FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #72 Repeat

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Subject: FW: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #72 Repeat
08/07/01
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< -----Original Message-----
< From: TruOrange@aol.com [SMTP:TruOrange@aol.com]
< Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 8:56 PM
< To: TruOrange@aol.com
< Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #72 Repeat
<
< I left a line out of the previous e-mail. This one is the complete
< version.
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #72, Monday, August 6, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< All Freshmen Except LeBron Report Along with 4 Walk-On Kickers
<
< The Longhorn coaches welcomed a 26-man rookie class Monday, including 19

< freshmen on scholarships, super walk-on Cedric Benson (pro baseball
player
< so
< no football scholarship), JC All-American OT Alfio Randall and five other

< walk-ons, including four place kickers.
< LB Yamil LeBron of Killeen Ellison did not report and will atttend a
< junior
< college
< The place kickers could turn out be very important members of the team,
so
<
< let's talk about them first. They are Brady Noto, 5-10, 175, from Katy
< Taylor; David Pino, 5-8, 165, from Wichita Falls Rider; Dusty Mangum,
< 5-11,
< 175, from Mesquite, and James Baker, 6-0, 185, from Austin Westlake. All
< were
< very good place kickers in high school and all will get a chance to win
< the
< place kicking job. It was a problem area during spring practice.
< A walk-on deep snapper also reported. He is Nick Schroeder, 6-2, 225,
from
<
< The Woodlands. Hunter McWilliams, the walk-on who was the deep snapper on

< punts last season, has decided to concentrate on his studies and will not

< return.
< The freshman class includes Benson, the greatest Class 5A rusher in Texas

< history in terms of yardage, touchdowns and certainly championship games
< (five TDs in three stright title games), other acclaimed stars in OL
< Jonathan
< Scott of Dallas Carter and LB Derrick Johnson of Waco and a host of other

< talented players.
< Here they are by positions (heights and weights furnished by UT):
< QB Matt Nordgren, 6-5, 215, Dallas Bishop Lynch.
< RBs Cedric Benson, 6-0, 200, Midland Lee, and Anthony Johnson,5-11, 185,
< Jefferson.
< FB/DE Eric Hall, 6-3, 240, Clarksville, Tenn.
< WR/DB Brian Carter, 5-11, 185, The Woodlands
< OLs Will Allen, 6-6, 290, Cypress Falls; Mike Garcia, 6-3, 305, Galena
< Park;
< Roman Reeves, 6-7, 302, Livingston; Jonathan Scott, 6-7, 285, Dallas
< Carter;
< William Winston, 6-7, 350, Houston Madison, and Terrance Young, 6-6, 340,

< Longview.
< LB Derrick Johnson, 6-4, 215, Waco.
< DE Lance McFarland, 6-3, 230, Jefferson.
< DL Kaelen Jakes, 6-5, 260, Valencia, California.
< DBs Kendal Briles, 5-11, 190, Wolfforth Frenship; Cedric Griffin, 6-2,
< 185,
< San Antonio Holmes; Rufus Harris, 5-11, 185, La Porte; Michael Huff,
< Irving
< Nimitz; Braden Johnson , 6-1, 190, Euless Trinity, and Aaron Ross, Tyler.
< Griffin did not actually report with the other players, but was expected
< later Monday. He participated in the AAU Junior Olympics in Norfolk, Va.,
< and
< was on the way home Monday.
< Randall, the only JC scholarship player reporting, was listed at 6-6,
308.
<
< Head coach Mack Brown said he expects him to compete immediately for
< playing
< time at offensive tackle.
< "Our No. 1 goal is to make sure that all of these guys stay," Brown said.

< "They need to get comfortable with each other as players and off the
< field.
< They also need to get comfortable with their coaching staff and
understand
< a
< little more about football from an orientation stand point before the
< varsity
< reports."
< The necomers will work out four times as a group before the varsity
< reports
< They will practice at the Denius Fields at 26th and Red River at 10:30
< a.m.
< and 5 p.m. on Tuesday and again at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Wednesday. The
< varsity reports Thursday and the first full squad practice will be
< Saturday
< at 9 a.m. All the practices are open to the public.
< Texas still has 12 commitments. They are DTs Sonny Davis, 6-1, 320, 5.0,
< of
< Gulf Coast JC in Mississippi and formerly of Austin Lanier, Earl
Anderson,
<
< 6-4, 270, 4.8, of San Marcos, Lyle Sendlein, 6-4, 260, 4.8, of
Scottsdale
<
< Chaparral, the two-time defending Class 4A champion in Arizona, and Tully

< Janszen, 6-4, 255, 4.78, of Keller; LBs Brian Robison, 6-3, 245, 4.6, of
< Splendora and Marcus Myers, 6-3, 220, 4.5, of Pflugerville Connally; OLs
<
< Brett Valdez, 6-4, 310, 5.1, of Brownwood and Neale Tweedie, 6-5, 260,
< 4.9,
< of Allen; TE-LB David Thomas, 6-3, 210, 4.6, of Wolfforth Frenship; WR
< Dustin Miksch, 6-0, 165, 4.4, of Round Rock Westwood; QB Billy Don
< Malone,
< 6-2 1/2, 185, 4.7, of Paris North Lamar; RB/Ath Clint Haney, 5-11, 190,

< 4.27 of Smithson Valley.
< Robison also competed in the AAU Junior Olympics in Norfolk, Va., and
< broke
< his own national AAU Junior Olympic record by winning the discus with a
< 202-7
< throw. He was second in the shot and sixth in the javelin.
< * * * *
< My next e-mail/fax will be Tuesday, August 7.
< * * * *
< The True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service includes at least 99 fax/e-mails a

< year and costs $99 ($79 by E-Mail). The True Orange Newsletter includes
< 26
< newsletters and is published weekly during football season and twice
< monthly
< during most of the other months. It costs $45. Save by subscribing to
both
<
< for $130 (or $110 if you take the faxes via E-Mail or $99 if you take
< both
< services via E-Mail). Send check to address at the top of page. I also
< update my 900 number - 1-900-288-8839 - frequently with recruiting news.
< My
< E-Mail address is: truorange@aol.com.