2015 DL Tyrell Jacobs

[WaltonCollege]

From Rummell high school in LA where dwayne Eugene and toliver went just decommitted from OU. 6'4 260lb with offers from us, miss state, mizzou and others. No LSU offer. This school pumps out talent go follow on twitter and let's get this guy! @tyrelljacobs98

[ldfergu]

Are we looking at any more DL? Seem to be good there.

From what I read the last spots are devoted to LB and DB with maybe a RB and WR..

[rzrbk_]

God knows I ain't perfect and I'm not trying to wail on a kid, but I checked the his timeline and bro seems like a hot freakin mess.  There was so much drama in his tweets that the kid seems unstable.  I know talent and boy scouts don't usually go hand in hand but yeesh!  Having said that, if we offered him and he committed I would throw a party.   :razorback:

[backout60]

From what I've read on the sooner board. He decommited because he wants to play early and some schools are offering that. Where as OU wants him to redshirt quote from tyrell himself.  So it's a mutual parting.

[Paul]

If Philon goes into the draft, we'll need another DL

[Oklahawg]

We were on Jacobs pretty hard prior to him committing to OU. Not sure that we don't like our options with Smith (Vandy commit) and Gustin better.

OU's defense is a cluster. They should be promising early looks to every recruit they can talk to.

[Hogwild]

My aunt use to teach at that school, they had won back to back state 5A titles, but lost in the playoffs to another catholic league rival.  There is so much talent in that league.

[IBleedRazorbackRed]

This is the kid we tried to get to visit with his 2016 teammate about a month ago and he wouldn't visit because he was committed to Oklahoma and their coaches didn't want him to

[ricepig]

I don't know if it's just me or not, but there sure seems to be a lot of de-committing lately.

[redeye]

I don't know if it's just me or not, but there sure seems to be a lot of de-committing lately.

Not just you.

[Tusks]

my understanding is the coaches want one more DE.

[Nola]

Both him and Briston Guidry '16 de committed today

[Oklahawg]

my understanding is the coaches want one more DE.

One more DE, correct.

A lot of the shuffling can be explained with three statements:
1. mid-term enrollees have to make choices and they lock up slots (whereas commits are more fluid). You are signing in February you have time to rethink what is going on if a player signs an LOI in December at your school of choice. Not likely influencing much but some players want to be the only player at a certain position (or think they were promised as much).
2. grade issues from the fall semester start to appear. ACT scores, too, factor in. Schools wind up letting go of no-shots (academically). They might let go of a marginal or borderline academic candidate if they have 3-4 others just like them. No school is going to get caught with 4-5 academic casualties if at all possible. This is a big deal, too, when some schools have quirky enrollment procedures that can get one marginally qualified candidate in but not the next one.
3. As more and more players commit the "lay of the land" becomes more clear. Schools begin to lock in their classes and make the final slots more obvious. Easy to see that you must have a certain recruit because they are the only "Plan A" left for a slot. They get a full-court press.

The final component to all of the above - the bowl season dead period hits so that recruits can enjoy relative peace following their decision. Do not overlook this factor! In fact, I almost erased everything else and left this paragraph. Many players have a tough time telling a school "no" and the dead period makes it easier.