Super 60

VYPE Ranks the Top 60 2019 Football Recruits in Houston

Seth Livingston
Matt Malatesta
May 15, 2018, 8:10 pm
Grant Gunnell of St. Pius X Vype

VYPE's Annual Spring Football magazine hits stands this week. In this month's issue, VYPE explores the Greater Houston Area searching for the best football stories as we head into the Summer.

One thing that remains consistent from year to year in Houston? Recruiting across the Bayou City is absolutely on fire.

Offers are being extended to athletes in Houston at an alarming rate, and why wouldn't they? It's no secret Houston is the hottest of hotbeds when it comes to football talent.

VYPE's Matt Malatesta and Taylor Hamm worked together to come up with the 60 best 2019 recruits. Without further ado...

THE LIST

The Class of 2019 Super 60

By Matt Malatesta and Taylor Hamm

Rank, Name, School, Position, College

1. Grant Gunnell, St. Pius X, QB

2. Kenyon Green, Atascocita, OL

3. Marcus Stripling, Mayde Creek, DE

4. Erick Young, FB Bush, DB

5. Javonne Shepherd, North Forest, OL

6. Braedon Mowry, Katy Taylor, DE, Texas A&M-commit

7. Isaiah Spiller, Klein Collins, RB

8. Tyler Johnson, Oak Ridge, OL

9. Arjei Henderson, FB Travis, WR, Oklahoma-commit

10. Bobby Wolfe, Madison, DB

11. Andrew Coker, Katy Taylor, OL

12. Deondrick Glass, Katy, RB

13. Marcus Banks, Dekaney, DB

14. Ainias Smith, Dulles, WR

15. T’Vondre Sweat, Huntsville, DE, Texas-commit

16. Kori Roberson, Manvel, DE, Oklahoma-commit

17. Jalen Curry, St. Pius, WR

18. Jamal Morris, FB Bush, DB, Oklahoma-commit

19. Terrance Gipson, Westfield, QB

20. David Ugwoegbu, Seven Lakes, TE

21. Marques Caldwell, Alvin, DB, Oregon-commit

22. David Gbenda, Cinco Ranch, LB

23. Chase Lane, St. Pius, WR, Texas A&M-commit

24. Chris Herron, Langham Creek, QB

25. Rian Davis, Clear Lake, DE* (Moved to Apopka, FL)

26. Jalen Wydermyer, Dickinson, TE

27. Thomas Gordon, Strake Jesuit, TE, Northwestern-commit

28. Gilbert Ibeneme, Pearland, DE

29. Gabriel Hall, Waller, DT

30. Nelson Ceaser, Ridge Point, DE

31. Zach Zimos, FB Travis, LB, Cal-commit

32. Corien Azema, Langham Creek, DB

33. McKade Mettauer, St. Pius, OL

34. Kaymen St. Junious, Shadow Creek, DB

35. Garrison Johnson, Manvel RB, North Texas-commit

36. Gerald Irons III, Klein Oak, DT

37. Peter Mpagi, George Ranch, DE

38. Harrison White, Klein, DE

39. Nathaniel Beal III, Strake Jesuit, WR

40. Tony Bradford, North Shore, DT

41. Shae Suiaunoa, Clear Lake, QB

42. Shea Whiting, Alief Taylor

43. Tyrone Brown, Atascocita, LB, Baylor-commit

44. Jason Gold, Clear Springs, DE

45. Bryton Thompson, Atascocita, DT

46. Corey Williams, Episcopal, ATH

47. Alex Hogan, Lamar, DB

48. Cole Birmingham, Katy, OL

49. Rayshawn James, Westfield, RB, Houston-commit

50. Rodquice Chaney, Elsik, OL

51. Korey King, FB Marshall, WR

52. Ja’Corey Benjamin, Hastings, DB

53. Layden Robinson, Manvel, OL

54. Kenneth Dotson, Lamar, DE

55. Todd Hudson, Clear Springs, Athlete

56. Peyton Matcocha, St. Thomas, QB

57. Asher Alberding, Clear Lake, TE

58. Jaiden Howard, Crosby, QB

59. Kealon Jackson, Shadow Creek, WR

60. Ben Montgomery, Katy Taylor, DB

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Tigers pound Odorizzi, Astros with homers as Houston drops fourth in a row

The Astros have not looked great in their last four games. Photo by Harry How/Getty Images

After watching their hot start of 6-1 cool down to a 6-4 record with three straight losses, the Astros returned to Minute Maid Park on Tuesday night, looking to do a better job at home against a beatable Tigers team.

Recent games' woes would continue, though, with Houston's pitching getting blasted by the opposing offense and their own bats primarily quiet.

Final Score: Tigers 8, Astros 2

Astros' Record: 6-5, tied for second in AL West

Winning Pitcher: Matthew Boyd (2-1)

Losing Pitcher: Jake Odorizzi (0-1)

Astros score first, then Tigers unload on Odorizzi

Houston looked to have something brewing in the bottom of the second, with three singles in the first four batters of the inning, the third an RBI-single by Myles Straw to put the Astros in front 1-0. However, Matthew Boyd would limit the damage, getting back-to-back strikeouts to end the threat.

After two easy innings for Jake Odorizzi in his regular-season debut for his new team, he would allow a game-tying solo homer to Akil Baddoo, his fourth of the year, in the top of the third. Detroit struck again in the top of the fourth, getting a leadoff double to set up a two-run go-ahead home run to jump ahead 3-1.

They didn't stop there, getting another two-run bomb later in the same inning; a frame that would take Odorizzi 31 pitches to get only one out before Houston would bring in Bryan Abreu to get the last two outs. Odorizzi's final line in his debut: 3.1 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 HR, 0 BB, 4 K, 80 P.


Detroit continues home run parade, Houston loses fourth in a row

Abreu would hope to do what Luis Garcia did the night before, eat up as many innings as possible after a poor outing from Houston's starter. The Tigers would get yet another two-run homer, though, in the top of the fifth, extending their lead to 7-1, with all seven runs coming over a three-inning span. For good measure, they'd knock one more out with two outs in the top of the ninth, making it 8-1.

As far as Houston at the plate, other than their string of hits to bring in a run earlier in the second, they were getting nothing done against Boyd, who would go six and two-thirds innings. Detroit's bullpen would finish things off, despite an all-too-late sac fly by the Astros in the bottom of the ninth, with Houston dropping their fourth-straight game and continuing to lose ground in the division.

Up Next: The finale of this three-game set with Detroit will be an hour earlier on Wednesday, getting underway at 6:10 PM Central. Lance McCullers Jr. (1-0, 1.80 ERA) will try to maintain his perfect record and improve upon his two five-inning one-run starts for the Astros, going opposite of Michael Fulmer (0-0, 2.57 ERA) for the Tigers.

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