TCU Football Adds 16 to Squad
2/7/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
| Name | Pos | Ht. | Wt. | Hometown (High School) |
| Ben Angeley | OL | 6-5 | 280 | Spring Lake (Earth) |
| Jeremy Breedlove | DL | 6-3 | 250 | Corpus Christi (Miller) |
| Shawn Brooks | LB | 6-0 | 200 | Houston (Jersey Village) |
| Stephen Culp | OL | 6-3 | 305 | Tyler (Lee) |
| Matthew Grimmett | WR | 5-11 | 175 | Snyder (High) |
| Tye Gunn | QB | 6-4 | 200 | La Grange (High) |
| Reggie Holts | RB | 6-0 | 230 | Houston (Langham Creek)/ Blinn JC |
| Flander Malone | DB | 6-0 | 190 | Dallas (Skyline) |
| Jeremy Modkins | DB | 6-1 | 185 | Marlin (High) |
| Martin Patterson | LB | 6-1 | 220 | DeSoto (High) |
| Marvin Pearson | TE | 6-5 | 235 | Duncanville (High) |
| Ranorris Ray | DE | 6-2 | 250 | San Antonio (Taft) |
| Shane Sims | OL | 6-3 | 300 | Tomball (High) |
| Michael Toudouze | OL | 6-6 | 280 | San Antonio (East Central) |
| Mark Walker | DB | 5-10 | 170 | Duncanville (High) |
| Mike Wynn | PK | 5-10 | 195 | Midland (Lee) |
Gary Patterson on...
The 2001 recruiting class: "We met the position needs that we were looking for -- offensive linemen, safeties and a kicker. We lost four offensive linemen from the 2000 team, so it was important to sign a solid group of linemen. We graduated five safeties, so we needed to sign some more defensive backs. We have placed a high priority on signing defensive backs in each of the last two classes that fit our scheme. Plus, with the loss of Chris Kaylakie, we needed to sign another kicker, and we found a great one in Mike Wynn." "We signed another top quarterback, which is something that we want to do every year. Tye Gunn was the Texas 3A Player of the year, and he led LaGrange to the state championship. He ended his high school career with over 9,200 yards of total offense, so he should fit right in with our offense. In addition to Tye, we signed five or six top-100 players that we are excited about joining our program. The rest of the group is a great evaluation class, similar to the senior class that took us to three straight bowl games."
The impact of the 2000 season: "There is no doubt that our success last season had a big impact on this signing class. It was not just the 10-2 record and the national ranking, but I think playing on television every week played a big role. Players know that with us moving to Conference USA and playing on television every week, that they will gain a lot of exposure while they are at TCU. Playing on television probably helped us get some early commitments. We have gained a lot of national prominence over the last several years. I think players recognize that this is one of the top programs not only in Texas, but also in the country."
Bios on the 2001 SigneesBen Angeley, OL, 6-5, 280, Springlake (Earth), Texas – Class A all-statelineman for Springlake-Earth High School... finalist for Class A Player ofthe Year... played both offensive and defensive line in high school... aSuper Team defensive lineman selection by the Amarillo Globe and LubbockAvalanche Journal in final two seasons... earned All-South Plains honors bythe Lubbock Avalanche Journal... District MVP... named to Dave Campbell'sTexas Super Team... recorded 147 tackles, including 19 behind the line ofscrimmage... Springlake-Earth won district title in each of the last twoseasons... a pre-season Super Team defensive lineman choice by Top-of-TexasMagazine and the Lubbock Avalanche Journal... district MVP in juniorseason... also earned all-state and All-South Plains honors... recorded 93tackles as a junior... coached by Rick Hulett.Jeremy Breedlove, DL, 6-3, 250, Corpus Christi (Miller), Texas – Played bothtailback and defensive line at Miller High School... three-year letterman infootball and track... received all-Corpus Christi Bay area honors aftersenior season... honorable mention all-South Texas... first-teamall-district and all-metro selection... recorded 68 tackles, six sacks,four fumbles and seven quarterback pressures as a senior... anchor on thesprint relay team with a 10.7 in the 100 meters... coached by Jim Gupton...chose TCU over Arizona State, Oregon and Virginia.Shawn Brooks, LB, 6-0, 200, Houston (Jersey Village), Texas – Three-yearletterman at Jersey Village High School in Houston... the Houston TouchdownClub Defensive Player of the Year... first-team all-district choice afterrecording over 100 tackles as a senior... ended high school career with over200 tackles... rated as the sixth best linebacker in state by Texas Top100... coached by David Snokhous... chose TCU over Baylor, Kansas, Houstonand Iowa State.Stephen Culp, OL, 6-3, 305, Tyler (Lee), Texas – Two-time all-districtselection at Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler... Dave Campbell's TexasFootball Super Team lineman... received all-East Texas honors after juniorseason... two-sport letterwinner at Lee... received two letters in footballand one in powerlifting... coached by Mike Owens... chose TCU over Baylorand Vanderbilt.Matthew Grimmett, WR, 5-11, 175, Snyder (High), Texas – Earned all-district4-4A honors as a wide receiver, defensive back and punter at Snyder HighSchool in both senior and junior seasons... also received Lubbock AvalancheJournal All-South Plains honors... named to the Abilene Reporter News 5A-4ABig Country Super Team... caught 33 passes for 611 yards and eighttouchdowns in the 2000 season... intercepted four passes... a Texas SportsWriters Association all-state selection after junior season... set a SnyderHigh record with 864 yards receiving on 37 receptions... scored ninetouchdowns and posted three interceptions... also runs track and playsbaseball... earned all-district honors as a center fielder... coached byDavid Baugh... dad, Frankie Grimmett, played football at TCU... chose TCUover Duke.Tye Gunn, QB, 6-4, 200, LaGrange (High), Texas – One of the top quarterbacksin the state of Texas... led LaGrange to the Texas Class 3A StateChampionship... a State Top 100 selection by the Dallas Morning News, FortWorth Star-Telegram, Houston Chronicle, Lubbock Avalanche Journal and WacoTribune... a Fab 55 choice by the Austin American Statesman... DaveCampbell's Texas Football/Fox Sports Net Texas 3A Player of the Year...all-state selection by the Texas High School Coaches Association...second-team all-state by the Texas Sports Writers Association...rated as oneof the top players in the state of Texas by SuperPrep... Centex OffensiveMVP selection by the Austin American Statesman... named both the districtoffensive MVP and the Tri-County offensive MVP... rushed for 2,216 yards and37 scores... passed for 1,401 yards and 13 touchdowns... as a junior, herushed for 1,479 yards and 18 touchdowns, and passed for 478 yards and sevenscores... overall, he ended his career with over 9,100 yards of totaloffense and 127 touchdowns (rushing/passing)... committed to TCU in July2000... four-year letterman... also lettered in basketball and golf...coached by Tony Valastro... chose TCU over Arizona, Baylor, Houston, Purdueand Texas Tech.Reggie Holts, RB, 6-0, 230, Houston (Langham Creek), Texas / Blinn JuniorCollege – Junior College running back that rushed for 1,200 yards in twoseasons at Blinn... had 700 yards rushing as a sophomore and 500 yards onthe ground in 1999... coached at Blinn by Everett Todd... a three-yearletterman at Langham Creek High School in Houston... as a senior, hefinished among the rushing leaders in the Greater Houston area with 1,700yards rushing and 26 touchdowns... had 350 yards receiving and threetouchdowns... earned all-state honors as a senior... a finalist for theHouston Touchdown Club Player of the year... district 16-5A MVP... rushedfor 1,218 yards on 162 carries in junior season, scoring 15 touchdowns...coached by Dennis Demel.Flander Malone, DB, 6-0, 190, Dallas (Skyline), Texas – All-District runningback for Skyline High School in Dallas... a Dallas Morning News Area Top 100selection... despite splitting time with two other running backs, he led thedistrict in rushing with 846 yards on 116 attempts... two-year letterman...moved from safety to running back after junior year... Dave Campbell's TexasSuper team member... also lettered in track... as a junior, he ran a 10.5 inthe 100 meters and 21.3 in the 200 meters... a regional qualifier in thetriple jump... earned all-district honors as a high jumper... coached byPhillip Roybal... chose TCU over Michigan State, Oklahoma, SMU and UCLA. Jeremy Modkins, DB, 6-1, 185, Marlin (High), Texas – Four-time all-districtselection... earned first-team all-district honors as a quarterback and freesafety... state top-100 pick by the Waco Tribune... Super Centex teamhonoree... team advanced to the Regional Quarterfinals... rushed for 1,024yards and passed for 1,200 yards in junior season... district MVP in 1999...all-district quarterback as a sophomore... all-state free safety as afreshman... recorded eight interceptions in freshman season... won the 2000district track meet with a time of 10.4 in the 100 meters... coached byJerry Malone... chose TCU over Baylor, Texas and Texas A&M.Martin Patterson, LB, 6-1, 220, DeSoto (High), Texas – All-state selectionat DeSoto High School...a first-team Dallas Morning News All-Area choice...All-Area Top-100 selection by the Dallas Morning News and Fort WorthStar-Telegram... a third-team Texas Football Super Team linebacker...nominated to play in the Texas/California Bowl... led team in tackles...three-year letterman at DeSoto... coached by Ben Dial... chose TCU over IowaState, New Mexico and Oklahoma State.Marvin Pearson, TE, 6-5, 235, Duncanville (High), Texas – All-districtselection at Duncanville High School...caught 10 passes for 185 yards and atouchdown... lettered one season for coach Bob Alpert.Ranorris Ray, DE, 6-2, 250, San Antonio (Taft), Texas – Earned all-districthonors at defensive end and tight end for William Howard Taft High School inSan Antonio... also earned all-San Antonio honors (at defensive end) by theSan Antonio Express News... recorded 72 tackles, 36 solo and 36 assistedtackles... had six quarterback pressures, including three sacks... athree-year letterman in football... also lettered in track... coached by LeeBridges... chose TCU over Kansas State, Texas Tech and Wake Forest. Shane Sims, OL, 6-3, 300 , Tomball (High), Texas -- One of the top offensivelinemen in the state of Texas... a state top-100 selection by Dallas MorningNews, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Houston Chronicle, Austin American Statesmanand Lubbock Avalanche Journal... received all-Greater Houston honors by theHouston Chronicle... two-time all-district... Lone Star Recruiting StateTop 100... rated as one of the top players in the state of Texas bySuperPrep... three-year starter at Tomball... also lettered in track...finished second in the state in the Class 5A state meet in the shot put witha best throw of 64-feet plus... ranked third in the nation in the shotput... two-time state runner up... bench pressed 410 pounds in the fall...coached by Patt Patterson... chose TCU over Baylor, Houston, Oklahoma andPurdue.Michael Toudouze, OL, 6-6, 280, San Antonio (East Central), Texas --Received all-San Antonio honors by the San Antonio Express News...all-district honoree... two-year letterman for East Central High School inSan Antonio... started at tight end as a junior... possesses good strengthand quickness... also lettered in track... throws the discus... an all-statechoice in track... coached by Mike Morgan.Mark Walker, DB, 5-10, 170, Duncanville (High), Texas -- One of the topdefensive backs in the state... a state Top-100 pick by the LubbockAvalanche Journal... an area Top-100 choice by the Dallas Morning News...named to the Dallas Morning News All-Area team... Dave Campbell's TexasFootball Super Team selection... honorable mention all-state... first-teamall-district... recorded five interceptions for Duncanville High School...the Dallas Morning News player of the week vs. Grand Prairie... had threeinterceptions as a junior and two in sophomore season... honorable mentionall-district in the 1999... in his three seasons on the varsity, Duncanvillerecorded a win-loss mark of 31-5, winning the state title in his sophomoreseason... also lettered in track... won state track championship in the4x100 relay... coached by Bob Alpert... chose TCU over Alabama, Baylor,Tulsa and Wisconsin.Mike Wynn, PK, 5-10, 195, Midland (Lee), Texas -- Kicker for Class 5A statechampion Midland Lee High School... earned all-district honors at kicker...kicked 9-of-12 field goals and converted 63 PATs... had a 40.3 yard averagepunting... three-year letterman... selected by teammates as Lee SpecialTeams player of the year... named to Who's Who in American High SchoolSports... Lee was named as USA Today's National champions... nominated tothe United States Navy Scholastic All-American football team... Lee compileda 43-3 record in Wynn's three years on the varsity... kicked a 44-yard fieldgoal to win a game in sophomore season... coached by John Parchman... choseTCU over Oklahoma and Tennessee.TRANSFERS THAT JOINED THE PROGRAM LAST FALL
Devon Davis, LB, 6-3, 223, Austin (McCallum High), Texas / Tennessee –Transferred to TCU last fall from the University of Tennessee... earnedall-state and all-district honors twice... selected as the Central TexasDefensive Player of the Year in 1997 and 1998... ranked among the top 15strong side linebackers in the country by the National Recruiting Advisor...the no. 7 prep linebacker by Prep Star and no. 8 by Max Emfinger... listedamong the top 100 by Texas Blue Chip Recruiting... played middle linebackerand led his Class 4A team with 114 tackles (98 solo), eight sacks and twointerceptions as a senior... posted 19 tackles against Reagan HS in topperformance... as a junior, recorded 128 tackles with six caused fumbles,eight sacks, one interception and 30 tackles for loss... squad made theplayoffs for the first time in 30 years his junior season... was athree-year starter at linebacker and started for two seasons at fullback hisfreshman and sophomore years... leading tackler in school history...three-year captain... holds school records in the discus (165-5) and shotput (53-6)... academic all-district as a senior... McCallum HS coach: PatHoneycutt.Richard Evans, DE, 6-4, 270, Duncanville (High), Texas / Kentucky –Transferred to TCU last fall from the University of Kentucky... startingdefensive tackle at Duncanville High School, the Class 5A state champion...made 104 tackles as a senior, with 26 tackles for loss, 21 quarterbacksacks, 18 quarterback hurries... named to the all-district team... teamcaptain and team's defensive lineman of the year... three-year letterman andtwo-year starter... also all-district as a junior when he totaled 93tackles, including 18 tackles for loss, 15 sacks, and 13 hurries... playedin the Texas vs. California All-Star game... coached by Bob Alpert... afour-year letterman in track and field, competing in the discus throw... wonthe district as a sophomore... has a best throw of 182 feet... honor rollstudent who was a member of the Spanish Club, School Choir, BusinessProfessionals of America, and the South Dallas Business and ProfessionalsYouth Group... won school's Student of the Year Award, "Extra Mile Award,"and an attendance award... originally chose Kentucky over Purdue, Missouri,Tennessee, Rice, and Texas Tech.Brandon Williams, SS, 6-3, 180, Mesquite (High), Texas / Missouri –Transferred to TCU last fall from the University of Missouri... redshirtedin 1999... has 4.5 speed... coached in high school coach by Steve Halpin.
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