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< Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #74
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #74, Wednesday, August 8, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< UT Close to Super Pledge; Freshmen Practices End
<
< WR Marquis Johnson, 6-3, 200, 4.4, of Champaign, Ill., told me today he
is
<
< very close to committing to Texas and might do so in the very near
future.
< "I can see myself in burnt orange," he said. "Texas is a great program
< with
< great coaches and great players, and it means a lot to me that the Texas
< coaches thought highly enough of me to tell me they think I can help them

< achieve their goals of competing for and winning a national
championship."
< Johnson, who lives only three blocks from the University of Illinois
< campus,
< told me Texas is clearly his top choice right now and there is no one
else
<
< really in the picture. "I don't mind leaving home," he said. "I really
< like
< everything about Texas and I just want to be very sure about it before I
< commit."
< Johnson is the best wide receiver I've seen on tape this year. He's big
< and
< fast and will make the tough catch in traffic when he knows he is fixing
< to
< get blasted.
< If sophomore WR Roy Williams has a great year, don't be surprised if he
< opts
< for the NFL after this season. I know the NFL leaves kids alone until
< after
< their junior years, but I don't think the NCAA or the NFL would risk a
< court
< suit on the issue. That's why getting another great wide receiver is so
< important this year, and Johnson has all the tools to be a great one at
< the
< next level.
< * * * *
< The Longhorn freshmen wrapped up their workouts Wednesday, and coach Mack

< Brown said he is very pleased with their progress.
< The freshmen worked out twice Tuesday and twice Wednesday. With the
< varsity
< reporting Thursday, the next workouts will be Saturday at 9 a.m. and 7
< p.m.
< and they will involve the entire team.
< It's too early to say which freshmen can help this year, but DL Kaelen
< Jakes
< of Valencia, California, has some moves to get by blockers that I haven't

< seen at Texas since Aaron Humphrey was here. He looks like a guy who
could
<
< really help alleviate the shortage of defensive linemen. At 6-5 and 253
< and
< with an explosive start, he's big enough to play tackle and fast enough
to
<
< play end.
< Defensive coordinator Carl Reese said Jakes has a chance to help quickly
< "because we need somebody to help in the defensive line and he looks like
< he
< has the tools and the temperament to do it."
< The four freshmen walk-on kickers continued competing Wednesday and, so
< far,
< it looks like David Pino of Wichita Falls Rider and Brady Noto of Katy
< Taylor, are the most accurate place kickers, while Dusty Mangum of
< Mesquite
< might have the strongest leg.
< All the kickers tried field goals from about 39 yards and then about 49
< yards. Pino and Noto were the only ones who made a fair percentage from
< the
< greater distance. Of course, they get harder to make when defenders are
< trying to block them, so a lot will depend on how the young kickers
< respond
< to pressure. Pino also got off some long, high punts, and Brown said he
< was
< impressed that Pino was able to do both jobs with such proficiency.
< JC transfer Alfio Randall, who is being counted on to challenge for a
< starting job at offensive tackle, finally was cleared for workouts
< Wednesday
< and participated in the afternoon drill. He had to have some blood tests
< redone because the first ones weren't productive.
< Three freshmen were limping Wednesday and were held out of the drills. DB

< Cedric Griffin of San Antonio Holmes (sprained ankle), DB Rufus Harris
of
< La
< Porte (sore quad muscle) and RB Anthony Johnson of Jefferson (stress
< fracture
< in foot) couldn't practice, but Brown said he hopes Griffin and Harris
< will
< be able to work out when the team practices again on Saturday.
< Brown also said Eric Hall, 6-3, 240, of Clarksville, Tennessee, who had
< been
< ticketed for a try at fullback, "wants to play defensive end, so that's
< where
< he'll start out." He also said Brian Carter, 5-11, 185, of The Woodlands,

< wants to play wide receiver and will remain at that spot for now. He also

< could be a defensive back.
< * * * *
< Walk-on WR Kyle Shanahan, who is expected to be one of the team's top
< backups, suffered a puncture wound in his thigh while jumping a fence,
but
<
< Brown said there is a good chance he will be back by the first game.
< * * * *
< IMPORTANT NOTICE TO FANS WHO ATTEND PRACTICE: The practice schedule calls
< for
< a 3 p.m. practice Sunday, but Brown said that practice will be moved to
< Sunday morning and won't start later than 9 a.m. He said it could start
as
<
< early as 7 a.m. When he announces the time, I'll let you know.
< * * * *
< My next e-mail/fax will be whenever events warrant.
< * * * *
< 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
<
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< both
< services via E-Mail). Send check to address at the top of page. I also
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