'09 TX QB Russell Shepard (LSU Verbal)

[wadc45]

Rivals $

2/16

From the A&M site...visited A&M for a junior day and talks about how impressed he was with the A&M staff. Will visit either Texas or LSU next weekend and also wants to check out Oklahoma, Florida and Michigan.

[jwinslow]

AthleteVault

Breakdown of top-6 schools

“My top schools are Michigan, Oklahoma, LSU, Texas A&M, Texas, and Florida,” Shepard said.
While he has a list of six schools that are subject to change, Shepard expressed what he liked about each school.
Michigan: “I love that Coach Rodriguez is there and is the face of the spread offense. It has been a school that has been running the pro style offense for over two decades. If I was to attend that school, I look forward to being the first to change that school’s history in such a long time and putting that program back on the map. This past year they kind of fell to the hill and I would look forward to going there and playing for a young and talented coach that has done well in his career.”

Texas: “They are the favorite school down here in Texas and I love the atmosphere. The coaches are amazing from Coach Brown to even Sally Brown his wife. He’s the best recruiter at that school and I really love their program. Coach Greg Davis has coached some very good quarterbacks from Applewhite, to VY (Vince Young), even to Simms. He’s kind of like the quarterback coach here in Texas and everyone wants to be offered and invited to play at that school. It’s an honor because everyone in the state wants to play for him. When I went over there, Coach Brown said it’s amazing that I’m 17 and everyone there knows who I am and wants me to be there. It was kind of crazy how that worked out.”

Despite having these six on top, there’s one school in particular that is recruiting Shepard the hardest.
“Texas is recruiting me the hardest,” he said. “Everybody in the country thought I was going to go to Texas and commit. With me liking Texas and making some statements early in my recruitment that Texas was the favorite and with me not committing, I think it came as a shock to them. I have contact with Texas through emails; I call Coach Giles as well as Coach Brown. Texas sends me letters all the time and is recruiting me a lot. At the same time, recruiting is kind of different for me compared to other kids in my class. Everyday, I get 15-20 letters from different universities. Sometimes I get letters from each coach on the coaching staff, so it really goes to show you how hard they are all recruiting me.”

In fact, one of his family members is a top recruit in Houston and is interested in the same schools as Shepard. “My cousin Craig Loston and I both love the University of Florida, from a defensive standpoint in the SEC; they produce very good defensive players,” Shepard said. “Coach Meyer and Coach Mullen develop quarterbacks and if you are in that system, the offense revolves around you. We both love that university as well as LSU, Oklahoma, and Texas. We’ve talked about going to the same school, but we aren’t a package deal. If it happened it wouldn’t be a surprise if we went to the same school because if you looked at our school selection they are very similar.”


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[jwinslow]

YouTube - Russell Shepard Highlight Video

[jazzman]

wow, this kid seems to have a better arm than TP, not the athleticism. I agree that there's always scope for having two top-notch QBs.....that's assuming TP comes to OSU. I am hoping Eddie steps in and helps with the process....at least keep him away from that team up north.

[streetbuck]

Shepard has said in the past that he isn't close to Eddie at all, and barely talks to him, but still respects him.

I doubt Eddie can make any significant impact with his recruiting.

[BuckTwenty]

Video reminded me a lot of Pat White. He's a silky smooth runner. That one play early on ended very similarly to Teddy's reverse against ND.'

Would be a "perfect fit" for TSUN.