Navasota tackle picks Tech
The Navasota Rattlers won 28 games the last three years, all with massive Aleon Calhoun anchoring their offensive line at left tackle.
Eager to play for another team with a similar success rate, Calhoun has made an oral commitment to Texas Tech.
“I like Tech,’’ Calhoun said Friday. “I like the program. It seemed like the school I should sign with.’’
The 6-foot-6 Calhoun said he weighs 330 pounds and figures his quick feet and long arms — not to mention un-coachable size — made him a major-college prospect.
“He’s just an outstanding athlete,’’ Navasota coach Lee Fedora said. “Very seldom do you have a guy that size playing on a Class 3A football team. The type of athlete he is, you can tell — he’s just as athletic on the basketball court. He’s a young man with a lot of potential, a lot of upside. And he’s played in the spread offense — that’s what we do — so he moves well.’’
Navasota went 9-4, 10-1 and 9-3 the last three seasons, losing in 2007 to Liberty Hill and in 2009 to Gilmer, both eventual state champions.
According to the Rivals.com recruiting service, Calhoun also had scholarship offers from Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Southern Mississippi and Texas A&M.
Though Tech made a coaching change at the top two weeks ago, Calhoun said offensive line coach Matt Moore, a holdover, offered him a scholarship during Calhoun’s junior year.
“He’s had a lot of people after him, a lot of written offers,’’ Fedora said. “Then (Tech coaches) made a visit to him, kind of a surprise visit to me, and he called me the next day and said, ‘Coach, that’s where I want to go.’ ’’
Calhoun said he has not yet met freshman eligibility requirements.
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hmmm… LEACH assistant coach brought this one in.
SO glad Mr. Moore was allowed to stay here & help recruit and coach.
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Sounds good to me, I don’t care who recruited him. As for coaches, one needs to ask how many Leach canned when he came on board?
Tech Alum
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Thank goodness for Leach and his staff doing such a good job in recruiting for the 2010 signing class or we would be in big trouble!
Leach and his staff had already signed the #1 Juco defensive end, a top Juco defensive tackle, a 4 star Juco defensive end and had a top HS offensive tackle enroll early for this semester.
Hopefully, “I’m a salesman Tuberville” can keep the 2010 class that fell into his lap courtesy of Leach and his former staff.
I am shocked so far that we have not had a rush of Scout 100 players begging for a chance to play for Tuberville because he did win 1 SEC title.
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wait!! he still wants to play here? without the pierat?
holy smokes! did someone tell him he’d be playing for someone that can speak in full sentences without a mumble/slur?
i’ll send him a letter. he must’ve missed the news that leech is gone!!
oh the humanity!!!
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Excellent! Good news on a Friday.
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Rivals has taken Simek – Prague Okla. off the Tech List. You did not hear about it here..
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And what about Scott Smith, the JUCO DT from Hawaii/Kansas??? He was perhaps the most important recruit for the next two years.
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This signee is good news. Need some help up front.
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Bring em on! It’s not the Leach recruiting, he’s been gone for weeks! It must be the Tville sales ability!
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Has he ever visited Lubbock? He will transfer before his first year is over. Come on over to UT and win some games. The eyes of Texas are upon you. Go Horns GO!
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It is nice to see the reaction of the other Big 12 schools and their fans. Tech is definitely in the “catbird” seat for next season. Speculation and anxiety are rampant — and that is at the other schools in the Big 12! Guns Up — WAAAAY Up!
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Dear Longhorn: Bail your five-star stars out of jail and line them up against our nobodies next year. See you in Lubbock!
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Good job, coaches. Let’s go get some more who want to be Red Raiders!
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hahaha john2, you’re casting stones? what about all of the track “stars” that were just arrested.
do you live in a glass house?
or is it a cardboard box?
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Howdy Watchdog I reckon the horns couldn’t hook the WILDCATS!
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Only a UT fan would use the term swallows to try and insult someone. Hmmmm… I wonder why that’s the first word that comes to a horns fan?
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Just to add some reality. Its about the ability to evaluate talent. Its not about the best high school players or Fozzy Whitacre and McGuffy would be campaigning for the Heisman next year.
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this guy was offered a scholarship to be a waterboy on the UT scout team. you fools get excited over nothing….
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Longhorn fans give the rest of the Big 12 a bad name. Shallow and self centered about sums it up, always cutting someone else down to make themselves feel better.
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Longhorns…. Do your bosses at Walmart know that tou are online?
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bruce,
tou? tou? tou?
are you a ttu graduate?
please say no.
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ihearttechster/strong>
No, but you are an Idiot.
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ihearttechster, longhorn65:
Must get lonely doing the floors at the Round Rock Wal-Mart.
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Matt Morre, Coach Leachs’s offensive line coach offered this young man a scholarship when he was still a junior in high school. Coach had a good eye for prospects and had the ability to pick players who may be passed over by other schools, and make players out of them, He recruited young men to fit his offensive style!
Tuberville attempted to run the spred in 2008 at Auburn, when he got fired. He SAYS he is going to attempt to run the spred again here. If he is unsuccessful again, young men like Calhoun are big enough to be effective in the run game as well.
I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of vacant seats at the jones this year. Anyone would understand it and probably expect it. It’s not about winning football games, i mean our winning percentage is going to go down but that’s not what it’s about . It’s about dedication, honesty and integrity and a lot of people KNOW these things DO NOT apply at texas Tech anymore and thus our school has lost respect across the country. It’s no surprise that alumni are not going to be buying season tickets and supporting us like they have in the past but it is what our leaders have chosen, so be it.
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He has yet to meet eligibility requirements.
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76 Raider he hasn’t signed anything either…he may change his mind and…nobody could blame him if he did, he may decide he wants to go where there is some tradition..some school that is respected.
Anybody would understand that decision
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I do not work at wal-mart, I graduated from UT. Never have worked for less than 500k since I graduated in 1999.
The mighty Horns will ride into Lubbock in Sept make make turkey sausage and beef jerky out of the one time pirates..
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Please FIRE GERALD MYERS!
And, no way smokin’ Joe made 500K right out of UT. Unless he is a daddy’s boy who works for his family. He was born on third base and thought he hit a triple.
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Way to go Calhoun. You are on your way to greatness. Can’t wait to see you in red and black.
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smokin’ Joe
You mean you made $500, a month don’t you.
And you graduated from Uneed Tip school.
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