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VYPE's Top 25 for the Class of 2020: No. 11-15

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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.

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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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The Houston Texans approach to the offseason has caused quite a bit of controversy among Texans fans and media. Some really like what the team is doing in free agency, while others are underwhelmed.

But the argument that keeps getting thrown around is whether the Texans are ready to win this season, or if the team will have to suffer through another disappointing season. Most would agree the Texans roster has a number of holes, but how will that roster look after the NFL Draft and hopefully a new franchise QB is taking snaps for the team?

The great thing about the NFL is how fast teams can turn things around and start winning. When we looked at the teams coming off a bad season and drafting around the Texans in 2021, many of them showed a huge improvement the following season.

The Lions were 3-13-1 in 2021, last year? 9-8. The Jaguars went 3-14 in 2021. Last year they won the AFC South and notched a playoff win over the Chargers. Look at the New York Giants, they went 4-13 in 2021. They improved to 9-7-1 and also won a playoff game just one year later. And don't get us started on the Jets. They went 4-13 in 2021, improved to 7-10 with bad QB play, and now Aaron Rodgers wants to play there.

The point being, most of these teams hired new coaches in the last couple of years, added some talent through the draft and free agency and started winning. Why are Texans fans and media so convinced they're in for another season of losing? Why can't the Texans be the team that turns things around and competes for a division title? Especially if they land a franchise QB as expected.

The AFC South isn't a very tough division. In fact, the Texans beat the Jags, Colts, and Titans just this year. Shouldn't we expect them to take a step forward with better players and DeMeco Ryans leading the way?

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