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| Terrance Williams (h/t nbcdfw.com) |
When I began writing this post, the headline was something along the lines of "Baylor turning into Wide Receiver U". However, right now, I believe Baylor is the premier program, at least in the Big 12 (I can hear the Tech fans now) for developing and recruiting some of the best receivers in the nation. Art Briles has had a couple players drafted into the NFL since he took in 2008 and he's got some highly-recruited ones coming in.
In the 2010 Draft, David Gettis was the first of the Baylor WRs to be taken in the Art Briles era, going in the 6th round to the Panthers. After an All-American campaign in his senior season, Kendall Wright was taken 20th overall to the Titans. Terrance Williams led the nation in receiving yards and was rewarded by being taken in the 3rd round of last month's draft.
But the future for Baylor may be even better. The gem of Baylor's 2013 class is without a doubt WR Robbie Rhodes. 247Sports lists Rhodes 21st overall (highest prospect in the Big 12), second at his position, and the best prospect in the state of Texas. Rhodes chose Baylor over competition from Texas, A&M, Oklahoma, and other top programs.
It's only late May, but Baylor's 2014 receivers class is already loaded. Chris Platt (may end up on defense) is a player that has incredible speed and one of the more underrated prospects in the Big 12 right now. Top 100 overall player Davion Hall (may play defense, but unlikely) is the top recruit in Baylor's class right now. Just yesterday, Baylor picked up a commitment from Houston wideout Ishmael Zamora, the same day in which Texas offered Zamora. Zamora, a 4-star prospect, recently won a state championship in the 110m hurdles. That's some serious speed, all three of those recruits run sub 4.5 40s.
Yet, they aren't even close to being finished recruiting-wise. Baylor is the favorite for the best receiver in Big 12 land, KD Cannon. Cannon is the top receiver in Texas and is a top 5 wideout nationally. It's May and the focus is still on the 2014 classes, but Baylor already has a 2015 commitment. WR Chad President picked Baylor last month and is #142 in the newly released 2015 Top247.
This isn't good news for the rest of the Big 12 especially for Mack Brown and the Texas Longhorns. The Horns, who we all know are the kings on the recruiting trail, are being dominated by Baylor in recruiting receivers. Wescott Eberts of Burnt Orange Nation had a great post detailing this the other day and below is just an excerpt:
In the 2010 Draft, David Gettis was the first of the Baylor WRs to be taken in the Art Briles era, going in the 6th round to the Panthers. After an All-American campaign in his senior season, Kendall Wright was taken 20th overall to the Titans. Terrance Williams led the nation in receiving yards and was rewarded by being taken in the 3rd round of last month's draft.
But the future for Baylor may be even better. The gem of Baylor's 2013 class is without a doubt WR Robbie Rhodes. 247Sports lists Rhodes 21st overall (highest prospect in the Big 12), second at his position, and the best prospect in the state of Texas. Rhodes chose Baylor over competition from Texas, A&M, Oklahoma, and other top programs.
It's only late May, but Baylor's 2014 receivers class is already loaded. Chris Platt (may end up on defense) is a player that has incredible speed and one of the more underrated prospects in the Big 12 right now. Top 100 overall player Davion Hall (may play defense, but unlikely) is the top recruit in Baylor's class right now. Just yesterday, Baylor picked up a commitment from Houston wideout Ishmael Zamora, the same day in which Texas offered Zamora. Zamora, a 4-star prospect, recently won a state championship in the 110m hurdles. That's some serious speed, all three of those recruits run sub 4.5 40s.
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| Robbie Rhodes (via Bleacher Report) |
Yet, they aren't even close to being finished recruiting-wise. Baylor is the favorite for the best receiver in Big 12 land, KD Cannon. Cannon is the top receiver in Texas and is a top 5 wideout nationally. It's May and the focus is still on the 2014 classes, but Baylor already has a 2015 commitment. WR Chad President picked Baylor last month and is #142 in the newly released 2015 Top247.
This isn't good news for the rest of the Big 12 especially for Mack Brown and the Texas Longhorns. The Horns, who we all know are the kings on the recruiting trail, are being dominated by Baylor in recruiting receivers. Wescott Eberts of Burnt Orange Nation had a great post detailing this the other day and below is just an excerpt:
Because right now, Art Briles and Baylor are operating in another stratosphere than the Texas offense, a fact not likely to change soon on the Baylor side with all the incoming talent. It may have been incomprehensible when Briles arrived at Baylor, but it's become an unfortunate and uncomfortable reality on some fall Saturdays and especially on the recruiting trail.The Bears have definitely had one of the scarier offenses in the nation the past two years and it looks like it may only get better. Now the defense has obviously been subpar in those years and that will need to improve. However, with Baylor recruiting and picking up elite receiver after elite receiver, they're going to be in the Big 12 title hunt for years to come.
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