1987 Texas Top 30 Recruits
Teresa Merklin
are now, five years later.
With all the emphasis placed on recruiting, I found this to be very
interesting.
This list is paraphrased without permission of _The_Dallas_Morning_News_
origionally appearing in the 2/2/92 late edition.
1. Darren Lewis RB Carter Texas A&M All time SWC rushing
Backup for da Bearz
2. Randy Simmons RB McKinney Texas A&M Backup to Lewis
will attend Indy comb.
3. Stacey Dillard DL Clarksville Oklahoma 2yr starter, NFL hope.
4. Alfred Williams DE Hous.-Jones Colorado Bengals' 1st rnd pick
5. Johnny Walker WR SA Holmes Texas minor league baseball
6. Anthony Ray RB Wharton Baylor 3 knee operations
no chance for NFL (inj)
7. Greg Lakin OL Cy Fair Texas A&M Career backup
8. Gerald Mitchell RB Crane Texas A&M xferred Angelo State
9. Kenny Ford QB PA Austin Oklahoma State 2yr starter (most gms)
10.Barry Foster RB Duncanville Arkanses Steeler starter
11.Mical Padgett LB West Brook Texas starter until knee inj.
ended career.
12.Rick Vestal QB Cypress Crk Baylor quit after 3 yrs, tried
out for golf, grad!
13.Matt McCall OL Lufkin Texas A&M 3 yr starter, cut Den.
pro aspirations
14.Cedric Davenport DB Hou-Sterling Oklahoma Never Lettered
15.Chris Crooms DB Baytown Lee Texas A&M 2 yr starter, hope NFL
16.Steve Stutsman TE Daingerfield Baylor Part time starter
17.Kerry Cash TE SA Holmes Texas starter, now NFL Indy.
18.Todd Keene OL Cy Fair Miami 1 yr at Miami, 1 yr at
Tyler JC, no letter.
19.Brian Brauninger OL Arlington Oklahoma All Big8 senior year
NFL prospect
20.Dwayne Spann OL LaPorte Arkansas 1 yr Ark, 1 night ETSU
shoulder injury
21.Jerry Parks DB Willowridge Oklahoma Finisher career with
Houston after shooting
an OU teammate.
22.Jeff Stephens DL Samuell Oklahoma State Dropped out/ 1 yr.
23.Joe Brown LB Cy Fair LSU Dropped out/2 yrs.
24.Keith Alex OL Beaumont Cen Texas A&M 2 yr starter, NFL hope
25.Kirk Collins DB LaMarque Arkansas Big senior year
26.Wilbur Odom QB SA Holmes Michigan xferred Angelo State
27.Jordy Reynolds LB Hou-Strat. TCU All american shot put
1 yr elig. left
28.Lincoln Coleman RB Bryan Adams Notre Dame 1 yr ND, 1 yr Baylor,
WLAF hopeful
29.Santana Dotson DL Hou-Yates Baylor Lomb. finalist, def.
future in NFL.
30.Andy Locke PK Aus-Westlake Texas Dropped out/ 2 yrs.
Summary:
16 Become Starters on their college teams
8 became all conference selections
6 never lettered with signing college
6 expected to be selected in NFL draft
4 currently in the NFL
3 careers ended by injury
Comments:
A&M signed 7 of the top 30. (not a bad recruiting class)
Baylor got the QB they wanted in #12 Rick Vestal, if they had not signed him,
they were going to offer a scholarship to Klingler (who was not in the Texas
top 100). Vestal signed, no scholarship for Klingler, Klingler to Houston.
Also missing from the top 30 (and possibly the top 100, the article described
him only as a marginal prospect) is Ty Detmer.
Other unheralded players included:
William Thomas All SWC LB for A&M, rookie starter for Philly.
Rodney Blackshear All SWC WR Tx Tech
Kelly Blackwell All American TE for TCU
Teresa
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Teresa Merklin
>Following is a list of the 1987 Top 30 Recruits for Texas, and where they
>are now, five years later.
>9. Kenny Ford QB PA Austin Oklahoma State 2yr starter (most gms)
After personally suffering through Kenny Ford's career at Oklahoma State,
I feel uniquely qualified to assert that he was *not* the best QB recruit
out of Texas.
This must have been a part of an elaborate practical joke the DM News was
intending for OU. (Ford was an option QB). Unfortunately, the wrong team
north of the Red River took the bait on this one.
Mike Minihan
tmer...@fwhnm02.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com (Teresa Merklin) writes:
> I wrote:
>
> >Following is a list of the 1987 Top 30 Recruits for Texas, and where
> they
> >are now, five years later.
>
> >9. Kenny Ford QB PA Austin Oklahoma State 2yr starter (most gms)
>
> After personally suffering through Kenny Ford's career at Oklahoma
> State,
> I feel uniquely qualified to assert that he was *not* the best QB
> recruit
> out of Texas.
>
> This must have been a part of an elaborate practical joke the DM News
> was
> intending for OU. (Ford was an option QB). Unfortunately, the wrong team
> north of the Red River took the bait on this one.
Switzer never put much faith in The Press's top players. He had his
sources in Texas he trusted and evaluated game film.
--
Mike Minihan mmin...@arco.com
Kevin Rodgers
>Following is a list of the 1987 Top 30 Recruits for Texas, and where they
>are now, five years later.
>4. Alfred Williams DE Hous.-Jones Colorado Bengals' 1st rnd pick
>Also missing from the top 30 (and possibly the top 100, the article described
>him only as a marginal prospect) is Ty Detmer.
>
>Other unheralded players included:
>
>William Thomas All SWC LB for A&M, rookie starter for Philly.
>Rodney Blackshear All SWC WR Tx Tech
>Kelly Blackwell All American TE for TCU
Plus Colorado's other H-boy Kanavis McGhee, All Big 8 LB and 1st round
pick of the Giants.
--
Kevin Rodgers krod...@cs.colorado.edu
Department of Computer Science (303) 492-8425
University of Colorado GO BUFFS!
Boulder CO 80309-0430 USA
Martin Heinz
>Following is a list of the 1987 Top 30 Recruits for Texas, and where they
>are now, five years later.
....
>11.Mical Padgett LB West Brook Texas starter until knee inj.
> ended career.
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Actually, Mical Padgett came back this last season and was a starter for the
Longhorns at LB. No Pro-hopeful, though, as far as I know.
But- I think it was him who returned the fumble for a game-winning TD
against Oklahoma this season ...( or was that against Miss.State..?).
m.heinz
UT Austin
Jay Boisseau
>tmer...@fwhnm02.fwrdc.rtsg.mot.com (Teresa Merklin) writes:
>
>>Following is a list of the 1987 Top 30 Recruits for Texas, and where they
>>are now, five years later.
>....
>>11.Mical Padgett LB West Brook Texas starter until knee inj.
>Actually, Mical Padgett came back this last season and was a starter for the
>Longhorns at LB. No Pro-hopeful, though, as far as I know.
>But- I think it was him who returned the fumble for a game-winning TD
>against Oklahoma this season ...( or was that against Miss.State..?).
No, it wasn't Padgett against OU--it was Bubba Jacques who scooped up
McKinley's fumble and returned it 25-30 yards for the game-winner.
I think you're right about the Mississippi State game, though. Padgett
had a big play in that one, but I think it was an interception return.
Unfortunately, he didn't get it all the way into the end zone... and our
sorry offense couldn't do it, it either.
Jay Boisseau
UVa Class of 1986
UT Class of 199_
R.Jayakrishnan
Well, actually Mical Padgett did return a fumble (or a batted ball) for
a TD against OU, but not this year. I think it was in 1989, when he did
that (you know, the first game in the 3 game win streak against OU that
can't be explained any other way other than that there IS a coach who
consistently managed to get outcoached by McWilliams, unbelievable as it
may seem !)...
Jay. R. Jayakrishnan