The five-man class of Texas\u2019 dreams has arrived. 2027 Gilmer (Texas) OL Ismael Camara has committed to Texas over SMU, Oregon, and Texas A&M. <\/p>\n
[Sign up for Inside Texas for $1 then get 50% off your first year!]<\/a><\/p>\n He joins a class that features four-star OT Brian Swanson<\/a> and three-star IOLs Keyon Hemphill-Woods<\/a>, Lucas Rhoa<\/a>, and Jackson Cook<\/a>.<\/p>\n How he fits at Texas:<\/p>\n This is one of the most massive dudes I\u2019ve ever seen in a high school game. Somehow 6-foot-6, 345 pounds still doesn\u2019t do full justice to the amount of sheer backside on this kid. An NFL evaluator taking a look at the backside of the Gilmer line would identify this kid very quickly as an early round draft prospect before watching a snap. He\u2019s huge but the weight is in exactly the right places.<\/p>\n Once the film rolls, you see what you\u2019d expect to see. He moves with tremendous ease and has real power when he explodes out of a stance into a defender. It\u2019s obvious he barely\u00a0knows what he\u2019s doing yet and still finds it easy to mirror pass-rushers and swat them away. He could play interior line early in his career, just as a way to get him on the field, but he\u2019s an offensive tackle and may play early there as well. Camara should be a left tackle in Austin. \u2013\u00a0Ian Boyd<\/p>\n Coach Says:<\/p>\n Strengths\u00a0\u2013 Great height and frame without too much flab in the midsection. Great ankle, knee and hip flexion.\u00a0 Feet are exceptionally smooth and can shuffle\/crossover effortlessly. Great balance. Straight line speed looks above average for the size. Looks to have pretty long arms with big hands. Grip strength is fantastic and will latch on to the defender and not lose contact. Delivers exceptional power from lower body through his core and his upper body through his hands. Drives the bus through the whistle. Demolishes some lesser players.\u00a0 Hard to believe he hasn\u2019t been playing football that long. As a pass protector, seems to get a great kick out and mirror of the rusher. Never seems to overset and seems pretty confident with his hand use. Hand placement seems well coached. Tough kid who\u2019s overcome a lot to get here. Hard to find video with him looking bad \u00a0<\/p>\n Areas for improvement\u00a0\u2013 While naturally gifted, he still is not a finished product. Gets upright at the snap frequently. Will over rely on upper body strength at times but is playing guys who are so badly overmatched, it\u2019s not costing them. Want to see more consistent hands precontact. Not sure how he\u2019s been coached but they don\u2019t seem coordinated (but he\u2019s young).\u00a0<\/p>\n Camara is ranked as the No. 29 overall prospect, the No. 4 interior offensive lineman, and the No. 4 player in Texas in the Rivals Industry Ranking. Rivals ranks Camara as the No. 34 overall prospect, the No. 4 interior offensive lineman, and the No. 4 player in Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The five-man class of Texas\u2019 dreams has arrived. 2027 Gilmer (Texas) OL Ismael Camara has committed to Texas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[585,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-361268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-regwall","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}