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NIL Quarterback Merry-Go-Round Strikes as Adam Schobel De-commits to Commit to TCU

July 29, 2024
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STILLWATER – When Adam Schobel de-committed in April from his commitment to Baylor University and committed to Oklahoma State, it was after an official visit to Stillwater. Schobel left with his family feeling he had found the right place for him to go to college and the right coaches, especially quarterbacks coach Tim Rattay to prepare him for success in college and hopefully beyond. Now, Schobel has flipped again and this time it is part of the dominoes that saw TCU quarterback commitment Ty Hawkins depledge from the Horned Frogs and commit to SMU. 

The rumors were a heavy NIL pledge from SMU connections to Hawkins, who also left Johnson High School in San Antonio to play his senior season at IMG Academy. That flip took place on July 3.  Johnson out, TCU had Adam Schobel on their campus this weekend and he has flipped to the Frogs.

Schobel reportedly called Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy on Sunday night to report his change. Pokes Report has it from multiple sources that an NIL deal in excess of $200,000 was a part of the decision.

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Adam Schobel at Columbus High School.

TCU going to Schobel made all the sense in the world as he grew up around two prominent former TCU players in his father and head coach at Columbus, Texas Matt Schobel, who played tight end for TCU and went on to a seven-year NFL career with the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles. His uncle Aaron played defensive end for the Frogs and went on to have a very successful NFL career with the Buffalo Bills. He was a two-time Pro Bowl player that is known for having sacked New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady more than any defender in the NFL. 

Aaron’s son John Schobel and the cousin and teammate of Adam made an official visit to Oklahoma State but he pledge to TCU in June. 

Honestly, from interviewing Adam Schobel on multiple occasions, the last at Oklahoma State’s premier skill camp in June, it would have taken exceptional measures to get him to change his commitment. That comment is based on over 40-years of experience covering the college football recruiting process, but times have certainly changed. 

“Nothing has changed,” Schobel said emphatically when I spoke to him after “The Show” camp. “I feel the same way about my decision. I feel even better after today.”

He was fired up after having the chance to throw to three of the receivers that were also committed in the 2025 class to Oklahoma State.

“It was fun, had a lot of guys out here, great players, a few commits that I was able to bond with,” Schobel explained. “It was great to get out here and compete.” 

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Garret Rangel is part of a talented quarterback future at Oklahoma State.

Now, Oklahoma State will look for a quarterback in the recruiting class. The Cowboys are not in bad shape at the position, quite the opposite with a moderately experienced and four-star prep quarterback in Garret Rangel backing up Alan Bowman this season. Rangel will be a red-shirt junior for 2025. Highly-regarded and talented Zane Flores will be a red-shirt sophomore for 2025. Freshman Maealuiaki Smith figures to red-shirt this season and would be a red-shirt freshman for 2025. 

This drops Oklahoma State’s commitments in the 2025 class down to 18 pledges including one signee in Isaiah Kema, who will return from his two-year religious mission and enroll in January. Kema, an All-American HS offensive linemen signed in the 2023 class. 

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NIL Quarterback Merry-Go-Round Strikes as Adam Schobel De-commits to Commit to TCU

5,280 Views | 12 Replies | Last: 4 mo ago by Robert Allen
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Sucks, but QB is one position we take it easy this year as long as one of Flores or M Smith is a stud. I really liked Adam.
texastornado
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Wish him the best but I guarantee you TCU sold him on the loaded OSU QB room.
NJAggie
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Yeah tough to keep a kid when his family school comes calling. Move on, see how those on roster shake out and see where we are next year.
CowboyKip
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I can understand. He has two 4-star QB's ahead of him and they offer him $200K. After next year we loose either Rangel or Flores, whoever doesn't start. They are only separated by one year. The 2nd team QB doesn't hang around and ride the bench. We will need a good HS QB in the 2026 class (signs in December of '25)
Robert Allen
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$260,000 speaks volumes and your mom and dad are TCU alums, S is Uncle Aaron and cousin John is already committed in the class. That said, I like Adam and I thinkhe will be really good. I also like Garret, Zane, and Smitty.
TUSKAPOKE
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Good luck until you play the Cowboys and get beat. Next QB commit up! GO POKES
Joe Khatib
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Robert Allen said:

$260,000 speaks volumes and your mom and dad are TCU alums, S is Uncle Aaron and cousin John is already committed in the class. That said, I like Adam and I thinkhe will be really good. I also like Garret, Zane, and Smitty.
Well why didn't the geniuses in Ft. Worth put that money to maybe one of the MOST IMPORTANT PLAYERS FOR PROBABLY THIS SEASON AND NEXT IN DOMINANT Nose tackle Damonic Williams!!! HE IS A PROVEN COMMODITY AND ONE OF THE REASONS TCU ADVANCED TO THE PLAYOFFS IN 2022 annd is comparable to an Ollie or Nick or Collin!!!! Instead he is now in NORMAN, OKLAHOMA!!! After seeing the story about Tech paying a softball pitcher $1 million dollars and seeing Damonic Williams waltz out of Ft Worth for Norman I am basically ROTFLMAO!!! In all seriousness Good luck young Mr. Schobel, wish you had stayed a Cowboy!
Robert Allen
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It is just like Baylor. Baylor opened up the recruiting war chest this summer and they have been able to get some attractive recruits committed. I don't know the situation with Williams. He may have already had an offer when he headed into the portal. You really never know. I wish Adam Schobel well. Good kid, good family. Oklahoma State will be fine with three talented younger quarterbacks waiting on Alan Bowman to finish his eligibility this season. Things will change with the revenue sharing if it indeed goes in next cycle. That is also provided the NCAA gets serious again on enforcing illegal recruiting benefits.
Cdub234
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The joke that is the NCAA can only "enforce" their arbitrary rules when a school cooperates with them or else they get scared off by attorneys, slink away and hand out one of their slaps on the wrist to yet another blueblood/moneymaker.
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Lol. I wonder if anyone here has seen Schobel throw in real life multiple times like I have. There are unranked guys that are much, much better than he is, and showed it in many camps and in game film. Great kid, sure, Power 4 QB, no way. The colleges are getting recruiting so wrong it's disgusting. They rely way too much on 247 ratings to sway their decisions just because they care about how high their recruiting class is ranked. It's really f'd up. Not to mention that 247 has no real idea how to rank kids. They don't watch enough film of each kid (because they literally can't) to know anything about them. They use the eye test, camp crap, and personal connections based of biased, untrained opinions, which we all know isn't even close to a measure of what they do in real games. It's laughable. Case in point, there's a 2025 kid in Austin rated a 3-star by 247 who has thrown 6tds and 7 ints in HIS VARSITY CAREER, while some other 2025 guy in the area has thrown 42 tds and 13 ints in like 15 games and is way better and has zero stars. Everyone in the Austin area knows who the best QB is. And both are FBS commits. Don't buy into the hype of stars. The integrity of the system is broken and it's easy to see, especially at the qb position if you look at power 4 rosters. Most of the 4 stars, (and 3 and some 5) hardly touch the grass in college. OSU isn't missing anything with Schobel, trust me. And TCU is just getting another lame duck like the Aledo QB they just had to have last year, who is actually a better slot receiver.
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Johnson said:

Lol. I wonder if anyone here has seen Schobel throw in real life multiple times like I have. There are unranked guys that are much, much better than he is, and showed it in many camps and in game film. Great kid, sure, Power 4 QB, no way. The colleges are getting recruiting so wrong it's disgusting. They rely way too much on 247 ratings to sway their decisions just because they care about how high their recruiting class is ranked. It's really f'd up. Not to mention that 247 has no real idea how to rank kids. They don't watch enough film of each kid (because they literally can't) to know anything about them. They use the eye test, camp crap, and personal connections based of biased, untrained opinions, which we all know isn't even close to a measure of what they do in real games. It's laughable. Case in point, there's a 2025 kid in Austin rated a 3-star by 247 who has thrown 6tds and 7 ints in HIS VARSITY CAREER, while some other 2025 guy in the area has thrown 42 tds and 13 ints in like 15 games and is way better and has zero stars. Everyone in the Austin area knows who the best QB is. And both are FBS commits. Don't buy into the hype of stars. The integrity of the system is broken and it's easy to see, especially at the qb position if you look at power 4 rosters. Most of the 4 stars, (and 3 and some 5) hardly touch the grass in college. OSU isn't missing anything with Schobel, trust me. And TCU is just getting another lame duck like the Aledo QB they just had to have last year, who is actually a better slot receiver.

Thank you Bill Belichick.... (rolls eyes)

Robert Allen
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Don't need to be negative on the kid. He did not create the situation he was caught up in.
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