[Redrum]

We are finally holding a  head-to-head contest with University of Texas of a Texas kid in the recruiting wars.  In fact, we might already have won.  Durham Smythe  actually was a Texas commit but recently decommitted and is now going to take an official visit to Stanford.  All those are positive signs.    The further good news is that Smythe is a TE that practically everybody wants.

The 6-6, 230 lb. Smythe  is rated about the same on Scout/Rivals  3 star/ 3 star  ranked  15/14 at his position.    What the numbers don't do is separate receiving TEs from blocking or combo TEs.  True to Stanford of late, Smythe is viewed primarily as a receiver by Stanford.  No idea where he rates among that sub-group.

How good is he?  Tough to beat this offer list from Rivals:
Univ. of Texas, Texas Tech, OK St., TCU,  Baylor,  Georgia, Texas A&M, Florida, Mississippi,  Michigan, Nebraska,Kansas,  Ariz. St.
and Stanford.  That he would decommit and schedule his Stanford visit is a pretty good sign.

And, luckily for him,  his first name is Durham.  Had it been part of a British upper-class hyphenated  last name...Durham-Smythe...  our bretheren across the Bay would probably die laughing at how appropriate his name was for the school.

[Redrum]

We are finally holding a  head-to-head contest with University of Texas of a Texas kid in the recruiting wars.  In fact, we might already have won.  Durham Smythe  actually was a Texas commit but recently decommitted and is now going to take an official visit to Stanford.  All those are positive signs.    The further good news is that Smythe is a TE that practically everybody wants.

The 6-6, 230 lb. Smythe  is rated about the same on Scout/Rivals  3 star/ 3 star  ranked  15/14 at his position.    What the numbers don't do is separate receiving TEs from blocking or combo TEs.  True to Stanford of late, Smythe is viewed primarily as a receiver by Stanford.  No idea where he rates among that sub-group.

How good is he?  Tough to beat this offer list from Rivals:
Univ. of Texas, Texas Tech, OK St., TCU,  Baylor,  Georgia, Texas A&M, Florida, Mississippi,  Michigan, Nebraska,Kansas,  Ariz. St.
and Stanford.  That he would decommit and schedule his Stanford visit is a pretty good sign.

And, luckily for him,  his first name is Durham.  Had it been part of a British upper-class hyphenated  last name...Durham-Smythe...  our bretheren across the Bay would probably die laughing at how appropriate his name was for the school.