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True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
Volume 9, Fax/E-Mail #57, Sunday, June 3, 2001
Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
Phone
512-795-8536

DT Lyle Sendlein Commits to Longhorns

Lyle Sendlein says he has known since he was a small child that he wanted
to
play football at Texas, so he said a new NCAA rule interpretation that
prohibits recruits committing while at a summer camp was no problem at
all.
"The mini-camp was today (Sunday), so I just called them Saturday and
committed," he said. "When they told me about the new rule, I just decided
to
take care of it in advance. I knew I was going to play for the Longhorns,
so
I didn't have any problem committing before I got here for the camp."
Sendlein was being recruited by all the top schools in the Pac 10, plus
Notre
Dame, Nebraska, Michigan and Penn State.
Coach Mack Brown said one of the Longhorns' top recruiting goals this year

was to sign several top defensive linemen, and, while he can't comment on
individual recruits, Sendlein is an outstanding defensive line prospect.
Sendlein said he was measured at the camp and came in at a shade over 6-4,

and he said he weighed in at 263. He also said he clocked a 5.0 in the 40,

"but it seemed like the times were all a little slow. I usually run 4.8 or

4.9." He is quick enough that he plays middle linebacker for Scottsdale
Chaparral, the Arizona big school state champion two years running after
going 14-0 in 1999 and 2000.
Sendlein brings to four the number of early commitments. DT Sonny Davis,
who
committed to Texas right out of Austin Lanier, is in junior college in
Mississippi and says he still plans to come to Texas when he graduates
from
the JC. That would put him on schedule to come in with next February's
signees.
OL Brett Valdez of Brownwood and DT Earl Anderson of San Marcos, two of
the
state's top prospects, also have committed to Texas. The Longhorns plan to

sign only three offensive linemen and Valdez was the first one they
offered.
They hope to get the other two from a threesome that includes Jeff Lebby
of
Andrews, Tony Ugoh of Houston Westfield and Justin Blaylock of Plano East.

Lebby and Blaylock attended Sunday's UT mini-camp.
Anderson is No. 3 and Valdez is No. 23 on my 25-man "difference-maker"
list.
Davis was in my top five his senior year and Sendlein would be in my top
10
this year if he played in Texas. In other words, this is a great quartet
to
start the UT recruiting bandwagon rolling.
DT Rodrique Wright of Alief Hastings, DE Travis Leitko of The Woodlands
and
WR Anthony Wright of Klein Forest, the top players in the state at their
respective positions, also attended the UT mini-camp Sunday. I talked to
all
of them tonight and they all like Texas, but they also are considering
several other schools and all three said they probably will not commit to

anyone this summer. I like the Longhorns chances with both Wrights, but I
think Leitko is so wide open that he could wind up at any of the five
schools
he is considering (UT, A&M, Stanford, Michigan and Notre Dame).
Texas A&M also had a mini-camp Sunday and Aggie reporters were saying no
one
at the camp was likely to get an offer at this point, so it would appear
that
the cream of the state's recruiting crop showed up in Austin. I know
Leitko,
Lebby, Blaylock, and both Wrights had offers from Texas before they came
to
the camp Sunday.
* * * *
The NCAA edict that prevents recruits from accepting scholarships while at
a
summer camp is strange because there are no new rules relating to camps.
It
seems that some NCAA bureaucrat just gave a new interpretation based on a
rule that that has been around for several years.
* * * *
FOOTBALL NOTES: Lindy's, the first reputable national college football
magazine I have seen this year, picks Chris Simms as the third best QB in
the
country and the best one in the Big 12. If he lives up to that hype, I
think
we can all buy our plane tickets to Pasadena. With the receivers the
Longhorns have in stock, a great quarterback would make the Texas offense
too
tough to handle by anyone on the schedule. To reach that level, Simms will

need to be much improved at looking off his receivers and much better at
throwing the ball away at times instead of forcing it into double
coverage. .
. Super RB recruit Cedric Benson of Midland Lee is already in Austin
working
out and getting ready for the season.
* * * *
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* * * *
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