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Texas’ first Junior Day of 2008 over the weekend resulted in seven young men giving Mack Brown their pledge to become Longhorns in 2009. It started a little early last week with quarterback Garrett Gilbert‘s commitment and the last one came in yesterday as lineman Thomas Ashcraft called the staff to tell them he’d be a Longhorn.

The future of the offense looks bright as Horns picked up commitments from the top quarterback (Gilbert), top running back ([tag]Chris Whaley[/tag]), and top wide receiver (Greg Timmons) in the state of Texas. Those guys will have Ashcraft and two other top offensive linemen blocking for them up front. Cornerback Marcus Davis is the defense’s lone commit so far, but the highly recruited player out of the Houston area is a heck of a start.

Here’s the list of 2009 commitments so far:

Name	Position	Rating*	LSR**	Hometown
Thomas Ashcraft	OL		13	Cedar Hill
Marcus Davis	DB		15	League City
Garrett Gilbert	QB		2	Austin
Paden Kelley	OL		31	Austin
Garrett Porter	OL		30	Odessa
Greg Timmons	WR		10	Aldine
Chris Whaley	RB		8	Madisonville

*Note: Several of the star ratings are just estimates based on the video I’ve seen of the recruits and Orangebloods.com’s state rankings.

**Note: LSR is Geoff Ketchum’s Lone Star Recruiting Top 100. The numbers represent the player’s ranking as of 2/13/2008.

1. reply to  #1

   

   Hook'Em Horns

   February 12th, 2008 at 11:59 pm

   Looking good already. I just pray that Russel Shepard will commit too. My opinion, I would rather have Russel than Garret Gilbert. Russel would fit right in.

2. reply to  #2

   Bevo Sports » Texas 2009 recruiting class now up to 15 commits

   March 8th, 2008 at 9:33 am

   […] It’s barely March but it looks like Mack Brown is close to wrapping up his 2009 recruiting class already. After starting out strong with Garrett Gilbert and six other commits at the team’s first junior day, the Horns have since added eight more of the state’s top football players to bring the total tally up to fifteen. […]