for 2001.

Tango McCauley was moved to OL for the 1998 season and transfered before his senior season to Alabama State (for reasons unknown to be) and went on to play in the CFL and the AFL (and signed with the Cowboys in 2004 as a FA but didn't make the squad).

Matt Schoebel tranfered to TCU after red-shirting in '97, moved to TE and turned himself into a 3rd round NFL draft pick ('02 draft - Cincinati). In '06 he signed a 5 year deal with the Eagles.

Burnest Rhodes missed the final 6 games of his freshman season to a back injury....was not on the fall roster in 1999. I know he had several injuries in his first two seasons and that he missed most of the spring of '99 so I have to assume he didn't play more than two seasons as a result of injury.

Christian Rodriguez signed with the Colts as a free agent following the 2001 draft but did not make the squad.

Moses Vakalahi left the team to go on his Morman mission to Zimbabwe in the summer of 2001 returning in 2004 to finish his degree and get married.

Antoine Gandy posted in the comment section and straightened out some bad information. Aggieathletics.com shows him playing in one game ('98 UNT) when infact he never played a game in Maroon & White. He was recruited by defensive coordinator, Phil Bennett, and when Bennett left he was going to transfer to K-State to join him but a car accident ended that.

1998 Signing Class

Name Po. 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Total
C.Ambres QB - - - - - 0/0
V.Smith QB - 5/0 3/0 1/0 - 9/0
J.Hunnicut RB - 9/0 10/0 9/1 10/9 38/10
J.Toombs FB 13/5 11/6 11/8 - - 35/19
R.Ferguson WR - - 10/8 - - 10/8
C.Freeman WR - - - - - 0/0
D.Goynes WR - 8/2 11/5 11/6 10/0 40/13
B.Johnson WR - 10/1 11/7 2/2 12/12 33/22
M.de la Torre TE - 6/5 8/0 6/3 - 20/8
G.Porter TE - 6/0 10/2 6/0 12/3 34/5
M.Mahan OL - 9/6 9/8 11/7 - 29/21
C.Montgomery OL - 1/0 - - - 1/0
T.Whitley OL - 7/0 11/11 11/8 11/11 40/30
B.Yates OL - 11/0 8/0 11/8 9/9 39/17
B.Gamble LB - 11/8 11/11 11/8 12/12 45/39
D.Lechler P - 2/0 5/0 - - 7/0
Totals (16) 13/5 96/28 118/60 79/43 76/56 382/192

Coming off of a Big 12 South title in 1997 this signing class produced 4 All-Big XII honors from 4 different players. It also produced 3 NFL draft picks (Ferguson-2001 2nd round, B.Johnson-2003 2nd round, & Whitley-2003 3rd round).

It was a relatively small signing class but overall was productive one both in talent and in playing time.


Ambres & Freeman

We lost both Chip Ambres and Choo Freeman to the Major League Baseball draft. Ambres signed with the Florida Marlins for $1M and Freeman signed with the Colorado Rockies for $1.4M signing bonus. Can't really blame either of them, can ya?

We also lost Toombs and Ferguson (who went to Tyler JC for a while because he didn't academically qualify) because they both declared themselves eligible for the NFL draft after the 2000 season. Ferguson was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 2nd round and you can read all about Ja'Mar in an article I wrote about his Aggie career.

Vance Smith transferred to Sam Houston State after the 2001 season because of the serious depth we had at QB (Mark Farris, Jason Carter, Dustin Long, and Reggie McNeal).

I don't know what happened to Chris Montgomery but I know that he had a back problem that forced him to miss two-a-days prior to the 2000 season.

1999 Signing Class

Name Po. 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total
C.Freeman QB - 9/0 - - - 9/0
O.Fleming RB - 8/0 10/0 12/0 11/0 31/0
M.Harris RB - 11/0 - - - 11/0
Jo.Weber RB 9/0 11/1 11/4 10/9 - 41/14
R.Whitaker RB - 10/5 4/1 - - 14/6
E.Collins WR - 9/0 - - - 9/0
T.Brown TE - 3/0 - - - 3/0
F.Spiller TE - 11/0 - - - 11/0
A.Brooks OL - 9/3 7/3 10/7 - 26/13
J.Kirk OL - 4/0 6/0 8/0 12/11 30/11
B.Lively OL - 3/0 - - - 3/0
J.Milkavich OL - 2/0 - - 7/1 9/1
A.Reuber OL - 2/0 9/2 11/7 11/7 33/16
S.Mitchell DL - - - - - 0/0
T.Warren DL 9/0 11/8 10/7 10/10 - 40/25
B.West DL - - - - - 0/0
J.LeDoux LB - - - - - 0/0
J.Morris LB - 8/0 11/8 10/10 2/2 33/20
J.Penright LB 10/0 10/2 11/8 12/11 - 33/21
D.West LB - 8/0 - - - 8/0
T.Wooldridge LB - - 5/0 8/0 - 13/0
S.Davis DB 10/1 11/11 11/8 12/12 - 44/32
J.Frederick DB - - - - - 0/0
T.Kiel DB 11/0 11/10 11/8 12/12 - 45/30
E.Smith DB - 10/0 11/0 11/1 9/6 41/7
R.Waddell DB - - - - - 0/0
S.Weston DB 1/0 11/10 11/8 11/9 12/12 46/39
Totals (27) 50/1 172/50 128/57 137/88 64/39 551/235

This class was recruited coming off of our Big 12 Championship season but have had some crazy things happen to them that has reduced their impact on the program. There were several studs in the class who went on to the NFL but there were also a ton of non-factors due to injury and attrition.

There were 7 All-Big 12 honors earned by this signing class by 4 different players including three NFL draft picks (T.Warren-2003 1st round, S.Davis-2003 1st round, T.Kiel-2003 2nd round, & A.Rueber-signed as a non-drafted free agent).

It was a great defensive class but quite a poor offensive class in terms of playing time contributions. Only 4 of 27 players made All-Conference.

I can start with guys who left us for other schools. Jason LeDoux never took a snap at A&M and somehow ended up playing at LSU - I don't know if he signed with them out of HS and shouldn't be listed with us at all or if he transfered. Sam Houston took Maurice Harris and Tashumbrae Brown off our hands after 2000. The same time they were leaving, Colby Freeman transferred to Abilene Christian. Finally, Damien West transferred to Houston after the '01 season.

Brian West was also a baseball player and was drafted by the Chicago White Sox where he played until 2003 when he went to LSU to play football again...ouch. That makes 3 players in a two year span to burn us for the beautiful diamond.

Richard Whitaker retired from football during the '02 season (after being moved to DB) but then surfaced at Abilene Christian in '03.

Andre Brooks (knees), Fred Spiller (back) both had to retire due to injuries. Ellison Collins moved from DB to WR and I couldn't find anything on him after that. I also couldn't find anything about Britt Lively, Shannon Mitchell and Jason Fredrick.

Jared Morris only played 2 games his senior season before blowing his knee out. He wasn't granted a medical redshirt which was kind of dissapointing.

Reggie Waddell, from Willowridge HS in Houston, transferred to A&M from Dodge City CC but I couldn't find anything about him during his time here at A&M. Somehow he ended up at Western Illinois and went on to play in one game for the Baltimore Ravens in 2001.

2000 Signing Class

Name Po. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total
D.Long QB - - 12/9 12/1 - 24/10
M.Gill RB - - - - - 0/0
K.Joseph RB - 11/2 12/2 12/8 12/3 47/15
E.Crutchfield WR - 11/0 5/0 - - 16/0
J.Taylor WR - 10/6 10/10 6/6 - 26/22
J.Perot TE - 2/0 - - - 2/0
K.Cheshier OL - - - 1/0 - 1/0
G.Hangartner OL - 2/0 11/11 12/12 12/12 37/35
E.Brown DL - - - - - 0/0
M.Jasmin DL - 11/3 12/12 12/7 11/0 46/22
L.Smith DL 10/0 9/1 12/12 12/12 - 43/25
R.Cardoza LB - - - - - 0/0
L.Shepard LB - - - - - 0/0
B.Thompson LB - - - - - 0/0
A.Black DB 9/0 11/0 - - - 20/0
J.Buhl DB 11/0 11/0 - 11/2 12/12 45/14
D.Gentry DB 11/0 7/0 - - - 18/0
K.Jackson DB - 7/0 9/3 9/0 6/3 31/6
K.Mangum DB - 11/0 8/0 3/0 12/0 34/0
M.Pinesette DB 11/0 - - - - 11/0
Je.Webber DB - 1/0 - - - 1/0
C.Sims K - - - - - 0/0
C.Scates P 11/0 11/0 12/0 4/0 - 38/0
Total (23) 63/0 115/12 103/59 94/48 65/30 440/149

This is another class dominated by career ending injuries and transfers. Six players never played a single down for us and two others appeared in no more than 3 games in their career. That's almost 40% of the class right there. Then there are two more players who never played beyond their sophomore season.

There were 5 All-Big 12 honors given to 3 different members of the signing class of '00. Jamaar Taylor was drafted by the NY Giants in the 6th round of the 2003 draft while Geoff Hangartner was drafted in the 5th round of the 2004 draft by the Carolina Panthers. Taylor was eligible for the '03 draft because he redshirted his freshman year at Notre Dame and then had to sit out a season as part of the transfer rule because he went from a DI school to another DI school. There were several guys that I am aware of who signed as free agents after the '04 draft (Cody Scates/Texans, Jonte Buhl/Tampa Bay, Marcus Jasmin/Detroit).

Jonte Buhl missed the spring of 2002 after having knee surgery so I have to assume that is why he redshirted in the fall of '02.

We lost Dewon Gentry, Chris Sims, & Adam Black all to back injuries while we lost both Eric Crutchfield and Joey Perot to shoulder injuries. I know that Brian Thompson stopped playing due to injury but I couldn't find out what the injury was. Strangely, both Adam Black and Gentry popped up on Abilene Christian's roster after their injuries (and in '03 along with Richard Whitaker--mentioned above). I find it odd that all of our players who retire due to injury are somehow cleared to play at ACU.

Both LeBrandon Shepard and Mike Pinesette were dismissed from the team (not sure what they did).

Dustin Long transferred to Sam Houston after the '03 season while we never got to see Mathus Gill or Eddie Brown play because they didn't qualify academically and went to Blinn JC to gain eligibility. Gill went on to join his fellow classmates at Abilene Christian while Brown was named as the top pro prospect at San Jose State University by Fox Sports.

I couldn't find anything on Ricky Cordoza and I couldn't find anything on Jerome Weber (played 1 game in '02; brother of Joe) or Kasey Cheshier (played in 1 game in '03) other than that they were squads men through '03.

2001 Signing Class

Name Po. 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total
J.Carter QB - 7/0 11/1 12/5 11/7 41/14
D.Farmer RB 8/5 10/9 12/12 - - 30/26
T.Murphy WR 11/4 11/3 12/11 11/11 - 45/29
J.Roberson WR - - 2/0 - - 2/0
B.Singleton WR - 9/0 12/2 9/1 - 30/3
T.Thomas WR 11/0 12/2 11/3 12/1 - 46/6
J.Woods WR - 7/0 1/0 4/1 - 12/1
T.Carriger TE 9/4 11/8 10/5 - - 30/17
J.Hightower OL 10/4 11/11 - 12/12 10/1 43/28
Q.Holman OL - 5/0 4/0 - - 9/0
C.Smith OL - - 1/0 2/0 - 3/0
D.Steamer OL - 5/0 9/0 12/1 10/6 36/7
L.Hooper DL - - 8/0 4/0 5/0 17/0
D.Ross DL - 11/2 12/12 12/1 11/1 46/16
D.Stringer DL - 1/0 1/0 - - 2/0
J.Boutte LB - - - - - 0/0
Br.Johnson LB 11/0 10/0 - - - 21/0
R.Webb LB 11/0 12/2 - - - 23/2
J.Appel DB - 10/9 12/12 12/12 10/10 44/43
B.Jones DB 11/0 12/5 12/12 12/12 - 47/29
R.Jones DB - 9/0 12/12 12/0 10/6 43/18
J.Mays DB - - - - - 0/0
Total (22) 82/17 153/51 142/82 126/57 67/31 572/238

Overall I'd say that we've had some pretty good participation from this signing class. Six All-Big 12 honors from four players including a handful of NFLers. Terrence Murphy was drafted in the '04 Draft by Green Bay in the 2nd round while several guys signed as free agents after the '05 draft (Carter/Minnesota, Appel/Tennessee, Hightower/Green Bay, BJones/Atlanta-'04).

Those that we lost prematurely have gone in pretty much the same manner those before them have gone.

Quintin Holman and Randall Webb were both dismissed from the team for violating team policy. Webb, shockingly, played for Abilene Christian in 2003.

Thomas Carriger had to retire before the 2004 season due to chronic shoulder problems, John Boutte left before the '02 season for personal reasons, Brandon Johnson was academically ineligible after 2002 and went to Blinn JC. Cole Smith (brother of Vance Smith from our '98 signing class) was a squads man on our roster through the 2004 season but John Roberson is a mystery to me. He was a squads man up through the spring of 2004 but was not on the roster in the fall. I also can't figure out what on earth happened to Jarvis Mays.

2002 Signing Class
Name Po. 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total
R.McNeal ATH ***** 8/1 12/11 12/12 10/10 - 42/34
L.Riley ATH **** 6/0 12/0 12/0 - 13/5 43/5
C.Schroeder ATH *** - 8/0 12/0 8/7 13/12 41/19
C.Lewis RB *** - 12/1 11/9 9/6 8/3 40/19
B.Reed RB ** - 12/0 6/0 11/0 13/10 42/10
N.Rhodes WR ** - - - - - 0/0
P.Fleming TE *** 4/0 - - - - 4/0
Q.Germany TE **** - 12/6 5/0 10/0 - 27/6
A.DeLaGarza OL *** 11/0 12/12 12/12 10/4 - 45/28
B.Flanigan OL *** - 1/0 - - - 1/0
A.Kotzur OL *** - 12/12 10/0 - - 22/12
T.Schuster OL *** - 11/2 8/0 2/0 - 21/2
D.Ellis DE *** - - - - - 0/0
B.Fails DT *** 4/0 - - - - 4/0
J.Jolly DT ** 12/0 12/12 12/12 11/11 - 47/35
J.Parks DT ** - 7/0 - - - 7/0
B.Patrick DT *** 11/0 10/4 - - - 21/4
K.Flood LB **** - - - - - 0/0
N.Manning LB **** - 12/3 9/1 9/0 8/0 38/4
A.Matakis LB *** - 10/0 - - - 10/0
A.McDaniel LB **** 12/0 12/5 12/4 11/9 - 47/18
B.Leone DB *** - 12/0 12/0 3/1 11/0 38/1
T.Pegram K **** 11/0 12/0 12/0 11/0 - 46/0
Totals (23) 79/1 191/68 145/50 105/48 66/30 636/197

This class contained 23 commitments and was rated #23 nationally by Rivals.com. It was the last class that was 100% recruited by Coach R.C. Slocum. Courtney Lewis was named a Freshman All-American in 2003 and the class has produced seven Big 12 All-Conference Honors from five different players and featured 2 NFL Draft Picks. Both Reggie McNeal and Johnny Jolly went in the 6th round of the '06 draft (Reggie to the Bengals & Jolly to Green Bay).

Of the athletes recruited, McNeal became a QB and Riley & Schroeder both became WRs.

Reggie left campus with his name splattered all over the Aggie record books (I listed everything he ranked in the top 3).

Kicker Todd Pegram, while not known for having a big leg but an accurate one, also left campus with his name in the record books.

Bryce Reed red-shirted as a fullback but moved to the DLine in his sophomore season where he became a starter in 2006. Brandon Leone has also changed positions moving from DB to RB before the 2005 season.

Chad Schroeder played QB in high school but was recruited as an athlete and ended up playing at WR. He was a TD machine, scoring 10 TDs in his first 10 career starts (19 career starts and 12 career TDs). He was named Big 12 Honorable Mention his senior season. He has a special place in my heart because I have his helmet from the 2004 season.

Brian Patrick had to retire from football after 2003 due to injury. Patrick Fleming had season ending shoulder surgery in 2003 and did not rejoin the team in 2004 for whatever reason. Brandon Fails died on November 25th, 2002 as a result of a blood clot following surgery on his right leg.

Ju Parks (Texas Southern) & Andy Matakis (Montana State) transferred. Parks left after 2003 & Matakis was moved to TE before 2003 and left after that season. Dennis Ellis never enrolled & went to JUCO and went on to play at Boise State. Kelvin Flood was one of the most highly sought after recruits but was an academic casualty after 2003 along with Brandon Flanigan, who went on to play at MacMurray College. Nick Rhodes was kicked off the team after an arrest in the summer of 2004. He allegidly assulted his roomate, beating him with a guitar.

2003 Signing Class

Name Po. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total
J.Brown ATH *** - 12/10 4/1 11/5 - 27/16
C.Alexander RB *** 2/0 10/0 11/0 13/6 12/1 48/7
D.Brown RB *** - - - - - 0/0
J.Kelly RB *** - - - - - 0/0
E.Taylor WR *** 12/0 12/9 3/2 13/11 13/12 53/34
J.Thomas TE *** - 11/2 10/2 11/3 13/6 45/13
J.Adams OL ***** - 12/0 - - - 12/0
C.Clark OL *** - 4/0 11/11 13/13 13/13 42/38
K.Elder OL *** - 12/11 11/11 13/13 13/13 49/48
C.Wallace OL *** - 5/0 11/11 13/13 13/13 42/37
C.Yoder OL *** - 12/12 4/0 13/0 9/8 38/20
J.Bryant DT *** - 12/12 11/10 9/8 13/12 45/42
C.Harrington DE *** - 12/0 11/11 13/13 13/12 49/36
J.Jack DE **** - 12/11 9/7 12/10 - 33/28
M.Montgomery^ DE **** 10/0 12/12 - - - 22/12
T.Pittman DT *** - - - - - 0/0
L.Mitchell LB **** - - - - - 0/0
T.Thompson LB *** 8/1 - - - - 8/1
J.Warren LB **** 12/7 11/9 10/10 13/12 - 46/38
M.Bullitt DB *** 8/0 12/2 11/10 13/13 - 44/25
S.Hodge DB **** - 12/0 11/0 11/0 13/2 47/2
C.Jefferson DB ** - - - - - 0/0
E.Mayes DB *** - 12/1 - - - 12/1
B.Newton DB *** - 12/0 11/9 11/7 - 34/16
Totals (24)

This class contained 24 commitments and was rated #10 nationally by Rivals.com. This was the last class that Coach Slocum had any part in and the first class that Coach Fran had any part in. To be completely honest, I'm not sure who was responsible for bringing in what players.

Through the 2006 season it has produced 18 Big 12 All-Conference Honors (9 different players) and a handful of NFLers. Mike Montgomery, a JUCO transfer, was drafted (6th round by Green Bay in the 2004 Draft) while in 2008 Corey Clark (San Francisco) and Red Bryant (Seattle) were both 4th round picks and Chris Harrington was a 6th rounder (Arizona). Melvin Bullitt (Indianapolis) and Corey Clark (San Diego) signed as un-drafted free agents out of school.

Jason Jack, Red Bryant, Chris Yoder & Japhus Brown were all named Freshmen All-Americans in 2004 (by both Rivals.com & The Sporting News). Cody Wallace was named a finalist for the Rimington Trophy and was considered one of the top centers in college football his senior season.

Unfortunately, 8 of the 24 recruits (that's a full 1/3) didn't last through the summer of 2005.

Derrick Brown never enrolled (academics) and it was said he was going to attend JUCO but I couldn't find anything about where he ended up. Lamar Mitchell was on the roster in 2003 but left school "for personal reasons".

John Kelly was also on the roster in 2003 but wasn't in 2004. He was arrested in December of 2003 but I don't know if that had anything to do with his status.

Tate Pittman was no longer a team member after being arrested not once but twice for the same sick thing on top of a DUI charge. Big idiot.

Ta Ta Thompson was well on his way to being a favorite of mine but he left school after his freshman season. I've heard that he went home to help support his family. He also published a book of poetry.

I found nothing regarding Charlie Jefferson but he was not on the roster in the fall of 2003 with leads me to believe that he did not enroll.

The final two players, Eric Mayes & Jorrie Adams, were both arrested during the summer of 2005 and were kicked off the team. At 6'7" and 275 pounds, Jorrie was the #2 recruit in Texas coming out of HS and signed as a OL but was tinkered at TE before moving to DE in 2004. Mayes was excellent at CB in his RS-F season in 2004 tied for the team lead in pass breakups and third in tackles. He left the team VERY thin at corner.

Earvin Taylor received a medical redshirt for the 2005 season after breaking his leg in the Texas State game.

Before the 2007 season both Japhus Brown and Brock Newton left the team. Japhus was an academic casualty and Newton was permanently dismissed after being suspended in the spring of '07. Jason Jack also left the team, with degree in hand, for personal reasons.

Linebacker U?

I do want to take this time to point out something that I noticed....it's quite alarming actually.

Texas A&M's defense is known throughout the land as the Wrecking Crew, which has been led by an extremely strong crop of linebackers. Well something has happened to us in that department. In 2003 we were in big, big trouble when Jared Morris blew out his knee in the 2nd game of the season.

Here is a breakdown of the guys who played LB for us '03 and their previous experience: 

            A   B
B.Adams     0   0
N.Manning   3   0
A.McDaniel  5   0
J.Morris    2  18 
E.Smith     6   1
S.Stickane  9   0
T.Thompson  1   0
J.Warren    7   0

    Totals 33  19

Column A is the number of starts by that player in 2003
Column B is the number of total starts by that player prior to 2003

As you can see, once we lost Morris we were in deep trouble.

What I couldn't figure out was why on earth our depth chart was in such shambles at a position that we traditionally pride ourselves in.....So I took a look....

Player 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
1998
B.Gamble - 11/8 11/11 11/8 12/12 - -
1999
J.LeDoux - - - - - - -
J.Morris - - 8/0 11/8 10/10 2/2 -
J.Penright - 10/0 10/2 11/8 12/11 - -
D.West - - 8/0 - - - -
T.Wooldridge - - - 5/0 8/0 - -
2000
R.Cardoza - - - - - - -
L.Shepard - - - - - - -
B.Thompson - - - - - - -
2001
Br.Johnson - - - 11/0 10/0 - -
R.Webb - - - 11/0 12/2 - -
Class LB/Class G GS
1998 1 45 39
1999 5 87 41
2000 3 0 0
2001 3 44 2
Totals 12 176 82

The first chart is particularly interesting. If you just run your finger down the 2003 column you see that we got a combined TWO starts out of our 1999, 2000 and 2001 recruiting classes. Those two classes should have been juniors or seniors in 2003 and I think it is pretty safe to say that upper-classmen are usually important to have.

I think that the scariest thing about this chart is that if R.C. had been around for 2003 we'd have continued to run the 3-4 defense and having to put four LBers on the field would have been even tougher.

2004 Signing Class

Name Po. 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total
P.Brown ATH *** - 11/4 13/0 13/10 12/1 49/15
D.J. Davis ATH **** - - - - - 0/0
K.Franks ATH *** 11/0 11/2 13/0 13/13 - 48/15
S.Taylor ATH *** - 4/1 2/0 - - 6/1
J.Chambless QB *** - 6/0 - - - 6/0
S.McGee QB **** - 8/1 13/13 13/13 6/3 40/30
K.Smith RB ** - - 8/0 13/1 8/1 29/2
J.Lucas RB - 6/0 - - - 6/0
T.Degrate WR *** - - - - - 0/0
K.Dickerson WR *** - - - - - 0/0
D.Mobley^ WR **** 12/11 10/8 - - - 22/19
K.Bryan TE ** - - 6/0 - - 6/0
A.Gbunblee TE *** - 11/1 12/0 13/0 12/0 48/1
Y.Babalola OL ** - 11/11 9/4 9/6 - 29/21
G.Dickey^ OL *** 5/0 2/0 13/13 - - 20/13
T.Schneider OL ** - 3/0 12/9 11/7 8/8 34/25
Mi.Bennett DE nr - 11/4 13/0 12/1 11/11 47/16
C.Obiozor DE *** - 11/0 13/3 13/13 12/12 49/28
C.Smith DE **** 2/1 6/0 13/0 9/0 - 30/1
W.Morrisey DT **** - 6/0 - - - 6/0
A.Boudreaux LB ** - - - - - 0/0
A.Brown^ LB **** 2/0 - - - - 2/0
L.Foliaki^ LB **** 12/8 7/6 - - - 19/14
K.Goins LB ** - - - - - 0/0
R.Green^ LB ** 12/8 11/4 - - - 23/12
T.Smith^ LB **** - - - - - 0/0
M.Young LB ** - - - - - 0/0
Q.Gardner DB ** - - - - - 0/0
D.Gorrer DB *** - 11/4 13/13 7/7 11/4 42/28
R.Bean K ** - 8/0 - 3/0 6/0 17/0
Totals (28) 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Total

This recruiting class was ranked 13th in the country by Rivals.com and 14th in by Scout.com.

Of the athletes Pierre Brown & Kerry Franks became a WRs, Samson Taylor became a RB, and I believe DJ Davis was a WR also. Amos Gbumblee was moved from TE to DE during the 2006 season.

Michael Bennett, the brother of Martellus Bennett, was a late signee and was named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention in 2007.

Tony Degrate signed with us out of HS in 2004 but went to Trinity Valley Community College to become academically eligible. He re-signed with us as part of the 2006 class.

D.J. Davis made it to campus and were on the roster in 2004 but never made it onto the field and we lost him to academics. Kendric Goins was lost to a medical issue and Aaron Brown left for personal reasons after playing limited snaps in '04. Terrence Smith was also an academic casualty.

Samson Taylor played RB for us but saw the logjam at the position and decided to leave the team (and stay at A&M). RB Jay Lucas signed late (in June) took a red-shirt in '04 and then transfered to SE Louisiana after his RS-F season.

Jordan Chambless was recruited as a QB but after his redshirt year moved to safety. He blew out his knee during the '05 season and decided to give up football to focus on baseball. Keith Dickerson was also a loss due to injury. He blew out his knee prior to the '05 season and never made it back. Kevin Bryan was also forced to retire with an injury following the '06 season (to the best of my knowlege it was a back injury).

Danny Gorrer missed the second half of 2007 with a torn ACL in his left knee that he suffered in the texas tech game.

Yemi Babalola was arrested between the 2006 texas game and our Alamo Bowl appearance. He and 2007 recruit Brandon Joiner broke into another student's apartment, tied them up with duct tape and robbed them. Both players were indicted.

William Morrissey left the team before the 2006 season with Coach Fran citing personal reasons. Alton Boudreaux never made it to campus and ended up playing at Tarleton. Mark Young also never enrolled and went to JUCO. I can't find anything on Quinten Gardner but I know he has never been on a roster so I can only assume he did not enroll.

This class was highly touted, but as you can see we didn't get much from the highest ranked players. There were eight 4* recruits and besides the two JUCO players (Foliaki & Mobley who were only with us for two seasons) and Stephen McGee, the other five recruits provided us with a total of one career start. That hurt us a few years down the line. 

28 players signed - only 10 started more than two games in their career
Amos Gbunblee - moved positions quite a bit
Cyril Obiozor - signed with GB as an UFA after '09 draft and and made the roster
Danny Gorrer - signed with NO as an UFA prior to '09 draft but made the StL Rams roster
Keondra Smith - left the team prior to '09 but will stay at A&M to finish his degree
Stephen McGee - '06 All-Big 12 HM; '07 All-Big 12 HM; hurt his shoulder in '08 New Mexico game; drafted by Dallas in 4th round of 2009 draft

2005 Signing Class

Name Po. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
A.Perry ATH *** - - - - - 0/0
J.Peterson ATH *** 1/0 12/10 11/2 6/4 8/0 32/12
J.McCoy QB *** - 3/0 6/0 12/8 13/13 34/21
J.Lane RB **** 10/4 13/10 13/9 12/5 - 48/28
Q.Driver WR *** - - - - - 0/0
K.Ferguson WR ** - - - - - 0/0
H.Morrow WR **** 11/3 12/1 - 10/3 12/12 35/16
Ma.Bennett TE ***** 11/5 13/13 12/6 - - 36/24
R.Frost OL *** - 4/0 7/0 6/1 - 17/1
L.Grimes OL *** - 1/0 7/0 12/12 12/12 32/24
K.Heard OL **** - 12/0 13/1 11/2 - 36/3
M.Shumard OL **** - 4/0 13/5 12/12 12/12 25/17
M.Featherston DE ** - 13/1 13/1 12/12 13/0 51/14
P.Freeney DE **** - 3/0 9/0 8/0 - 20/0
T.Ross DE ** - - - - - 0/0
H.Smith^ DT *** 1/0 13/0 13/12 - - 27/12
V.Williams DT **** - 2/0 3/0 9/1 3-0 17/1
J.Richardson LB **** - - 4/0 - - 4/0
A.Brown DB *** 10/0 13/2 13/6 12/9 - 48/17
C.Bryson DB ** - 12/0 13/0 12/0 12/0 49/0
M.Carpenter^ DB **** 11/6 11/0 13/10 - - 35/16
G.Coffman DB *** - - - - - 0/0
A.Dixon DB *** 11/0 12/0 13/11 12/12 - 48/23
D.Gregg DB *** 6/3 13/13 13/13 11/4 - 43/33
J.Brantly P ** 11/0 13/0 12/0 12/0 - 48/0
Totals (25) 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total

Jamie McCoy was moved from QB to WR during the bowl practice period prior to the '06 Holiday Bowl and then moved to TE when Coach Sherman took over in the spring of '08. Jordan Peterson played CB in '06 & '07 before moving to safety in '08. Jordie Richardson was also moved from LBer to FB.

Howard Morrow took an injury red-shirt for the 2007 season after injuring his wrist in summer practice.

Jorvorskie Lane and Justin Brantly will leave the school as two of the best at their craft. In his sophomore season J-Train tied the school single season TD record with 19 and by the end of his junior season he had tied Darren Lewis for the school record 44 TDs on the ground. He broke that record his senior year but there was a drift of some nature between J-Train and Sherman and he didn't get anywhere near the number of touches he had previously. Justin Brantly sits on almost every punting record list the school has, just a nose behind Shane Lechler in every catagory imaginable. It's tough to beat out the greatest punter in NFL history.

Trey Ross decided to transfer TO Blinn prior to fall camp in 2006. Gremon Coffman was an off-season story prior to the '05 season as everyone awaited word from the NCAA clearing house. He didn't get cleared so he went to Blinn JC and he never got in at A&M.

Kevin Ferguson signed with us and then redshirted at Blinn in '06 due to shoulder surgery with the intent of transfering to A&M in 2008. I don't know why he went to Blinn to RS instead of just redshirting at A&M but I read it in the NY Times so it has to be true. Quincy Driver joined Ferguson, Ross and Coffman at Blinn. I don't know if there is any chance of him rejoining us. That trio helped land a national championship in 2006 under Coach Franchione -- unfortunately it was for Brad Franchione and it was at the Junior College National Championship. 

Martellus Bennett - '05 All-Big 12 HM; '06 All-Big 12 2nd Tm; '07 All-Big 12 HM; 2005 Freshman All-American (Sporting News); Mackey semi-finalist in '06; left school as career receptions & receiving yardage leader at TE; school record 29 consecutive games with a reception; drafted by Dallas in 2nd round of 2008 draft
Justin Brantly - '06 All-Big 12 HM; '07 All-Big 12 2nd Tm; '08 All-Big 12 1st Tm
Chevar Bryson - moved from DB to WR mid-2008, moved from CB to safety for '09 spring
Gremon Coffman - didn't make it in
Alton Dixon - moved up from S to LBer during '08 season - became our top defensive player and was named defensive captain - that move allowed Von Miller to move back to DE from LBer mid-season as well
Quincy Driver - went to Blinn
Kevin Ferguson - redshirted at Blinn in '06 due to shoulder surgery with the intent of transfering back to A&M - didn't happen
Robbie Frost - is gone prior to '09 (medical) - missed final 5 games in '08 (concussion?)
Lee Grimes - Torn miniscus, torn labrum, broken hand ; '09 All-Big 12 2nd Tm
Kellen Heard - graduated after the 2008 season and transfered to Memphis in '09 to play his fourth year of eligibility
Matt Featherston - moved from LB to JACK in spring of 2009
Paul Freeney - gone prior to '09 (per Luch - non-football related eye injury in spring and hung'em up after having surgery)
Jorvorskie Lane - named '09 All-Big 12 2nd Tm at fullback
Jamie McCoy - played QB in '06 and moved to WR prior to Holiday Bowl, moved to TE for the '08 season and in '09 played both TE and FB; '09 All-Big 12 HM at TE and 2nd Tm at FB
Antonio "Flip" Perry - ????
Jordie Richardson - left prior to '08 season after being moved from LBer to FB in the spring of '08
Trey Ross - transfered TO Blinn
Jordan Peterson - moved to safety in '08, back to CB in spring '09

2006 Signing Class

Name Po. 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total
C.Caflisch ATH *** - 1/0 1/0 5/0 2010 7/0
J.Johnson ATH *** - 5/0 12/10 13/13 2010 30/23
L.Cooper RB *** - - - - - 0/0
M.Goodson RB **** 13/1 13/7 10/7 - - 36/15
E.J. Shankle RB *** 8/0 13/0 7/0 - - 28/0
C.Tarrant RB *** - 7/0 - - - 7/0
C.Beyer WR ** 4/0 9/0 - - 2010 13/0
K.Brown WR *** - 11/0 12/0 13/0 2010 36/0
T.Degrate^ WR *** - - - - - 0/0
T.McCoy WR ** - 11/0 10/8 13/0 2010 34/8
L.Patterson OL *** - 13/1 11/11 13/13 2010 37/25
C.Williams DE *** - 3/0 7/0 5-0 2010 15/0
L.Ray DT *** - - - - - 0/0
M.Dodge^ LB *** 13/5 12/12 - - - 25/17
P.Fleurinor LB *** - - - - - 0/0
A.Lewis LB **** 11/0 12/1 8/0 11/0 - 42/1
M.Tupe^ LB *** 12/8 13/12 - - - 25/20
J.Batson^ DB ** 12/1 - 11/2 - - 23/3
W.Harris^ DB ** - 13/0 3/0 - - 16/0
J.Neal^ DB **** - - - - - 0/0
J.Pugh DB **** 13/0 13/13 12/11 12/12 - 50/36
D.Thompson DB *** - 5/0 12/0 - 2010 17/0
M.Szymanski K *** 13/0 13/0 - - - 26/0
Totals (23) 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total

This class was ranked 27th by Rivals.com and 21st by Scout.com. We've had a lot of players from this class move around on the field so I'll just do this in a chart form to make it easier on myself. 

K.Brown     WR -> S
C.Caflish  ATH -> WR
J.Johnson  ATH -> QB
L.Patterson OL -> DT
E.Shankle   RB -> WR

All of those changes came prior to their freshman seasons with the exception of Lucas Patterson who moved to the D-line during the spring of 2007 and Kenny Brown who made the move during the bowl practice period prior to the '06 Holiday Bowl.

Mark Dodge won the hearts of many Aggies as a result of his military background as well as his hard nosed play on the field. He was named All-Conference in 2007 while fellow JUCO transfer Misi Tupe was named 2006 Big 12 Defensive Newcomer of the Year and was All-Conference both seasons he was in Maroon & White.

Johnathan Batson took an redshirt for his senior season (2007) after transfering and playing a bit in '06, allowing him to maximize his place on the depth chart.

Pierre Fleurinor did not report to fall camp in 2006 according to Fran: "Pierre has been battling an illness this summer and we want him to get healthy." He was on the roster in '06 but did not resurface on the '07 roster and it later came out that his illness would not allow him to play any longer. Leslie Ray was named as one of the defensive work team MVPs (which I believe is the squadsmen/redshirt MVP) in 2006 but was not on the roster at all in 2007. He was forced to retire following an injury but I was unable to find what the injury was.

Tony DeGrate enrolled at a Trinity Valley CC (of T-Murph fame) to get eligible before the 2004 season and re-signed with A&M but apparently couldn't make it in because he never surfaced on a roster. I am also unable to locate any information on JUCO Jarius Neal who never made it onto a roster. I have to assume there was a grades issue or an injury. 

Cody Beyer - was on the roster in 2009 - just didn't see any action in a game
Kenny Brown - Big time special teams contributer in '09
Kenny Brown - moved to DB his freshman year, moved to WR for spring of '09,  moved to TE sometime before '09 fall camp
Chris Caflisch - from receiver to safety prior to '09
Latrel Cooper - is gone prior to '09 (medical)
Mike Goodson - '06 All-Big 12 HM; drafted by Carolina in 2009 draft in 4th round
Jerrod Johnson - '09 All-Big 12 2nd Tm
Lucas Patterson - broke his leg in '08 Baylor moved to OT in '09 spring (did not practice in spring due to injury) moved back to DL during fall practice prior to season
Jordan Pugh - back to safety (from CB) for '09 spring; '09 All-Big 12 HM
EJ Shankle - gone (academics?) prior to '09
Matt Szymanski - second player in NCAA to skip HS senior season (John David Booty QB USC); transfered to SMU before '08 season
Cornell Tarrant - transfered to SFA just prior to '08 season
DeMaurier Thompson - still on roster at end of '09 - just hasn't made the field

2007 Signing Class

Name Po. 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
B.Chavis ATH *** 8/0 3/0 - - - 3/0
B.Williams ATH **** - - - 2010 2011 Total
R.Tannehill QB *** - 11/6 13/0 2010 2011 24/6
B.Stephens RB **** - 12/0 13/0 2010 2011 25/0
R.Holland WR ** 12/0 - - 2010 2011 12/0
N.Trice WR *** - - 12/0 2010 2011 12/0
G.Williams WR ** - 12/5 13/11 2010 2011 25/16
F.Avery TE *** - 9/0 - - - 9/0
H.Turnage TE *** - 1/0 - 2010 2011 1/0
D.Baker OL *** 1/0 9/1 13/2 2010 2011 23/3
E.Eike OL *** - 12/12 13/8 2010 2011 25/20
B.Bass DE *** - 10/2 - 2010 2011 10/2
M.Ebbitt DE *** - - - 2010 2011 Total
B.Joiner DE *** - - - - - 0/0
V.Miller DE **** 9/0 12/4 13/13 2010 2011 34/17
D.Tufuga^ DT nr 5/0 - - 2010 2011 Total
D.Stephens LB **** - - - 2010 2011 Total
C.Young LB *** - - - 2010 2011 Total
L.Smith DB ** - 1/0 13/0 2010 2011 14/0
Totals () 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total

43rd rank class by Rivals.com and 23rd by Scout.com. 

Frank Avery - is gone prior to '09 
Ben Bass - moves back to DE for '09 (from TE '08; played on DL during his RS in '07)
Ben Bass - gone prior to '09 fall (academics?)
Billy Chavis ATH --> DE --> TE --> LB
Billy Chavis - is gone (transfer to Lamar prior to '09 season)
Roger Holland - will red-shirt in 2008 & 2009 (I think one of those has to count against his eligibility) still trying to recover from his 2007 concussion and hopes to be back with the team in the spring of '10
Brandon Joiner in jail with Yemi
V.Miller DE --> LB Sp08 --> Jack Sp09
Von Miller - 1st Team All-Big 12 & 1st Team All-American in '09; led nation in sacks and TFL
Lionel Smith - big time special teams contributer in '09
Derrick Stephens suffered a career ending injury 
Ryan Tannehill QB --> WR --> WR/QB
Ryan Tannehill - '09 All-Big 12 HM
Harold Turnage transfered to McNeese State prior to '09 (w/ C.Young)
Brandon Williams didn't enroll - played JUCO ball at Navarro JC
G.Williams WR --> --> LB
Garrick Williams - '09 All-Big 12 HM
David Tufunga left the team just before the fall semester in 2008
Charles Young - transfer to McNeese State prior to '09 (w/ H.Turnage)

2008 Signing Class

Name Po. 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total
J.Ayers OL *** - - 2010 2011 2012 0/0
E.Brown DT *** 12/2 13/8 2010 2011 2012 25/10
A.Buckley LB *** - - 2010 2011 2012 0/0
R.Cavanaugh LB ** 5/0 2/0 2010 2011 2012 7/0
Bl.Chavis DE *** - - - - - 0/0
L.Chevalier OL *** - - - - - 0/0
R.Davis DT **** - 1/0 2010 2011 2012 1/0
T.Dorman QB *** - 7/0 2010 2011 2012 0/0
A.Dorsey DT *** - 3/0 2010 2011 2012 3/0
T.Frederick DB ** 11/6 13/13 2010 2011 2012 24/19
J.Fuller WR **** 11/8 9/7 2010 2011 2012 20/15
K.Furtch DB *** - - 2010 2011 2012 0/0
C.Gray RB **** 12/8 13/9 2010 2011 2012 25/17
D.Hall ATH **** - - 2010 2011 2012 0/0
T.Hunter DB *** 11/8 13/13 2010 2011 2012 24/21
J.Hyde OL *** - 8/0 2010 2011 2012 8/0
T.Jerod-Eddie DE **** 12/7 13/5 2010 2011 2012 25/12
C.Lathrop OL *** - - 2010 2011 2012 0/0
K.Mangan LB *** - 13/10 2010 2011 2012 013/10
M.Moss^ DE **** 11/1 13/13 - - - 24/14
B.Thomas OL *** - 12/0 2010 2011 2012 12/0
J.Villavisencio OL ** 2/1 1/0 2010 2011 2012 3/1
K.Williams ATH *** 7/0 7/0 2010 2011 2012 14/0
A.Wolridge DE **** - - 2010 2011 2012 0/0
Totals (24) 94/41 2009 2010 2011 2012 94/41

16th ranked class by Rivals.com and 15th by Scout.com. 

Aaron Buckley - is gone prior to '09 (transfered to A&M-Kingsville)
Ricky Cavanaugh - injured in 2009 (sprined knee) - going to redshirt in 2009 season
Blake Chavis - didn't make it in - played two years at Navarro JC - signed with San Diego St
Leroy Chevalier - is gone prior to '09 (medical - back injury - had surgery)
Tommy Dorman - Played in 7 games in '09 (hands team/punt protection on ST) only 2 appearances under center
Tommy Dorman - moved to TE mid-2009 and Lochie thinks it will stick
Jeff Fuller - broke his leg in the Utah State game (wk 2) and missed 4 full games; '08 All-Big 12 HM; '09 All-Big 12 HM
Keon Furtch - moved to TE sometime prior to 2009 fall camp
Cyrus Gray - '09 All-Big 12 HM
Derrick Hall - didn't make it in - played JUCO ball at Navarro JC and then signed with Tulsa
Trent Hunter - '08 All-Big 12 HM; '09 All-Big 12 2nd Tm
Chris Lathrop - move to DL from OL (try for first 4-5 practices of fall and will reevaluate)
Kyle Mangan - moves back to LB for '09 spring
Brandon Williams - didn't make it in - played JUCO ball at Navarro JC
KJ Williams - moving from TE to DE Summer '09; Big time special teams contributer in '09
Andrew Woolridge - staying at LBer for the spring '09 and moving to DT for the summer '09

2009 Signing Class

Name Po. 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total
D.Harris ATH *** 12/11 2010 2011 2012 2013 12/11
K.McNeal ATH *** 10/0 2010 2011 2012 2013 10/0
R.Swope ATH *** 12/1 2010 2011 2012 2013 12/1
K.Guyton RB *** - 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total
C.Michael RB ***** 12/4 2010 2011 2012 2013 12/4
B.Jackson WR *** 11/7 2010 2011 2012 2013 11/7
U.Nwachukwu WR **** 13/12 2010 2011 2012 2013 13/12
H.Prioleau TE *** - 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total
S.Barrera OL *** 9/3 2010 2011 2012 2013 9/3
P.Lewis OL **** 12/9 2010 2011 2012 2013 12/9
C.Naron OL *** - 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total
R.Scales OL *** - 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total
K.Ennis DE *** 12/0 2010 2011 2012 2013 12/0
S.Nealy DE ** 13/0 2010 2011 2012 2013 13/0
C.Henderson DT *** - - - - - 0/0
A.Arterburn LB *** 5/0 2010 2011 2012 2013 5/0
M.Johnson LB *** - 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total
M.Lamothe LB *** 12/0 2010 2011 2012 2013 12/0
S.Porter LB *** 13/2 2010 2011 2012 2013 13/2
J.Stewart LB **** 13/7 2010 2011 2012 2013 13/7
A.Weaver LB *** - 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total
S.Campbell DB *** 13/1 2010 2011 2012 2013 13/1
D.Gardiner DB *** - 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total
C.Judie^ DB **** 1/0 2010 2011 2012 2013 1/0
S.Terrell DB *** 13/0 2010 2011 2012 2013 13/0
C.Thomas DB *** - 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total
C.Valencia DB *** 13/0 2010 2011 2012 2013 13/0
R.Epperson P/K ** 6/0 2010 2011 2012 2013 6/0
Totals (28) 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total 

Aaron Arteburn - Greyshirt in '09 (paying his way in the fall and getting a scholarship after that)
Kirby Ennis - to have knee surgery in January '10 - should be out 4-6 months
Ryan Epperson - Greyshirt in '09 (paying his way in the fall and getting a scholarship after that); '09 All-Big 12 HM
Malcome Johnson (LB) - had knee surgery - RS his freshman year ('09)
Coryell Judie - injured shoulder and will RS in '09
Dustin Harris - (ATH) to play CB
Chris Henderson - was only member of 2009 recruiting class to not make it in
Chris Lathrop - move to DL from OL (try for first 4-5 practices of fall and will reevaluate)
Patrick Lewis - '09 All-Big 12 HM
Kenric McNeil - (ATH) to play WR in '09
Christine Michael - "Chris-tin"; '09 All-Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year
Clint Naron - starting out at OG
Spencer Nealy - Greyshirt in '09 (paying his way in the fall and getting a scholarship after that)
EZ Nwachukwu - '09 All-Big 12 HM
Ryan Swope - to play slot WR in '09
Ryan Swope - ran a 10.70 in the 100-meters at the state UIL Championships in 2008.
Steven Terrell - to play CB in '09
Colton Valencia - to play CB in '09

In Review

 

2003....#10 ranked class....24 players signed
     - 15 were still on the roster in 3rd year (62.5%)
     - 6 never stepped foot onto Kyle Field (25%)
     - 15 started more than 2 games in their career (62.5%)
     - 10 started 20+ games in their career (41.7%)
     - 7 started 30+ games in their career (29.2%)
2004....#13 ranked class....28 players signed
     - 13 were still on the roster in 3rd year (46.4%)
     - 8 never stepped foot onto Kyle Field (28.6%)
     - 10 started more than 2 games in their career (35.7)
     - 5 started 20+ games in their career (17.9%)
     - 1 started 30+ games in their career (3.6%)
2005....#8 ranked class....25 players signed
     - 20 were still on the roster in 3rd year (80%)
     - 5 never stepped onto Kyle Field (20%)
     - 11 started more than 3 games in their career (44%)
     - 6 started 20+ games in their career (24%)
     - 1 started 30+ games in their career (4%)
2006....#27 ranked class....23 players signed 
     - 14 were still on the roster in 3rd year (60.8%)
     - 5 never stepped foot onto Kyle Field (21.7%)
     - 7 started more than 3 games in their career (30.4%)
     - 4 started 20+ games in their career (17.4%)
     - 1 started 30+ games in their career (4.3%)
       (THROUGH 2009)
2007....#43 ranked class....19 players signed
     - 8 were still on the roster in 3rd year (42.1%)
     - 5 never stepped foot onto Kyle Field (26.3%)
     - 4 started more than 3 games in their career (21.1%)
     - 1 started 20+ games in their career (5.3%)
     - 0 started 30+ games in their career (0%)
       (THROUGH 2009)

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2008....#16 ranked class....24 players signed
     - As of end of 2009 - 20 were still on the roster in 3rd year
     - 8 have never stepped foot onto Kyle Field (33%)
     - 8 started more than 3 games in their career (33%)
     - _ started 20+ games in their career (%)
     - _ started 30+ games in their career (%)
       (THROUGH 2009 SEASON)

2009....#22 ranked class....28 players signed
     - _ were still on roster in 3rd year (%)
     - 9 have never stepped foot onto Kyle Field (32.1%)
     - 7 started more than 3 games in their career (25%)
     - _ started 20+ games in their career (%)
     - _ started 30+ games in their career (%)

                               2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009
                               ====  ====  ====  ====  ====  ====  ====
Number of Players............   24    28    25    23    19    24    28
Still on Roster in 3rd Yr....  62.5  46.4  80.0  60.8  42.1   __    __
Never played.................  25.0  28.6  20.0  21.7  26.3  33.0  32.1
Started >3 games in career...  62.5  35.7  44.0  30.4  21.1  33.0  25.0
Started >20 games in career..  41.7  17.9  24.0  17.4   5.3   __    __
Started >30 games in career..  29.2   3.6   4.0   4.3   0.0   __    __

PSHEW. If you gained nothing else from the above at least you can now see what happens when I ponder a simple question such as, "What happened to Andre Brooks?"