The FRO: Volume 1, Issue 25
In Facts, Rumors & Opinions (aka FRO), the SicEm365 staff compiles their knowledge and speculation from a number of conversations for a piece to cover a variety of interesting topics on Baylor University and Baylor Athletics including football, basketball and recruiting.
Thursday morning notes...
- As you know, Cam Jones of Mansfield has set up his official visit to Baylor for this weekend, joining Mansfield teammate Jackson Gleeson. Joey McGuire is the lead recruiter for Jones, but Jones also spent time with Fran Brown during an in-home visit recently. https://twitter.com/camgonework15/status/938621606225764357- Baylor had an in-home visit with Texas A&M DE commit Tyree Wilson after recently extending an offer. I'm not sure which coaches were in attendance, but word is that an official visit could happen. - Four-star WR Tommy Bush had an in-home visit with Fran Brown and Bob Bicknell Wednesday evening. "It went well. Coach Fran is very easy to talk with and Coach Bicknell really showed m how important my length would be in this pro-style offense. ... Really liked the pro style with the ability to adjust routes based on coverage." Bush is set to officially visit Georgia this weekend leaving him two official visits to take. - Baylor is now out of the mix for four-star DT Christian Barmore. Signs are pointing to him heading to Alabama, but the Baylor staff has cut communication and beginning to focus on other options. - Texas has pushed further away from Baylor commit Joshua Landry after a recent offer to Katy DL Moro Ojomo (6-3, 275). The Longhorns are now the favorites for Ojomo and that could mean good things for Baylor holding on to Landry. Texas has also extended offers to other DL recently. - Four-star WR Miles Battle got a Twitter follow from Baylor co-OC Jeff Nixon. I can't give you any specifics on this right now, but I can tell you that Baylor was very high on Battle prior to his commitment to Oregon. Battle recently decommitted from the Ducks.
WR Miles Battle top 12
https://twitter.com/milesbattle2/status/869675183979757568Including Texas who he does not have an offer from. Miles Battle
4/1/17 Junior Day visitors list
Time to get the list up and running! I'm not adding guys (even ones who have told me in the past they'll be in Waco) until we get actual confirmation, which is why it's a small list to begin - it'll fill up as the week goes on.2018 prospectsRB Jalen Knox (Mansfield Timberview)***OL Ylijaah Hall (Bryan) - committed to BaylorCB Starrland Baldwin (Cy Falls)WR Miles Battle (Cy Creek)***LB/HB Jacob Doddridge (Southlake)2019 prospectsTE Austin Stogner (Prestonwood Christian)***WR Trejan Bridges (Hebron)******- Holds Baylor Offer
3/24/17: Recruits talk about visits, weekend visitors added
Today is a good day to share some of the great quotes that Brian got this past Sunday in Houston at the Under Armour camp. S Delarrin Turner-Yell (Hempstead) was at Baylor's Junior Day on February 18th. "I really liked the atmosphere and the people there. The football coaches there seemed cool."DB Christian Morgan (Porter) has 14 offers (including Northwestern, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt, and Houston), but he would like to hear from the likes of Baylor, Texas, and Texas A&M. His hope is that Spring ball will bring attention from some in-state programs.Of Baylor, Morgan said "Waco is home. Both of my parents are from Waco. They both grew up there. I'm always going down there back to work out whenever I can. It would be a good fit for me to go back to Baylor."CB Starrland Baldwin (Cypress Falls) will be in Waco on Saturday, April 1st. Baldwin holds offers from Arizona, Iowa State, Kansas, Oklahoma, and TCU, along with a handful of non-P5 programs. Of his upcoming visit to Baylor, Baldwin had this to say: "I'm looking forward to meeting the staff, building a good relationship with them, and keeping in touch with them. Making good impressions.""I've been to Baylor before with my brother and I loved it, so hopefully the second time is better."On his recruitment as it currently stands: "My recruiting process is open. I've been in contact with West Virginia and Utah, and look to visit U of H and Baylor soon."WR Miles Battle (Cy Creek) is a hot commodity. The 6-foot-4 prospect holds offers from several of the country's biggest programs, but he says that five schools are sticking out the most for him currently."Baylor, TCU, LSU, Oklahoma State, and Oregon. Those are sticking out to me for the most part right now. I'm also looking at Wisconsin and Auburn."On what he's looking at in all programs recruiting him:"The way they are running their offense and the education at those schools. And just the coaching staffs."Battle told SicEm365 that he anticipates that he will "probably break it down, maybe this summer" after he has a chance to do more research. Adding a little list of visitors for my own reference:2020 CB RJ Mickens (Southlake)2018 DE Marje Smith (Marshall)2018 OL commit Jackson Kimble 2017 OL signee Ryan Miller 2017 OL signee Henry Klinge Brian and I will be in Cedar Hill on Sunday at the Under Armour event, so hopefully we'll have more good interviews to share with some of the more elusive prospects next week. Here's to a double Baylor victory tonight.