Cade McCrary Will Walk On

by Scipio Tex on Apr 8, 2009 1:05 PM CDT

Garrett Gilbert's #1 target will be a preferred walk-on at Texas. Cade is a 6-3 180 pound WR with average speed, good football IQ, and exceptional hands. He was a legitimate 1-AA level recruit with offers from several schools and as a senior he racked up 84 catches for 1711 yards and 24 TDs in the Cavs arcade offense.

McCrary understands the spread and will make the catch. If he can fill out over the next three or four years, he can be a solid role player for us. When you can get those qualities without investing a scholarship, you're playing with house money.

The same mystique that allows us to dominate in-state recruiting with elites should allow us to tell a pretty compelling story to the Cade McCrary type athletes who are lower tier Division I or Division I-AA prospects and weighing whether to give Texas and big time college football a shot or play four years in the anonymity of the Southland conference. And it helps if their Dad coached at Texas.

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by Sailor Ripley on Apr 8, 2009 1:07 PM CDT reply actions

SR, I can’t see your picture. May just be me, though.

by Horn Brain on Apr 8, 2009 1:10 PM CDT reply actions

n/m. Complaining about things makes them magically better.

by Horn Brain on Apr 8, 2009 1:10 PM CDT reply actions

with admissions in their current state, there aren’t many guys that will be able to do this. The ones that do will be guys who have their shit together.

by LonghornScott on Apr 8, 2009 1:13 PM CDT reply actions

Hmmm…spend 4 years at Sam Houston State, or 4 years pulling tail with your boy QB1 at the University of Texas, and still playing on the team. Not a hard decision.

by Steve Nebraska on Apr 8, 2009 1:20 PM CDT reply actions

from what i read about the kid, it sounds like he’d fit perfect with a coordinator who wants his receivers to simply catch the ball and immediately fall to the ground.

wait a minute…

by jon on Apr 8, 2009 1:36 PM CDT reply actions

It’s always an interesting debate for a high school athlete I think. I went to a pretty average 3A high school, and most of my buddies elected to take the shot to continue to play – Trinity (no scholie but good academics), TLC (no scholie and bad academics) and a couple of JUCOs (Ranger for baseball). One to North Texas just to discover they were dropping baseball, one to Miami Ohio for basketball who later came home to Trinity, and one to New Mexico State for football who stuck it out and had some success. Plus a half dozen or so to the service academies, but that’s another deal, especially for military brats.

Never really understood the choice for most of them though, when they could have joined me at UT (admission then was much more straightforward). I was content to take my shot, and when it didn’t work out know that I was in one of the best cities I would ever live in, getting an education that had tremendous value and generally having the time of my life.

by Black Scholes on Apr 8, 2009 1:39 PM CDT reply actions

I can immediately think of three receivers currently on scholarship who should be giving up their reps to this kid. Of course, I thought he’d a Baylor/TCU level player, so my talent evaluation skills may kind of be teh suck.

by Nordberg on Apr 8, 2009 1:46 PM CDT reply actions

Maybe he can get the other receivers lined up correctly or something.

by HenryJames on Apr 8, 2009 2:12 PM CDT reply actions

I thought this kid would haunt us at Tech for four years. I am glad to have him just to avoid that. Ask Kyle Shanahan if being the QB’s wing man is a bad job.

by The General on Apr 8, 2009 2:16 PM CDT reply actions