Feb. 3, 2010
Aaron Benson: Aaron is a linebacker from Cedar Hill, Texas. He is a distant cousin of former Texas RB Cedric Benson. Cedar Hill had an outstanding team this year as they always do. Aaron is very active. All three of the linebackers that we signed are linebackers that can play all three positions, and that is something with all of the spread offenses that we see that we thought was very important.
Taylor Bible: Taylor will be an inside defensive player. You will be very impressed with the ability of the defensive front. Taylor is big, strong, and quick. We have a need for some help in the defensive line, and we think that we have signed some guys that can play for us next year. We are trying to find guys that can stop the run, but definitely that can rush the passer because we are in a league where the pass is very important. See the athletic ability [on film] of Taylor jumping over the offensive lineman and making a play. He has a lot of ability with the line twist [on film] to still get to the quarterback.
Carrington Byndom: Carrington is a great baseball player. His high school, Lufkin, was in the state playoffs last year. He is another outstanding student. Carrington can play corner or safety. He is a young man that can come in and play all four spots. We were trying to find defensive backs that could play all four spots because now your defensive backs need to be able to man up on inside receivers with the spread, so a player has to be able to play all over the field. Carrington is very physical. He also has good hands, which is obvious by his ability to play baseball.
Demarco Cobbs: We signed Demarco as an athlete. He can play safety, outside linebacker, running back, or wide receiver. I think that he would probably rather play on offense, but he does not care, and he just says that he would like to play. He will not play quarterback though. As you can see [on film], he played quarterback, tailback, and a lot of different places at Tulsa Central High School. His family grew up in Corsicana, Texas. His family is now in Oklahoma, but his grandfather lives in Lewisville, Texas. Like Lamarr Houston, Demarco grew up as a Longhorn fan. He watched us on TV and decided that this is what he wanted to do a long time ago.
De’Aires Cotton: De’Aires is from Taylor High School in Houston. He is a big guy up front that is a force. It is hard to find the big guys up front that can move their feet, can stop the run, and have the ability to play the pass. You can never have enough of them. You play a team like Texas Tech who throws as much as they do, your big guys are the ones that wear out. De’Aires is really strong and really powerful and is a guy who can be impactful up front. He will definitely be an inside player.
Gregory Daniels: Greg is from a private school in Houston. He can run. He has great feet. He has the ability to be a really great pass rusher. He is another very smart young man. Greg has long arms and is very tall.
Mike Davis: Mike is an outstanding basketball player. He is a very good guard on their basketball team. We feel like he has the height at receiver and the burst. He can make the big plays, and we have to continue to get big plays out of our wide receivers. Mike has a lot of ability. He has the hands to catch it and the speed to run away.
Ashton Dorsey: Ashton is another inside player. His brother is at Texas A&M. He is from John Tyler High School. He is a real strong and powerful player. He is also very quick inside. We were impressed with his quickness the first day we saw him play. He has great instincts. [On film] Here he plays the screen and has the ability to run the back down. We are going to need some help from some of these guys in the early part of the season next year.
Dominic Espinosa: He is a young man from out in Cedar Park. He is another very good student. We feel like he can play center or both guards. He is another young man that we will look at playing early because he is very strong. It is hard to find centers, and we are a little bit thin in the offensive line, especially two years from now, so we might look at playing Dominic and Trey Hopkins this year to build back the depth in our offensive line. I think that just about everyone of these plays [on film] are pancakes, where he knocks the guy down to the ground.
John Harris: They changed coaches last year, and John was moved from wide receiver to quarterback after we committed him. He will play wide receiver for us. He had a great year for them a quarterback. It just shows you how versatile he is and how smart he is. He is tall, but has great speed and long arms. He is a guy that with some of the other receivers, John has not been talked about a lot, but is a very smart and very talented young man. We like his height and his ability to block. He is a very strong competitor.
Jordan Hicks: [On film] this is Jordan as a punter, so if we put him back there, we can just tell him to fake it. Jordan is another great student. He is a young man that came to camp two years ago, and we fell in love with him and have really been recruiting him for two-and-a-half years. He can do it all. He has the ability to rush the passer. [On film] Here he misses the tackle, his helmet flies off, and he jumps up and makes the tackle again. It knocked his helmet off and he goes and tackles the guy. Not sure I would advise that here, but that is what he did.
Trey Hopkins: Trey is sixth in his class academically of 1,000 at North Shore High School. He has great feet. He has the ability to play all five spots up front, so he could play either tackle as well as the inside positions. He has not played center, but he has the hand-eye coordination to play the position. He is really athletic. He can pull. He can get on the corner. Needless to say, he is smart. We are really excited about both he and Dominic in the offensive line. Trey was our first commitment last year.
Bryant Jackson: Bryant played wide receiver this year, but he will play safety or corner for us. He is tall. [On film] you can see his explosiveness and his hand-eye coordination. After all of the interceptions this year, we are trying to find defensive backs that can catch because it changes games. The old adage used to be that if you cannot catch the ball, go to defensive back, but that is not the case anymore. You need turnovers to win like we are trying to win. Bryant is another great student from Sulphur Springs. They won the state championship last year. We have quite a few guys from East Texas this year.
Tevin Jackson: Tevin will look a lot like the other two linebackers. He is really fast. Tevin is an outstanding pass rusher. He can play in space. We feel like all three linebackers are special players. [On film] just watch his ability and the way he can track people down and hit. He is tough.
Jackson Jeffcoat: Obviously Jackson’s dad was a great player for the Cowboys. Jackson is an outstanding basketball player. He is tough enough to stop the run. He can force plays, but he also has the ability to be a super pass rusher. We feel like he is a guy who can dominate the line of scrimmage, but again, at an early age can but pressure on the passer. He is very confident and very smart.
Chris Jones: Chris is from Daingerfield and won back-to-back state championships. He will be a wide receiver for us. He has tremendous speed in space, and that is what we are trying to do. We are trying to get more explosive plays. Chris can catch, run, and he is a punt and kickoff returner.
Case McCoy: [On film] as you are watching him, he is very, very similar to his brother. There cannot help but be comparisons while he is here. Case played for the state championship. He is very accurate, has the ability to run, can throw from the pocket, and move around. He is a very good football player. The fact that Colt was here and very successful as his brother really has nothing to do with signing Case. People will fight that because it is natural, but we would have signed him if his brother was not here, or a factor, or known him. We think that Case is really good. There is some chance that he was a better more polished player than Colt at the same age. He has had the comfort and positive experience of having Colt here to help him learn to read defenses better.
Adrian Phillips: Adrian will play defensive back—corner or safety. He has played everywhere at Garland High School. He has been a Texas fan his whole life. He committed to us on Junior Day. He and Tevin were teammates. They played with Malcolm Williams, and it helps us when Malcolm has had a good experience and can talk to these guys about his time here. Adrian can catch, run, and he is really smart. He has played quarterback and wide receiver for Garland. The coaches told me that he is one of the smarter and savvier players they have ever had. He has great instincts, and he is tough. He has a lot of ability on the field and a lot of different things that he can do. He is a very nice young man with a great smile.
William Russ: He is an outstanding punter. He, Justin (Tucker), and John Gold will punt for us next year. He seems to have an uncanny ability to drop the ball within the 10-yard line. That is something that we have not done consistently well. Will has an outstanding leg. He played third base on a state championship baseball team, and he was the kicker/punter on the state championship football team. Justin Tucker will kick our field goals and extra points next year, and Will will come in and compete with him for that job. The thing that most excited us about Will is he has the ability to kick the ball out of the back of the end zone.
Traylon Shead: Traylon is the second leading rusher in the history of Texas high school football. He scored more touchdowns than anyone else in Texas high school football history. He played in the All-American game. He has a lot of ability. He is a very nice young man. He father is the principal of the school in Cayuga, and mom is in charge of discipline for the county, so he says “yes sir” and “no ma’am.” He had a couple of really good plays in the Army All-American Game.
Darius Terrell: Darius will play tight end and flex tight end for us. He was a starter in the state championship basketball game for DeSoto last year. He plays wide receiver in this video, but he is a big guy with long arms, and we feel like he will be big enough to be a tight end. He can really run and give us the ability to stretch the field. He is starting on their basketball team right now. Darius is a great student.
A.J. White: A.J. is in school. He is one of the three that are here. He is a defensive back from DeSoto. He has really good cover skills. DeSoto played man-to-man, so it put him in a really tough spot for a lot of the year and gave him some great experience against some really good receivers. A.J. will be able to compete this spring.
Darius White: Darius is a wide receiver. He looks like some of the No. 4’s [on film] that we have had around here. He is tall, can run, and can make a difference for you. Darius is a great basketball player. He is left handed. I think that he and Mike Davis could both play college basketball. They are not going to, but they could. Darius has the ability to go up high and get the ball over corners.
Reggie Wilson: Reggie is an outstanding pass rusher. [On film] you can see, Reggie is all over the place. He can really run. He is athletic. Reggie is from the Ivory Coast. He tells a great story about when came, he thought he was playing soccer when they told him to go out for football, and he did not know how to get dressed and put the pads on backwards. He has a great story. He has a wonderful smile. He is really good and will be a lot of fun to watch.
Connor Wood: Connor is in school. He is from Second Baptist in Houston. Like Case, he has the ability to run. He is big and is very accurate. We were not concerned about private school or the level of football. Greg (Davis) and Major (Applewhite) really liked what they saw. We really like both Connor and Case, and they understand that, they are good friends, and they are ready to compete.
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