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Brendan Maloney/US PresswireQuarterback Garrett Gilbert did not pan out at Texas and is now the signal-caller at SMU.2. Ramonce Taylor, running back, 2004: Taylor was the other state of Texas back in 2004. The one not named Adrian Peterson. The one Texas could sign. But Texas never could figure out what to do with Belton (Texas) product. He was an athlete coming out of high school. Texas thought he would be ideal to give Vince Young another weapon either running the ball out of the backfield or slipping into the flat for a pass.
He rushed for 797 yards and 13 touchdowns in his Texas career. And as a sophomore he did catch 27 passes from Colt McCoy.
But the police caught Taylor in the spring of his sophomore season and charged him with felony drug possession. Shortly thereafter he elected to transfer from Texas.
Class Rewind: Mack Brown's 2005 recruiting class 
He was supposed to be the next quarterback. The one after Vince Young. The one who would continue to build on the foundation that Mack Brown had laid at Texas.
Throughout the fall of 2004, Perrilloux was considered the prize of the 2005 recruiting class. The quarterback was setting records left and right at East St. John's High School in Reserve, La. And despite receiving heavy pressure from LSU and many others, Perrilloux remained steady to his commitment to Texas. Until, suddenly, he wasn’t.
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