SHSU 2008 Signing Class

[TexasTerror]

Times are changing in Huntsville as we continue to look out of our customary recruiting base...

Kats picked up a kid from Oklahoma (we now have four on our roster) and a former prep player from Arizona...a signee from Odessa Permian (Kats are trying to head out to west Texas some more...two players from Galveston Ball, where a former SHSU All-American is a coach down there...

Continue to work the local pavement with two kids from Huntsville and one from nearby Madisonville.

High School Players
Trevor Brazil DB 6-0 195 Huntsville, TX / Huntsville HS
Will Clay RB 6-1 200 Snyder, TX / Snyder HS
J. T. Cleveland DT 6-0 285 Baytown, TX / Lee HS
Will Henry LB 5-10 225 Waco, TX / La Vega HS
Kaleb Hopson OL 6-6 255 Early, TX / Early HS
Quentin Horn DL 6-2 255 Waco, TX / Waco HS
T. J. Jones TE 6-3 235 Tyler, TX / Lee HS
Freddie King WR 5-10 180 Port Arthur, TX / Memorial HS
Bryant Lagasse DB 5-10 190 Austin, TX / Lake Travis HS
Mike Littleton DB 6-0 190 Galveston, TX / Ball HS
Kevin Matthews WR 5-9 175 Galveston, TX / Ball HS
Zack Paty LB 6-1 215 Edmond, OK / Edmond North HS
Marlowe Poitier DE 6-3 240 Liberty Hill, TX / Liberty Hill HS
Melvis Pride WR 5-11 175 Odessa, TX / Permian HS
Riley Smith OL 6-4 275 Huntsville, TX / Huntsville HS
J. D. Standley TE 6-3 235 Madisonville, TX / Madisonville HS
Hadji Woods OL 6-2 280 Klein, TX / Klein Forest HS

Transfers
Darrell Armstead WR 6-2 185 Copperas Cove, TX / New Mexico Military Institute
John Clark TE 6-4 245 El Mirage, AZ / Alhambra HS (Glendale CC)
D. J. Emerson DB 5-10 180 Brookshire, TX / Royal HS (SMU)
Jason Madkins WR 6-6 215 Mart, TX / Mart HS (Navarro JC)
Mike Mosmeyer OL 6-4 300 Ingleside, TX / Ingleside HS (Navarro JC)
Jamal Skipper DB 5-8 185 Killeen, TX / Shoemaker HS (Kilgore JC)

[blackfordpu]

It bugs me that three of our five WRs are under six feet tall. xnonox

[Seat16Demon]

Hey TT,

Is there any particular reason why Sam did not pick up any QB's? Just curious. I thought nearly everyone tried to find at least one QB every year.
xeyebrowx

[TexasTerror]

Is there any particular reason why Sam did not pick up any QB's? Just curious. I thought nearly everyone tried to find at least one QB every year.

SHSU feels very comfortable with the QB situation. Obviously, we have Rhett Bomar, but the coaching staff is very high on two guys that redshirt last year as true freshmen. They are now redshirt freshmen heading into this year.

Got Jeff Welch...

First team All-Region and All-District 17-5A quarterback for coach David Raffield, leading Golden Eagles to the Class 5A Division Two finals ... passed for 2,912 yards and 18 TDs and rushed for 784 yards and 15 TDs ... team MVP ... set school records for most yards in a game, season, and career ... honor roll student.

And Taylor Weidman...

Three-year starter for coach John Abenscham ... first team All-District as both junior and senior ... passed for 2380 yards and 25 touchdowns as senior ... rushed for 788 yards and 9 TDs ...versatile track athlete, posting marks of 48.0 in the 400 meters, 24’ in the long jump, and 6’6” in the high jump.... pitcher on baseball team.

Also, throw in a third...Jordan Williams out of Waco Connally.

All are freshmen. I'm sure we'll add a JUCO transfer to the mix as well during the summer...probably won't see the field though. With Bomar throwing fine, but unable to do work on the run, we'll see quite a bit of the freshmen during spring, which is going to be great for them!

[Seat16Demon]

Good stuff, TT. You always have thorough answers to the questions.
xthumbsupx

[TexasTerror]

Good stuff, TT. You always have thorough answers to the questions.
xthumbsupx

Not a problem -- SHSU faithful are very excited about Welch and Weidman. We're even more excited that they are going to get plenty of snaps during spring football due to Bomar's recovery from injury. It should give us some good insight into what the future brings...