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VYPE's Top 25 for the Class of 2020: No. 11-15
Joe Hamilton
Sep 1, 2018, 5:00 am
Chidozie Nwankwo is as ferocious as they come in the trenches Vype
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Let’s talk bigs.
VYPE’s next grouping of five top 2020 prospects features the big-man. Teams win games at the line of scrimmage, so why wouldn’t they be highly-coveted?
Kempner’s Ogunbiyi and North Shore’s George are two complete studs up front. The have the QB’s back and are athletic.
We get defensive with Foster’s Nwankwo, Spring Woods’ Broughton and Hightower’s Hood, who can bring down ball carriers.
This is third in a series of five that VYPE highlights the future of Houston football. See who comes inside the Top 10.
No. 11 Akinola Ogunbiyi
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When you first glance at Akinola Ogunbiyi, you can’t help but think he’s already enrolled at a university playing Division-I football. Although Ogunbiyi has made an early verbal commitment to Texas A&M, the well-put-together young prospect will be receiving a ton of visits from FBS recruiters.
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Jul 10, 2025, 3:46 pm
Jake Meyers is the latest Astro to be rushed back from injury too soon. Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images.
Houston center fielder Jake Meyers was removed from Wednesday night’s game against Cleveland during pregame warmups because of right calf tightness.
Meyers, who had missed the last two games with a right calf injury, jogged onto the field before the game but soon summoned the training staff, who joined him on the field to tend to him. He remained on the field on one knee as manager Joe Espada joined the group. After a couple minutes, Meyers got up and was helped off the field and to the tunnel in right field by a trainer.
Mauricio Dubón moved from shortstop to center field and Zack Short entered the game to replace Dubón at shortstop.
Meyers is batting .308 with three homers and 21 RBIs this season.
After the game, Meyers met with the media and spoke about the injury. Meyers declined to answer when asked if the latest injury feels worse than the one he sustained Sunday. Wow, that is not a good sign.
Asked if this calf injury feels worse than the one he sustained on Sunday, Jake Meyers looked toward a team spokesman and asked "do I have to answer that?" He did not and then politely ended the interview.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) July 10, 2025
Lack of imaging strikes again!
The Athletic's Chandler Rome reported on Thursday that the Astros didn't do any imaging on Meyers after the initial injury. You can't make this stuff up. This is exactly the kind of thing that has the Astros return-to-play policy under constant scrutiny.
The All-Star break is right around the corner, why take the risk in playing Meyers after missing just two games with calf discomfort? The guy literally fell to the ground running out to his position before the game started. The people that make these risk vs. reward assessments clearly are making some serious mistakes.
The question remains: will the Astros finally do something about it?