There will be a lot of hindsight a year or two from now but I still find it hard to believe the staff didn't make a beeline to Mojave to take a look at Flanagan. Flanagan has been a flat out beast with outstanding balance, speed, strength and burst as a back.
Maliek Broady, Andrew Peterson or Al Lake all have sub 4.6 speed in the 40 and outstanding physical skills as well. You also still have Arbor View's Herman Gray as well as Gaels top back Russell Booze to also consider in this class too.
Next year Keith Whitley and walkon JC back George Naufahu are the clear cut top backs on the roster after combining to average 65 yards per game last season. That said Shaq Murray-Lawrence was clearly in another class of backs when he was available to play.
Xzaviar Campbell averaged 70 yards per game a a high school senior and Lexington Thomas had a 62 yards per game average. With a staff looking to run the ball, they really need to hit it big at running back or they will be very one dimensional.
Cormier being a Houston native out of Channelview, I'm sure he want to help the local kids from his area get ahead but hopefully the two kids he choose are just diamond in the ruff. Texas is a deep state for running backs and you would think there were more productive players available or at least more explosive sleepers to consider beyond the Houston area.
Something I did notice, the last time Cotton was an OC was in 2006 at Iowa State. That was also the year Sanford had the breakdown over the replay when he felt Straiten came down in bound for the win over the Cyclones but it landed as a loss. The lack of a quality run game doomed the Cyclone team even though they had a quality quarterback in Brett Meyer.
Its early but Tony Sanchez's first season is a make or break year. The "New Era" slogan is a one time deal if he doesn't win or at least gain local support.
He won at Bishop Gorman because he always had at least one 4-star caliber player, ridiculous facilities, a loaded class of kids already in the program and a huge high school line that never had to play both way. They were always the favorite to win even in big games because they were the more complete team.
Its a different beast at UNLV and you should be recruiting for physical talent rather than developing a pipeline.
Ty Flanagan video
Maliek Broady, Andrew Peterson or Al Lake all have sub 4.6 speed in the 40 and outstanding physical skills as well. You also still have Arbor View's Herman Gray as well as Gaels top back Russell Booze to also consider in this class too.
Next year Keith Whitley and walkon JC back George Naufahu are the clear cut top backs on the roster after combining to average 65 yards per game last season. That said Shaq Murray-Lawrence was clearly in another class of backs when he was available to play.
Xzaviar Campbell averaged 70 yards per game a a high school senior and Lexington Thomas had a 62 yards per game average. With a staff looking to run the ball, they really need to hit it big at running back or they will be very one dimensional.
Cormier being a Houston native out of Channelview, I'm sure he want to help the local kids from his area get ahead but hopefully the two kids he choose are just diamond in the ruff. Texas is a deep state for running backs and you would think there were more productive players available or at least more explosive sleepers to consider beyond the Houston area.
Something I did notice, the last time Cotton was an OC was in 2006 at Iowa State. That was also the year Sanford had the breakdown over the replay when he felt Straiten came down in bound for the win over the Cyclones but it landed as a loss. The lack of a quality run game doomed the Cyclone team even though they had a quality quarterback in Brett Meyer.
Its early but Tony Sanchez's first season is a make or break year. The "New Era" slogan is a one time deal if he doesn't win or at least gain local support.
He won at Bishop Gorman because he always had at least one 4-star caliber player, ridiculous facilities, a loaded class of kids already in the program and a huge high school line that never had to play both way. They were always the favorite to win even in big games because they were the more complete team.
Its a different beast at UNLV and you should be recruiting for physical talent rather than developing a pipeline.
Ty Flanagan video
