2023 NSD - Official Signings

[BoosterMom]

H3LL of a signing class! I know several of these players. To be honest, I am very surprised at how many gets UTPB has here. VERY, VERY good recruiting. Especially in DFW.

KUDOS!

Agree! My son signed today and the whole class is extremely excited.

These coaches have big goals and I’m looking forward to watching the program grow.

[ASUPops]

WOU just added another player from TX. 6’5” 203# QB Michael Phillips from Forney.

https://twitter.com/arneferguson/sta...KM8iL_KCWJ3UZg

Michael has potential. He had a 120 QB Rtg w/ 55% comp rate. He needs work on mechanics and reads. But has nice size 6'5. With some development, he could be a top QB.

[ASUPops]

Agree! My son signed today and the whole class is extremely excited.

These coaches have big goals and I’m looking forward to watching the program grow.

CONGRATS!!!!! You are entering some very exciting times. Enjoy EVERY minute because they fly by in a flash.

[Boohaha]

I APPLAUD YOU! 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼

I also agree with every single word! Huge accomplishment for this young man.

Thanks for sharing his story!!!

Thanks.

[BoosterMom]

CONGRATS!!!!! You are entering some very exciting times. Enjoy EVERY minute because they fly by in a flash.

Thank you!

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

No, no I don't. Nor do most people on here, which is exactly why it's a weird piece of information to just throw out on a public forum. You do you though.

If the kid becomes one of the best players on the offensive line on a championship playoff team the media would pick up on that information and run with it especially if its a great story on how he was able to overcome it.

ESPN does that all the time in bowl games.

[BuffaloChip]

LATEST LIST 9AM THUR 2 FEB

WEST TEXAS A&M TRANSFERS

NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	HOMETOWN	PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Joshua Beaird	LB	6-1	230	Hobbs, New Mexico	New Mexico Military Inst.
Ovahdyah Ben-Israel	DL	6-5	335	Morris, Illinois	Nebraska-Kearney
Kendall Brewer	DB	5-11	175	Kansas City, Kansas	Highland CC
Preston Gregg	K	6-4	205	Corinth, Texas	Missouri Western State
Jimmy Harrison	LB	5-9	220	Hobbs, New Mexico	Nebraska-Kearney
Dominic Nava	WR	6-1	160	Roswell, New Mexico	New Mexico Military Inst.
Jordan Mendoza	TE	6-4	240	Las Cruces, New Mexico	New Mexico Military Inst.
TJ Moore Jr.	WR	5-11	160	Orlando, Florida	New Mexico Military Inst.
Zach Nowatzke	LB	6-2	230	St. George, Utah	Snow College
Dylan Parcher	DL	6-2	285	Bakersfield, California	Bakersfield College
Iziek Soper	DL	6-2	290	Wyoming, Iowa	Nebraska-Kearney
Alex Taylor	LS	6-1	210	Parker, Colorado	Nebraska-Kearney

WEST TEXAS A&M HIGH SCHOOL SIGNEES

NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	HOMETOWN	HIGH SCHOOL	HUDL
Calen Austin	LB	6-2	195	Denton, Texas	Guyer	LINK
Andres Barraza	OL	6-4	310	Lubbock, Texas	Monterey	LINK
Tate Beeles	WR	6-6	180	Lubbock, Texas	Frenship	LINK
Malakhi Brisco	WR	6-0	160	Lubbock, Texas	Idalou	LINK
Asa Brown	DB	5-10	160	Spring, Texas	Klein Collins	LINK
Kameron Brown	LB	6-1	210	Amarillo, Texas	Palo Duro	LINK
Matthew Bunn	LB	6-1	205	Poth, Texas	Poth	LINK
Javin Cash	LB	6-0	215	Canyon, Texas	Canyon	LINK
Cody Chapman	DB	6-0	180	Katy, Texas	Tompkins	LINK
Derrek Clements	ATH	6-4	225	Canyon, Texas	Canyon	LINK
Aaron Dubose	WR	6-4	175	San Antonio, Texas	Brennan	LINK
Ashton Dubose	QB	6-2	190	San Antonio, Texas	Brennan	LINK
Kanon Gibson	QB	6-1	190	Wink, Texas	Wink	LINK
Corbin Griffin	OL	6-4	270	Midlothian, Texas	Midlothian	LINK
Landyn Hack	QB	6-3	200	Panhandle, Texas	Panhandle	LINK
Ethan Hart	OL	6-4	250	San Antonio, Texas	Madison	LINK
Andrew Husted	OL	6-3	310	Friona, Texas	Farwell	LINK
Kanyon Ives	OL	6-4	270	Denison, Texas	Denison	LINK
Ryan Jacobs	DL	6-2	270	Georgetown, Texas	Liberty Hill	LINK
David Jeffery	DB	5-11	190	Manor, Texas	Manor	LINK
Julian LeDoux	DB	5-10	180	Houston, Texas	Westfield	LINK
Hunter Mastin	OL	6-2	275	Lubbock, Texas	Monterey	LINK
Triston Moore	DL	6-3	285	Amarillo, Texas	Palo Duro	LINK
Ty Politte	DL	6-1	240	Lubbock, Texas	Cooper	LINK
Cole Runyan	LB	6-4	190	Las Cruces, New Mexico	Centennial	LINK
DJ Shaw	DB	5-11	165	Manor, Texas	Manor	LINK
Tory Simmons	WR	5-8	165	Pflugerville, Texas	Weiss	LINK
Micah Simpson	WR	5-10	165	Greenville, Texas	Greenville	LINK
Dylan Ware	DL	6-7	230	San Saba, Texas	San Saba	LINK
Parrion Ware	DL	6-2	250	Amarillo, Texas	Palo Duro	LINK
David Williams	OL	6-2	295	Desoto, Texas	Desoto	LINK
Sean Zapata	DL	6-3	265	Lamesa, Texas	Lamesa	LINK

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I was at the roll out yesterday. Afterwards I had a chance to sit an hour with Coach Lynn and 6 or 7 "old" WT hands. I like the guy. He's a one of us kind of guy. He's very engaging. A likable kind of guy. Someone asked who his mentor/hero was. Without hesitation Lynn answered "his Dad," a long time small town football coach in West Texas and New Mexico. He told me his preferred offense would be 50/50 run/pass.

As far as recruiting goes, WT is still looking for talent. More OL's and DL's. One more QB. Of the 100 non-seniors on the 2022 roster about 80 are enrolled this spring. Added into that are the above transfers and a few more preferred walk-ons and there are a bit over 100 players for spring ball. The roster is still very young. Lynn stated a few times the Buffs need to get "older." Replying to a question of how he'd rank this recruiting class, he said "it wasn't his best ever class but it was very solid (considering he only had a month to recruit) and had some real gems. They recruited heavy on linemen and DB's and got some size and athleticism. Also, they're not through just yet."

I've watched the videos on every kid. As far as QB's go Ashton Dubose and Landyn Hack are really good. Both dual threat. A couple guys that are a blast to watch are Tory Simmons, Pflugerville Weiss 5'8 165, and Micah Simpson, Greenville 5'10 165. Man can those guys motor. Simpson played WR, RB, QB, DB. His game against Frisco Liberty earned him the Texas Ford Built Tough 5A player of the week. Filling in for the regular bit injured QB, against Frisco Liberty Simpson rushed for 444 yards on 34 carries and 6 TD's the longest 74 yards. How those "little" guys transfer their skills to college ball will be interesting and hopefully fun to watch. The recruited LB's are aggressive and quick. They got some size on the defensive line and Lynn said some speed on the edge. It's harder to evaluate the OL's but they are big boys. Lynn said the secondary got size and length. He also pointed out the kicker Gregg and said the long snapper from Kearney was the best he's had in his coaching career. With a punter that didn't play last year and place kicker Gregg he said our kicking game will be very good.

[Fred]

LATEST LIST 9AM THUR 2 FEB

WEST TEXAS A&M TRANSFERS

NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	HOMETOWN	PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Joshua Beaird	LB	6-1	230	Hobbs, New Mexico	New Mexico Military Inst.
Ovahdyah Ben-Israel	DL	6-5	335	Morris, Illinois	Nebraska-Kearney
Kendall Brewer	DB	5-11	175	Kansas City, Kansas	Highland CC
Preston Gregg	K	6-4	205	Corinth, Texas	Missouri Western State
Jimmy Harrison	LB	5-9	220	Hobbs, New Mexico	Nebraska-Kearney
Dominic Nava	WR	6-1	160	Roswell, New Mexico	New Mexico Military Inst.
Jordan Mendoza	TE	6-4	240	Las Cruces, New Mexico	New Mexico Military Inst.
TJ Moore Jr.	WR	5-11	160	Orlando, Florida	New Mexico Military Inst.
Zach Nowatzke	LB	6-2	230	St. George, Utah	Snow College
Dylan Parcher	DL	6-2	285	Bakersfield, California	Bakersfield College
Iziek Soper	DL	6-2	290	Wyoming, Iowa	Nebraska-Kearney
Alex Taylor	LS	6-1	210	Parker, Colorado	Nebraska-Kearney

WEST TEXAS A&M HIGH SCHOOL SIGNEES

NAME	POS.	HT.	WT.	HOMETOWN	HIGH SCHOOL	HUDL
Calen Austin	LB	6-2	195	Denton, Texas	Guyer	LINK
Andres Barraza	OL	6-4	310	Lubbock, Texas	Monterey	LINK
Tate Beeles	WR	6-6	180	Lubbock, Texas	Frenship	LINK
Malakhi Brisco	WR	6-0	160	Lubbock, Texas	Idalou	LINK
Asa Brown	DB	5-10	160	Spring, Texas	Klein Collins	LINK
Kameron Brown	LB	6-1	210	Amarillo, Texas	Palo Duro	LINK
Matthew Bunn	LB	6-1	205	Poth, Texas	Poth	LINK
Javin Cash	LB	6-0	215	Canyon, Texas	Canyon	LINK
Cody Chapman	DB	6-0	180	Katy, Texas	Tompkins	LINK
Derrek Clements	ATH	6-4	225	Canyon, Texas	Canyon	LINK
Aaron Dubose	WR	6-4	175	San Antonio, Texas	Brennan	LINK
Ashton Dubose	QB	6-2	190	San Antonio, Texas	Brennan	LINK
Kanon Gibson	QB	6-1	190	Wink, Texas	Wink	LINK
Corbin Griffin	OL	6-4	270	Midlothian, Texas	Midlothian	LINK
Landyn Hack	QB	6-3	200	Panhandle, Texas	Panhandle	LINK
Ethan Hart	OL	6-4	250	San Antonio, Texas	Madison	LINK
Andrew Husted	OL	6-3	310	Friona, Texas	Farwell	LINK
Kanyon Ives	OL	6-4	270	Denison, Texas	Denison	LINK
Ryan Jacobs	DL	6-2	270	Georgetown, Texas	Liberty Hill	LINK
David Jeffery	DB	5-11	190	Manor, Texas	Manor	LINK
Julian LeDoux	DB	5-10	180	Houston, Texas	Westfield	LINK
Hunter Mastin	OL	6-2	275	Lubbock, Texas	Monterey	LINK
Triston Moore	DL	6-3	285	Amarillo, Texas	Palo Duro	LINK
Ty Politte	DL	6-1	240	Lubbock, Texas	Cooper	LINK
Cole Runyan	LB	6-4	190	Las Cruces, New Mexico	Centennial	LINK
DJ Shaw	DB	5-11	165	Manor, Texas	Manor	LINK
Tory Simmons	WR	5-8	165	Pflugerville, Texas	Weiss	LINK
Micah Simpson	WR	5-10	165	Greenville, Texas	Greenville	LINK
Dylan Ware	DL	6-7	230	San Saba, Texas	San Saba	LINK
Parrion Ware	DL	6-2	250	Amarillo, Texas	Palo Duro	LINK
David Williams	OL	6-2	295	Desoto, Texas	Desoto	LINK
Sean Zapata	DL	6-3	265	Lamesa, Texas	Lamesa	LINK

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Did they post the press conference anywhere??

[IronOre]

Yakima Herald article about CWU's signing. Mostly focusing on a local kid that signed with CWU as a TE.

https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/...d755754b0.html

[Predatory Primates]

The 6-6 WR should be interesting to follow at WT.


Easy Ed McCaffrey

[JavsFan]

I went to Midwestern State's website to check out their signings....Nothing. They did tweet out during the day, but c'mon

Ditto for ENMU and WNMU. Not as surprising. But still

[Buff Fan 05]

Did they post the press conference anywhere??

They posted a good portion of it on YouTube, it stops after he finishes and it transitioned to the Q&A.

Go to YouTube and search for west Texas a&m athletics page. It's uploaded there.

[Boohaha]

I went to Midwestern State's website to check out their signings....Nothing. They did tweet out during the day, but c'mon

Ditto for ENMU and WNMU. Not as surprising. But still

Lee and ENMU have been live tweeting snd posting on FB snd Insta as they get signees, I expect they will have a full press release and report tonight.

[GreyHoundGA]

ENMU had quite a few signees for Kelley coming in a bit late. Some of them are really good players. Looking forward to see if he can grab some JUCO, Poly, or transfer kids later on this year.

[Fred]

They posted a good portion of it on YouTube, it stops after he finishes and it transitioned to the Q&A.

Go to YouTube and search for west Texas a&m athletics page. It's uploaded there.

thank you!!

Older and Bigger!!!