Brian McLaughlinSporting News
Future Texas A&M quarterback Matt Davis had about 24 hours to absorb the news of coach Mike Sherman’s firing, and he had time to talk to most—if not all—of the Aggies’ recruits. Everything’s stable, for now.
With a few hours to calm down, the recruits appear to all be intact, but one can be sure that opposing coaching staffs are perching like buzzards, just waiting for their window of time to swoop in and tear away at what is a very strong Texas A&M recruiting class. It is arguably one of the top three or four classes in the nation right now, with only two months remaining before national signing day.
Matt Davis remains committed to Texas A&M. (Sporting News)
Davis talked to Sherman late Thursday evening after the news broke of the coach’s firing.
“He just told me that sometimes the ball doesn’t bounce your way,” Davis told Sporting News on Friday. “He said it didn’t bounce our way this year and these are the repercussions of it.”
Davis said the class is still intact. Future classmates and friends like running back Trey Williams and wide receiver Bralon Addison are still on board—two of the top players in a strong class of 23. It’s a class that rivals Texas’ talented class, a rare occurrence in recent years.
“We’re not sure where to go from here, but for right now I was just making sure with everybody’s name here … I was just checking off everybody I talked to in the class, and the main thing I was saying is before we make any quick decisions, just wait and see for a little bit,” Davis said. “I told them I’m staying with A&M, but before y’all make any decisions, y’all need to wait and see what we’re bringing in next. Don’t say you can’t wait, because that’s bull. Nobody needs to make a decision this fast. So everybody seems to be on board. We’re waiting to see what will be the case.”
Davis has felt that “buzzard” effect himself. Within 45 minutes of the firing news, a member of the Texas Tech staff was on the phone with him saying “we want you”. It is a coach he has known for years from when his brother was playing at Sam Houston State. Contact from Auburn and LSU has also come in the last 24 hours.
The Sporting News Top 125 quarterback plans to be an early enrollee at Texas A&M, so he has decided to forego playing in any of the national all-star games in January. He plans to focus on competing for the starting position in the spring—a position battle that likely will be a wide-open affair.
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