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Horns247 Podcasts: Longhorn Blitz, The Flagship and State of Recruiting

The Flagship: Recapping busy week for Texas following NFL Draft, success on the recruiting front

Horns247 Podcasts: Longhorn Blitz, The Flagship and State of Recruiting

247Sports, Texas, Texas Longhorns, Texas Football, Texas Basketball, Texas athletics, Arch Manning, College Football

Sports, Basketball, Football

4.9810 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

The Longhorns experienced a successful week in various areas within the Texas athletic department, both in former student-athletes and future Longhorns, which included a group of Longhorns who witnessed their dreams become reality when they received the call to the pros in the 2020 NFL Draft. Texas wrapped up the three-day event with three former players selected within the seven rounds of the NFL Draft, while two others were quickly picked up as undrafted free agents upon the conclusion of this year's player draft. Former safety Brandon Jones was the first Texas player taken on Day 2 when the Miami Dolphins drafted him in the third round with the No. 70 overall pick. Wide receiver Devin Duvernay shortly followed Jones later in the third round when he was selected at No. 92 overall to the Baltimore Ravens. Receiver Collin Johnson was the third and final Longhorn taken within the seven-round draft when he received the call from the Jacksonville Jaguars as the organization picked him in the fifth round at No. 165. Though undrafted, former d-lineman Malcolm Roach and o-lineman Zach Shackelford were quickly swooped up as free agents. The New Orleans Saints added Roach as an undrafted free agent while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers picked up Shackelford upon completion of Saturday's rounds. But football was not the only sport to receive good news over the last few days. On this week's edition of The Flagship Podcast, Horns247 columnist Chip Brown and managing editor Taylor Estes look back on the Longhorns' success over the last week, while introducing a new segment to the show, Love it or Leave it, which covers a variety of Texas topics in the debut, including if a healthy Sam Ehlinger should automatically equal a Big 12 title appearance for Texas, who will take over the reins of the offense after Ehlinger wraps up his college career and much more. The Flagship then welcomes in Horns247 publisher Bobby Burton for his thoughts on how the Longhorns fared in the 2020 NFL Draft, which players could have the brightest futures and the Longhorns with the highest draft upside in next year's 2021 NFL Draft. Chip and Taylor close the show weighing in on both men's and women's basketball's recruiting success as of late after Texas men's basketball coach Shaka Smart added a major weapon to next year's roster with the commitment of five-star power forward Greg Brown III, while newly-hired women's basketball coach Vic Schaefer also added to his hoops' roster with the comments from two Top 20 players in the 2021 class: Rori Harmon and Aaliyah Moore. The Flagship Podcast — featuring co-hosts Chip Brown and Taylor Estes with Horns247 publisher Bobby Burton as a frequent contributor — hits the airwaves each Wednesday, and centers around all the latest happenings surrounding the University of Texas and college athletics, with big-name guests joining the show on a weekly basis. The Flagship is available on a multitude of platforms — including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts — so make sure to subscribe to the Horns247 podcast channel on all platforms to have the latest episodes available to you at all times. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome in to the flagship podcast.

0:09.5

We are recording on Tuesday, April 28th, signs of life in terms of maybe easing up a little bit on the sheltering in place, maybe some retail and

0:25.0

restaurants starting to open maybe quarter capacity by the end of the week, according to

0:30.4

the governor, the great governor of the great state of Texas.

0:34.1

So we always say stay safe and keep the faith and maybe it's starting to move in a positive direction.

0:42.8

Joining me as always, our fearless captain, the managing editor of Horns 24-7 and the engine that runs the flagship podcast, the one and only Taylor Estes.

0:57.1

Taylor, how you doing?

0:58.6

What's going on, Chip?

1:00.0

Oh, man.

1:01.2

Just trying to stay sane, you know.

1:04.8

It's hard right now, right?

1:06.2

Hard to do.

1:07.7

But, you know, we had the NFL draft, and we'll get into that with our man bobby

1:14.3

Burton the godfather uh publisher of horns 24 7 we'll recap the uh the longhorns in the draft

1:22.1

talk about some of the other big 12 players who were drafted maybe talk a little cowboys and

1:27.3

Texans as well.

1:29.2

We'll get into that with Bobby Burton.

1:31.3

But Taylor, you were mentioning, you were sitting out on your patio and you had a brainstorm.

1:40.3

Yeah.

1:40.8

So I kind of had one of those days today where just kind of one of those, like, if you know what's good for you, just maybe leave me alone for a little bit.

1:50.5

So to avoid any type of me biting off my husband's head who is working from home also, I went outside on the back patio and just like wanted to unwind but I started trying

2:02.2

to think of different segments chip that you and I can do on the flagship podcast each week

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