The Football Brainiacs

– Du’Vonta Lampkin: We’ve had a few request for updates on the Du’Vonta Lampkin situation. You will recall back in May we were first to report that Lampkin wouldn’t be attending UT after all and instead was strongly considering Oklahoma.

I have spoken to a couple sources recently and Oklahoma is still Du’Vonta’s likely landing spot. In fact, I am told in no uncertain terms that Oklahoma is absolutely where he intends on being so long as he is able. The hold up right now is of course the letter of intent. A source close to Lampkin told me that right now Texas is refusing to release him from his national letter of intent and “it looks pretty unlikely that he will even be able to report for fall camp.”

I realize by now a number of sites have reported on this matter and to be honest the subject isn’t one I’ve followed particularly closely so I’m sure many of you know the rules regarding his eligibility and the timing of the NCAA automatic release better than I. What I do believe based on the conversations I have had with a source since we first reported on this and what seemed clear when I spoke to a source regarding it recently is simply that Lampkin will not qualify for Texas and as such will, at some point, be released from his national letter of intent. And again, Lampkin has every intention of being at Oklahoma even if it isn’t until after fall camp.

At this point it doesn’t seem incredibly urgent simply because I never anticipated Lampkin being a contributor this season. – (Super K)

– Team News | Quarterbacks: Per a request last week from one of our readers, I did ask around about the quarterback situation. During the summer, as most of you know, there is player led 7-on-7 a couple times per week. I am told that Baker Mayfield does start off each day with the first team. Was told by a source that “if it was decided today I think the nod would go to Mayfield”. I tried to gauge how the quarterback’s looked generally. I was told by one source that the QBs look pretty good but with the caveat, “it’s 7 on 7”. There obviously isn’t a huge offensive line in front of you, there isn’t a pass rush, etc. So it can be tough to know how that will translate. But I was told by a source that within the 7 on 7 setting they are “drastically improving” and that sounds promising because it can speak to accuracy. And in 7 on 7 there are still route concepts and defensive calls that a QB has to read and make a decision.

I continue to hear that the weapons around the quarterback are absolutely there (again, Westbrook comes up for the millionth time with a source…apparently he made some acrobatic catch recently and has been abusing anyone they put in front of him). But I think it’s just too early to say how Baker and Knight will look when the bullets are live.

Did hear that Cody Thomas is beginning to close the gap in 7 on 7. Was told by a source that Cody is going to be “very good actually”. Again though, not sure how all this will translate in live situations.

I definitely understand everyone’s concern and interest on this particular point. I think most would agree that getting good and consistent quarterback play can really change the course of a football team’s season. – (Super K)