WT Football Commits

[BuffaloChip]

Caydin Blakely 6'4 260 DE/MLB Frenship, Tx
Delton Johnson 6'1 SS/OLB Lubbock Estacado
Darious Alexander 6'2 280 OL Lubbock Estacado
Treshun Wilson 5'11 205 RB/OLB Amarillo Tascosa
JayDon Hibbler 5'8 175 RB/WR Lubbock Cooper
Emerson Cagle 6'1 210 RB/LB Aubreym Tx
Devoryea Boyd 6'3 185 WR/DB Lubbock Estacado
Tre'Alon Luckey 5'11 160 WR/DB Amarillo Tascosa
Mekhi Garmon 6’5 285 OL Lubbock Cooper
Noah Birdsong 6’4 210 WR Wimberly, Tx
Kyron Wooten 6'4 175 WR West Plans Amarillo
Darius Burley 5'10 170 DB/S San Antonio Wagner
Houston Berry 6'5 300 DL/OL Navarro HS Geranimo, Tx
Levi Crowder 5'9 160 P/K Midland HS
Knox Porter 6’2 185 QB Celina, Tx
Brody Maresh 6’4 260 DL New Braunfels, Tx
Luke Johnson 5’10 185 DB/WR Corpus Christi Tx
Kohen Matus 5'11 220 LB Clovis, NM
Austin Haley 6’1 170 WR Prosper, Tx
Trace Clarkson III 6’3 190 WR Aledo, Tx
Joshua Murillo 5'10 175 DB Buda, Tx
Itua Owobu 6'5 285 DL Houston Westside
Juwan Jones 6'0 180 WR Houston Westside
Darius Carquillat 6’4 210 LB/Edge All Saints Episcopal




Offered Tre'Jon Henderson RB CWU

[BuffaloChip]

I like the OL, Alexander, from Lubbock Estacado. Plays mean with an attitude.

[Great White Buffalo]

Caydin Blakely 6'4 260 DE/MLB Frenship, Tx
Delton Johnson 6'1 SS/OLB Lubbock Estacado
Darious Alexander 6'2 280 OL Lubbock Estacado
Treshun Wilson 5'11 205 RB/OLB Amarillo Tascosa
JayDon Hibbler 5'8 175 RB/WR Lubbock Cooper
Emerson Cagle 6'1 210 RB/LB Aubreym Tx
Devoryea Boyd 6'3 185 WR/DB Lubbock Estacado

It's refreshing to see some local talent.

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

It's refreshing to see some local talent.

Yes and no.

You want the higher talent from the metroplex schools.

Most of these guys on the list get smoked and exposed in the later playoff rounds.

[BuffaloChip]

Yes and no.

You want the higher talent from the metroplex schools.

Most of these guys on the list get smoked and exposed in the later playoff rounds.

I doubt they get much schollie $. You still need numbers. Out of 5 local kids, who don't cost much at all if anything, if you can find ONE who can play ball by their 2nd or 3rd year........great! I imagine Lynn's not counting on any of these local kids to be all-conference types. Those types are being offered by everyone. It's a matter of selling yourself and your program.

[Great White Buffalo]

Anyone hear anything???

[BuffaloChip]

Anyone hear anything???

Everything seems to be buttoned down.

[Buff Fan 05]

Either that or there is a lot of missing going on. UTPB is cleaning house in the portal again. They will reload

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

Either that or there is a lot of missing going on. UTPB is cleaning house in the portal again. They will reload

Thats a great point.

What is the percentage of WT's roster with recruits vs. transfer portal?

Looks like we may be going the slow and steady route while UTPB is going old school WT way and building quick with former D1 players?

[BuffaloChip]

Thats a great point.

What is the percentage of WT's roster with recruits vs. transfer portal?

Looks like we may be going the slow and steady route while UTPB is going old school WT way and building quick with former D1 players?

Coach Lynn is no fool. I'd bet WT is hitting the portal hard. From my conversations with him, he knows in today's athletic world you need to win NOW, not 3 years down the road.

[Buff Fan 05]

They actually had a large number of transfers on the team this year but it was heavily in NMMI and UNK players. Not many of the NMMI players were in the rotation.

I hope they are active and getting some now playmakers.

The new UTPB coach seems to be another Carthel in D2, going to out athlete you

[WT_TKW]

Coach Lynn is no fool. I'd bet WT is hitting the portal hard. From my conversations with him, he knows in today's athletic world you need to win NOW, not 3 years down the road.

Are you sure? He inherited a 2022 team that should have won 9 under someone competent, minus Gerber, who was really good. WT won 3 games with no apparent improvements in offense, defense, or special teams. He didn't use Bogardus who had wonderful stats for his other 4 years (15 catches in 2023 versus 51 in 2022).

I know several of you have said give Lynn 3-4 years, but Carthel won 10 in his first year. So did McCullough at UTPB in 2023; he inherited a 5-6 team.

I'm really tired of waiting.

[Buff Fan 05]

Are you sure? He inherited a 2022 team that should have won 9 under someone competent, minus Gerber, who was really good. WT won 3 games with no apparent improvements in offense, defense, or special teams. He didn't use Bogardus who had wonderful stats for his other 4 years (15 catches in 2023 versus 51 in 2022).

I know several of you have said give Lynn 3-4 years, but Carthel won 10 in his first year. So did McCullough at UTPB in 2023; he inherited a 5-6 team.

I'm really tired of waiting.

Same here. The wait is not fun and so I'm not optimistic about the future really. I would have liked to see more last year, they actually regressed as the season went on imo. Offensively, it was lack of a true QB1 last year. I don't think Kyle Brown or Weston Eget panned our like they thought and so Kanon Gibson was forced to do what he could as a true freshman.

I liked a lot of the changes they made from the Hughes regime but it certainly wasn't reassuring to see how the losses piled up last year.

[Rockofwesties]

Same here. The wait is not fun and so I'm not optimistic about the future really. I would have liked to see more last year, they actually regressed as the season went on imo. Offensively, it was lack of a true QB1 last year. I don't think Kyle Brown or Weston Eget panned our like they thought and so Kanon Gibson was forced to do what he could as a true freshman.

I liked a lot of the changes they made from the Hughes regime but it certainly wasn't reassuring to see how the losses piled up last year.

The team never recovered from the UTPB meltdown. They lost a game they should have won and the team lost a lot of fight.

[WT_TKW]

Same here. The wait is not fun and so I'm not optimistic about the future really. I would have liked to see more last year, they actually regressed as the season went on imo. Offensively, it was lack of a true QB1 last year. I don't think Kyle Brown or Weston Eget panned our like they thought and so Kanon Gibson was forced to do what he could as a true freshman.

I liked a lot of the changes they made from the Hughes regime but it certainly wasn't reassuring to see how the losses piled up last year.

I wasn't impressed with Brown at QB at all. I thought Eget looked buffoonish in his first game, but had some good numbers in his second. Gibson did show some good skills, but not consistently.

I'm curious about what positive changes you noticed. It seemed like more of the Hughes regime to me.

The head coach has to teach players how to win. Some can do it the first year, but ours didn't.