Football Recruiting - Midlands Region: Cameron Echols-Luper
Cameron Echols-Luper (Auburn, Ala./Auburn) knew that no matter what, he wanted to play college football in the state of Texas. On Sunday, he announced which Lone Star State school he'd be heading to.
The three-star athlete gave his verbal commitment to TCU after taking an official visit over the weekend. Echols-Luper confirmed his decision in a text message and announced the news on his Twitter account.
“I was going to wait till signing day, but... In the fall of 2013 I will be attending TCU!” he wrote.
The 5-foot-11, 183-pound recruit would prefer to play receiver in college but is open to being a defensive back if necessary.
Echols-Luper made the move after decommitting from Texas A&M on Tuesday. Since then, he’d received strong interest from several Texas schools and had scheduled an official visit to Texas Tech for next weekend.
He won’t need to now. Echols-Luper landed with a Horned Frogs program that’s located only an hour away from his hometown of Ennis, Texas.
He’s the 18th verbal commit for TCU’s 2013 class and the second this weekend after three-star quarterback Zach Allen (Temple, Texas/Temple) flipped his pledge from Syracuse.
The three-star athlete gave his verbal commitment to TCU after taking an official visit over the weekend. Echols-Luper confirmed his decision in a text message and announced the news on his Twitter account.
“I was going to wait till signing day, but... In the fall of 2013 I will be attending TCU!” he wrote.
The 5-foot-11, 183-pound recruit would prefer to play receiver in college but is open to being a defensive back if necessary.
Echols-Luper made the move after decommitting from Texas A&M on Tuesday. Since then, he’d received strong interest from several Texas schools and had scheduled an official visit to Texas Tech for next weekend.
He won’t need to now. Echols-Luper landed with a Horned Frogs program that’s located only an hour away from his hometown of Ennis, Texas.
He’s the 18th verbal commit for TCU’s 2013 class and the second this weekend after three-star quarterback Zach Allen (Temple, Texas/Temple) flipped his pledge from Syracuse.
Texas has long been on the lookout for an additional wide receiver for its 2013 class ever since ending its recruitment of Ricky Seals-Jones.
That should become an even higher priority if leading receiver Mike Davis enters the NFL Draft a year early. The newest target on UT’s radar to fill that spot is a speedy athlete who backed out of his pledge to Texas A&M this week.
That should become an even higher priority if leading receiver Mike Davis enters the NFL Draft a year early. The newest target on UT’s radar to fill that spot is a speedy athlete who backed out of his pledge to Texas A&M this week.
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Three-star athlete Cameron Echols-Luper (Auburn, Ala./Auburn) might play football in the Yellowhammer State, but he is a Texas kid at heart. Luper was born in Ennis, Texas, and he’s said on several occasions that if an opportunity came to play college football in the Lone Star State, he would. But now he's doing some additional looking around.
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Echols-Luper adds speed, athleticism 
August, 21, 2012
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Sam Khan Jr. | ESPN.com
Texas A&M added to its already large and loaded 2013 recruiting class on Tuesday by landing a commitment from athlete Cameron Echols-Luper (Auburn, Ala./Auburn).
At Auburn, the 5-foot-10, 180-pound Echols-Luper is the starting quarterback and has led the Tigers to a 16-4 record and accounted for nearly 5,000 yards of total offense in the last two seasons according to head coach Tim Carter, but in College Station, Echols-Luper will likely play receiver.
With a 40-yard dash time in the 4.4-second range, Echols-Luper should fit in well in the Aggies' Air Raid-style offense. The scheme is designed to get the ball to playmakers in space and thrives on having speedy skill position players, like head coach Kevin Sumlin and offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury had at Houston.
At Auburn, the 5-foot-10, 180-pound Echols-Luper is the starting quarterback and has led the Tigers to a 16-4 record and accounted for nearly 5,000 yards of total offense in the last two seasons according to head coach Tim Carter, but in College Station, Echols-Luper will likely play receiver.
With a 40-yard dash time in the 4.4-second range, Echols-Luper should fit in well in the Aggies' Air Raid-style offense. The scheme is designed to get the ball to playmakers in space and thrives on having speedy skill position players, like head coach Kevin Sumlin and offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury had at Houston.
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Cameron Echols-Luper is heading back to his home state to play college football.
The 5-foot-10, 180-pound athlete from Auburn (Ala.) Auburn High will head to the Lone Star State next year after announcing on Tuesday that he has committed to Texas A&M.
Echols-Luper, who is ranked as the 27th-best prospect in Alabama and 108th among athletes nationally, chose the Aggies over his other finalists, TCU and Auburn, where his stepfather Curtis Luper is an assistant coach.
In July, Echols-Luper took an unofficial visit to Texas A&M and came away impressed.
"The campus -- it’s absolutely beautiful," Echols-Luper said. "The stadium was amazing. I also want to run track and college so I toured the indoor facility, which was absolutely phenomenal."
In addition to Texas A&M and TCU, Echols-Luper had offers from Arkansas State, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Memphis, Mississippi, North Carolina, Southern Mississippi, Toledo, UTEP and Vanderbilt.
Recruited by receivers coach David Beaty, Echols-Luper likely fits into the A&M offense as a receiver. Having studied what the Air Raid-style offense achieved in Houston under new Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin and offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, Echols-Luper finds the prospect of playing in it as appealing.
"The coaches there, they're great," Echols-Luper said. "I've dealt with coach Beaty and coach Kingsbury. Their offense and how they ran at Houston will also fit me as well. The talk I had coach Sumlin was him basically just telling me his point of view of how he's going to run his program and how he's going to get it done. And also his point of view of how I can help the program."
And since Echols-Luper wants to run track, the fact that Texas A&M is a national power in the sport under coach Pat Henry certainly helped the appeal of the school to him.
"Having national championships and having an indoor facility right there, it basically tells you that they're going to get it done," Echols-Luper said. "They're going to have people that can run, people that can jump, people that can run fast, they're going to have people that can do it no matter what."
Formerly of Ennis, Texas, Echols-Luper still has family in both Ennis and Dallas. Going back to his home state to play college football is something he'll take pride in.
"I'm Texas made," he said.
The 5-foot-10, 180-pound athlete from Auburn (Ala.) Auburn High will head to the Lone Star State next year after announcing on Tuesday that he has committed to Texas A&M.
Echols-Luper, who is ranked as the 27th-best prospect in Alabama and 108th among athletes nationally, chose the Aggies over his other finalists, TCU and Auburn, where his stepfather Curtis Luper is an assistant coach.
In July, Echols-Luper took an unofficial visit to Texas A&M and came away impressed.
"The campus -- it’s absolutely beautiful," Echols-Luper said. "The stadium was amazing. I also want to run track and college so I toured the indoor facility, which was absolutely phenomenal."
In addition to Texas A&M and TCU, Echols-Luper had offers from Arkansas State, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Memphis, Mississippi, North Carolina, Southern Mississippi, Toledo, UTEP and Vanderbilt.
Recruited by receivers coach David Beaty, Echols-Luper likely fits into the A&M offense as a receiver. Having studied what the Air Raid-style offense achieved in Houston under new Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin and offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, Echols-Luper finds the prospect of playing in it as appealing.
"The coaches there, they're great," Echols-Luper said. "I've dealt with coach Beaty and coach Kingsbury. Their offense and how they ran at Houston will also fit me as well. The talk I had coach Sumlin was him basically just telling me his point of view of how he's going to run his program and how he's going to get it done. And also his point of view of how I can help the program."
And since Echols-Luper wants to run track, the fact that Texas A&M is a national power in the sport under coach Pat Henry certainly helped the appeal of the school to him.
"Having national championships and having an indoor facility right there, it basically tells you that they're going to get it done," Echols-Luper said. "They're going to have people that can run, people that can jump, people that can run fast, they're going to have people that can do it no matter what."
Formerly of Ennis, Texas, Echols-Luper still has family in both Ennis and Dallas. Going back to his home state to play college football is something he'll take pride in.
"I'm Texas made," he said.
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