Southall picks Texas
Marcel Southall. (courtesy of Duncanville ISD)
DUNCANVILLE — Texas coach Charlie Strong wants to build from the interior. Marcel Southall is the next step.
The 4-star DE from Duncanville committed to Texas this morning at an announcement at his school. Southall chose Texas over offers from Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma, Baylor, Miami, and Ole Miss among others. At 6-foot-3, 270, Southhall looks to play the 3-tech in Strong’s 3-3-5 front, strongside likely. He fits the Bryce Cotrell mold of defensive ends in Austin.
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Excerpt from the Recruiting Notebook:
Marcel Southall, DE – Duncanville (2016)
How he fits at Texas: Adding Southall to the 2016 class could lessen the sting of missing on Oliver as he brings similar pad level, effort, fast-twitch movements, and hip flexibility at a similar size. His ideal fit is as a 3-tech defensive tackle but Texas’ 3-3 Under would put move him between that spot and an outside-end position that would create opportunities for him to use his speed to approach the QB from different angles. The plethora of good 3-3 DE prospects in the 2016 class is going to make for an excellent defensive class for Charlie.- Ian Boyd
Eric Nahlin says: The No. 68 prospect of the IT Top 100 for 2016. Looks like a jumbo sized Foreman in the face, and certainly has the upside of a Texas player, but consistency is a nagging concern of Southall. He moves well but struggles to unlock from offensive linemen. I do like his versatility as a prospect who can play from 3-tech on over to 5-tech.
Southall is the 18th commit in the Class of 2016. He joins D’Andre Christmas-Giles (Saint Augustine, LA), Kyle Porter (Katy), Lil Jordan Humphrey (Southlake Carroll), Eric Cuffee (Waco High), Zach Shackelford (Belton), Jean Delance (North Mesquite), Davion Curtis (Temple), Denzel Okafor (Lewisville), Andrew Fitzgerald (Flower Mound Marcus), Malcolm Roach (Baton Rouge, LA), Peyton Aucoin (Bother Martin, New Orleans), Collin Johnson (WR – Valley Christian (CA), Reggie Hemphill (WR – Manvel), Shane Buechele (QB – Arlington Lamar), Tope Imade (OL – Arlington Bowie), Gerald Wilbon (DL/OL – Destrehan, LA) and DeMarco Boyd (ATH – Gilmer).
