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Tomball Memorial's Ansley receiving rave reviews
The wide receiver position in the Greater Houston-Area is loaded for the Class of 2025, and Tomball Memorial’s Ashton Ansley looks to be another name to add to the recruiting database.
At 6-foot-5, the 2025 receiver looks the part. Pair that with his solid junior season with 689 yards receiving and 10 touchdowns, college coaches have come knocking on the door showing interest and offering Ansley.
Ansley picked up offers from Arkansas State, Florida, Louisiana Tech, Ole Miss, South Carolina and UTEP.
“First off, I just want to thank my family, my uncle and my trainers,” he said. “This wouldn’t be possible without them. Getting those first few offers is really opening up doors for me and it’s a blessing.”
Ansley was at the Texas Junior day on the 20th and had high praise for Coach Steve Sarkisian and company.
“I like Texas,” Ansley said. “They have everything I need right there in that facility and I don’t have to go anywhere to get that. The coaching staff was great. Hopefully, I can make another trip there.”
The junior wide receiver followed up his Texas junior day visit with visiting Texas A&M and TCU this weekend to check out those programs.
Ashton Ansley is a sleeper in the 2025 class as of now, but don’t be shocked to see him rise up the ranks this Spring.
HEATING UP: Hastings’ Orogbo shaking off sleeper tag
Every recruiting cycle, there seems to be one player that comes out of nowhere and becomes one of the top recruits in the city of Houston.
Come on down Hastings defensive end Smith Orogbo. At 6-foot-5, 215-pounds, Orogbo’s size screams DI, Power 5 talent. Pair that with his junior stats 73 Tackles, 17 Tackles for Loss, 7 Sacks, and 2 Forced Fumbles, it's easy to see why the offers are rolling in.
The crazy part about Orogbo’s is that he didn’t start playing the game of football until his freshman year of high school, and he's already has become a dominant force on the field.
“I was a basketball and track athlete before I started playing football my freshman year,” he said. “I loved the sport once I started and I love the feeling of dominating on the field.”
Orogbo’s recruitment has taken off this offseason picking up offers from Kansas, Oklahoma State, Pitt, TCU, Cal, Oklahoma, Texas, SMU, Tulsa, and most recently UTEP, Memphis and Florida. Now at 19 total offers, you could say the junior is enjoying the recruiting process so far.
“It has been amazing," he said. "The love I get from the coaches and getting to know their programs is just a blessing.”
The talented defensive end plans to attend the Baylor, Oklahoma and TCU junior days in coming weeks. He also mentioned that he has heard from Texas Tech, Baylor, Houston, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State the most as of late. Ohio State has been in contact as well.
Smith Orogbo is the diamond in the rough of this 2025 recruiting class and expect his offer list to grow quickly in the coming weeks.