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Recruiting Intel: Zelus Hicks reclassifies to 2025, what this means for Texas recruiting
there we go welcome to the inside Texas football YouTube channel powered by inside Texas.com I'm Joe Cook got coach Doug got Justin Wells. This is about our regularly scheduled time but we got some breaking news to talk about as well. The 2025 excuse me the 2026 class for the Longhorns just lost somebody. He's now in their 2025 class. Zellis Hicks from Carrollton, Georgia according to on threes Hayes Fawcett reclassified to the Longhorns 2025 class. He they're going through his rankings right now so we'll see what on three says about where he fits in before that he was like I think ranked number 65 in the on three industry ranking somewhere around there. Number six, kind of, you know, top 150 type player. You know we had tracked this recruitment throughout the spring as a player who was, you know, from Georgia interested in Texas kept saying the right things kept shown interest committed to Texas. Took a visit to Tennessee, I think last week maybe a couple weeks ago, but now we have news that Hicks has switched to the 2025 class. Charlie just kind of curious what your thoughts are on him we posted your thoughts on him as a prospect and a story over on inside Texas but what does this mean, you know just for him as a prospect, starting this college process probably, you know, in about a month or so. Yeah, yeah, you look around, a lot of kids starting to reclassify if they can. I know Justin everybody mentioned this, please look around Williams who still 17 reclassified and came out early 17. And so, it's huge, right, because he gets along with another safety in his class, a guy who may come in physically ready and early enrollee. So that's huge, but, man, you get a lot of young guys into the program that fits the same old when I look at him and I see Derek Williams the physical safety and pose and safety who's going to come down and try not to change travelers right. I got it probably can compete and play on special teams like day one, and this man that safety room, what I'm getting is doing a great job of adding quality depth in that moment and continue to just build a talent and competition level so just another awesome gift along with this 25 class, he's reclassified. Roasters got a good question. Is he already 18? Is he soon Justin? He is 18. And so we know the Longhorn still have their eyes, probably on adding guys to the cornerback position in this 2025 class. Right now they just have Caleb Chester they're interested in guys like Dorian Brew we know who Eric reported about. Check that on inside Texas. My me of that name again or is it Corey and Kobe sellers and Devin Sanchez there's about four or five guys that are kind of hanging around the rim and don't be surprised if Texas snags one of them. I think they feel good on gallery and so that one's going to be interesting but they're going to add another corner and this is the Hicks one is this is no surprise to people at inside Texas.com. We don't have to we can talk about it now guys. Remember we got the ultimate and we couldn't talk about it for like two months because we knew it was happening we can talk about it now the one thing I'm going to talk about is who in the heck did his measurement because I've met this kid multiple times if he's six three I'm Kareem Abdul Jabbar like he's not six three but I'll tell you one thing he has a wingspan of a kid that is six three he plays like a hawk and funny enough they show high school football in Georgia on Friday nights and so after my Calvary day Liberty County game. I got to actually watch Douglas County and Carrollton play each other. And so in Hicks played pretty well he his job was kind of staying over the top of Aaron Douglas, a Texas target in Texas A&M commit out of Douglas County and so yeah I want to see who measured Hicks because he's not six three I'd say at best maybe six foot six one but I'll say this getting this kid on campus early like Charlie said is huge people wanted another safety they have got another safety in this class. This has got to shoot them into the top five. You know one of the things I mentioned he had he had visited Tennessee and he gave some quotes to our friends Steve Wilfong. You know, like what he saw very stock quotes I know we're trying to build a lot of things as being big deals and recruiting but very normal quotes enjoy the visit. Just reclassified and a lot of times you see players especially at this stage in the game with 30 days to go. They may, you know, if they're going to be making their choice in a couple weeks they may change but Justin by no account does it seem like that that that didn't happen do you think it's imminent. No I don't I don't and you never know like the next month listen it's going to be crazy that's why you have to come to inside Texas.com every single day and just kick refresh that's the best way to do it because we're checking in on this one Tennessee is it's at that moment where the last few schools that are still clamoring for him they knew he was going to reclassify anybody that's in this recruitment knew he was going to jump into the 25 cycle. So they're trying to get a guy in there late. They're going to throw some you know they're going to throw some numbers they're going to throw some some enthusiasm Adam to see if you can do it but Joe I really do feel like with it being almost literally a month away from signing day. I think Hicks and Texas are just fine. I feel a lot better if they could get him on campus this month and I think they are definitely working to do that. One of the things is a very good point hadn't thought about this is he going to be able to take an official visit to Texas now. Yeah, he should be. Yes, he should be that November 20. He can do that November 23. He can do that. Oh, man, there's only a couple weekends open to do that. Right. It's only these two weekends. So next weekend then they're going to be in college station four weeks from now they've got two weeks to get him in. Let's do some facts I can to see if you've met come in for Florida or we might come in for Kentucky. Exactly so but yes to answer that question great question Nathan hadn't thought about that but glad to think about it. Also, you know Charlie going through your evaluation from way back in, what was it September. most of you was kind of like analogous to Derrick Williams. The Longhorns have Derrick Williams, man. They have him playing a little bit more of the free safety rule, I believe. Michael Taft kind of doing a little more strong safety stuff. You still see that being the case now that, you know, think of a hypothetical defensive backfield a few years down the road where Jonah Williams is there. Do you think that's still something that they'll entertain? - I think so. I think it was more of an unbox safety because he loves to hit, and if you watch the Jonah Williams tape, and he can pop himself on the style of hash the hash and get the ball right if it's on in the air. So, but the good thing is these guys are interchangeable. They can play both safety spots. And you look at the versatility of everybody they're recruiting. It doesn't matter if you play stronger, free. You can interchange, it doesn't matter. And so he's just a versatile DB, man, who can line up everywhere. You might even have him. I'm not saying he'll play milk, but you know, he probably can play that spot too. Like he really feels good, but he has good cover skills, good ball skills. So I think the guy's interchangeable and that makes a defense really, really hard to try to read when you got versatile to guys like that. - Charlie, he lined up at Nickel Friday night in the game I watched. - Okay. - He's got some of that crossover you're talking about. He is a versatile, versatile kid. And again, I'd love to see the measurement on his wingspan 'cause that kid looks like a condor the way he covers. And so I think that's what Texas wants. They want those multiversal guys. And again, Coach Williams said this, tip your cap to Blake Gideon. I don't care how they got him. He's the safety coach. You got to give him credit. - I'm a, you know, right now all these networks are waiting to throw a ranking in there. Y'all think he stays around the same place? - I don't know, he fell. Did you notice he fell in the last rankings in the 2026 cycle? Not much, he wasn't much. He was just a little bit of movement. That's a good question, Joe. I don't know yet. We need to look up the top six or seven safeties and kind of see where he kind of fits into that box because I'm telling you, I think this is going to push them into the top five. I think they have the number six rated class right now. I could be wrong. I've been gone a long time. A lot has changed since I've been on YouTube. - So here's the safety pecking order as it stands right now. Number one, Jenna Williams. Number two, Trey McNutt, Oregon commit. Number three, Fajim Delaine, Ohio State commit. Number four, Hilton Stubbs, Miami commit. Five, Anquan Fagan's, Auburn commit. Six, Tay Harris, Clemson. Seven is Ivan Taylor from Michigan. And I'll go up to the top 79 just so we'll talk about the air there and Eric Winters from Auburn. So he would have to be within that range just about for him to remain in that top 100 range. The number, here we go. The number nine safety is the first one outside of the top 100. - He's probably a step or two. I'm going to guess ahead of that. - I could see that being the case. It still gives a good class. - It means it's a great game. You can also kind of start over at safety in 2026, which in this is the best way possible to do something like that. So let's see, let's see if we can hit refresh on it. Okay, here we go. We were a little off, but the, let's see who has already given him some new rankings. Okay, all the different services have him as a four star trying to get this up on here. I'm sure this, some of this is like a placeholder, but we shall see at the stage, boom. So on three, has him at 221. And all these rankings are going to come in, I think it'll, this is going to change rapidly. So make sure to stay looking at Zella's Hicks page. - See, this is more accurate. This is more accurate. Six, he's a, I'd say six one at best, Joe. You and I've seen him six one at best. Why is Hayes tweeting out? He's six three. Like I silly boy, you got to do your editing, my man. - Maybe he's, maybe he's changed a little bit. - He cannot, he's not going to give him Afro. That's inch and a half. If he's giving him heights because the Afro, come on, come on, Hayes. - The other thing is, this is the second time this has happened at Carrollton. You know, Julian Lewis, the quarterback who's visiting all over the place. He did the same thing. - Watch that kid flip the Indiana, man. - Good. - Have not. - That'd be fun. - That is building a real momentum, guys. I was talking to some guys last week and they're like, don't be shocked if that kid winds up with Kirk Signetty in Indiana. I'm like, okay. - You know, Justin, if Zella six does want to go to the Arkansas game or to any of the games, but he can't get a ticket, he's got a download game time. Go to the game time app, go to gametime.co. I used this to sell tickets not too long ago. It is extremely, extremely easy. 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So if you're just now joining us, we spoke about Zellis Hicks reclassifying into the 20, 25 class, not decommitting, but just reclassifying. So if you want to check that out, you know, scroll earlier in the video, but we got to get to our original plan. And Justin, you tore up the interstate this past last weekend, this past weekend, heading to Georgia to see a bunch of Texas targets. Let's start with the five star, that is Justice Terry out of Manchester for the guy people who may have clicked on this video, saw and are interested in. What did you learn from Justice Terry's conversations with him? - Yes, I gave him the most imposing award because he looks like a junior in college right now. Like he is ginormous. He's got a big smile too. He's got a nice swing span. I mean, this guy's got giant hands, giant swing span and giant potential. Also, just a really good kid, really small school. Manchester is like a two A in Texas. It is really small. The only place I saw with actual grass on the football field. But for Justice, he actually has a cousin named Jayden Terry, who's a 2026 on the team, who's kind of an up-and-comer as well. But for Justice, it feels like Colin Simmons did Texas last year. Like Kirby Smart cannot let this guy leave. And that's kind of the consensus throughout his recruitment. That Georgia leads, there's a bunch of people that are still trying to get into the mix. Auburn bringing him in all over the weekend. Texas bringing him in two weeks ago. I think he's really just trying to be thorough throughout the process. But I would be absolutely shocked if he doesn't wind up at Georgia. And strange enough, out of all the kids I saw, this is the only one that I think is kind of locked into Georgia. I think all the rest of them are moderately open. But this is a kid that, like said, Kirby Smart can't let the number two rated defense alignment in the nation leave his state. He just can't do it. It's what, three hours from campus. And so I would be shocked if Justice Terry isn't a Georgia Bulldog. That being said, you love Texas. He thought it was an incredible atmosphere. He thought this is what life's like in the SEC. He thought they did it big. I think they just may have jumped into this recruitment, maybe a little too late. Georgia had already solidified this thing for over two years. I mean, he had been, he got his first offer in eighth grade by Western Kentucky. His first major offer, Georgia in eighth grade. - Coach, when you're looking at, I really love Justin's comparison about this being kind of like Kirby's calling Simmons. Like a guy that you can't let leave the state. Is that something that you believe to be similar? - Look, Anton, you can get a monster in the trenches like that. You don't want to leave the state. You don't want to leave your own backyard. I got the game changer, man. He can do wonders for a program. And for a place like Georgia, you lose him in your own backyard. People are going to start looking at your sideways. Like, hey, how'd you lose that kid, right? 'Cause he's even going to go somewhere and tear it up. You lose them to a place like Texas, right? Who is on a rise and client creeping up behind you? Yeah, people are going to start the morning and like, okay, Kirby, what are you doing? We're losing in Texas and gaining on this. What are we going to do in the future? So you definitely don't want to lose a guy like that in your backyard because, man, he's just a complete animal. He gets it done and like Justin said, he's just a big kid with big paws, man. Like, it's like a big paws on a puppy, man. It's like, yo, once you get him in a modem and he grows, it's over. The curious thing, maybe not curious, there's a couple interesting takeaways I have. One, you mentioned about Kirby and Georgia. He used to, there was a weird relationship between Kirby and coaches in the state of Georgia and maybe it was Atlanta specifically. Like, there was an odd time, but just in how there was an odd time with Ed Ogeron and some New Orleans coaches, if you all remember that short lived episode, I think the same thing kind of happened. Obviously, you said Manchester, that's like Southern Georgia. That's almost the Florida part of Georgia. - Yeah, no. - It's a lot different. The other thing is, this is a player who, we know Kirby Smart likes having stock defensive lines and we've seen some crazy good defensive lines with like 330, 340 pound players who a lot of them are tearing it up for the Eagles right now. - Did he give you a height and weight, Justin? - Yes, yes, six, three and a half, almost six, four, three, or two, 85. No, no, no, two, 65. And I hosted him and I said, "I have never seen two, 65 look that good in my life." Six, three and a half, almost six, four, two, 65. He's gonna get to 290, 300 and gonna be unblockable. This kid's gonna play early in college. That's my biggest takeaway. Like, imagine if Byron Murphy had two more inches of height. - And some metabolism. - Yeah, right. And that's another thing we talk about. You talk about a two-way school. I'm not trying to make sweeping generalizations, but that's rural. Like, you can name a lot of different-- - Only four stores in that town. - Yeah, yeah. - Like, you can name a lot of different two-way sites and you know what the city looks like and who knows what type of meals they have at that school has at home. He can get to Georgia or go anywhere he wants and get proper nutrition for fuel. - His coach actually mentioned that. His coach actually mentioned that. Wait till we eat regularly. And he has great parents. Justice Terry has some of the best parents of recruits I have met. And that coach gave him a lot of credit to give you another idea of how small the head football coach is also the head basketball coach. And he's also the assistant principal. It's a little place. But Justice Terry's gonna do big things, fellas. - I'm not saying I know anything 'cause you went there. I wonder if he's got a paddle under his desk. - I didn't check, but that's something I would have probably checked 10 years ago. - Let's keep on going. And coach, I'll go with you on this one. Joseph Ambachu is a big defensive tackle target for the Longhorns. But he's also very, very new to football. So how do you assess, you look at six, five, two, 80 and you're like, okay, yeah, that guy's got the skill, the physical traits, but how do you determine if that juice is worth the squeeze? - Man, really I look at your class and look at your board and see where everybody stands and what you need. But some of that bigs, you wanna bring them in, right? 'Cause that's just you just want some clay to mold and mix. If you can find an NFL guy that gets first guy, get off the bus, that's the guy you want. And so any coach worth that saw is like, I wanna get this guy, I wanna develop him, right? Because he's your all, hasn't played that long. If I can get my hands on a man, this is gonna boost my resume as a coach, but also he's gonna help my team win. So it's all about, you know, what Kenny Bacon, everybody looks at when they look at the board and say, hey, you know, where does he fit in the class? Especially if they're able to get some other guys or fit them into the class. But him being new to recruiting, man, you really just gotta talk to him about other things outside of football, right? Because he's interested in so many other things before football, find out what he really likes and find those interests. And you probably hit home with him. - Justin, you got to talk to him. It seems like there is a school, I mean, he's interested in the Longhorns, but it seems like there's a lot of interest from another school from Bacho. - Yeah, actually, there's interest from a handful. Look, this is so new to him. He was my most wide-eyed and open-minded because he hasn't been jaded by the recruiting process. You know, when Auburn brought him in this weekend for an official visit, that, you know, sources told me they were going all in. They were going to try to push for a commitment. Well, with a kid that this new to recruiting, and I think he felt like he rushed his Florida commitment during the summer, that might have backfired on Auburn because I think his family, look, his family, and this was coming from Joseph and some of his coaches at Grayson, they loved Texas. And it was a non-pressure situation. They didn't care what it looked like on the field. They cared about what everything else around it. And I think that's what kept Texas. And Bacho told me nobody is recruiting him harder than Texas. And if you look at Texas big board, I wouldn't be surprised if Bacho's above some of these other guys that I actually have seen that have played for years, that are committed to other schools. And Bacho is that clay that Coach Williams talks about. This kid has a ton of upside. He was playing three-tech on Thursday night. And I felt like he was a little out of place. I think they ran, it wasn't a three-four. It was like a three-three stack kind of defense. But, you know, he was versatile. He played some inside, he played some outside. He was active. He did pretty well. But you could see he's so young. And it's so new to him. And this is a kid that you bring in, you bulk up, and you develop. And here's the best thing about Joseph and Bacho. No bad habits. Unbelievable kid. Unbelievable parents. Great upbringing. He is, if you're gonna, you either go for Portal, or you go for development. And this is a kid that is 100% development. He's not gonna play early. But when he does get on the field, he will be a young monster. Get him to about 305, 310. And I don't think he loses any twitch. I think you give him functional mass. Like I said, he's young. He just put on pads for the first time in the spring, gentlemen. This whole thing is new to him. Texas, Auburn, Miami. Georgia's still kind of around the rim a little bit. South Carolina's pushing a little bit. I think he waits till right before signing day for his decision. We'll go, we'll stay with another Grayson Ram, and we can't skip over the commits from that great program to commit. Excuse me, and that is Nick Brooks, probably the one of the largest, if not the largest players in Texas 2025 class. And Coach, you kind of wrote about him. Looking back a little bit, what he was able to do on the field, you see somebody who can be just, you know, I'm trying to think out loud. You look at DJ Campbell and you just kind of think of maybe a bigger, a little bit slower, less at, you see a guard, you see someone who's going to move people out of the way. I think that's really comparison. - Yeah, big role grid, a big mall that you can put in the guard. I think we wrote about an IIT, what Texas is kind of looking for maybe the next class to make an ad to the four. Like he's one of those big guys that you need. If you want to just push people vertically, run it right inside zone behind him, load him up and say, all right, we're running behind you big boy. Let's go, he's a big role grid a guy. Like, just as I wouldn't put him, maybe I'd tackle. I think he wouldn't want to put him out there on the edge, but you put him at guard and say, we're running behind you, our goal last situations. We're good yards every single time. He's a big guy, big role grader. So that's what I see in Big Nick Brooks, man. He gets an approach on like Texas. He gets a, you know, strength conditioning coach. I think like he can really shape his body and get a little quicker. But yeah, it's a big project as well. - Justin, what were your conversations like with Brooks? - You know, a really happy kid. I think, you know, right before, right after I spoke to him, he was, you know, setting up a visit to Auburn and it turned out, he just had a couple teammates making the trip down there and he wanted to enjoy a game. Go down there and enjoy it and let Auburn do it on him for a little bit. The thing about Nick is he's actually slimmed down. Like, if you remember when we first started covering him, he didn't look as good as he looks now. Like, he's actually slimmed down. I'd say he's in the, you know, maybe 345, 350 range. He does move people. He can definitely move people. He's definitely not a tackle. Even though he has good feet and then have a kickstep, but he has good feet. But it's, it's that, that mauling type that just like Coach said, if you want to go vertical with your line, just, that's kind of the guy to do it. The thing, the thing to know about Nick Brooks is that I think he's a kid that will benefit from being in a round like minded people. Being in a room of these offensive linemen that have, really, that's what Texas has built their own line around is around development and sending them to the NFL. They haven't hit the portal a whole lot in the last few years when it comes to the offensive line. And Nick Brooks is a guy I think can kind of, can bridge that as well. I think it's gonna, I think he would take a few seasons to be ready to play at the college level. You mentioned DJ Campbell. I wish we could put DJ's mind in Nick's body because that I'm telling you, like, like DJ is me. Like DJ is a guy you just don't fist fight. You just don't get into it with him like that. Nick is a kind of a soft, big soft teddy bear, which you can pull that meanness out of him. And I think that's what Kyle Flood's gonna do. He loves Kyle Flood. They talk on a week to week basis. I love SARC. He likes all the players. He said they're all treating, they treat him like he's family. And in this NIL era, I think that this is the one, this is a player that it's really gonna benefit his life. Like it's gonna change his life and his families. And it's, that's a really cool thing to see up close and personal. And it was senior night at Grayson. So you get to see, you get to see his family. You got to see him. I asked him if he was gonna be the homecoming queen. He said probably not. But he took a visit to Auburn. It was basically nothing. I wouldn't be surprised if he tried to pop back into Texas. He was at Texas, Georgia. He might try to pop back in sometime in November. But that one's one to watch just because, you know, people are still coming at him. You know, namely Auburn. There's a few other schools that are still, they're still in pursuit. And so we're kind of watching that one, but overall, you know, Texas missed on Michael Fusuci. And I felt like Brooks is the guy that kind of slid into that spot. And Texas isn't done with Fusuci. So the question is, does Texas, does Brooks stay in this class if they can flip Fusuci? Well, Fusuci's a numbers buster. So that's something we're gonna look at over the next month at inside Texas. How that recruitment could shape this one. Brooks, does it take, fellas? You would be happy to have this guy on your roster. He's a big teddy bear. All you gotta do is get him a little meaner and a little leaner. - Last but not least, coach, I know you've heard of, when you were, you know, in the recruiting world, what's the strangest major or like future professional interest that you heard of a player coming in? It's like, I wanna do this someday. But maybe not strange, but most unique, something like that. - Oh man, I can't say that he wanted to be a massage bear. I was like, all right, hey, okay, I can't, I guess, but you know, I'm probably the strangest man. (laughing) - Justin, how many people have you heard tell you that they wanna be chefs with football works out for them or not? - One, just one, just one, and Mr. Kevin Nguyen out of Green County High School in Greensboro, Georgia. Let me tell you something, what's funny about this recruitment was that when I was talking to one of his assistant coaches, he was taking me to his culinary class. He was in the middle of cooking. I said, what is it, like a home egg? I took home egg, he goes, no, this is much better than home egg. It's like an industrial restaurant kitchen in this school. And he's back there with his hair net and his, you know, all of his stuff, and he's chopping up, getting chicken ready, getting biscuits ready. And we could only talk from five to seven minutes 'cause you cannot burn these biscuits. And that was imperative to him that we do not burn the food. We have to finish that. Actually, we had to talk some in the kitchen, which I did try some of that. Needless to say, Kevin Nguyen committed to Florida State, loves Florida State Steel. I know most kids view it as a dreadful season in Tallahassee. I don't think Nguyen sees it that way. I really do think his perspective is a little different. Here's what he told me. He's gonna do two things in life. He's gonna cook and he's gonna play football. And if he doesn't play football, he's just gonna cook. But he's gonna do those things. And his coaches made it very clear. If you want this kid's signature, you're gonna have to offer the best culinary experience possible. And so that, you know, in a sense, some of that gets latter to the University of Texas. And then you start looking at some of the vast eating experiences that you can have in Austin, Texas, and around there from Grant Pinkerton's, Pinkerton's, Terry Black's. There's so many opportunities there. That's what Kevin Nguyen, that's the sales pitch. That's it right there. That's, you want to weigh to his heart and his signature? It's gonna come through food. And one of the coolest things about Kevin too, South Carolina still pushing. Georgia, Georgia is still on him, which I found that real fascinating. And I was told they would definitely take him right now. And if you watch his tape, I'm not surprised. He is a booger in that middle defensive line. Like he is, he gets low pads. He is tough, 320, 325. Really just a great kid, a great experience. He really wants to come back to Texas in November. He's trying to reschedule it. He was supposed to come for Texas, Georgia. It fell through. He's still looking at that. But my biggest takeaway from Greene County, outside of the aspiring chef, was that he's one of those rare kids that doesn't see Florida State's season as being something that should deter him. He really likes that defensive line coach. He really likes the core values that they have there right now. And he's more, I would say, he's just thinking more pragmatically than a normal 18 year old kid does. Like he really knows what he wants. Most kids, Charlie and I, we talk to, they don't know what they want to do with their lives. They'll tell you the same thing. They want to play in the NFL. Kevin Nguyen never mentioned the NFL one time. This guy, he wants to be on Triple D. Like this guy wants to hang out with the man, Guy Fieri, and do that kind of stuff. Post football or pre football, it doesn't matter. He's going to hit you on the field, but he's also going to hit you on the table with those biscuits. You know, a lot of people have criticisms of Mike Norvell. There we go. Criticism of Mike Norvell and his recruiting out of the high school ranks. I wonder if there's not a more important prospect for him right now, because he'd take a look at the Seminoles class. You know, they do well in the transfer portal. They're number 23 in the country right now, which they have a commitment from Solomon Thomas, from Jacksonville, Reigns, an interior offensive lineman, five star. Next highest rated commit, Kevin Nguyen. So this is a player who, even though they only have one win and it was against a struggling Cal team that had to fly across country to play him, like this is someone that they cannot really afford to lose. Or else you wouldn't be surprised, Joe, if he sticks with his commitment. And everyone just assumes, because USC blew him away two weeks ago. He had never been to California before. He loved it, like everything's sunny, a lot of traffic, a lot, you know, there was so much there that kind of, I'm going to say it almost overwhelmed him a little bit. He loved it. He really did. I don't see Kevin Nguyen playing football in California. That's my takeaway. Exactly. Charlie Justin, thank you for being nimble, getting some talk about Zellus 6. Of course, if you're just now joining us, come back to the beginning of the video. We go over Zellus 6, reclassifying from the 26 class to the 25 class. Of course, make sure you like the video. Subscribe to the channel. Head insidetexas.com. Use that promo code IT1, get two months for $1. So Charlie, Justin, thank you so much. We'll see you next time on the Inside Texas Football YouTube channel, powered by InsideTexas.com. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] (upbeat music) (upbeat music)
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