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[quote name="eagleswoodville#1" post="1425159" timestamp="1376765764"]
[quote author=ChampionEagles link=topic=113413.msg1425153#msg1425153 date=1376764131]
I'm glad the kid finally made a choice. And appears to be a good one. UT recruited him to be an athlete and I think he will be a great pickup at corner for them.
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I keep reading slot receiver/safety/special teams.
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He's got the skills for any of those. I don't quite see him at safety myself, but more to a corner. But I'm sure they have discussed all of this with him. Just congratulations to Kevin and on to playing his senior year for the purple and white.
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[quote name="ShlyKBMT" post="1425199" timestamp="1376777108"]
UT's last push looks like it paid off. When we taped our preview a couple weeks ago he was wearing an A&M undershirt and told me that's where he was going. Congrats to Shorter, wish him the best.
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He had the same shirt on last night before the scrimmage with Silsbee.  :D
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Larry Porter , Texas Running back coach was recruiting him to play RB .. that told him he would be a big part of the offense in the future .
[/quote]That's interesting, he's the third running back to commit in UT's class and I know they already have 5 offers out to the loaded class of 2015 backs. I thought they were recruiting him as a safety. Good luck to him.
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I really think he is best running back in the state , all divisions .. He shines on far less carries only question is the completion he is facing, plus starts on defense and has played both ways on varsity since his freshman year so it's clear he can stay healthy, only injury was a high ankle sprain soph year missed 3Gms
Year.  Car Yds Avg Lng TD
Total  318 3692 11.62  82 58
12-13 151 1810 11.99 82 31
11-12. 85 884 10.40. 80 12
10-11. 82. 998  12.17. 80. 15

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I really think he is best running back in the state , all divisions .. He shines on far less carries only question is the completion he is facing, plus starts on defense and has played both ways on varsity since his freshman year so it's clear he can stay healthy, only injury was a high ankle sprain soph year missed 3Gms
Year.  Car Yds Avg Lng TD
Total  318 3692 11.62  82 58
12-13 151 1810 11.99 82 31
11-12. 85 884 10.40. 80 12
10-11. 82. 998  12.17. 80. 15
[/quote]Those are good numbers but I would argue that Austin Walter's 1976 on 196 carries is more impressive considering the competition. He's not far behind the career totals too and has only played two varsity seasons. I hope he does well but backs from the smaller classifications have struggled on the 40 acres. I remember Traylon Shead from Cayuga rushing for about 10,000 yards in high school and he had the THSF all-time TD record when he left. I don't think he ever got a carry at UT and is now at SMU. He was already over 200lbs in high school and benching 400 but I think the football stats came from competition more than anything else. According to UT's website Shorter is coming in as an ''athlete'' so maybe they have plans to try him at a couple different positions?
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[quote author=Back2swag link=topic=113413.msg1425674#msg1425674 date=1376933740]
I really think he is best running back in the state , all divisions .. He shines on far less carries only question is the completion he is facing, plus starts on defense and has played both ways on varsity since his freshman year so it's clear he can stay healthy, only injury was a high ankle sprain soph year missed 3Gms
Year.  Car Yds Avg Lng TD
Total  318 3692 11.62  82 58
12-13 151 1810 11.99 82 31
11-12. 85 884 10.40. 80 12
10-11. 82. 998  12.17. 80. 15
[/quote]Those are good numbers but I would argue that Austin Walter's 1976 on 196 carries is more impressive considering the competition. He's not far behind the career totals too and has only played two varsity seasons. I hope he does well but backs from the smaller classifications have struggled on the 40 acres. I remember Traylon Shead from Cayuga rushing for about 10,000 yards in high school and he had the THSF all-time TD record when he left. I don't think he ever got a carry at UT and is now at SMU. He was already over 200lbs in high school and benching 400 but I think the football stats came from competition more than anything else. According to UT's website Shorter is coming in as an ''athlete'' so maybe they have plans to try him at a couple different positions?
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I agree somewhat. Level of competition between 2A and 5A is vast and jumping from 2A to  FBS will be a whole new world. Although the running backs coach(at Texas) did present him as a running back and what he could do for them out of the backfield, we'll have to wait and see where and how well he plays. I wish him well.
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