40 Acres Sports

Convicted steroids dealer David Jacobs found dead in Plano. Recently met with NFL representatives and named names of players he dealt to.

Dolphins’ Ricky Williams relishes hard work. Ricky has enthusiastically embraced Miami’s strenuous offseason conditioning program.

Richmond McGee: Return to the Rose Bowl and on to the NFL. Interesting story on how he ended up with Philly Eagles.

Wichita Falls is sad. Colt McCoy being in town is a big story for the local news. Good kid.

Sergio Kindle to get snaps at DE? Muschamp has big plans for Longhorns’ defense.

SEC coaches hoping for early signing day in late November. Nothing will change unless they can force the NCAA to do something.

Name: Ben Alexander #92
Position: Defensive Tackle
Hometown: Anderson, SC (T.L. Hanna)
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Height: 6-foot-0
Weight: 310 lbs
Class: Junior

Background

The rare out-of-state recruit for the Horns, Ben Alexander lacked ideal size but was still heavily recruited by the ACC and SEC schools in the area even after committing to Texas. By the end of the recruiting process he held offers from Georgia, Florida State, Notre Dame, and other national powers.

Alexander attended TL Hanna High School, the same school as Radio from the popular Disney movie. At Hanna he was a two time first-team all-state defensive tackle and also athletic enough to play fullback and tight end.

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Defensive tackle [tag]Derek Johnson[/tag] from Hoxie, Arkansas committed to the Longhorns Wednesday according to Orangebloods.com. Johnson, originally from El Paso, is reportedly one of the top five players in Arkansas for the class of 2009.

The 6-foot-3, 290 pound Johnson is the second defensive tackle in this class, joining Calvin Howell out of San Antonio who committed in mid-May. Hopefully 5-star stud Jamarkus McFarland will come and join an incredible defensive line group.

The recruitment of three defensive tackles in this one class certainly lends creedence to the rumors that defensive tackles [tag]Tyrell Higgins[/tag] and [tag]Brian Ellis[/tag] may not be back on the team in the fall. If they’re gone then the big need at the position quickly became a huge one.

Check out the YouTube video of Johnson courtesy of Orangebloods message boards below (warning: the audio is obnoxious and very NSFW):

Welcome to the Forty Acres Derek.

Free at last: Michael Huff is back at free safety for the Raiders. Should mean much better season ahead for Mike.

Name: Sam Acho #81
Position: Defensive End
Hometown: Dallas, TX (St. Mark’s)
HS Rating:

Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 258 lbs
Class: Sophomore

Background

Sam Acho came out of nowhere in the summer of 2006, getting multiple offers from several big-time BCS schools such as Oklahoma, USC, Virginia, and Iowa. The Texas coaching staff made a great impression on him in an official visit to Austin in August 2006 and Acho committed soon after.

Sam was a three-time All-Southwest Preparatory Conference performer at St. Mark’s in Dallas, TX. He was also a three-sport letterman and a member of ESPN’s top 150 national prospects.

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