2026 Derrek Cooper 5* RB/ATH from Chaminade Commits to Texas

[hill33]

Texas has some buzz today according to Gaby

 

[Odysseus]

Have to pull this off this would be like Lamar brown leaving LSU that was never happening

 

[RVACane]

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[Canes Legacy]

I think Cooper is a good player, but I don't think he's a 5 star talent tbh.

He’s #30 on the composite, if he commits here he won’t end up a 5 star.

 

[RVACane]

Doesn't sound like a team ready to drop a giant bag for Cooper

 

[Peter Ariz]

Lots of Texas buzz this AM out at the Crib Classic.

 

[OrangeBowlMagic]

Lots of Texas buzz this AM out at the Crib Classic.

Fireable offense if it goes this way in December.

 

[Peter Ariz]

Lots of Texas buzz this AM out at the Crib Classic.

And it might have been Georgia before he pushed it back.

 

[htownkidd]

I’ll hold my tongue until next week.

 

[Odysseus]

And it might have been Georgia before he pushed it back.

Lol so we can't get guys like Lamar brown because he's in UGA backyard, so what would be the excuse on Cooper then

 

[htownkidd]

Lol so we can't get guys like Lamar brown because he's in UGA backyard, so what would be the excuse on Cooper then

“Can’t force kids to come here that don’t want to be here”

 

[aleahy]

If we miss here, it’s a massive failure. Would basically assure a second straight HS class outside of the top 10. I don’t see a path to top 10 without Cooper.

Mario was brought here to get top 5 classes. 2 straight outside the top 10 would be significant cause for concern. No way to spin it, especially considering we are high level NIL spenders.

A miss here should lead to a real evaluation of what is going on within our recruiting.

 

[Odysseus]

“Can’t force kids to come here that don’t want to be here”

You already know that spin cycle is coming lol. For Nolan Wilson its he's not leaving home same then with Lamar brown its he's in LSU backyard. We'll Cooper is in Miami backyard sooo

 

[htownkidd]

You already know that spin cycle is coming lol. For Nolan Wilson its he's not leaving home same then with Lamar brown its he's in LSU backyard. We'll Cooper is in Miami backyard sooo

“We have always been different at UM. We aren’t like those college towns and have always struggled to keep kids home. What more do you want us to do? We tried and gave it everything we had”.

 

[Problem2]

This would be painful

Still a week out let’s see

 

[sedlst11]

Missing on Jae Lamar and Cooper is bad. If cooper goes to Texas these coaches truly can’t read prospects. This has been cane along by all insiders.

 

[aleahy]

This would be painful

Still a week out let’s see

Hopefully, just some red herrings to up the number. They absolutely have to win here.

 

[305407cane]

"But right now appears to be a lack of clarity on where things stand from a Miami perspective.."

"I get the sense the Texas stuff is real, despite just one trip to Austin. Someone I checked in with would still be surprised by them being the selection only because of how well-traveled Cooper is and having only gotten the single exposure.."

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Quality journalism right there man

 

[cooks002]

 

[htownkidd]

If we miss here, it’s a massive failure. Would basically assure a second straight HS class outside of the top 10. I don’t see a path to top 10 without Cooper.

Mario was brought here to get top 5 classes. 2 straight outside the top 10 would be significant cause for concern. No way to spin it, especially considering we are high level NIL spenders.

A miss here should lead to a real evaluation of what is going on within this entire organization and regime.

FIFY
Cause if we can’t win anything worth a ****, and can’t win battles like this, then what’s the point?