Texas’ first Junior Day of 2008 over the weekend resulted in seven young men giving Mack Brown their pledge to become Longhorns in 2009. It started a little early last week with quarterback Garrett Gilbert’s commitment and the last one came in yesterday as lineman Thomas Ashcraft called the staff to tell them he’d be a Longhorn.
The future of the offense looks bright as Horns picked up commitments from the top quarterback (Gilbert), top running back (Chris Whaley), and top wide receiver (Greg Timmons) in the state of Texas. Those guys will have Ashcraft and two other top offensive linemen blocking for them up front. Cornerback Marcus Davis is the defense’s lone commit so far, but the highly recruited player out of the Houston area is a heck of a start.
Here’s the list of 2009 commitments so far:
| Name | Position | Rating* | LSR** | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Ashcraft | OL |  |
13 | Cedar Hill |
| Marcus Davis | DB | |
15 | League City |
| Garrett Gilbert | QB | |
2 | Austin |
| Paden Kelley | OL | |
31 | Austin |
| Garrett Porter | OL | |
30 | Odessa |
| Greg Timmons | WR | |
10 | Aldine |
| Chris Whaley | RB | |
8 | Madisonville |
*Note: Several of the star ratings are just estimates based on the video I’ve seen of the recruits and Orangebloods.com’s state rankings.
**Note: LSR is Geoff Ketchum’s Lone Star Recruiting Top 100. The numbers represent the player’s ranking as of 2/13/2008.
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Hook'Em Horns said (02/12/2008):
Looking good already. I just pray that Russel Shepard will commit too. My opinion, I would rather have Russel than Garret Gilbert. Russel would fit right in.