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Ricky Seals-Jones commits to Texas A&M over LSU

The star Sealy (TX) athlete, rated by recruiting services as this year's No. 1 wide receiver, opted to become give his pledge to the Aggies on Monday morning.

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The elite athlete from Sealy (TX) will make his choice between LSU and Texas A&M known on Monday morning.

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Jake Raulerson Not Pressuring RSJ About Decision

The so-called "Bellcow" of the 2013 Texas recruiting class, Celina lineman Jake Raulerson, spent last weekend in Atlanta at the inaugural Rivals Challenge with recent decommit Ricky Seals-Jones, the five-star Sealy athlete. SB Nation caught up with Raulerson at Plano Prestonwood Christian tight end Christian Morgan's announcement and asked him about Seals-Jones:

I mean, we didn't talk really about recruiting. I didn't want to bug him too much. We had fun. We talked a lot. He was fooling around most of the time. He, Tyrone, and I were talking, along with the other Texas recruits, so it was a lot of fun.

Despite Raulerson's appointment as leader of the class, he's consistently taken a subtle and nuanced approach to bringing other prospects into the fold and a major tenant to that approach is a lack of pressure and a respect for the decision-making process of his fellow prospects.

Ricky Seals-Jones Reveals Commitment Odds At Five-Star Challenge

Ever since decommitting from Texas nearly three weeks ago, 2013 Sealy athlete Ricky Seals-Jones has mostly gone silent regarding the status of recruitment.

Checking in at the Rivals Five-Star Challenge in Atlanta meant that Seals-Jones had to face the media and make what are now rare public comments.

The comment that will send message boards for a number of schools into a frenzy?

Ricky Seals-Jones lists odds of recommitting to Texas at 75%. Full video report from #rivalschallenge coming soon.

— Geoff Ketchum (@gkketch) June 22, 2012

The athlete from Sealy measured in at 6-5 and 230 pounds at the event and spoke with the media for one of the few times since his decision to decommit from Texas several weeks ago. He shared his thoughts on his visits to Texas A&M and Texas last week.

On the visit to College Station:

I went to both A&M and Texas last week. At (the) A&M, I saw the campus, met the coaches, played a little five-on-five basketball with the current team. It's a nice campus and a nice program.

At first, Coach Sumlin wasn't there ... but after I checked out the basketball facility, he came through. We sat down and talked a little bit about the program and the school. He was real cool.

On the visit to Texas and Mack Brown changing his plans at the last minute:

They had some kind of coaches' meeting out of town or something. We weren't going to come that day but (Brown) said to come, and I guess he cancelled his trip. It kind of showed me how they feel about me. It showed that they think I'm very important to their program.

RSJ also mentioned that he will visit LSU next week and the two Texas schools, as well as Baylor and Oregon.

As far as his future position, his current weight of 230 pounds has once again increased speculation that he won't be able to stay at wide receiver, but the jumbo athlete is intent on doing so:

Ricky Seals-Jones just showed up at the #RivalsChallenge. He says he's ready to prove he's a 5-star caliber WR

— Brian Perroni (@bperroni) June 22, 2012

He's being recruited as a wide receiver and wants to stay there, but he may have to work hard to stay lean enough to keep the lateral quickness and overall speed that make him such a rare prospect.

But regarding his recruitment, virtually all the news regarding the recruitment of Seals-Jones has been positive for Texas, which will also benefit from RSJ spending the weekend rooming with Tyrone Swoopes.

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Ricky Seals-Jones On Campus In Austin

According to multiple reports, former Texas commit Ricky Seals-Jones, the Sealy athlete who opened up his recruitment last week, is on campus Thursday visiting with the football and basketball staffs following his visit to Texas A&M on Wednesday.

As Texas head coach Mack Brown revealed in his Wednesday press conference, the coaching staff was planning on traveling to San Angelo on Thursday to assist with a clinic there, but apparently canceled those plans to visit with Seals-Jones.

So, yeah, Ricky Seals-Jones is an important recruit. Coaching staffs tend to drop other plans when 6-5, 220-pounders who can run the 40 in 4.4 seconds want to visit.

Ricky Seals-Jones Visits Texas A&M, Reportedly Visiting Texas

If Texas fans were sick to their stomach on Wednesday upon learning that former commit Ricky Seals-Jones, the freak athlete from Sealy (TX), was on the campus of Texas A&M, Thursday brought much better news -- multiple reports from the services that RSJ will visit Austin the day after spending time in College Station.

A trip to LSU may also be in the works.

Seals-Jones and his camp have mostly gone silent since the news of his decommitment broke just over a week ago, but he did grant what has become a rare interview ($) with the Aggie Rivals site following his visit.

The 6-5, 220-pounder revealed why he decided to open up his recruitment:

I wanted to check out other schools and see if Texas was the right choice for me. I felt like I rushed into it and I wanted to check out other schools.

Without further explanation, the source of the pressure to make that decision isn't readily apparent, though it is generally known that his mother would like him at Texas. The Longhorn staff has backed away from whatever pressure they used to exert on prospects to make decisions at the Junior Days, so they would be an unlikely source.

Whatever the case, his recruitment is open now and RSJ described his itinerary while in College Station:

I went with my AAU coach to A&M today. I looked at the football and basketball facilities, talked with the coaches and then played two pick up games with the basketball team.

I want to play both sports. The Aggies are ok with it. I talked with the head basketball coach and the Coach (Kevin) Sumlin and they are both ok with it.

It's bad enough when the shady world of AAU basketball becomes intertwined with a recruitment in that sport, so it's not exactly promising for Texas to have an outside influence involved now in a mostly football recruitment, especially an influence with unclear allegiances. And that isn't to imply that RSJ's AAU coach fits that negative stereotype, but rather to point out that it adds another moving part to his recruitment and one that may not fall in favor of the Longhorns.

In regards to football, there have been some rumblings that Seals-Jones like the A&M offense, which will be a pass-happy version of the Airraid under Sumlin and offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, the former Texas Tech quarterback. Seals-Jones confirmed that on Wednesday and it could play a significant role in his eventual decision, perhaps even the most significant role.

If Seals-Jones meets with the Texas coaching staff -- and it's hard to believe that would not happen if he does make it to campus as reported on Thursday -- co-offensive coordinators Bryan Harsin and Major Applewhite will need to successfully sell the big, athletic receiver on the Longhorns making similarly effective use of his prodigious skills as a pass catcher.

With a reputation for being a run-first offense, that may not be an easy sell. Recent Baylor commit Robbie Rhodes definitely wasn't buying.

So, where do the Aggies and Longhorns currently stand for Seals-Jones?

A&M and Texas are both great schools. They both have great talent and good education and are close. They are pretty even in my book.

In parsing the language, the positive for Texas is that Texas A&M did not receive a boost past the Longhorns on the visit, which would seem to leave Texas in a favorable position to help re-affirm to the cousin of Eric Dickerson why he chose to commit to Texas in the first place.

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Texas commit Tyrone Swoopes: "Texas Still No. 1" For Ricky Seals-Jones

2013 Texas quarterback commit Tyrone Swoopes (Whitewright, Texas) has built a relationship with now-former Texas commit Ricky Seals-Jones, but was caught off guard ($) by his friend’s de-commitment on Tuesday evening:

I’m a little surprised. I told him I would respect his decision if he does want to decommit, but it would be good for him if he would stay just because we can do great things at Texas with our recruiting class, and he’s a big part of it.

Swoopes did, however, have some good news for worried Longhorn fans:

He said Texas is still No. 1 but he just wanted to see what other schools had to offer. I told him I respect that.

In all likelihood, there will be more twists and turns in the recruitment of Ricky Seals-Jones, but, for now, it seems that the Longhorns may still be the leader for his services.

Ricky Seals-Jones De-Commits From Texas, Wants To Play Basketball In College

In shocking news on Tuesday evening for Texas Longhorn fans from Scout recruiting analyst Greg Powers, now-former 2013 Texas commit Ricky Seals-Jones, who only days ago ran a 4.4 40 at the Sunday Texas mini-camp and excelled at receiver as well, has opened up his recruitment:

Ricky Seals-Jones has de-committed from #Texas. #LSU, #TAMU, #Baylor mentioned now as schools he can hoop at as well as play football.

— Greg Powers (@GPowers79) June 6, 2012

However, the prospect known as RSJ is still considering Texas:

#Texas is still a basketball/football option for Seals-Jones, per @GPowers79

— Kevin Flaherty (@LonghornDigest) June 6, 2012

Shocking may even be an understatement at this point, as there were no rumblings that Seals-Jones was unhappy with his Longhorn commitment, or that he was so set on playing basketball in college.

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