National Signing Day 2010: The Will Muschamp Reign of Terror at Texas

It looks like the class is pretty well wrapped up with the additions of Darius White, Mike Davis, Jordan Hicks, and Jackson Jeffcoat. You can take a look at the entire class here .

Texas locked down 20 of the Statesman’s Fab 55 , including 10 of the top 15. Texas chooses first in this state with few exceptions, then everyone else fights over the scraps—which of course still amounts to several “fabulous” prospects.

It looks like the program’s momentum is adding up to being able to close on the late recruiting targets. It stands to reason that if you’ve locked up 15-plus commitments before their senior years, you would have more time to dedicate to the four- and five-stars that are more hesitant.

I think this has to be considered the best defensive class Brown has pulled in yet. The DBs are all  guys that can turn their hips and run, and have time to grow into the position under Duane Akina’s tutelage before the current starting crop move on. DeMarco Cobbs is a possible exception here who looks like more of a downhill player if he ends up on defense.

The DL prospects are all guys that can attack a gap and get into the backfield, with Reggie Wilson and Jeffcoat both being fantastic pass-rush guys. Jeffcoat is probably more skilled now than Kindle (just not as fast on the edge) while Wilson will require some grooming.

The Bible-Dorsey-Cotton group gives Texas a tremendous base to build a line to challenge the last two in terms of dominance. As Chris Applewhite once pointed out, if both DTs require a double-team to be handled, it’s all over. I’ll add that if you need to chip the defensive end on both sides because your tackles can’t stay in front of them, it’s all over.

The linebacking corp is filling up with guys who can run, cover, and blitz, with all these traits exemplified in Hicks. Muschamp has assembled a group of guys that can grow into different positions and each have obvious value for tackling Big 12 offenses. Should Hicks choose Texas in an hour (which seems highly probably), Texas can began to build an outstanding tradition of producing top-flight LBs.

On the topic of defensive schemes, Football-defense.com has ranked the top five defensive schemes for handling the offenses commonly encountered today. Muschamp seems to more or less utilize all of them except the over front with his different packages.

This article was written by Nickel Rover of Barking Carnival

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